13 for Halloween: Wave gets a dozen-plus-one shutouts on the season with 6-0 win over Staples in FCIAC quarterfinals

Written by Steven Buono
Saturday, 31 October 2009 11:14

Visiting Staples must have thought it was Groundhog Day and not the eve of Halloween yesterday.

That's when the two-time defending Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference champion Blue Wave field hockey team beat visiting Staples by an eerily familiar 6-0 score to advance to the FCIAC semifinals on Tuesday.

How familiar was it?

To a creepy degree, it must have seemed to the Wreckers, losing for the third time to DHS this year in a quarterfinals match that, like "Groundhog "Day" the movie, also must have seemed too much like a permanent deja vu.

Darien blanked the Wreckers by the same score in the last regular season game of the year only three days before in its 12th shutout of this thus far undefeated, and un-tied, season.

On Friday, goalie Aimee Rich roped her 13th zero of the season — nothing unlucky about it. She made three saves.

Darien, the top seed, plays No. 4 Wilton at New Canaan at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 in the semifinals.

Sam Johnston (No. 22, left) and Sophie Doering (No. 7, right) led with a hat trick, and two markers and three assists, respectively.

The Wave (16-0) planted the No. 8 seed early, scoring all six in the first half.

Ellie Riegel added a goal, Leslie Gill had two helpers.

Darien put 16 shots on goal.

A far spookier number than 13 is 84 — 84 goals being how many the Wave has scored, as opposed to the four scored against it this year, with production coming from all quarters.

Boo! Wave.

(Darien Times/Steven Buono photo)