Freshman Kim Grodek put a long, high shot into the top of the McHenry net less than 4 minutes into Barrington’s first post-season match Saturday. Thirteen goals later, the Fillies walked off the field with an impressive 14-0 victory over the Warriors.Barrington controlled the match, giving up only two shots on goal.
The Fillies (15-4-3) came into the opening round of the Marian Central Catholic Sectional as the top seed and had a 5-0 lead over the 16th-seeded Warriors 20 minutes into the game. The lead was 9-0 at the half, and McHenry (5-10) never threatened.
Grodek finished with three goals and broke the Mid-Suburban North scoring record of 29 goals. She now has 31 for the season. This comes less than a week after she broke the Barrington school record of 26 goals.
“That freshman, Kim Grodek, she’s going to be super,” said McHenry coach Paul Wilm. “She’s got a shot.”
Junior midfielder Emily Snyder led the Fillies with four goals, hitting two in the first period and scoring the fourth with less than one minute to go in the match. Sophomore Sophia Flessor put in three. Rounding out the Fillies’ scoring with one goal each were Kristin Davis, Kathy Musschoot, Lisa Solberg and Lindsey Krolak.
“(Emily) Snyder is just getting back from an injury,” said Barrington coach Jeff Muhr. “She was out for two weeks and is certainly getting back into game shape. She helps control midfield and is a smart, intelligent player.”
On Flessor’s play, Muhr added, “I thought she played extremely well inside their 18-yard box. She’s hungry. She got a couple of really good cracks at the goal.”
With an early lead and control of the game, the Fillies never kicked back and coasted.
“I was happy that we played a full 80 minutes,” Muhr said. “We maintained our level of play and stayed sharp. That was a real problem thing today.”
McHenry came into the match with five players out due to injury and “two injured girls who played today but shouldn’t have,” according to Wilm. Within 20 minutes of the start of the match, McHenry had two injured players on the sideline and was forced to play short one player for the next 60 minutes.
Barrington’s play came as no surprise to Wilm.
“I knew they’d be tough. They’re just excellent passers,” Wilm said. “They have their defense pretty well organized.”
