OLM Middle School Soccer Team Captures CAL Title
Second Title in Three Years; Sixth CAL Crown for OLM this year
East Greenwich, RI – Our Lady of Mercy School’s co-ed soccer team captured the CAL State Championship in a defensive battle with a 1-0 win over St. Pius V (Providence) on Friday, June 7 at LaSalle Academy.
Both teams entered the matchup with unblemished 8-0 records. OLM advanced to the title game with a 6-1 semifinal win over Mercymount the previous week, while St. Pius had defeated St. Luke’s, 6-2, to earn their championship game bid. In Friday’s game, OLM eighth grader Luca Marenghi (Warwick) scored what ended up being the game-winner in the second half, assisted by classmate Daniella Sisco (Warwick). The win improved OLM’s record to a perfect 9-0 for the season.
The CAL Soccer title is OLM’s second in three years, last capturing the 2022 crown. Impressively, in all 7 CAL sports that OLM competes, the Jaguars have captured five state team titles in the 2023-24 academic year: boys cross country, girls cross country, girls’ grammar basketball, boys’ junior basketball and now the soccer championship Fittingly, Luca Marenghi also captured an individual title of his own, winning the 2023 Boys Cross Country State Championship, adding six championship crowns to the OLM trophy cases this year.
With a tradition of excellence in Catholic education since 1951, Our Lady of Mercy School supports its students as they strive to be the saints and scholars that God is calling them to be. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the Pre-K through Grade 8, co-educational Catholic school located in East Greenwich, RI offers its students the opportunity to pursue excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts in a nurturing environment built upon the teachings of the Catholic Church.
