Fall 2005

Winnisquam 16, Gilford 0   August 31, 2005

An undermanned Gilford squad stood no chance against the Bears (1-0), who outshot the Golden Eagles, 40-1. Ali Keith scored her first varsity goal, then tacked on four more to finish with five on the day. Erin Greenhaulgh, Amanda Audet and Becca Mahoney also each tallied their first varsity scores. Kelly Muraszko potted four for the Bears as well, and Alicia Boyce, Erin Roark and Amanda Lowery rounded out the scoring. Leigh Smith played well in the win. The Bears play Newfound tomorrow

Winnisquam, Newfound settle for tie

TILTON — Despite numerous opportunities for both Winnisquam and Newfound, nothing was decided between the two field hockey rivals after 75 minutes of action.

Meeting for the second time in a week, the two talented Class M-S squads went up and down the field before they settled for a 1-1 tie here Friday afternoon. With the deadlock, Winnisquam stands at 3-0-1 on the season while Newfound is 2-1-1.

"It was an exciting game," Newfound coach Karri Peterson said. "They had opportunities to score and we had opportunities to score. In overtime, both teams had opportunities."
Winnisquam clearly had the best chances in the extra 7 on 7, 15 minute period; including a penalty corner with no time left. The hosts fired three shots in the scramble, including one that was swept off the line by Newfound goalie Sarah McGraw.
Ali Keith put Winnisquam on top 11 minutes into the contest, firing home a pass from Kelley Muraszko. Winnisquam would maintain that slim advantage until Newfound would break through in the second period. Erin McHugh fired the tying goal into the back of the cage, with an assist from Kelsey Watson with a little more than 20 minute remaining in the contest.
From there, the action went back-and-forth with both teams enjoying scoring chances.
"We didn't play that well, and a lot of it has to do with them (Newfound)," Winnisquam coach Len Lavin said. "They are very quick.

"We had to work for the tie," added Lavin. "They certainly deserved no less than a tie."
Newfound owned a slight edge in both penalty corner chances (10-9) and shots (10-8). McGraw finished with seven saves in the Newfound goal.
Lavin was pleased with the performance of his sweeper Phylicia Martel and goalie Molly Ryan, who finished with nine saves.
Tuesday, Newfound entertains unbeaten Berlin and Winnisquam plays host to Somersworth.

Gilford 3, Winnisquam 0   Sept 15, 2005

TILTON — The Golden Eagles improved to 4-0 on the season as they rolled in three games (25-13, 25-14, 25-12).
Winnisquam falls to 0-4 with the loss.
For Gilford, Ally Murphy had 17 assists and continued to show great veteran leadership on the court. The Golden Eagles had eight different players scoring 25 points from the offensive attack.
Leading the way was Lindsey Carr (8 kills, 2 blocks), Sherry Jenot (4 kills), Haley Jackson (3 kills) and Megan Korber (2 blocks). Defensively Erin Wheeler, Lori West and Jenot passed extremely well. Gilford served over 95 percent as Murphy was 26-for-26 and scored 21 points with five aces. In game one, Murphy came to the stripe and served for points 2 through 11 to give Gilford a commanding 11-1 lead. In game two Murphy served for points 2 through 7 to give Gilford another early lead at 7-1. Jackson was 14-for-15 scored 12 points with five aces.
Katie Potter and Jenna Goss played very strong defensively for the Bears, while Lindsay Andrus worked hard offensively and scored crucial points with blocks.

Winnisquam 3,                   Sept 20^th, 2005

Newfound 1

Newfound took the first game, 21-25, but Winnisquam rallied to sweep the next three (25-11, 25-19, 25-19) and win at home.

Tina O'Brien turned the tide by starting game two with five straight points, then she gave way to Allison Forsythe for points 7-14. Rebecca Orndorff led the way defensively, with Lindsay Andrus (three blocks in each game) contributing at the net. Laura Romero, Jenna Goss and Katie Potter also played well in the back row.

"I was very proud of the team tonight," said Coach Karen Tryon. "We fought from the start of game one 'til the end of game four. Everyone contributed to the win tonight."

Winnisquam shuts down I-L  Oct 4, 2005

TILTON — A stellar defense and some timely offense were the ingredients for Winnisquam Tuesday in a hard fought victory over Lakes Region rival Inter-Lakes.
The Bears continued to make their move to the top of the Class M standings and now stand at 10-3 with the win. Inter-Lakes dropped to 2-10.
"I was happy with our defensive effort tonight," said Winnisquam coach Amy Dutton. "The kids were pumped up today and it was just a total team effort. The kids really did their jobs."
It looked like it would be a big day on the offensive end for the Bears. Just 33 seconds into the contest Rob Hallowell drilled a shot just outside the box from 25-yards out to give Winnisquam the early 1-0 advantage. Inter-Lakes though would clamp down on the explosive Bears' offense as goalie Parker Hansen made a number of stops to keep the Lakers in the game and preserve the 1-0 deficit at the half.
"You have to give Inter-Lakes credit," said Dutton. "They didn't quit and they battled us to the end. They came up with some big plays and fought hard and hung tough."
Winnisquam would get a little insurance in the second half as sophomore Matt Kievit tallied in the 33rd minute off a pass from Ryan Speikers. The Bears would put the game away in the 68th minute as Speikers fired a direct kick into the left corner.
The Winnisquam defense would make that lead hold up as seniors John Robinson and Taylor Plimpton shut down the Lakers' offense. Winnisquam netminder Justin Dawalga made just two saves in the shut out victory.
"Our defense has been doing that all season," Dutton pointed out. "The defensive effort these kids put out is unbelievable. We really did a nice job of shutting them down."
Winnisquam travels to Prospect Mountain Thursday while Inter-Lakes hits the road to battle area foe Gilford.
"We're 10-3 right now and we haven't yet played our best soccer," said Dutton. "We haven't peaked yet and hopefully that happens come playoff time. I think we're trying not to look ahead. We have two tough games coming up and we know we have to play out best soccer if we want to win."