Hun Field Hockey Off to Up-and-Down Start, Aiming to Be More Aggressive, Play Sharper


ONE TO WATCH: Hun School field hockey player Julie Fassl looks for the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, sophomore Fassl scored a goal to help Hun beat the George School 4-2 and improve to 3-3. The Raiders host Steinert on October 3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
Coming into last week, the Hun School field hockey team appeared to be on the right track.
The Raiders had won two of their last three games, including an impressive 2-0 victory over WW/P-S on September 20.
Hun head coach Kathy Quirk was happy with the way things were going. “Oh definitely, we were making progress,” said Quirk in assessing her team’s 2-2 start.
But the Raiders took a step backward when they played at the Princeton Day School on September 23, falling 4-0 to the Panthers.
“We didn’t come ready to play today, it was very
obvious,” said Quirk.
“They pounded and pounded away at the goalie and we took one shot and stood and watched. We just couldn’t seem to capitalize today. We had too many long passes go out that normally we run and get. Their goalie [Katie Alden] played a nice game.”
Hun has been getting some nice play from the trio of seniors Vicki Leach and Julia Blake along with sophomore Julie Fassl as all three had produced in Hun’s previous three games with Leach tallying two goals and two assists in that stretch and Blake chipping in two goals and an assist, and Fassl contributing a goal and two assists.
“Leach and Fassl have been bright spots, so has Julia Blake,” said Quirk, who got a 20-save effort from senior goalie Reina Kern in the loss to PDS.
With the Hun program having shown a penchant for late-season surges in recent years, Quirk believes her squad can get back on the winning track.
“We have to change our attitudes a little,” said Quirk, whose team topped the George School (Pa.) 4-2 last Saturday with goals by Maura Kelly, Julia Revock along with Blake and Fassl as it improved to 3-3.
“We just have to get more aggressive. We have to look up before we pass. We need to work on confidence.”