History Made in West Hartford CT

Hartford sports are underway and Field Hockey was able to debut on Friday with a 8-0 win over Elms College. The game began with a drop ball from Hartford Athletic Director Alicia Queally joined by senior Mikayla Matthews for the first drop ball of the program.

The Hawks started scoring off early in the first quarter with Freshman Ava Lipson scoring the first ever Hartford Field Hockey goal just five minutes in. The Hawks weren't done scoring after their first goal as Freshman Kyra Benard scored the first goal of her career. Just a minute after Benard scored Freshman Kyra Evans scored the third goal of the season and her first in college as well.

In the second quarter Ava Lipson didn't take her foot off the gas pedal as she scored her second goal in the 17th minute of the game, six minutes later senior Jaylene Soto scored her first goal giving the Hawks a 5-0 lead.

In the third quarter the Hawks would score two as Ashley Taylor and Kyra Benard drove the ball in the back of the goal. Ashley Taylor would score in the 37th minute off of an assist from Ava Lipson, while Benard scored on a pass from Taylor.

The fourth quarter started slowly as the hawks struggled to gain momentum, however it was the freshman Ava Lipson who scored the first ever goal in Hartford Hawks field hockey history who scored the third goal of the game giving her the first ever hat trick.