Fourteen members of the field hockey teams from Mount Abraham, Otter Valley and Middlebury union high schools have received postseason recognition.
It took extra time, but there was no factor — weather, field or opponent — that was going to stop the Middlebury College team.
By defeating visiting NESCAC rival Trinity, 3-0, in an NCAA regional final at home on Sunday, this year’s Middlebury College field hockey team booked the program’s fifth straight trip to the final four this weekend.
One of these years a NESCAC field hockey team will wrest the playoff championship away from Middlebury. But for now the Panthers’ dynasty rolls on.
The field hockey season came to an end this past Friday and Saturday for the area’s high school field hockey teams, when all three dropped Division II quarterfinals on the road to higher seeds.
The 10-4 Otter Valley field hockey team received the highest seed among the area’s three Division II squads, a No. 5 nod.
Division I teams continue to slip past D-II Mount Abe, but the Eagles say they’re ready for playoffs to begin next week.
The Middlebury Union High School team’s first win of the fall proved to be the only highlight for local high school field hockey teams between Oct. 12 and 18, as Mount Abraham dropped games to the top three teams in Division I while Otter Valley lost at a … (read more)
The Mount Abraham field hockey team earned a tie and took a loss against two visiting Division I Metro Conference foes in recent action.
The host Otter Valley field hockey team struck for two first-quarter goals against visiting Middlebury on Friday and did enough the rest of way to earn a 3-0 victory.
A competitive Saturday game between Mount Abraham and host Middlebury, in which the Eagles ultimately prevailed, highlighted the local high school field hockey slate between Sept. 28 and Oct. 4.
In a limited slate of recent local high school field hockey action, Otter Valley won big, but Mount Abraham and Middlebury came up short.
In local high school field hockey action between Sept. 14 and 20 Mount Abraham earned a home tie, Otter Valley split two games and Middlebury dropped a pair of Metro Conference contests.
Defending champion Mount Abe continued to up their game as a young MUHS team starts to gel in the third week of the season.
During the past week of high school field hockey action, defending Division II champion Mount Abraham team took its first loss; Otter Valley knocked off D-I and D-III teams but came up short against its only D-II foe; and Middlebury remained in search of … (read more)
