Martlets Give It Their All

After a great day of giving back to the community on Westminster School's community service day, the Martlets came to Hovey Field ready to play some great field hockey. Westminster kept the ball down on their attacking end for the entire first 25 minutes, scoring 4 goals in the process. The first goal came unassisted from Lily Mahoney '17 after a rebound off of the Loomis goalie's pads. After a bit of back-and-forth action, Nicole Fox '16 found the back of the goal from the top of the circle with ten minutes remaining in the half. There was great ball movement coming from the midfield line of Dora Mitchel '17, Cali Stevens '17, and Fox. During a great moment of transition, Westminster brought the ball down and Stevens made a beautiful cross to Mitchel who tipped it right into the goal. The first half ended with a last goal by Rachel Halfon '16 with 55 seconds remaining on the clock after a scramble in the circle. The Martlets started the second half with lots of energy, as did their opponents. There were some great moments on defense coming from Julia Carter '16, Abby LeBlanc '17, Abby Newman '16, and Elena Lie-A-Cheong '17, and an overall great showing of grit and hustle coming from Fox in the midfield. Minutes after the start of the second half, Stevens capitalized on a great goal opportunity with a scramble in the circle. Shortly after, Mahoney knocked in her second goal of the contest off of an assist from teammate Fox. With 17 minutes remaining in the second half, Westminster decided to focus on well-executed passing and strong communication, which resulted in two more goals from Sydney Autorino '17 and Newman, who drilled in a goal with a strong hit coming from right outside of the top of the circle. It was a great day on Hovey Field for the Third Field Hockey team, and they look forward to their upcoming home game against Taft on the turf on Saturday, October 5.