By Andy Hutchison

WESTPORT–Staples girls soccer concluded the regular season with a 5-2 win at home over Westhill on Tuesday, Oct. 14 and a 1-1 tie at Ridgefield Friday evening.

The Wreckers finished with a record of 9-2-4 in FCIAC play and earned 31 points to earn the No. 4 seed and an FCIAC Tournament quarterfinal-round home game against No. 5 Trumbull (9-3-3, 30 points) Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m.

Staples defeated Trumbull 3-1 during the regular season.

In their win over Westhill, the Wreckers got two goals from Kathryn Fontana and a goal apiece from Alexa Van Aken, Ruby Boroujerdi and Scarlett Mermagen. Sami Selig had three assists and Van Aken and Fontana both had assists.

The Wreckers went unbeaten over their final nine games of the season.

Recent Westport Journal coverage of girls soccer

• Dramatic comeback win a first for Beattie with Wreckers
• Wreckers wing Falcons and Eagles
• Three straight shutouts for Staples girls soccer
• Girls soccer team wraps up busy week with FCIAC rivals

Andy Hutchison

^{_{Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories, since the 1990s. He is the sports editor at the Newtown Bee. He writes for the Monroe Sun. He was director of communications and radio color commentator for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (now Islanders) hockey team. He has won numerous writing awards, including regional and national first-place honors.}}