By Alivia Kilroy
Staff Writer

The Westford Academy Varsity field hockey team got their first home win yesterday against Waltham. With great goaltending from sophomore Allison Avery and an aggressive offense the girls pulled out an impressive 2-0 win.

The first half of the game was all WA. With constant play right in the face of the Waltham goalie, the crowd and coaches were shouting “Shoot! Shoot!” Waltham tried to break away but Westford’s defense was always there. Junior Alison DiFonzo had a great steal and brought it back into the offensive zone.

With only 50 seconds left Westford forward sophomore Allia Connolly passed it to sophomore Jenna Klinka who shot it into the net for the first goal of the game. The remainder of the half was spent in Waltham’s defensive zone.

“The first half of the game we played strong and dominated the field.  We need to play like that more often,” said Connelly.

The second half Waltham stepped its game up getting good chances against Westford. Connolly stepped up her game, taking shots, stealing the ball and even maneuvering around players with the ball.

Senior Melanie Jordan had a hard shot pass across the field and took some great blocks in defense. With about 10 minutes left in the game senior Nikki Larsen got a goal off the initially shot by Connolly.

The final score was 2-0 Westford, raising their record to 5-2-2.

“It felt great to win our first home game on the new turf field with my help,” said Connelly.

The Ghosts will take on Acton-Boxborough tomorrow at AB.