Spring Sports Highlights 4.24.17

 

 

   

‪April 19: Golf-Second Boys’ 225 vs Salisbury School 247

   

‪April 19: Lacrosse-First Girls’ 4 vs Williston Northampton School 14

 

Boys’ First Lacrosse lost to Salisbury on April 19. The four Westminster goals were scored by: Jack Siebert ’17, Bear Lockshin ’19, Alex Weiss ’17 and Brett Daubert ’20. Player of the game: Adrian Enchill ‘17. 

 

‪April 19: Lacrosse-Second Girls' 3 vs Williston Northampton School 2 

Westminster came out on a top of a tough defensive battle against Williston North Hampton on April 19. Despite the cold weather, Westminster kept its feet moving at both ends of the field to cause multiple turnovers. The Martlets worked together as a team and supported each other throughout the whole game, allowing them to hold on to their lead after Williston was able to bring the goal difference to within one. Brinley Cuddeback '17 accounted for all of Westminster's goals, tallying a hat trick on the night. McKenna Burelle '17 created great offensive opportunities and transitioned the ball extremely well throughout the midfield. Newcomer to lacrosse Bennie Lopez '17 also had great footwork on defense and helped force multiple turnovers to give Westminster possession late in the game. Overall, it was a great team effort and Westminster looks forward to continuing its success in its next contest.

   

 

 

‪April 19: Softball-First Girls’ 10 vs Taft School 1

Brenna Monroe '17 allowed just three hits and pitched a gem to lead the Martlets over a strong Taft team. Monroe, Mackenzie Griffith '17, Gabby Brown '17 and Katie Neilsen '18 each had multiple hits for the Black and Gold. The game was a tight 2-1 contest until the fifth inning, when Westminster put together a series of quality at bats. Brown and Monroe singled to open the frame, and Emily Samar '18 walked. Ashlee White '18 and Hannah Stone '18 followed with doubles and the Martlets took a 6-1 lead. Monroe then pitched a 1-2-3 fifth inning, and Westminster batters drove in four more runs in the top of the sixth. Gabby Nemarich '20, Stone, White and Samar had two RBIs apiece during the win. Defensively, Samar called a very effective game behind the plate, while Brown and Neilsen made some fine plays in the field. Taft was led by Anna Rasmussen, who drove in a run with a double in the fourth inning.

 

‪April 19: Tennis-First Girls’ 5 vs Williston Northampton School 0

   

On April 22, Second Girls' Tennis led by captains Elena Lie-A-Cheong ‘17 and Sydney Autorino ’17 won 5-2 against Kent. Singles players Annabel Bradley ’19 and Yilun Zheng ’17 won 8-1, 8-3 respectively. All three of the doubles pairs of Susannah Van Leuven ‘20 and Clea Guerrand-Hermes ‘19, Isabel Niles ’18 and Martina Daniele ‘19, and Stacia McBreen ’18 and Klaudia Khegay ’19 took the win. 

 

The Martlets traveled to Lakeville on April 19 to take on a young but skilled Hotchkiss thirds squad. The weather was chilly with a steady 15 mph breeze out of the southeast. The heavy cloud cover would eventually give way to rain and forced the team to finish the final two singles matches on the indoor courts. It was not a great day for tennis but the Martlets remained unfazed.

The doubles team started well with the pairing of Jack Flanagan ‘17 and Justin Liu ‘18 winning easily at number two, 6-1. Unfortunately, doubles specialist Cal LeClair ‘17 and John Hunt ‘17 fell behind 0-5 before taking the next two games and nearly taking a third before losing 2-6. Kai Edmonds ‘19 and Darian Purcell ‘19 competed well in dropping a 6-3 decision.

In singles, Flanagan mixed in slices, lobs and drop shots with steady topspin from the baseline to prevail 8-4 at one singles. Liu fought hard and played consistent tennis before coming up short 6-8. Scott Lee ‘20 also played well but had a difficult time handling a more experienced player and lost 2-8 at three singles.

The match of the day was played by Aidan Wood ‘20. He was on court for well over an hour defending the baseline against a powerful opponent. The lead changed hands several times. His opponent broke Wood's final service game with several winners off of good rallies. Despite the end result, Westminster managed to rally as a team.

 

The Martlets notched another two victories as they defeated Greenwich Academy and Miss Porter’s School. The 4x100m relay team of Lauren Nam ‘18, Katherine Eckerson ‘17, Paige Phillips ‘20 and Alexa Green ‘17 started the day off with a win on the track. Eckerson also won the long jump and 200m and finished second in the triple jump. In the 100m dash, Phillips won and Greene finished fourth. Caroline Percival ’19 won the 800m and finished third in the 1500m. The 3000m saw Morgan Peirce ’17 and Sarah Minella ’17 finish second and third respectively. The dynamic duo of Amanda Liu ’18 and Chloe Sealy ’18 came in first and second for both the high jump and pole vault. Dylan Foster ’20 finished third in the long jump. Sophie Tawney ’17 enjoyed a great day as she won the discus, shot put and javelin out in the field. Anissa Joseph ’17 and Maya Ruffin ’19 also had strong performances. They placed second and third in the shot put as well as third and fourth in the discus.

The Martlets improve to 4-1 after defeating Avon Old Farms by a score of 79 to 57 in a meet that saw points from every discipline. Dom Cirillo ’17 once again swept the three throwing events. Ray Rivers ’17 also scored from the circle as he finished third in the discus. Westminster jumpers had a good day as well. Tim Callahan ’17 and Isaiah Preyer ’17 finished second and third in the long jump. Delando Clarke ’17 and Payton Prendergast ’17 went 1-2 in the high jump. Clarke also won the triple jump, where fellow Martlet Drew Brownback ’19 finished second. On the track, Clarke also placed second in the 100m. Preyer placed second in the 200m. In the hurdle events, Prendergast won the 110m hurdles followed closely by Brandon Williams ‘18. Williams went on to win the 300m hurdles as Prendergast finished second and Brownback finished third. Westminster swept the 400m as Teagan Stedman ’18 came in first followed by Cam Gould ’17 and Callahan. Stedman also placed second in the 800m. In the 1500m Daniel Chey ’18 finished second and John Kuzminskas ’18 finished third. Their fortunes would be reversed in the 3000m as Kuzminskas took second place and Chey third.