West Orange Girls Soccer Team Out to Fast Start

The West Orange High School girls soccer team is keeping pace with the boys' success.

The Mountaineers, under first-year coach Lou Mignone, have raced out to a 7-1-1 record.

While the boys already have won their first Essex County Tournament game, the girls will find out where they are seeded later in the week. The tournament begins this weekend.

Mignone said the girls are likely to get the No. 4 seed in the tournament behind Montclair, defending champions Millburn and Livingston. The Mountaineers lost to Montclair 4-1 earlier in the season, but haven't played Millburn and Livingston. West Orange did beat West Essex, which beat Millburn.

The girls play at Columbia High School in Maplewood Tuesday in a regular season game, then play host to Montclair Kimberley Thursday afternoon. The county tournament will begin this weekend.

West Orange was tied by Glen Ridge 1-1 Wednesday. Nubia Rodriguez scored for the Mountaineers and keeper Illisa Blackshear made eight saves.