1/10 – Andover: 5, Choate: 3
1/12 – Andover: 6, Brooks: 0
1/14 – Andover: 9, KUA: 0
After a dominant win over Choate on Saturday, Girls Hockey (9-1-1) saw consecutive shutout victories against Brooks and Kimball Union Academy (KUA). On Monday against Brooks, the team secured the team by six points, and on Wednesday, it bested KUA by nine goals, the second-highest margin of victory for the team this season.
Vanessa Hall ’28 reflected on the high energy that led into Saturday’s game against Choate. Hall praised Sarah Powers ’26 and Co-Captain Caroline Averill ’26 for taking charge offensively.
“[Powers and Averill] work off each other really well. There was one shift in the second period where we didn’t end up scoring off of it, but, those two, they kept exchanging and moving in the offensive zone, and we had 3 to 4 looks on net, which didn’t produce any goals, but it just shifted the energy and set Choate back because [it] had to focus on defense a lot, which made [it] lose [its] momentum,” said Hall.
Leading into Brooks, Andover wanted to continue to do what it did well against Choate and continue its quick passing. Sienna Glass ’27 emphasized the importance of chipping pucks ahead and chasing rather than carrying them up. Glass also praised Averill for her performance in moving the puck and support to the team throughout competition and during off-ice moments.
“Someone who stood out to me was one of our [Co-]Captains, Caroline Averill. She just played the game so simply. She was moving pucks and getting pucks deep. She definitely demonstrated all of her leadership qualities on and off the ice, especially in the locker room between periods,” said Glass.
In its victory against Brooks, Sienna Glass ’27 noted that the team saw various notable moments, including Vanessa Hall ’28’s first goal in her time with the team and Kimee Duplessis ’26’s defensive plays.
“One of our Lowers, Vanessa, she scored. It was her first goal ever in her [Andover Girls Hockey] career, so that was a really special moment. Someone fed the puck to her right in the middle in front of the net and then she just took a really good shot, and that got our whole team going,” said Glass.
Glass continued, “One of the plays was a one-on-one with Kimee, where she had a really good angle on the Brooks player, and she came out and angled her off using her body to take the puck from the other girl.”
In the team’s 9-0 victory against KUA, Maya Kou ’28 praised the team’s goalie, Codi Pickering ’27, for a shutout game. Kou also detailed Andover’s quality of play in the first compared to the second period and detailed KUA’s impressive goalie.
“Before the game, we knew that KUA would be one of the weaker teams we play, but we obviously couldn’t give the game to them. In the first period, we played well, but it was as if we were missing one step a little bit, but we picked it up in the second period,” said Kou. “The [KUA] goalie was really, really good, and we shot well. Defensively, there was a breakaway coming into our zone and our goalie Codi stopped it effortlessly.”
This Saturday, Girls Hockey will play St. Paul’s at home.
