Fall Sports Highlights 10.14.19

 

Despite the cold and the threat of rain, Third Girls’ Field Hockey arrived at Deerfield with high energy. The game played showed improvement on strategy and communication, but despite the effort, Westminster left with a 0-2 loss. 

 

Third Girls’ Field Hockey fought valiantly against a competitive Hotchkiss team. The start of the game showed each teams’ well-matched skills but with an injury sidelining a Westminster forward and no substitute players, the girls came away with another 0-2 loss. 

 

Westminster hit the road to play Deerfield on an overcast, cool afternoon. The visitors would come out strong and played with a quick, fast pace that would keep Deerfield on its heels to start. As the game settled in, both teams would have chances in the first half. Boniface Fatohou '23 would knock a ball in for Westminster on a hard cross to take the 1-0 lead into halftime. The second half got off to a slow start for Westminster and the team needed to count on the steady goaltending from Lucas Wahlberg '21 who would finish the game with a solid eight-save game. Deerfield would score on a crossing ball which made the last 20 minutes of the game exciting. Westminster would push hard but was denied multiple times by the outstanding Deerfield goalie in the final five minutes. A solid tie on the road and many standout performances from John Picard '22, Ryan Messina '20, Percy Sibanda '20 and Xander Cardia '21.

 

 

 

 

   

On a wet afternoon, trailing 1-0 at the half, Westminster stormed back behind two Darion Benchich '20 goals, one on a rebound after a hard shot by Travis Paulsen '20 and the other on a cross by Danny Judge '22. The Martlets would shoot themselves in the foot as they gave away a couple goals that day to Avon, including an unnecessary penalty kick. The boys had fun in the rain, but if they want to get back in the win column, they need to clean up their game as a team: commit fewer penalties, stay in position and communicate better on the field.