Following a 3-1 loss to Manasquan in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II tournament, which ended the Pinelands Regional girls soccer team’s last season with an 11-8 record, head coach Dawn Paget already was looking forward to this year.

“We’re young and have most of the girls coming back,” she said last autumn. “At times, we’ve lacked the consistency from one game to the next, as well as confidence. I think that will turn around for next year.