By Kayla Markowitz – Staff Reporter

The Law girls soccer captains are ready to lead the team to a great season.

The girls soccer team is off to a 3-4-2 start which includes wins over Lyman Hall and Shelton. This year’s season is led by three captains: senior Sabrina Lawless, senior Demi Carrapico, and senior Elly Van Waveren.

“Responsibilities about being a captain are making sure you are a leader on and off the field and always being there for your teammates so they can always have someone to rely on,” Carrapico said.

This season, the girls are working hard towards all of their goals and getting new to all the new freshmen and new players on the team.

“At the start of the season, we knew we were getting a lot of new players so one of our team goals definitely was to learn how to play together ’cause we’re a very young team,” Lawless said.

The girls are working towards learning to play together and adapting to all the new players on the team. They are also working hard on new skills.

“So with that, using a lot of communication, stuff like that, focusing on communication, just learning how to play together is one of our biggest goals going throughout the season,” Lawless said. 

The team is also working hard toward other goals like SCCs and states along with beating their rival, Foran, this season.

“Some team goals would, of course, have to be beating Foran this year and making either states or SCCs,” Carrapico said. 

The captains also agree that the soccer team is like a second family to them and the girls are very close-knit.

“My favorite part about being on the soccer team is how much they feel like a second family to me,” van Waveren said. “We’re all very close and love hanging out outside of soccer.”

The girls are all held to high expectations and have leadership responsibilities. All three captains have many responsibilities in order to have the best season they can have.

“To be honest, they have exceeded my expectations of captains,” head coach Mrs. Francisco said. “Being good leaders on and off the field is a given. I also expect my captains to unite the team, enhance the team chemistry, keep the team organized, and share their ideas on how to better the team during practices.”

The captains also want to do their best to make this team feel like a family for everyone in order for the best season possible

“I feel that the captains make the team come together,” freshman Fiorella Gargiulo said. “Without them, I think we wouldn’t have as strong a connection as we do. Being one of the four freshmen on the team, I was really nervous with everything new, But, Elly, Demi, and Sabrina made everything more relaxed.”