Playing goalie in field hockey is one of the toughest positions in sports. You have to wear a ton of equipment that limits your mobility, and it seems like more often than not there’s a crazy scrum in front of the cage where you have to locate the ball and somehow try to kick it out of harm’s way while sticks are swinging all around you.
But Ocean City’s Taryn Dolka did it better than most in South Jersey during a career that saw her become perhaps the premier keeper of her class. She had 183 saves as a senior in 21 games, an average of nearly nine per game, and only three times all season did she give up more than four goals in a game.
For her career, Dolka finished with an impressive 515 saves, increasing her numbers each season, from 76 as a freshman to 127 as a sophomore and 129 as a junior. She also led her team to consecutive CAL finals appearances.
