Montgomery Blair High vs Einstein High School

On September 16, Albert Einstein field hockey team faced their DCC rivals, the Blair Blazers, in a rainy 1-0 victory. The game started with weather conditions riding a wave of changes, showing no signs of rain until it started pouring onto the field. Rain covered the entire field, showing harder playing conditions for all the players. Despite the harder playing conditions, Blair showing stronger resilience, taking 4 powerful longshots onto Einstein but were all deflected by #12 Lena Fleschner. No goals were scored this quarter, ending the 1st 0-0. Rain went from pouring to drizzling when the 2nd quarter started. A close call almost led to Blair’s first points, as an Einstein player collided with goalkeeper Fleschner while she was trying to save the shot, but Fleschner got an inch of her foot in and kicked the ball out of bounds. Fleschner carried the name of “brickwall Fleschner” from last year's lacrosse season, recording 7 saves alone in the first half. Both Blair and Einstein exchanged lethal counter attacks, the two of them taking shots that were hit off of the post. Time drained out for the first half of the game, with the score remaining 0-0. Defensive strategies were on full display from both teams as the 3rd quarter started. Blair would continue to remain in Einstein's half, but couldn’t find a breakthrough when Fleschener was at goalkeeper. Numbers were finally added to the scoreboard, with Einstein getting its first goal of the game from #15 Madeline Howard, taking a powerful long shot from a corner pass, making the score 1-0. Blair has looked like the better team all night, but Einstein Defense continued to stay strong. The 3rd quarter ended 1-0, with Einstein inching towards victory. The 4th and final quarter started with high competitiveness knowing the game was a 1 goal difference. Blair continued to control most of the quarter in Einstein’s side of the field. Many people within Blair were questioning whether the Blazers would receive a break through and get that ball through the net. A similar corner situation jumped into the scene for the Titans. Using the same strategy of taking long shots upon corners, two close shots were saved by Blairs goalkeeper Noa Heirtzler. 2 minutes remained as Einstein was slowly closing in on its victory, draining as much time as they could to now allow Blair one more chance. A final corner was called for Blair, being its last chance of tying the game. Blair’s shot went wide, ending the game with a major 1-0 Titan win over DCC rivals Blairs. The Titans move up to 4-1 and will face Rockville at home. Blair takes the defeat and moves down to 2-1 and will face John F Kennedy at home.