2016 Western Girls Soccer Capsule

WESTERN

League: Class 3A Sunset League

Head coach: Shoichi Sato, first season

2015 record: 5-12-1 (4-10 Sunset, seventh)

Returning letter winners (starters): Six (six)

Top athletes: MF Ellyson Reynada (Sr.), D Vanessa Margarito (Sr.), MF Katherine Realegeno (Sr.), MF Adelina Jasso (Sr.), MF Kirsten Molina (Sr.), GK Alejandra Alvarez (Sr.)

Outlook: Sato inherits a team that is hungry for success.

Inconsistency plagued the Warriors last season, but with six starters back, the team has higher hopes for this year.

Reynada (22 goals, 6 assists) is the team’s most prolific scorer, but should also get help from Margarito (6 goals, 2 assists) and Realegeno (5 goals, 3 assists) as the Warriors hope to qualify for postseason play for the first time since the winter 2009-10 season.

“With six returning senior starters, Western will be looking to make the playoffs,” Sato said.