Girls Field Hockey

Kent was fired up for what ended up being a highly competitive match up between the Lions and the Martlets of Westminster School. Westy immediately set the pace of the game with their quick passing and peppered Kent's goal keeper, Hadley Lineberger, with a number of shots in the first ten minutes. Rather than back down, Kent stepped up to the challenge and answered back with some fast paced defending. On the back line, Morgan Clarke, Izzy Bowler, and Lauren Ferrari worked hard to contain Westy's offense. Emily Bell had an outstanding game with her well timed block tackles. The midfielders, Ryann McDonald, Elise Payne, and Elizabeth Cobb all worked well to channel and communicate. At the half the score was 1-0 with Westy on the board. After a positive half time talk and Kent's signature "fire it up" cheer the squad came out hot! It was midfielder, Emily Bell, who found the back of the net with a beautiful goal, assisted by co-captain, Jenny Purtell, to even the score in the third quarter. Westy answered back with two very quick goals to regain the lead, but with 5:14 left in the third Kent scored another goal off of a corner play. Jenny Purtell had the tip in. Although Westy ended up with the W, Kent played exceptionally hard. Elizabeth Bonner played with tenacity and did an excellent job keeping Kent's spirits high. In net, Hadley had an excellent game.

The Kent Lions traveled to Lakeville, CT for a Founders League match up against the Hotchkiss Bearcats. Both teams had some exciting looks at net with the goalies on each team doing an excellent job. Hotchkiss was able to capitalize first taking the 1-0 lead. Just before the half, Kent had two excellent opportunities to score. Aylah Cioffi had a breakaway that just missed the net and Jenny Purtell added some offensive spark. In the midfield, Elise Payne and Emily Bell did a great job to slow down the pace of play and block up Hotchkiss' run down the middle of the field. On defense, Morgan Clarke was steadfast as per usual and it was nice to have Izzy Bowler back in the starting lineup today! With just 1:09 left on the clock, Kent drew a corner play. Jenny Purtell hit it to the top where Elizabeth Cobb received it and blasted a shot on net. Kendall Shima calmly collected the rebound and found the back of the net to send the game into overtime. Kent played excellent in overtime, but Hotchkiss was able to draw three penalty corners and ultimately scored on one to end the game. The Kent team played well the entire 60 minutes and are excited to match up against another Founders League team, Ethel Walker, this weekend.