Girls' Soccer

MAPL CHAMPS

2018

Our philosophy is one of hard work and positive team chemistry. Coaches push players to fulfill their potential as both athletes and, eventually, as leaders of the team.

Blair’s varsity squad carries between 18 and 22 players. The team trains six days a week, and a varsity player is expected to attend every practice and game. The training sessions are typically two hours long, including warm up, and the team usually competes in matches on Wednesday and Saturday.

Since Blair fielded its first girls' varsity soccer team in fall 1990, the team has enjoyed great success including a prep “B” state championship, two appearances in the prep “A” finals and several semi-final berths. The 2012 squad boasted a 12-4 record, along with state tournament wins over both Peddie and Lawrenceville.

View directions to athletic events. To read recaps about past events, go to the "Team News" tab above.

View  photos from the 2019-2020 season on Blair's Photoshelter or past years on Blair's Flickr.

About Coach Mamukelashvili

A 2017 Bard College graduate, David Mamukelashvili teaches English and serves as head coach of the girls’ varsity soccer team at Blair. He joined Blair’s faculty in 2018 following a year as an English teacher and social media coordinator at The Patrick School in Hillside, New Jersey. David double-majored in philosophy and art history at Bard and played varsity soccer and tennis. He also served as a tutor in the Bard Prison Initiative program and helped run Bard’s soccer camp.

Contact Coach Mamukelashvili at mamukd@blair.edu for any questions.

About Coach Goggins

Tim Goggins joined Blair's history faculty in 2013 as a teacher of global issues, U.S. history and western civilization. He currently serves as the School’s assistant dean of admission, social media coordinator and class of 2019 monitor. Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in history with a concentration in leadership studies at Williams College in 2012. Prior to Blair, he worked at Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School in Kingston, Pennsylvania, as a history teaching intern, assistant varsity soccer coach and head varsity lacrosse coach. Tim is the housemaster of Blair’s Lakeside Hall, and he serves as an assistant coach to the girls’ varsity soccer and boys’ varsity lacrosse teams.

About Coach Chamberlain

Caroline Chamberlain joined Blair's faculty as a member of our science department. Caroline has her bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and a master's degree from Seton Hall. She has spent the last ten years teaching science at Delbarton. At Delbarton, she coached girls' soccer for two years and track and field for nine years. 

Blair has a JV team for the development of less experienced players. The JV girls’ soccer team plays 14 to 16 matches per season, including participation in Peddie Day—an annual athletic contest during which all fall sports teams vie for the Kelley-Potter Cup—and at which a JV victory is equal to one achieved at the varsity level. On average, each season, one to four former JV players move up to the varsity level. There are also occasions throughout the season when JV players have the opportunity to train with the varsity team and coaching staff.

About Coach Williams

Head coach Ann Williams is director of Timken Library. A Blair faculty member since 2007, she teaches in the history department, serves as a monitor to the freshman class, and coaches girls’ JV soccer and softball teams. Ann completed her undergraduate work in English at the University of Delaware in 1981 and earned her graduate degree in library and information science at Rutgers University in 2006. A resident of Blairstown for more than 25 years, she worked at Blairstown Elementary School prior to coming to Blair along with her two children: Robbie '12 and Kelly '15.

About Coach Paone 

A 2018 graduate of Bates College, Marianna Paone joined Blair’s faculty in 2018 as a history teacher and rowing coach as well as help coach for the JV girls’ basketball team, and JV girls' soccer team. She majored in history with a concentration in European history and minored in educational studies, gaining classroom experience as a teacher’s assistant at several Lewiston, Maine, elementary schools and as a fifth-grade teacher at Oranjekloof Moravian Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa. Marianna was a four-year member of Bates’ NCAA-champion varsity rowing team, and she received the Bates athletic department's Senior Scholar Award in 2018.

About Coach Lucas

Appointed in 2020, Dean of Teaching & Learning Amanda Lucas supports faculty as they work to implement innovative and research-based teaching practices. Having partnered with the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, TeachAthena and the College Board, she implements neuroeducation teaching strategies and resource-sharing opportunities for faculty, and supports curricular development with a focus on student-centered practices across departments. A veteran of education since 2005, Amanda has taught in and chaired English departments at both middle and upper levels, most recently at The Emery/Weiner School in Houston. Amanda has been awarded the Rav Preida Award for Teaching Excellence (2019), the Robert Turner Teacher of the Year Award (2014) and a McGovern Master Teacher Award from the Common Ground Institute at University of Houston’s Honor College (2015). She obtained her bachelor’s degree English (2001) and her MEd in curriculum and instruction (2014) from Texas A&M University. In the summer of 2021, Amanda will complete her master’s degree in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.

In addition to her role in the academic office, Amanda teaches English 1 at Blair. She enjoys watching French serial crime dramas, practicing yoga, hiking and traveling abroad with her husband, Derek. Amanda and Derek reside in Hillside House with their Hungarian Vizsla, Toby, and their cat, Ginger.

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View photos from the 2019-2020 season on Blair's Photoshelter or past years on Blair's Flickr.