{"id":2569,"date":"2016-04-14T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2016-04-14T13:46:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:46:54","slug":"athletes-of-the-week-april-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/04\/14\/athletes-of-the-week-april-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes of the Week – April 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"folger\"<\/a>Matt Folger \u201816<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt has started of the varsity ultimate season well and has taken to the sport like a fish to water. On Friday in the team\u2019s opener against McDuffie, Matt had 4 of the team\u2019s 6 scores and was always a threat anywhere on the field. On the defensive side, Matt made multiple blocks and defended passes which helped turn the tide of a few points in the team\u2019s favor. His work ethic and dedication to learning the intricacies of the game is evident every practice.<\/p>\n

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\"swaz\"<\/a>Meg Szawlowski \u201816<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meg has been a huge part of a strong start for the girls\u2019 varsity lacrosse team this season.\u00a0 Meg has contributed 10 goals, and 7 assists in the team\u2019s first three games. She leads the team in both categories.\u00a0 In addition to her offensive ability, Meg is also a tremendous defender and helped contain the powerful attacks of Hotchkiss and St. Marks.\u00a0 She also takes the draw and is responsible for numerous key possessions on the circle.\u00a0 Meg is a leader and the ultimate positive teammate.<\/p>\n

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\"coscia\"<\/a>Abigail Coscia \u201919<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abbie has helped lead a young girls\u2019 varsity water polo team early in the season. In the first three games she has scored 18 goals and contributed 3 steals and drawn 3 penalty shots. Abbie\u2019s work ethic and determination provides a great example for everyone on the team.<\/p>\n

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\"foster\"<\/a>Abbie Foster \u201816<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-captain Abbie Foster has been a key reason for the girls varsity tennis team\u2019s great start to the season.\u00a0 She contributed three match wins in the Wildcats\u2019 undefeated week of tennis.\u00a0 Abbie, and fellow co-captain Caroline Borden, won both of their doubles matches against NMH and Miss Porter\u2019s this week to help the team get off to a positive start. \u00a0At singles, Abbie fought back from 2-5 down in the second set against a stingy opponent from NMH to win 7-5 and help secure the first win of the season for the team. Abbie has also contributed strong leadership to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Folger \u201816 Matt has started of the varsity ultimate season well and has taken to the sport like a fish to water. On Friday in the team\u2019s opener against McDuffie, Matt had 4 of the team\u2019s 6 scores and was always a threat anywhere on the field. On the defensive side, Matt made multiple … Continue reading Athletes of the Week – April 11th<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}