Wednesday 5/15 – Andover: 7, Concord Carlisle High School: 1
On Wednesday, Softball (9-2) played its last away game of the season at Concord Carlisle High School. The team had a great game and took home a victory even after a long stretch of not playing due to rain cancellations.
According to Angie Ceballos Cardona ’25, leading up to the game, the team was focused on getting game-ready. The team hadn’t played for a while before Wednesday and was focused on shaking off the dust as it gears up for the remainder of its season.
Ceballos Cardona said, “Our game last week got rained out, so mainly today, we were focusing on just shaking out the rest and getting back onto the field and going back to like a few weeks ago where we had a really good run.”
In the game, the team saw its practice on its fielding pay off as fielding stood out as a strength for the team. Lilly Stephenson ’26 highlighted the pleasant phenomenon of what the team worked on in practice showing up on Wednesday.
“The strength was really our fielding because the other team had a bunch of hits, so we were really able to practice our defensive skills and make plays and I think we worked on that in practice yesterday so I think that really paid off for us,” said Stephenson.
Both pitchers demonstrated exceptional work ethic through the tougher moments of the game on Wednesday, according to Ceballos Cardona.
Ceballos Cardona said, “I would shout out both of our pitchers. Myla Mexico, she’s Class [of 20]27, so is Ashley Schuman ’27. They both pitched in the game, and it’s been a while since they last pitched, so it was really good to see them back out there. Pitching is probably the hardest position you can play, and they just went back out there and worked through whatever they needed to as they were not super warmed up because we haven’t played in a while. So, it was really good to see them work through those tougher moments and come out with a win. I’m very proud of them.”
Going into the game the team was very excited having not played in a while but they also wanted to enjoy the last away game. According to Isabelle Quito ’25, Andover had great energy throughout the game and was really happy to come out of the game with a win.
Quito said, “We were just really excited because this is our last away game. So, just like the bus there and on the way back, we were just like really hype and we were really glad that we won the game.”
Looking ahead, Softball is looking forward to its Big East tournament that will take place this coming weekend. The team is looking to maintain a positive team culture going into the biggest games of its season as well as learning from its mistakes in previous games.
Ceballos Cardona said, “This weekend we have our annual Big East tournament where we can compete for the championship. So, this weekend, we’ll primarily focus on playing loose even when the pressure’s on and playing our game. Bouncing back quickly from any mistakes or leaning on each other as teammates in order to get the job done is going to be super important for us. It’s something that we always work on. I think that’s really imperative for us this weekend especially if we want to win that championship.”
Softball will play at the Big East Tournament on Saturday.
