Sports Highlights 01.07.2013

Coming off of a Friday night tie against Brunswick, the Martlets faced Trinity-Pawling and emerged with a good 4-2 win. The Martlets scored twice in the first. The first goal came off of a great shot by defenseman Eric Rost ’14 as Anthony DiPlacido ’15 tipped the puck top corner and by the goalie. The Pride responded with a power-play goal, but Jack Fitzgerald ’15 scored just as the period was winding down for the 2-1 lead. T-P tied the game in the second but the third period was all Westminster. Ryan Mowery ’13 stepped up big and was able to score two goals in the final eight minutes of the game. Zac Hamilton ’14 continued to play well in net and finished the game with 28 saves.
 

Barely back from break, the Martlets recorded two wins in as many days. They defeated the CT Chiefs 3-1. Brian Smyth ’16 tallied two goals and Tommy Griffith ’14 one goal in the win. In their second game of the weekend against Trinity-Pawling, the Martlets scored the first three goals of the game, but then just hung on to win 3-2. Pierce Cote ’14 scored the initial goal, and Derek Leydecker ’15 collected a Griffith wrap-around attempt and stuffed it home for the 2-0 lead. During the second period, Austin Pope ’15 scored what turned out to be the game winner after banging away at a loose puck in the T-P crease. The Pride fought back scoring two goals to make it close. Fortunately, the Martlets were able to hang on for a tough road win. Alex Connal ’15 made 22 saves for the visitors.
 

Westminster took to the road and earned a 4-0 win against Trinity-Pawling. Brian Kelleher ’15 got the team started with the first goal of the evening. Brett Roenick ’16 added two of his own plus an assist. Jack Bitterli ’16 had the final tally. Mark Pfister ’14 earned the shutout.
 

It took until the overtime period for a goal to be scored in a hotly contested battle between Taft and the Martlets. Tori DeAngelis ’14 scored the game-winning goal. With just 50 seconds left, Erin Ozturk ’15 caught a break-out pass from Kat Pate ’14 and quickly moved it to a breaking Katherine Crawley ’16. Crawley found winger DeAngelis cutting across center ice, and DeAngelis went in and beat her defender for the win.
 

Second Girls’ Hockey hosted Northfield Mount Herman and had little trouble in the 9-0 win. After an initial goal by Eliza Christman ’15, the line of Katie Simeon ’16, Ellie Deveaux ’14 and Katie Hovey ’14 combined to score a total of five of the next seven goals. The remaining two goals were scored by Megan Walsh ’14 and Susanna Baker ’15.
 

The Martlets got their third straight win to start the season with a 7-0 result at home against Loomis Chaffee. Each of the top three players won in straight games, staking the team to a decisive lead, but each of the remaining four victories were hard-earned. More or less simultaneously, the decisive wins were brought home by Alex Regan ’13 at No. 4 and Eliza Worcester ’13 at No. 6. Worcester won in four, and Regan in five games. Katherine Kelter ’14 dropped her first two games at No. 5 but fought back for the victory. At No.7, Lindsay Hanau ’13 was the last player to finish. She dropped a close second game after winning the first but took the next two with ease.
 

For their first match of the new year, the Martlets took on the Saints and won every match, refusing to drop a single game. Victorious in the top seven matches were Jane Lee ’13, Leila Dodd ’14, MacKenzie Hawkes ’15, Olivia Bey ’15, Katie Deveaux ’16, Haley Schopp ’13 and Susie Black ’15. Callie Brossman ’16, Sarah Poling ’16, Rachel Chan ’14, Isabel Tibbetts ’15 and Kelly Andrien ’14 won their exhibition matches.