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Pingry Offense Overcomes Warriors

Young field hockey team struggles against tough opponent.

The Watchung Hills Regional High School field hockey team (0-2) lost its second game of the season to Pingry (3-1). The game was played on the turf field at  Watchung Hills Regional High School’s Tozier Stadium in Warren.

1st 2nd Final Pingry (3-1) 1 3 4 Watchung Hills (0-2) 0 0 0

IN SHORT

This is a rebuilding year for the Warriors field hockey team. Pingry  dominated the game, especially the second period of the the match. Watchung Hills’ Goalie Kathleen Finnegan was unable to stop Pingry’s Erin Burtico (who scored twice), Katie Ruesterholz and Brigid Bruno.

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WARRIOR OF THE GAME

Midfielder #20  Jen Sinnott. Coach Maria Bachert said she was happy with Sinnott's field prescence. "She was dominating the middle of the field," she said.

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OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES

#1 Julia Priovalos and #25 Erin Schwartzstein came into their games, said Coach Bachert.

COACH'S TAKE

Although they lost the game, coach Maria Bachert wasn't disappointed. “We made a vast improvement in working together as a team and each of the kids picked up a little more individual skills," said Bachert. "They are new players, they haven’t experienced these things at a high level of intensity and it is going to take us a little bit of time to get everything tied together. What I’m hoping to do is to come in on the second half of the season and beat all the teams that are beating us right now."

UP NEXT

North Hunterdon Regional High School at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at Watchung Hills.

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