Girls Soccer: Marple Newtown tries new formation, eases past Upper Merion

UPPER MERION >> At Marple Newtown High, the girls soccer team is using a new formation this year. The alignment in question is the 4-5-1, a formation implemented primarily to improve the Tigers defense. But Tuesday afternoon, that alignment gave a jolt to the Tigers offense as they overwhelmed host Upper Merion, 4-1, in a non-league match. Julia Lynch scored three times for the winners, including a rare goal on a corner kick that went directly into the Vikings net, as the visitors overcame an early 1-0 deficit to ease into the win column.

“It was something we gave a lot of thought to in the off-season,” said Tigers head coach Erika Bayliss about the formation change. “We wanted something that would give us solid defense, but also generate offense.

“And the girls have been extremely receptive. We just had to be sure they were ready to run with it.”

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