The Riverton girls' soccer team knows a thing or two about loyalty.

When the number of returning players dwindled before the season, the Silverwolves started to notice the faces that were left.

Seven players transferred — three to Herriman, three to Bingham and one to Jordan — one player was lost to bad grades and another left for an exchange trip to Brazil.

Those that remain have turned an unsettling 0-3 start to a five-game winning streak and undefeated Region 3 record.

At the end of the day, does it bother the Silverwolves that players bolted?

"No," sophomore goalkeeper Pume Currie said. "Now we know who are the true players that bleed purple and black."

"We've had to work really hard to bring new girls to the team," said sophomore Darian Jenkins, who scored three goals in Riverton's 9-0 win over Kearns on Wednesday.

Jenkins, who has 13 goals this season, seemed like a Ferrari among a bunch of VW bugs during the game Wednesday as she drove the ball to the net with confidence, placing each one of her goals.

The Silverwolves also changed their defense. Starting the season with a flat-four defense, coach Paul Moiser decided that a staggered defense — with a stopper and a sweeper — worked better.

"It's weird when you get a different mix of girls how a different formation suits them," Moiser said.

Riverton's No. 1 competition in Region 3 is defending region champion, Bingham, which it beat 1-0 for its first shutout of the season.