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Sending Up
Woodstock Academy’s Eliza Dutson sends the ball upfield in a 2-1 win over Fitch Sept. 20. Photo by Jeremy Useted/The Woodstock Academy.
Record now stands at 2-2
It took a little while for the Woodstock Academy field hockey team to get going Sept. 20.
Probably because the game with Fitch started over a half-hour late due to a late arrival by the opposition.
“We were a little sluggish, but we played controlled, and made some great passes. We had some personnel in different areas to deal with injuries. We had less of a dynamic look because our engine was in the backfield,” said Woodstock Academy coach Lauren Gagnon.
But the Centaurs had enough up front to post a 2-1 win over the Falcons.
The Centaurs finished up the week Sept. 21 against Enfield and suffered a 3-1 loss.
The win over Fitch evened out the ECC record for the Centaurs at 1-1. The team is 2-2 overall.
The Falcons (1-4, 0-3 ECC) had a little better of the play early.
Bridget and Maggie O’Leary each had a couple of shots on goalie Rachael Roberts, but the senior, who finished with five saves turned them aside. Kaily Lachappelle replaced Roberts midway through the second half and made two saves of her own.
Woodstock Academy got on the board with 10 minutes, 49 seconds left in the first half when Emma Durand took a pass from Rachel Canedy and pushed it into the cage.
The Centaurs scored nine goals in their season opener a week before against E. Catholic. They have been harder to come by since.
The Centaurs seemed destined to get another in the second half as they peppered the Fitch cage early.
Canedy finally rattled it when she brought the ball in and scored unassisted with 17:10 to play.
The defense helped keep the Falcons off the board until late.
There was a brief sense of trouble late.
Jessica Russo took a pass from Bridget O’Leary and snuck it past Lachappelle with 29 seconds left in the game.
Fortunately for the Centaurs, it was too little, too late for the Falcons.
Durand said the win was especially important since it came on the heels of the loss to East Lyme.
“It’s important that we keep getting conference wins because we want to go far this year,” Durand said. “We have really great team chemistry. We’re communicating great on and off the field. We all love each other and that really helps.”
Enfield got the best of Woodstock Academy Sept. 21.
Sophia Rakovan scored the only goal off an assist from Canedy but it wasn’t enough as the host team put three goals up on the board.
Enfield had a little additional motivation coming into the game. The school honored Cookie Bromage prior to the game.
She has coached the team for 52 years and Enfield named the field after the veteran coach Sept. 21.
“I played against her as a student. She is a field hockey legend and a class act,” Gagnon said.
The Centaurs celebrated by baking 36 dozen cookies for the veteran coach.
It was a defensive struggle between the Centaurs and E. Lyme Vikings Sept. 17. E. Lyme came away with the 1-0 victory.
The Vikings finally broke through with a goal midway through the second half and it stood up.
The only goal came with 15:06 to play when Sarah Healy scored off an assist from Kristen Healy to give the Vikings (4-0, 3-0 ECC) the win.
Roberts made six saves in goal for the Centaurs.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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