The goalie is the last line of defense in field hockey, and if your team doesn’t have a good one, it’s going to be a long season.
Shawnee had a couple of long seasons recently, however, precisely because the Renegades have had such a good goalie. They’ve played deep into the postseason and have been competing for sectional titles because of how good Brenna Fitzpatrick was in front of the cage.
She didn’t become a starter until her junior year, but she was fantastic during the final two campaigns of her high school career. She notched 91 saves as a junior and led Shawnee to a berth in the South Jersey Group 3 championship game, where the Renegades lost, 2-1, to Clearview. As a senior, she posted a career-high 123 saves and led her team back to the sectional championship, where her team lost to Clearview in overtime.