Foxcroft Defeats Virginia Episcopal, 5-1, to Advance to VISAA Semifinals
Foxcroft Defeats Virginia Episcopal School, 5-1, to Advance to VISAA Division II Semifinals
Junior Allie M., a First-Team All-Delaney Athletic Conference selection, scored two goals and added two assists to spark Foxcroft to a 5-1 victory over Virginia Episcopal School on Tuesday in a Division II quarterfinal match of the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state field hockey tournament.
The victory sets up another match with rival Fredericksburg Academy, a 4-0 quarterfinal winner over Nansemond Suffolk Academy, in the semifinals on Friday at the Evergreen Sportsplex in Leesburg. The game, scheduled to start at 1pm, will be the fourth meeting between the two teams this season. FA, which beat Foxcroft in a shootout to win the DAC Tournament title last week, holds a 2-1 edge. The teams have met nine years in a row for the DAC Championship.
All-DAC Player of the Year Haley B. ’19 and All-DAC First-Team selection Loren S. ’19 also scored for Foxcroft, as did freshman Lucy M. Foxcroft’s defense also sparkled with All-DAC defenders Grace M. ’19 and Betsy A. ’21 consistently turning back attempted charges to the goal by VES.
“We had much better play inside the 25-yard line then we have all year,” said Coach Michelle Woodruff, who was named DAC Co-Coach of the Year earlier this week. “I also liked the fact that several girls scored and I was able to get everyone into the game. We had good aggressiveness today.”
Lorin got Foxcroft (10-4) started with her fourth goal of the season at 16:09 of the first half on a pass from Allie and six minutes later Lucy poked in a shot from the left side of the net off another pass from Allie.
Allie scored twice within a three-minute span early in the second half to make it 5-0 but VES (9-7) finally broke through at 17:55, scoring a goal on a corner pass play. Foxcroft, though, had 11 corner attempts to only four for VES and was 8-0 in corners in the first half.
It was only the second varsity game played on Foxcroft’s new artificial turf and the surface played well despite heavy rain Monday and again Tuesday morning.
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