We didn’t know what to expect with UNH since they are relatively new to our League. When we arrived at Sachem Field, they were already warming up. Their coaches said 80 players came to their first tryouts!
DWCS Game Summaries
Sunday, October 4, 2026
UNH 4Oct2026
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Springfield 3Oct202into
Springfield hosted us last fall, so it was their turn to come north. A perfect day with blue skies and summer-like temperatures, we were delighted to welcome back Avery Jones and Nicole’s mom and pups for Homecoming! The bonfire returned last night after last year’s draught made it impossible.
We spoke about keeping the ball moving, making good passes that maintain possession and making diagonal dribbles or passes.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
at MIT 19Sep2026
Our first game this fall after four days of tryouts with five new amazingly talented players: Ellie Curley ‘30, Nele Janek ‘29, Lola Kinsella ‘30, Carson Kochansky ‘30 and Sophie Pomfret ‘30! It was a beautiful day in Cambridge where I did graduate studies in chemical engineering - blue sky and 60+F/16+C.
Molly’s parents and grandparents from Syracuse, Nele’s father and brother from Germany, Maddie’s cousin and Sophie’s friend from Berkeley, who attends MIT, were there! Captains Nicole Bogdanos and Carly Fleming introduced an effective set of warm-up routines, enabling us to be well-prepared for the noon kick-off.
MIT suggested that we play 35-minute halves. They had us on their turf field and it was a bit windy, so I recommended that we focus on connecting ground passes and make diagonal runs and passes. The captains urged us to play with intensity.
MIT got a few free kicks before Nele showed her high quality in preventing one of their crosses into our box in the 14th minute. Then Carson got off a shot that was blocked; she took the ensuing corner kick. A few minutes later she set up Ellie for our goal in the 17th minute.
Nicole had a shot go wide just before Carson won a free kick for us from about 20m that Carly placed expertly into the upper left corner of their net for our second goal.
During the break, we applauded the good work and noticed everyone’s happiness on the pitch. We suggested playing to feet, quicker passes in midfield, timing our runs, launching the ball sooner, playing more quickly, communicating more, passing on the ground and playing more diagonally.
MIT hit a shot that bounced off our crossbar; the rebound enabled another MIT shot, Nele stopped it. Ellie won a corner kick taken by Carson, who hd a shot go wide before Molly had the same outcome with her shot. After an MIT corner, Nele saved another shot in the 50th minute.
After MIT took a free kick from midfield, Maddie blocked one of their shots for their corner kick. Chloe did well to get forward for a shot that went wide, and Sage had a shot on target that was saved in the 56th minute.
Molly earned a corner kick taken by Carson before she had another shot saved. Then Carson had a shot saved for another corner kick. Lola did well to get forward enough for a shot that went wide before Ellie had the same outcome in the 66th minute. Neva had a shot whoosh over their crossbar in the last minute.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
UVM 12Oct2025
We always expect a big challenge from UVM. It was Senior Day, and Homecoming weekend, so we were delighted to see our graduated players Lizzy Strapp ‘25 and Kalyn Dawes ‘25 and Lizzy Hennessey ‘09 with her wife Tam and daughter Oakley ‘45 (?!) in addition to Nicole’s dad and Chloe’s parents - maybe others?
The weather was perfect - starting in the 60sF/15C and feeling warm from direct sunshine. We spoke about keeping the ball moving.
Both teams showed high energy and intensity. Nicole got is started with an early shot blocked before Genevieve had a shot saved for a corner kick that was taken by Nicole. UVM took two free kicks in our third, the second one leading to a shot saved by Meg.
Sunday, October 5, 2025
at UMass A and B 5Oct2025
UMass bullied us into playing both games with their A and B teams at their field back-to-back instead of having one of them on a different date on our field - and they scheduled the two games on a Sunday no less. Very unsavory behavior!
By the time we left it was nearly 90F and on turf it felt like 100F/35+C. We had the misfortune of a conflict with the 50-mile hike from Moosilauke to Hanover, injuries and other commitments that left us with only 13 players for the first game and 12 for the second.
We wanted 30-minute halves because of having to play two games with few subs and high temperatures, but UMass A insisted on 35-minute halves. Not very nice hosts.
But we had such nice fans - Emeline’s mom brought great-looking fruit and Molly’s and Colleen Cranna’s parents were there!
We spoke about making short passes to feet in order to try to keep possession.
GK: Erika Huston, Sage Stretch, Emeline Hobart
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Williams 4Oct2025
The last time we played Williams was 13Oct2013 in Williamstown, a scenic campus with beautiful foliage at that time. They had planned to play us again in the fall of 2023 but were unable to make it. This fall they joined our Region1 club soccer league, bringing the number of teams in our division to nine. Avery set the time for our game at 11am so as not to conflict with sorority rush bid day.
The weather was glorious with blue skies and 20+C/70+F. We were grateful that Steve Small, our officials coordinator, was able to find the required three officials for our game. We were delighted to see Colleen Cranna’s parents here from Virginia!