While the Wiscasset High School girls varsity soccer team lost several seniors to graduation, the 2014 edition still returns plenty of familiar faces from the successful program of a year ago.

Make that eight of them.

The team will feature eight seniors this year, and those upperclassmen have set a good standard thus far, Coach Duane Goud said.

“It's a committed group of girls,” Goud said. “From what I have seen so far they are dedicated to this team.”

Last year, the Wolverines won 13 games and hosted powerhouse Waynflete.

While no team would score in regulation play, Waynflete held the edge in penalty kicks and moved forward in the state tournament.

Returning from that team are seniors like Kayla Gordon, who played almost every game in net as the Wolverines goalkeeper, Hanna Foye, Maeve Carlson and Miranda McIntire, who played large roles a year ago.

The team will once again have seniors Katie Lynn Mills, Rachel Berry, Tylan Onorato and Alecia Faulkingham, who didn't play last year due to injuries.

The team also brings back several underclassmen who played large roles a year ago, like sophomores Gabby Chapman and Brooke Carleton.

The team will likely need those young players to come together if the team hopes to again make noise in a crowded Mountain Valley Conference.

The team's first challenge will be revamping the offense amid the loss of departed senior Sarah Hanley.

“I think Sarah had 16 goals for us last year,” Goud said. “We'll be working on the offense. We need to replace those goals somehow.”

Also gone is Briana Goud, who patrolled the middle of the field and set the tone for the defense, alongside fellow senior Michaela Trudeau.

But, incoming are several talented freshmen, including Ari Mills, who Goud said was taking reps in goal while Gordon recovers from an injury.

“Ari's looked pretty good in net so far,” he said.

Goud said the team's approach will likely be the same as it was a year ago: to wear down other teams on defense and strike when they are weary.

The team will start its season Friday, Sept. 5, at Boothbay.