POINT PLEASANT – It’s hard to get people to take you seriously when year in and year out you continue to be one of the dominant teams in a non-power conference. That seems to be thesituation Point Pleasant Beach girls soccer finds itself in lately.
Along with St. Rose, the Gulls from Point Pleasant Beach have dominated the B Central Shore Conference division for the past several years. This year was no different. The Gulls came up short of a conference title, falling to St. Rose, 5-0, but this is still a team with a great chance at making a run at a Central Jersey Group 1 title for this program and its senior class. Point Pleasant Beach graduates six seniors this season, led by four-year starters midfielder McKayla Hughes and goalkeeper Toni Abdy.
Hughes has been a constant thorn in the side for the coaches in B Central and Shore Conference over her four seasons. This season Hughes continued her production with another nine goals and seven assists, to bring her career totals to 36 goals and 36 assists. Never a selfish player, which could have easily been done over her career against less than competitive teams on the Gulls’ schedule, Hughes has always been the true definition of a team player. In 11 games this season she has not had any multiple-goal-scoring games and has distributed the ball to fellow teammates and set up more scoring opportunities for others.
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Taking advantage of the leadership and ball movement from Hughes has been sophomore Emma Acanfora with 12 goals, junior Sarah Shwahla with 11 goals and Junior Abby Angelucci with 10 goals and 10 asssists. The trio is primed to continue their su
ccess for the next couple of years together.
season and 495 for her career. In her next game against Dayton on Oct. 26, Abdy will hit the 500-saves milestone, which is a great high school accomplishment and a testament to her hard work and training. Abdy, along with her defense, have combined for eight shutouts, while only allowing 13 goals against, with five coming against St. Rose, and four against Freehold Township in a 4-0 loss in the Shore Conference Tournament.
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