The Mascoma Field Hockey team is going to the semi finals on Thursday, October 26th.  The Royals upset the #2 seed Pelham Pythons 3-0 in the quarterfinal game.  The game was scoreless 25 minutes into the first half then Libbs Jones intercepted a pass and brought the ball up the field and scored.  Going into half time the Royals were up 1-0 but the game was far from over.  Four minutes into the second half Katie Pushee shot and was rejected by the Pelham goalie however, Alyssa Hammond was there to score off the rebound.  The Pythons battled back but the Royals defense came through with a strong game defending a total of 17 corners. With 7 minutes left in the game Bella Kondi cemented the win with a goal on a penalty stroke.  It was an awesome game and the girls dominated the game.  They all came to play today and it showed with the level of intensity in their play.  The Royals will now face Monadnock in the Semi finals on Thursday at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter at 5pm.  We previously faced Monadnock homecoming weekend and lost 1-0 in over time.  The Royals have come a long way  since that game and have all the confidence that they can defeat them.

Katie Pushee  scored in the first 5 minutes of the game giving the Royals a 1-0.  Elizabeth Jones received a pass who then pushed the ball up field to Julia Fox. Julia shot, however Cardinals Goalie Tess Whitney rejected her shot but on the rebound Katie Pushee deflected past Whitney for the goal.  The Royals never backed down after that.  The entire team played an aggressive game and really wanted the win.  Abby Duhaime had 7 saves in the Royals shut out.  The Royals are now on the road to Pelham for the Quarterfinals game on Sunday at 2pm

The Mascoma Varsity field hockey team  surprised the Winnisquam Bears with scoring the winning goal with 30 seconds left in regulation time.  Trailing 2-1 at the half the Royals dominated the second half of the game. It was an amazing team effort by everyone on the field. They played the hardest they possibly could the entire second half and got the ultimate win at the end!  The goals were scored by Julia Fox on an assist from Alyssa Hammond. Elizabeth Jones tied the game at 2-2 and Alyssa Hammond scored off an assist from Katie Pushee.

The Royal came out strong in their homecoming game against undefeated Monadnock.  Kaitlyn Boucher scored for Monadnock 3:02 into the overtime period ending a hard fought battle between the two teams.  It was a great team effort by the Royal. Goalie Abby Duhaime had 4 saves.

The Royals face Bow on Monday at home. 

The Varsity Field Hockey team started off slow in the first half of their game vs John Stark.  With 5 shots on goal and 5 offensive corners the Royals just couldn't  seem to find the net.  We had a lot of chances but just didn't execute.  Remaining scoreless at the half  we reminded the girls " not to settle to just be okay, or play hard enough to just get by.  Dig in and be better than your opponent, don't settle for anything less. Leave everything you have out on the field."  Coming out in the second half the girls did just that. Elizabeth Jones scored 11 minutes into the second half off an assist from Katie Pushee.  Katie then scored on an assist from Julia Fox.  With 3 minutes left in the game Morgan Prentiss intercepted a pass and dribbled past her opponent and fired a shot in the net from the right side of the circle. The final goal was scored by  Alyssa Hammond ricocheting a cross from Prentiss  with 20 seconds left in the game.  " It was great to see the team come together and push each other through the 2nd half of the game.  We just now need to get them to bring that same level of intensity right out of the gate at the start of the game.  They are a talented group of athletes and just need to come out strong for the entire 60 minutes."

The Royals came out strong with a strong offensive push right out of the gate with Nicole Williams' scoring 3 minutes into the first half.  The Mountaineers answered with a goal off an offensive corner.  At the half it was tied 1-1.  With the Royals starting off slow in the 2nd half the Mountaineers came out with two unanswered goals.   Alyssa Hammond brought the Royals back in it with  a goal off an assist from Freshman Paige Jette but the Royals ran out of time and lost 3-2.

The Royals head to John Stark on Wednesday.

The Lady Royals came out today and proved they are an offensive force.   Libbs Jones scored within in the first three minutes of the game.  The Royals continued to put pressure and were able to break up the long hits from the Tigers Midfielder Kendall Hamilton.  The Tigers came back and scored on a corner. The ball was inserted to Hamilton who fired it past Goalie Abby Duhaime.  The Royals came back with another goal from Jones making it 2-1 at the half.  The Royals continued to dominate.  Julia Fox gave the Royals a 3-1 lead early in the second half and Jones sealed the win with her third goal of the game.   The played an amazing game both offensively and defensively.  Goalie Abby Duhaime had 4 saves. 

The Royals head north to play against Berlin on Monday.

The Royals fell behind 1-0 with 5:36 left in the first half of the game against Gilford. Offensively, the Royals had many more scoring opportunities than Gilford but just couldn't execute before time ran out.  Defensively, Sarah Ruel played an outstanding game.  Goalie, Abby Duhaime had another strong performance with 7 saves. The Royals will face Newport home on Friday.

The Royals turned in a strong performance from start to finish to gain their first win of the season in OT vs Newport 1-0. Offensively, it was a tough fought game between the two teams but defensively the Royals were stronger. The Royals had a chance at an offensive advantage when they were awarded a penalty stroke in the first period, but were unable to capitalize.  Being down two starters(Kayla Hammond-Ankle and Alyssa Hammond Shinn) due to injuries we pulled up Taylor Crate, Paige Jette and Sophia Gusciwicz to help fill in, and they did an amazing job. Going into OT Michaela Dowd intercepted a pass from Kendall Hamilton of Newport.  Dowd passed the ball to Nicole Williams who inturn dished it off coming up field  to Katie Pushee. Katie went one on one with the goalie. pulling it to her right making her off balance and sent the ball past  Stacia Dame in to the  Newport cage.  An exciting game and amazing effort by each individual of the team to help bring home the first win of the season.

The Royals head to Gilford on Wednesday. 

The Royals suffered a tough loss in their season opener losing 3-0 against Newfound.  We dominated the first 20 minutes of the first half before the Bears scored making it 1-0 at the half.  The Royals bounced back and still played tough in the second half.  We saw a lot of positives throughout the game today and still have somethings to work on going forward.  Overall, we were happy with the effort we saw from the girls throughout this game and look forward to see what they will continue to bring throughout the season.

The Mascoma Field Hockey program played in the Keene High School Jamboree on August 19th.  They played in four games of which 3 were against division 2 schools and the final game was against a division 3 school.  The girls had a strong outing having three victories and one loss.  The girls came out a little flat in the first game but after working through some nerves were able to play to the potential they are capable of.