Field Hockey Shuts Out Cushing, Raises Record to 3-1

EXETER, NH - Moxie pounded Cushing 4-0 on Saturday, pushing their season record to 3-1. Having dropped their first game of the season to Governor’s earlier in the week, Moxie played with a chip on their shoulders, led by senior co-captain Helen Hultin.Hultin scored three of the team’s four goals. “Helen played an incredible game on offense, walking away with a hat trick,” senior Katy Kinnon said. In addition, the team agreed that lower Kate Pontbriand played very well on defense, keeping the ball away from Big Red’s goalie. Senior co-captain Hannah Wellington and upper Marley Jenkins played off each other as well, playing in the midfield and carrying the ball up to goal together.“I think it was our best game we have had thus far in the season,” Kinnon said. “Our passing was really good, and it was the first game all season that we were able to finish at the goal.” Moxie has already improved since the start of the season and the team agreed that the Cushing game was their strongest performance so far.Upper Lexi Butler commented on the successful teamwork that the team has improved on. “We were very organized,” she said. “We worked well together and were a very well-passing team, especially compared to previous games.”Lower Noa Siegel agreed.  “Everyone was very team oriented, everyone played for each other and the team as a whole instead of themselves. It was definitely our best performance yet,” she said. Moxie is definitely already into the swing of the season and cohesive as a team. “We only really need to work on the little things, like being in the exact spot on the field that we are needed,” Siegel said. “For next game we need to work on keeping our momentum when we get it; we did that really well this game, but sometimes we lose our touch.”Butler said that the team mainly needs to focus on taking advantage of offensive opportunities.  “We only really need to work on capitalizing on our opportunities, namely tipping the ball into the goal,” she said.Making it to the playoffs seems to be an attainable goal for Moxie this year. “I think that if we keep playing like we did last game then we’ll have a really good chance of making it to the playoffs,” Kinnon said. “We were really close to making it last year, but we fell short by a small margin.”Moxie is looking forward to improving their strong record on Saturday at Deerfield. Deerfield has caused trouble for the team in the past, as Big Red fell to them 0-2 last year, but Exeter is up for the task of avenging their loss and chalking up another win on the season."We're really working on moving into open space, and looking at our passing option, so we can move the ball downfield better, and hopefully that'll help us beat Deerfield," senior Hannah Myers said.