Where the wins came from
St. John Paul II’s three regular-season victories came against Cape Cod Tech and Monomoy. The Lions opened with a 4–1 win over Cape Tech on September 8, then beat Monomoy 1–0 on September 30 and 3–0 on October 22. The two Monomoy games were JPII’s only shutout wins in the MIAA score list.
A 2–2 draw with Sturgis West on October 15 supplied the other unbeaten result. Those four matches account for the positive side of a 3–13–1 season; the wins were spread across September and October.
Closer rematches at the finish
JPII lost its Falmouth rematch 2–1 after losing the first meeting 5–0. Against Nantucket, a 5–1 September defeat became a 1–0 loss in the November 2 finale. Those margins narrowed, but both rematches remained defeats.
An 8–1 loss to Bridgewater-Raynham fell between those two close rematches, so the closing results were uneven.
Another return for an established program
The school’s fall-sports history lists girls’ soccer tournament qualification in each year from 2021 through 2025 and Cape & Islands championships from 2021 through 2024. It also lists earlier tournament appearances stretching back to 2011.
This year’s released Division 5 bracket adds a 2026 appearance.
