Needham Field Hockey Clinches First Round of Tournament

Sitting at number 9, Needham’s field hockey team beat the eighth-seeded Concord-Carlisle team on Thursday, 1-0, in the first round of the D1 North Sectional Tournament.

In the first half, Concord-Carlisle controlled much of the ball, but the Rockets came back swinging strongly by turning away no less than seven corners from the Patriots.

At the half, the game was tied at zip. The second half provided many chances for scoring, but none did until the Rockets’ Ally Hickey made a shot with ten minutes left in the game. The shot, however, waived the goal and the score retreated to 0-0, and into sudden death overtime.

In the final seconds of the overtime, Hickey’s shot went wide and they moved to penalty shots, winning the game.

The Rockets move on to the D1 North Quarter Finals to face the winner in the Acton-Boxborought/Newton North game.

This information was supplied by Needham High School.