As the end of the season approaches, a 2-1 loss to Walter Johnson Oct. 17 has jeopardized the girls soccer team’s chances of a high seed in the playoffs and dropped the team’s record to 5-3. After the loss, its ranking now depends on the performance of other successful teams including Whitman and B-CC.

“If the teams that are supposed to win win, we won’t get a top four seed in the playoffs,” coach Haroot Hakopian said.

This makes it more likely that the teams CHS has to play in the playoffs are teams it has lost to in the regular season.

The loss to WJ came at a critical point in the season. The Bulldogs were unable to respond to Walter Johnson’s second-half lead, and the score remained the same for much of the second half.

An important Oct. 11 comeback win over B-CC gave the team the success it needed. The victory came after the first two losses of the season for the team, as it heads into the more competitive matches of the late regular season. The game started out with a 2-0 lead in the first half. A penalty kick by Jenna Cantor brought the score to 2-1 heading into the second half. Second half goals by Hanna Taft and Lucy Mangan gave CHS the lead it needed, and the Bulldogs pulled out of a two-goal deficit to seal the win.

The Oct. 5 loss to Whitman hurt the team’s record, but Hakopian did not feel it was a critical one.

The game was scoreless until late in the first half, when a shot taken by Whitman was ruled a goal.

“[That] was a questionable goal,” Hakopian said. “We thought the goalie had possession of the ball, but the refs disagreed.”

If the goalie had been in possession of the ball, the result would have been a turnover in favor of CHS. Whitman went on to score again in the second half, making the final score 2-0.

The Sept. 27 loss to Blair was the first loss of the season for the Bulldogs. After a goal by each team in regulation, the game went into overtime. A goal by Blair gave them the win over a worn-out CHS team.

“We were 4-0 at that point, including a win against Quince Orchard, [Sept. 26] who we’ve never beaten,” Hakopian said. “Two good opponents on back-to-back nights is hard to do.”

Still, the team is confident about its playoff chances.

“The school has never won a regional championship,” Hakopian said. “So our goal is to make it to the regional finals and win the school’s first title.”