Endless gratitude to all of our coaches, members of our athletic department, sports medicine team, OPP/grounds crew, and student-athletes who keep adapting and adjusting to a “spring” season that has largely been defined by rain and cold. This less-than-ideal weather scenario creates circumstances, day-to-day, whereby practice and game schedules are constantly changing. We appreciate everyone’s patience, flexibility, and hopefulness that better weather days are ahead.
Pictured above: Andover's Spring Captains gathered in front of the chapel for the annual photo last Friday.
ICYMI: On April 5-6th in Spokane, WA, at the Team USA National Championships, Andover senior wrestling captain Dani Nugent stunned the competition by pinning all five of her opponents, including a decisive victory over the #1 ranked high school wrestler in her weight class and subsequent pins against two collegiate athletes in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Her momentum continued on Sunday as she triumphed in a best two-out-of-three finals against a collegiate wrestler and the reigning U20 National Champion.
Girls' Varsity Tennis defeated Winsor, and escaped the snow and rain inside the Wellesley Country Club on Saturday.
Congrats to all three of our girls’ tennis teams - Varsity A coached by Katy Lambson, Varsity B coached by Dan Burke and JV coached by Talia Natoli for each securing home wins on Wednesday afternoon. Varsity B and JV had their season openers - and for our coaches, their first Andover “career” victory in the role of head coach. Varsity A, captained by Amy Oku & Lena Cigar-Albeniz, captured their first “sweep” of the season, 7-0 v. Austin Prep.
Highlights from our girls’ varsity B win versus Pingree School Varsity A squad:
On Wednesday afternoon, Andover and Pingree split the opening singles matches 3-3, with spirited play and first-career wins for Angelina Zhang ’27, Ryan Levine ’27, and Doris Lu ’28. The outcome was now on the able rackets of our three doubles teams. The girls responded. The teams of Alex Dalrymple-Roth (Capt.) ’25 & Ryan Levine ‘27, Angelina Zhang ‘27 & Kristen Ma ’27, and Sophia Davis (Capt.) ’25 & Nicole Murphy ’27 persevered to deliver the victory for Andover.
The LONG road to VICTORY!
Shout out to our boys’ Varsity Tennis team - coached by Leo Calleja and Winston Leong and captained by Chase Burke and Kevin Niu - who remained undefeated after a MARATHON outdoor tennis match-turned Snyder indoor tennis match on Friday evening, lasting nearly 5 ½ hours! The boys’ team competed against a strong Nobles squad with the senior Avery Zheng winning the final match of the night to secure the 4-3 victory! Thank you to athletic trainer Devin O’Reilly who supported both teams throughout the night.
On Saturday night, girls’ Varsity Tennis traveled to the Wellesley Country Club to play The Winsor School - another 5-hour plus match - AND another Big Blue victory! Both our boys’ & girls’ Varsity A tennis teams remain undefeated.
Chase Burke '25 vs. Nobles
Let’s go, Girls’ Water Polo - coached by Howie Kalter and Jill Meyer and captained by Ariana Zhao and Adz Morales for extending their win streak to three consecutive games with a thrilling 11-4 victory at home versus Phillips Exeter. Adz Marshall led the way with 7 (!!) goals and teammates Camden Scholpler, Addison Deng, and Djenabou Bah added to the scoring to keep the game out of reach. Sophia You had six saves on the day.
Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse coached by Heidi Wall, Taylor Ware, and MC Post and captained by Lauren Herlihy, Neicia Smith, and Charley Drouin extended their record to 5-1 with two big wins this week. scoring 30 goals across their two games while only conceding nine. Special shout out to senior captain Lauren Herlihy who scored her 100th goal...and then...her 101th...102th...103rd and 104th goal in the Deerfield victory!
Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse coached by James Beaudoin and Jake Montanaro and captained by Max Herbison and Jack Frischmann secured an exciting double OT win on the road versus Proctor Academy - also extending their record to five wins and one loss. Captain Jack Frischmann sent the game into OT with only seconds left to play in the 4th quarter and post-graduate Sam Whitehurst scored in the 2nd OT for the Big Blue victory!