A perennial contender in the Founders and NEPSAC Class B leagues, the Kingswood Oxford girls’ soccer team appeared in eight postseason tournaments over an eleven-year span ranging from 2006-2016, winning a New England title in 2010. The team offers the best student-athlete experience: excitement, challenge, and the benefits of teamwork. Our athletes are a tight-knit group, always ready to commit their full energy, passion, and skill to the season. The team practices and plays across three natural grass fields on campus.
Coach Sal Penta seeks to foster a positive and competitive environment where girls improve technically, tactically, mentally, and physically.
Penta served as Southington’s girls’ high school soccer coach from 2001 to 2013, establishing a career record at the school of 140-66-24. Under his leadership, the team won the CIAC Class LL State Championship in 2002. The Meriden Record-Journal recognized him as Fall Coach of the Year in 2007. Currently, he is coaching for the Connecticut Football Club (CFC) North Branch.
Penta believes that as a coach, he needs to look at the entirety of the player. He examines the player’s technique, decision-making, athleticism, and mental toughness, and he also gets under the hood to understand the player’s motivation. “Are they here to excel and be a college athlete, or are they here for the experience?” he said. “You must tailor the coaching for each athlete based on their needs. It’s a juggling act sometimes, but it is rewarding when you do what is right for each athlete. I don’t want to impose my needs on a player. I may think they are a phenomenal athlete and get them ready for college, but if that’s not their goal, then I’m not pointing them in the right direction.”
Penta separates the wheat from the chaff by examining how the players approach the training sessions. The elite athletes, he said, find the training sessions more important than the games because that’s the environment where they will know they will improve. “That’s what I look for most in a player. How do they mentally approach the training sessions? he said. “The athlete that sticks out to me is the one that uses the training sessions to the best of their ability.
All Kingswood Oxford athletes have access to our 33-acre campus, with multiple playing fields, an artificial turf field, a multi-purpose fieldhouse, a yoga studio, and two fitness centers. Certified athletic trainers are on hand every day to ensure the health, well-being, and development of every student-athlete. Every team also reflects the school’s core values, demonstrating honesty, integrity, respect, learning with passion, and caring beyond self.
- Opponent Home/Away Date Time Location Result
- Berlin High School Away Sep 03 2023 9:50 am Berlin High School
- Northwest Catholic Home Sep 06 2023 4:15 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field
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RESCHEDULED
Wilbraham & Monson Academy Away Sep 13 2023 3:00 pm RESCHEDULED
- Wilbraham & Monson Academy Away Sep 14 2023 4:45 pm Win 4 - 0
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CANCELLED
Marianapolis Preparatory School Home Sep 18 2023 4:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field CANCELLED
- Miss Porter's School Away Sep 20 2023 3:00 pm Miss Porter's School Loss 0 - 3
- Williston Northampton School Home Sep 23 2023 3:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Win 3 - 0
- Canterbury School Home Sep 27 2023 3:30 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Win 6 - 1
- Cheshire Academy Home Sep 29 2023 7:00 pm Playing Fields - Hoffman Turf Field Loss 2 - 3
- Loomis Chaffee School Away Oct 04 2023 3:00 pm Loomis Chaffee School Loss 0 - 6
- Suffield Academy Away Oct 07 2023 1:30 pm Suffield Academy Loss 0 - 2
- Kent School Away Oct 11 2023 3:30 pm Kent School Tie 1 - 1
- Pomfret School Away Oct 14 2023 2:30 pm Pomfret School Tie 1 - 1
- Choate Rosemary Hall Away Oct 18 2023 3:30 pm Choate Rosemary Hall Loss 0 - 2
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CANCELLED
Westminster School Home Oct 21 2023 3:30 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field CANCELLED
- Hopkins School Away Oct 25 2023 3:30 pm Hopkins School Win 2 - 1
- Hotchkiss School Home Oct 28 2023 3:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Loss 0 - 2
- Millbrook School Away Nov 01 2023 3:30 pm Millbrook School Win 2 - 0
- Greenwich Country Day School Home Nov 04 2023 3:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Win 2 - 1
- Westminster School Home Nov 06 2023 3:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Loss 0 - 6
- Taft School Away Nov 08 2023 2:30 pm Taft School Loss 0 - 4
- Ethel Walker School Home Nov 11 2023 1:00 pm Playing Fields - Outlook Field Win 1 - 0
W | L | T |
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7 | 8 | 2 |
- # Name Hometown
- 1 Addisen Nicholson Ellington
- 2 Ashley Neikrie Amston
- 3 Ava Leshem West Hartford
- 4 Daniela Tippner Cheshire
- 5 Celia Yaworsky Glastonbury
- 6 Julia Stepnowski South Glastonbury
- 7 Taylor Caldwell Manchester
- 8 Maliyah Douglas Bristol
- 9 Caroline Sams Unionville
- 10 Loren Roca Manchester
- 11 Nadia Silmon Newington
- 12 Samaria Gonzalez West Hartford
- 13 [Captain] Aashni Patel Middlefield
- 15 [Captain] Georgia Louis West Hartford
- 16 Sophia Radmanovich West Hartford
- 17 Alexandria Doering West Hartford
- 18 Ysabel Albert West Hartford
- 19 Olivia Schaller Cromwell
- 21 Ella Golino Rocky Hill
- 22 Hannah Malkin West Hartford
Tracy Deeter
Upper School Math
Eastern Michigan University, B.A.; Trinity College, M.A.; University of Hartford, M.B.A.
[email protected] 860-233-9631 X2287Bio
Additional Coaches:
Judith Bailey Salvator Penta