At times last season, the Barnegat High School girls soccer team looked brilliant. At others, goals were hard to come by and the Bengals lost close games. This fall, new head coach Rick Blasi is hopeful his squad will score consistently enough to stay in games.

“Our team consists of a large number of returning players who saw limited varsity playing time last year,” Blasi said. “We hope to improve on last year, when our team was 6-12-1, with a talented group of eight seniors leading the team.