On Tuesday, November 11th, the Blue Wave Field Hockey team took on New Milford in the battle of the waves: the Green Wave versus the Blue Wave. The Blue Wave came out on top, continuing onto the State Championship after a 1-0 win.
Eager to start the game off strong, the girls got three offensive corners in the first two minutes, but were unfortunately unable to capitalize. Without letting up, the offense kept attacking until junior Marissa Baker sent a ball to junior Hannah Mclane for the tip with five minutes to go in the first half.
Defensively, the Blue Wave was a wall all around the field and adapted quickly to New Milford’s “big ball” hitting game. Senior Kyla Johns did a great job getting her stick on the ball on the left side and not letting anything past her.
In the last thirty seconds of the game, New Milford was able to draw a corner, which, for those who are unfamiliar with the sport, is to be played out until the ball exits the circle regardless of whether or not the clock hits zero. Time ran out before the Green Wave even inserted the ball, leaving Darien with one final task of getting the ball out of the circle in order to walk off the field victoriously. The defensive corner unit including Baker, Johns, senior Kyra Fitzpatrick, sophomore Gabby Noto and junior goalie Kaeleigh Morrill cleared the ball out strong allowing the Blue Wave to advance to the final two.
“Everyone played a great game” said sophomore Kallie Coughlin. “If we play like this on Saturday, I have complete faith that we can win it all.”
Come support Darien, the seventh seed in the State Championship on Saturday, November 15th in Wethersfield (time TBA) as they take on Glastonbury, the number one seed for the Class L State title.
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| Sophmore Gabby Noto sends the ball into the circle. |
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