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CONCORDE CHAMPS HERNDON HOST LANGLEY WEDNESDAY AT 7

Herndon High School (17-2, Concorde Conference Champions) open Regional Tourney vs.Langley

GAME NOTES- LANGLEY @ Herndon



  • 2ND HOME?- LANGLEY SAXONS (9-9, 4th seed Liberty Conference) is playing its 6th game of the season at Herndon High School. Langley played a toss up game to open the season at Herndon. Herndon’s goal with 5 minutes remaining was the sole goal in a 0-1 decision. The Saxons returned to Herndon for the Herndon Invitational Tourney and finished 4th winning 3 games during the 4 game tourney. The Saxons went 4-0 at Herndon in 2013 winning the Herndon Invitational Tourney. The Saxons join Chantilly as the only schools to hold Herndon to under 2 goals in a game during the 2014 season.
  • HALLIE DUENKEL- The Saxons top offensive scorer is listed as the 6th leading scorer in the Metro area with 19 goals. The Junior is a JMU Lacrosse Commit.
  • MOST INTERESTING FACT ABOUT LANGLEY HEAD COACH JENN ROBB- you pick it...Her High school coach was Herndon Head Coach Mary Miller OR she is the Granddaughter of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
  • HISTORIC HERNDON HORNETS (17-2, 1st seed Concorde Conference 5)
    • Most Wins in School History
    • First Conference Title since 1979
    • Most Goals Scored in School History- 77
    • Head Coach Mary Miller’s 3 year record, 44-16, Tops in School History
  • THE DEFENSE DOESN’T REST
    • 14 goals against in 19 games,
    • AT THE CORE- Jr. Goalie Jessica Corum had a season high 4 saves vs. Westfield in Conference Championship.
    • Jr. Kaley Selner named to All Conference Tourney Team
    • Jr Searra Mainor named to All Conference Tourney Team
  • SENIOR SCORERS
    • Sofia Palacios (Penn commit) is tied with Emily McNamara (Westfield) for tops in the Washington Metro Area with 68 points and leads in assists (26)
    • Taylor Stone (60 points) -(Louisville commit) Westfield High School has given up 8 goals in 16 games but Stone has 5 goals (or was it 6) in the other 2 games against the defending state champion.
  • THE SENIOR STATEMENT- Duke, Wright, Jacobson, Newell, Hinders, Palacios, Stone
    • 2010 Record (Before they arrived) 5-13
    • 2011 Record, 7-10-Freshman
    • 2012,Record, 13-7-Soph
    • 2013 Record, 14-7-Jr
    • 2014 Record, 17-2-Sr

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