WINTHROP – To say that Kelsey Biliouris is on a roll for the Livermore Falls field hockey team might be the understatement of the season.
Biliouris scored three goals for the second straight game to lead the Andies to a 5-0 win over Winthrop on Friday afternoon.
“Kelsey really came alive today,” said Livermore Falls coach Julia Parker. “Last game, she had one, too. She’s been struggling this year with a hip flexor, so these last two games, it’s been encouraging.”
Fellow senior Erica Gats and sophomore Whitney McDaniel also scored for the Andies (7-1), who dominated play from the opening whistle.
“We have a fast offense,” said Gats. “We’re all pretty speedy, and we all work well together.”
Livermore Falls took 10 shots in the first 20 minutes of the first half and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on two goals from Biliouris.
“I wasn’t really thinking about what I was doing (on the second goal),” said Biliouris. “My stick was where it should be and I got the ball after (Gats) shot it. It was just there.”
The Ramblers (6-2) managed just two shots on goal in the first half, the first coming with 3:24 remaining. By that point, the Andies had scored another pair of goals (from Gats and McDaniel) and ran their shot count to 13.
“We did have some long runs, but we tended to carry it too long into their defense or hit it too long and got into some races,” said Winthrop coach Sharon Coulton.
Playing a bit more relaxed in the second half, Biliouris punched in her third of the game early, and the teams battled for field position from there.
“I have a young team here,” said Coulton. “We had a couple of forwards that played the whole game out there and ran their legs off. That’s not something you can really teach or tell them how to do.”
Winthrop netminder Sarah Gianpetro played well despite the loss, stopping 14 shots.
The Livermore Falls defense, meanwhile, allowed seven shots to reach keeper Sam Whiting, and she turned them all aside.
“She doesn’t see a lot because we have such a strong defense,” said Parker, “but when she has to, she can really play well.”
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