Girls' Soccer

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.

About Coach Peterson

Dale Peterson teaches English and serves as head coach of the girls' varsity soccer program. Prior to Blair, Coach Peterson held coaching positions at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton, Florida. Peterson served as JV head coach, as well as assistant varsity coach. As an alumni of Saint Stephen's Episcopal School, he earned his varsity letter four years and was his team's captain.

A 2011 graduate of Yale University, Coach Peterson was a member of the men's soccer team. 
 

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.

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2015

Blair Soccer Award: Susan Andreas ’16
Team MVP: Fiona Walsh ’17
Most Improved: Nia Henry ’18 & Emily Neuffer ’19
Rookie of the Year: Maggie Williard ’19

2014

Blair Soccer Award: Marie Valenti ’15
Team MVP: Marie Valenti ’15
Most Improved: Katie Peacock ’18

All-Prep & All-MAPL Selections

Fiona Walsh '17: 2015–First Team All-MAPL, First Team All-Prep
Susan Andreas '16: 2015–All-MAPL Honorable Mention, All-Prep Honorable Mention
Marie Valenti '15: 2014–All-MAPL Honorable Mention, All-Prep Honorable Mention

Former All-Prep & All-MAPL Selections:

Rachel Cooley '14
Melanie Andreas '13
Council Dawson '13
Ana Greik '13
Alison Surdoval '13
Haley San Giacomo '12
Arielle Aikens '10
Beth Martens '08
Kaitlyn Surdoval '08
Katherine Newman '06
Winnie Adrien '06
Staci Alario '05
Mollie Dawson '05
Jen Welsh '05

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Susan Andreas '16 –Bard College
Olivia West '16 –Babson College
Casey Witte '15 –Bard College
Rachel Cooley '14 –Hamilton College
Ana Greik '13 –DePaul University

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 Litvin

Rebecca (Becca) Litvin ’10 returned to her alma mater in 2016, where she is a teacher of sophomore and junior English. A 2014 graduate of Barnard College with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in history, she is studying for her master’s in secondary education with a concentration in English at Teachers College Columbia University. During her undergraduate career, Becca was a Barnard admission representative and interviewer and spent summers teaching and coaching at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program. She has been an English and history teacher and rowing coach at The Ross School in Long Island, New York, as well as an admission coordinator for The School at Columbia University, since her college graduation. Becca coaches rowing at Blair and serves dorm duty in Locke Hall, where she also resides.

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