The New Canaan girls soccer team has been playing with an underdog mentality for the entire season. It’s an approach which has served the Rams well.
Now the underdogs are one step away from the FCIAC title game.
Sophomore Emma Schuh helped end a back-and-forth battle when she scored off a pass from senior co-captain Kendall Patten in the 76th minute as No. 4 New Canaan edged No. 5 Wilton 1-0 in the FCIAC quarterfinals Thursday at Dunning Field.
The trip to the semis has been a long time coming for the Rams, who have been picking up steam as the season rolls along.
“It’s absolutely fantastic,” head coach Rich Hickson said. “We started the year, we got together, and I spoke to the captains and the team about what our goals were. We wanted to qualify for the state and FCIACs and once we did that, the goals change — it’s how far can we go? This is a fantastic group. They’ve really come together, they work incredibly hard and from the way we’ve played all season long, this is a great achievement for everybody.”