"I wasn't sure what to expect," she said. "I wasn't sure what I was getting into, but I was told there was talent here."
The Indians were a power in the old Southern Chester County League. When the SCCL teams became part of the Ches-Mont, the Indians remained a power early but have not been as strong in recent years.
Weary was so focused on guiding her team, she wasn't thinking about championship but, instead, was taking the season one game at a time.
"It [the championship] almost snuck up on me," she said. Unionville finished the regular season 13-3-1. The Indians open the District 1 Class AAA playoffs Monday against 22d seed Ridley.
Weary has put together a staff at Unionville that includes Kristen Soore, a teammate at Palmyra, and Beth Wheeler, a coach at Kutztown when Weary played for the Golden Bears.
Two of the key players for the Indians have been junior midfielder Anna Beth Donovan and senior goalie Sam Carlino. Donovan, who controls Unionville's transition game, has scored 10 goals and added five assists. Carlino has recorded 109 saves and 10 shutouts, yielding 0.5 goals a game. Her save rate is 93 percent.
"I believe this team can make the state playoffs," said Carlino, who is headed to Massachusetts to play next season. "We have good speed and stick skills. We have to be more consistent in putting the ball in the cage."
Regular-season champs. Archbishop Carroll coach Suzie Gennaro says it's been a challenge for her team to play on an artificial surface one game, then on grass the next. The Patriots, who rolled through the Catholic League regular season with a 9-0 record (13-2 overall) are used to their grass field but will play on artificial turf from here on out.
