Martlets Show Grit and Grace in Muddy Victory vs. Salisbury

The lads of Second Boys’ Soccer went out to Salisbury on Oct. 13 and returned home with the win. Conditions were tough, as the players slid all over the muddy pitch but the Martlet midfield, led by captain Tyler Kinney’19, established early dominance over their opponents. The Martlets got the scoring going midway through the first half as Linc Dines ’21 latched on to a through ball, sprinted away from the defense and played a delicious cutback to Henry Mitrano’19 who cut in and tucked away the chance. The Martlets continued their ravenous energy into the second half and their energy was punctuated by a thunderous outside the box goal from Wylie Clarke ’21 which nestled itself into the top left, giving the Salisbury keeper no chance. Vincent van Nordeck ’21 added Westminster’s third after having been denied twice before by an offside call and some excellent goalkeeping. Salisbury did not go quietly adding two goals before Peter Sanger ’21 put the game out of reach with a tidy finish from close range. There were a number of good performances from the Westminster boys, including Theo Vandervoorn ’20 performing excellently in a last-minute start, Darion Benchich ’20 and Jonah Prentiss ’22 anchoring a steady back line, and Tyler Donegan ’22 showing great skill in his first turn at striker. There were many great individual performances, but it was an all-around excellent team performance.