MILWAUKEE — Perhaps 2013 will prove to be the appetizer.
Maybe the main dish will be served in 2014.
Middleton’s girls soccer team was a surprise qualifier for this year’s WIAA Division 1 state tournament. But the Cardinals were a relatively young team, and could be even more dangerous next year.
“We should be really good again,” Middleton coach Mary Duffy said. “We’ll have a lot of talent back.”
The Cardinals say goodbye to a gifted seven-person senior class.
Keeper Meghan Ledin, a University of Wisconsin recruit, led that group. Ledin posted eight shutouts this year and had a goals against average of just 0.83.
The rest of the senior class included forward Shannon McCauley, midfielders Ryleigh Wolff, Jocelyn Tiedt and Cassidi Goll, and defenders Carly Kirkpatrick and Bridget Arnold.
“We had a really good group of seniors,” Middleton junior midfielder Caroline Keenan said. “But we should have a great group coming back.”