Saturday 3/30 – Andover: 16, Greater Lawrence Technical School: 1
Andover Girls Softball traveled to Greater Lawrence Technical School (Greater Lawrence Tech) on Saturday for the start of its unofficial season. The team took the win in the scrimmage against Greater Lawrence Tech, beginning the season on a high note.
Going into the game, the team was excited to get out on the field after all of the hard work they put in during pre-season. Anaya Qamar ’26 emphasized the team’s energy and the lower-stakes feel of the game.
Qamar said, “The game was our first scrimmage, so it was very much like everyone was super excited and hyped up to finally play a game since our pre-season. But, also I think since it was a scrimmage, everyone was also very easygoing about it, and it wasn’t a super stressful environment.”
According to Co-Captain Maris Moody ’24, leading up to the game, the team has been focused on building up its defensive side as opposed to hitting which is traditionally a big focus in practices.
Moody said, “In practice, we’ve been working a lot on our fun and slap defense in first and third base so I’d say that we’ve been working pretty hard defensively we practice hitting every single day, and hitting is one of [the] things that we’ve been working on since preseason but I would say that we’re focused more on the defensive plays right now.”
However, the team still kept up its strength in hitting and offense during the game. Qamar highlighted how the team gained traction as the scrimmage progressed.
Qamar said, “One of our main strengths was our offensive side and our hitting… In the beginning, we started off a little bit slow, but by the end, everyone was hitting off the pitchers, and we were all moving our runners really well and doing a good job on the bases.”
According to Myra Mexico ’27, communication was another key element contributing to the team’s success. It helped the players understand what was going on and support one another.
Mexico said, “We already have a good teamship in a way, so I feel that overall we all work very smoothly [together]. Communication is crucial when people are stealing… [like] when the people in the field or even people in the dugout who aren’t playing scream what people are going to do. That [also] helps the catcher know that people are going, that the base arms are going.”
Moody detailed what the team is looking forward to as it prepares for the start of its official season.
Moody said, “For our upcoming games… we want to work more on our hitting strength. Since we’ve only been playing scrimmages, we haven’t been playing our regular roster… [and] haven’t seen a lot of great pitching. I think that when we get into our regular season we’re going to start seeing some better pitchers, and we’re going to start having some better hits and that will allow us to work on base running.”
Girls Softball will play at Tilton School on Friday.
