9/14 – Andover: 10, Thayer: 1
9/18 – Andover: 7, Lawrence Academy: 0
The undefeated Field Hockey team dominated Thayer to start off its season on Saturday. It continued on Wednesday, with another win against Lawrence Academy. Both games resulted in at least a 7-point win.
Sienna Glass ’27 mentioned how the team battled nerves by staying supportive of one another. She commented on the team’s growth since preseason, mentioning the positive team chemistry that allowed them to work well together.
“Everyone was a little bit nervous, but we were very supportive of each other and managed well as a team, and everybody got to play. Everyone [has] gained a little bit more confidence since preseason, which I thought was good. Our team is able to work well together after scrimmaging with and against each other,” said Glass.
With a diverse range of goal scorers, and specifically, players including Maren Boyle ’26 and Molly Boyle ’25, Quiana Bell ’26 commended the team’s offense and its ability to drive the ball up the field and score effectively against Thayer.
Bell said, “We had nine different goals scored by nine different people, the stat was crazy. It was a very diverse group that was controlling the offense. Obviously, we had Maren and Molly being our forwards, they did a great job pitching the ball up”
Similarly, Josie Sarno ’26 highlighted the team’s aggressive offense. From the start, the team was able to maintain possession in Thayer’s half of the field.
Sarno said, “The strength of the team was our aggressiveness from the start of the game, we were able to keep the ball in their half of the field for the majority of the game. We played really well offensively for our game against Thayer.”
As the team started to shift its focus towards its game against Lawrence Academy, Bell noted the importance of forcing the other teams to have turnovers. The team plans to work on pushing the momentum and recovering on defense.
“We’ve also been focusing over the last couple of days with our press and causing the other teams to have those little turnovers. We’re just really going to want to focus on pushing our momentum, making sure we’re all getting back on defense and protecting our feet from the ball,” said Bell
Bell also stressed the influence communication has had so far. She highlighted how communication helped the team on the field and how it hopes to continue to improve that skill.
“The team has worked a lot on our communication and passing and it’s paid off. We had a lot of good passing sequences against Lawrence Academy. It helps strengthen us on the field and help us improve our game on another level when we get our communication aspect to the highest level,” said Bell.
Even with its earlier success this season, Field Hockey remains determined to continue to improve all aspects of its play. Glass stated that the team will focus on enhancing its ball stopping, ability to use the entire field and its simple plays.
Glass said, “In the weeks following the games against Thayer and Lawrence Academy, our team will be working on stopping balls as well as aerials and getting our top hands low so we can stop those balls easier. We’ll also be working on utilizing both sides of the field. We do this by transferring the ball… Also we’ll be working on making simple passes and simple plays.”
Field Hockey will compete against Loomis on Saturday.
