JV Field Hockey: Knights finish season strong with 3-1 win over Tuscaora

By Ben Spector

Winning After MidKnight

 

Any time a team doesn’t have playoffs in their future, the goal becomes to finish the season out strong and be a spoiler. Although, the scenario is a bit different for the Middletown High School Knights JV field hockey team, since no JV sports in the county have playoffs, the goals were still the same for Middletown.

The Knights would finish out the season strong ending on the right side of a 3-1 score against the Tuscarora High School Titans on a cold, damp evening in Middletown High School.

Middletown (8-3-1) had one of the most successful seasons in recent history for a team in the Knights field hockey program, ending up with a fantastic record and shocking regional powerhouses like Century and Linganore.

The Knights would get the scoring started off early as freshmen Ashley Donaldson and Chloe Goodie would put Middletown out in front early with two quick goals.

The weather seemed to play a factor as both teams had trouble getting their offense’s into gear throughout much of the game.

The Titans wouldn’t go down easy though putting up a goal early in the second half to make 2-1 and give the Knights something to worry about through the rest of the game.

Middletown would respond though as sophomore Andrea Kundrick tallied late in the game, in what will most likely be her final JV game, and give the Knights the victory.

Middletown would then, tying in a common theme from the past games, add some lockdown defense at the end of the game with stellar goaltending from sophomore Maddy Hillsman to finish their season strong.