The Greens Farms Academy boys soccer team ran its winning streak to five games with a three-win week last week.
— an announcement from Greens Farms Academy
Here’s a rundown of how the week went for the Dragons:
VOLLEYBALL
The GFA Dragons hit the road for Greenwich Academy on Monday and came away on the short end of a 25-14, 25-18, 25-18 score.
Meg Nesi (Fairfield) had 15 assists while Sammy Freeman (Shelton) had five kills and four blocks. Madison Gordon (Stratford) and Lily Lind (Fairfield) had four kills each.
The Dragons rolled to a 25-5, 25-7, 25-13 win on Wednesday at Hamden Hall.
Nesi had 14 assists and four aces while Freeman had six kills. Annie Dizon (Norwalk) added six aces with Kelley Mooney (Southport) adding five more.
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Ava Ewing of Darien returns a ball during her team’s volleyball match last week at the Coyle Gym in Westport.
The GFA volleyball team blocked a total of 22 of King’s attempted kills in Saturday’s game in Stamford, but the Vikings barrage of high-flyers still bested the Dragons by a 3-0 count.
King won the match 25-9, 25-13, 25-19.
Gordon had eight of the blocks while Freeman and Ava Ewing (Darien) had four blocks each. Lind and Cayla Bernstein (Norwalk) added three denials each, as well.
Freeman led the way with five kills while Bernstein and Ewing had three each.
Nesi had six assists and Jessica Cramer (Wilton) had six digs.
BOYS SOCCER
GFA got four goals from four different scorers en route to a 4-2 win over Hamden Hall on the road on Monday.
Will Whelan (Fairfield), Henry Mcdonald (Westport), Charlie Benson (Darien) and Scott Yenor (Greenwich) all scored for the Dragons. Goalie Max Yates (Fairfield) finished with four saves.
The Dragons bested visiting Canterbury 5-1 on Wednesday by scoring four straight goals to snap a 1-1 tie midway through the first half.
Aidan Murphy (Darien), Benson (via a penalty kick), Liam Murphy (Westport), Ethan Lior (Fairfield) and JP Atehortua (Bridgeport) all scored for the Dragons, who improved to 9-5.
Aidan Murphy, Mitch Colonna (Norwalk), Tyler Bierman (Bridgeport), Mcdonald and Benson all had assists for the Dragons.
Yates made four saves while Ryan Buzzee (Norwalk) had six stops in goal for GFA.
GFA defeated King for the second time in a week as Mcdonald’s goal early in the second half stood up for the game-winner in the Dragons’ 2-1 win in Stamford on Saturday.
Benson also scored for GFA while Lior had an assist.
Yates made seven saves, who have also won 10 of their last 11 games.
GIRLS SOCCER
The Dragons gave up four first-half goals while falling to Sacred Heart-Greenwich 5-1 on the road.
Lauren Lior (Fairfield) scored the goal for GFA. Lane Murphy (Darien) had 16 saves.
The Dragons were limited to just three shots while falling to Canterbury 2-0 on the road on Wednesday.
Lior had a goal and an assist as GFA held on to tie King 2-2 on Saturday, leaving the Dragons unbeaten against the Vikings this season.
Emma Orenstein (Westport) also scored for the Dragons while Murphy had eight saves.
FIELD HOCKEY
The nine-win GFA field hockey suffered its first losing streak of the season, falling twice.
Senior goalie Nikki Farber (Westport) had 16 saves on 23 shots as the Dragons were overwhelmed by FAA power Sacred Heart-Greenwich early in the week.
In a thrilling and exciting back-and-forth game that couldn’t be decided in regulation, the GFA field hockey team hosted Canterbury on Saturday and fell by a 5-4 count in overtime.
The Saints scored with 30 seconds left in the extra period, spoiling GFA’s Senior Day efforts that saw the final regular season home game for Nikki Farmer, Laila Pina and Kara Ventura.
GFA scored with 1:11 left in regulation to set up the extra period.
Rari Bellingeri (Stamford) netted her first career goal for GFA while Keely O’Shea (Darien), Autumn Bartush (Norwalk) and Zoe Koskinas (Fairfield) also scored for the Dragons.
Bellingeri also had two assists while Koskinas and Faithe Murphy (Westport) also set up goals.
Farber tied six saves for GFA, which outshot Canterbury by a 18-11 tally.
CROSS COUNTRY
The GFA boys cross country team placed all seven of its runners unde 20 minutes en route to dual meet wins over St. Luke’s (24-37), Rye Country Day (21-38), King (21-38) during Tuesday’s FAA Developmental meet at Allen’s Meadow in Wilton.
Larson Palmgren’s (Fairfield) 7th-place finish led the way for GFA as the junior captain posted a time of 17:53.79.
Thomas Prendergast (Westport) was 12th in 18:33.45 with Sam MacDonald (Stamford) not far behind in 15th and 18:39.61.
Owen Minson (Darien) and his brother Conor came home in 21st (19:18.21) and 22nd (19:18.87), respectively, while Jonty Hammer (Darien) was 24th in 19:29.99.
Brady Melnick (Westport), a freshman, was the final varsity runner in 31st at 19:58.57.
A total of 110 runners completed the race.
The girls team was unable to field a full team of five runners for this meet, but Grace Horton (Fairfield) notched a ninth-place finish in 21:53.62 for the Dragons.
Paige Parisi (Darien) was 38th in 24:49.18 and Kaitlin Reed (Southport) was 55th in 27:23.69.