Samonski upped her career total to 35 goals after she produced a Gia-esque performance on Saturday afternoon by scoring all four goals in a 4-1 win over township rival Hamilton West. She got 19 goals last season even though the Northstars went 3-13 overall. That’s another trait she picked up watching Girman, who is now a junior at Rutgers after a career in which she scored 100 goals at Nottingham. Samonski certainly isn’t shy in front of goal. Samonski plays mostly in the center of midfield when she lines up for NJ Crush, but at Nottingham first-year coach Nicole Sullivan needs her to be a goal scorer and lead the line in a 4-4-2. Sometimes that means taking up a different position than on the club level. “(In) high school soccer you have a little more freedom and club soccer is a little more direct with passing.” “There’s a difference from club soccer and high school soccer,” Samonski said when asked what she took from that season with Girman. HAMILTON - When Brooklynn Samonski debuted for the Nottingham High girls soccer team as a freshman she was part of the supporting cast alongside one of the great Colonial Valley Conference players of all time.īut that season alongside three-time Player of the Year Gia Girman also served Samonski with valuable lessons that she’s applying now that she is a senior and the center of attention on a much-improved Northstars side.
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