On Friday, Andover Girls Basketball defeated Holderness, winning by 30 points. Andover also increased its win percentage by 22 percent over the course of the week, beating Holderness 56-26 on Friday and narrowly defeating BB&N 49-44 on Wednesday. These two wins brought its record to 6-9. Throughout the game against Holderness, Andover adjusted to the…
Playing against its rival Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover kept possession of the ball and maintained a slim lead until the final whistle blew. At the end of the game, the scoreboard read 40-37 in favor of Andover. The team struggled on Wednesday against Tabor and lost 55-20. Tabor is currently the top team in the…
Andover Girls Basketball had a hard-fought week of back-to-back losses, with a 54-39 loss to Deerfield and a 44-35 defeat against St. Paul’s. Its season record is now 2-7. Against Deerfield, Andover fell behind early in the game; at halftime, the team was losing by a margin of nearly 25 points. The team managed to…
Raising her arms to block a shot, Janneke Evans ’18 successfully denied her Governor’s opponent from securing an easy bucket. Evans’s stout defensive play throughout the game helped propel Andover Girls Basketball to a 39-34 win on Tuesday. Combined with a 47-32 loss to Milton and a 56-24 loss to Thayer, the team’s record is…
Head Coach Lani Silversides started coaching Andover Girls Basketball in the fall of 2005, just months after graduating from playing four years of Division-I basketball at the University of Vermont (U.V.M.). After thriving in a record-setting career as both a high school and collegiate athlete, Silversides brought experience and knowledge to Andover’s team. Silversides began…