Mary Stevens moves the ball during a win at Trumbull this fall. The Wreckers are off to a 6-0 start - Photo Andy Hutchison
Mary Stevens moves the ball during a win at Trumbull this fall. The Wreckers are off to a 6-0 start – Photo Andy Hutchison

By Andy Hutchison

Staples field hockey is coming off a pair of impressive road wins this week to improve to 6-0. 

Staples won a 3-2 overtime thriller over New Canaan on Monday and defeated Fairfield Ludlowe 3-1 on Wednesday.

Against New Canan, Emilie Russell and Eve Dolan scored in regulation and Leah Larit tallied the OT winner. In the Ludlowe game, Mary Stevens, Larit and Eve Dolan all scored.

The Wreckers are looking good as they head to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania for the annual MAX Field Hockey National Invitational at the Proving Grounds.

There will be 64 public and private high schools from 12 states. They will compete in a total of 70 games during the Sept. 19-21 weekend.  The field includes 20 of the nation’s preseason top-25 ranked teams. Staples is ranked #16 and FCIAC foe Darien is #18.

Staples will take on Kingsway Regional High (New Jersey) on Saturday at 5 p.m. and First Colonial High (Virginia) Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Wreckers will get back to familiar conference competition on Thursday, Sept. 25 with a visit to Darien at 6 p.m.

Recent Westport Journal coverage of field hockey

Andy Hutchison
Andy Hutchison

Andy Hutchison

Andy Hutchison has been covering school sports — including Staples athletics — as well as news and feature stories, since the 1990s. He is the sports editor at the Newtown Bee. He writes for the Monroe Sun. He was director of communications and radio color commentator for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (now Islanders) hockey team. He has won numerous writing awards, including regional and national first-place honors.

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