On Friday, the Big Green hosted a dozen home contests on a picturesque October afternoon, meanwhile the boys and girls cross-country teams traveled to Wallingford, CT for a tri-team race against the Wild Boars and Loomis Pelicans.
Friday’s highlights included: the varsity volleyball team hosted Cushing Academy and defeated the visiting Penguins 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-16). On Rowland turf, the varsity field hockey team sealed their victory in overtime over the Loomis Pelicans. With the respective victories, both teams extended their current winning streak to five games. Moreover, the boys varsity earned a come-from-behind victory against Hotchkiss and the boys cross-country team secured two victories.
In the Barn, all of the varsity volleyball players got to participate in the win, including great hitting and setting from Emerson Lewis ‘28 and Charlotte Coody ‘26 and consistently strong serves from Evelyn Kunde ‘26 and Zoe Galaburda ‘26. Harmoni Dobbins ‘26 and Sophie Kamil ‘26 also had great attacks and blocks in the middle. With the victory, the Big Green improve to 9-1 on the season. Next up, Deerfield begins a slate of road contests with a match in Lakeville, CT on Wednesday against the Hotchkiss School. First serve is scheduled for 4:00pm.
On Rowland turf, the varsity field hockey game was a back and forth contest that remained scoreless at the end of the first quarter. At the start of the second quarter, Julia Tamul ’25 worked the ball up to Chloe Cleaves ’26 who scored her first goal of the day. The Pelicans tied it up before the end of the half, but Cleaves added a second goal in the third quarter to put DA up 2-1. Loomis continued to fight back and eventually evened the score to 2-2, but Lilly Oliver ’26 added a tally early in the 4th quarter to put DA up again, 3-2. Loomis never gave up and capitalized on a turn-over with a minute left to tie the game up and send it into OT. The Big Green’s energy and poise in OT helped them to possess the ball. After seven minutes of play, Cleaves and Tamul drew back-to-back corners and set up Oliver who notched the game winner with a beautiful shot from the top of the circle. Haley Abraham ’25, Loulla Rousou ’25, Eloise Hochberg ’27, Erin Dunne ’28, and Kate Doucette ’27 all played well defensively. The Big Green will look to continue to improve their 7-1 record, when the Doors travel to Westminster this Wednesday.
On the soccer pitch, the Big Green boys varsity soccer team earned a come-from-behind victory, defeating the visiting Wildcats from Hotchkiss, 3-1. The Doors started the game with many chances in the opening minutes that failed to convert. Hotchkiss scored a goal off of a restart about 20 minutes into the match that put them ahead, 1-0. Deerfield remained poised and was dominant for the rest of the first half but unable to get on the board. In the second half, the Green and White remained steadfast in their efforts and scored two goals in the first six minutes of the second half to gain the lead, 2-1. Both goals were assisted by Teddy Cyr ‘27 – first breaking past a defender and finding Owen Tymchuk ‘26 for a finish, and then chipping the ball to Jack Dvorin ’25 for a header. The green kept rolling, scoring 5 minutes later with Owen Tymchuk poking the ball into the goal when it dropped from the hands of the Hotchkiss goalie. The Big Green continue to improve their 5-3-3 record and kick-off against Loomis this Wednesday.
On the road in Wallingford, CT, the boys varsity cross-country team earned two decisive victories over Choate and Loomis. The first four runners across the line were Deerfield athletes, securing the varsity contests, and the depth of the Green and White continued to be on display as the JV team also earned another pair of perfect scores. Deerfield had 12 runners across the line before either opposing team’s fifth runner. Looking ahead, the barriers from Deerfield will enjoy an off weekend from racing before traveling to Phillips Andover on Saturday, October 26.
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