The Competitive Edge Indoor Field Hockey Club Team members knew they had their work cut out for them when they left for a tournament in Tolland on Monday. A few teammates were unavailable, and the team arrived with only seven players for they 7 vs. 7 tourney.
But the team, featuring players from Norwalk and Fairfield, still won the under-16 division championship at the 4Goals/Star Hill Martin Luther King Indoor Field Hockey Tournament, even though they did not have any substitutes.
The team consisted of Fairfield Warde freshmen Emily Allen, Erin Hines and Megan Hines; Brien McMahon sophomore Lexy Brown; Brien McMahon freshman Nicole Lue; Nathan Hale Middle School eighth-grader Matthew Cavanagh; and Alexa Gunsolley from Trumbull.
Despite the lack of a bench, Competitive Edge won all five of its first round games: 2-0 against Team Tsunami from North Branford; 4-0 against Team CWS from Boston; 1-0 against both HTC Black and HTC White from East Haddam; and 2-1 against the Southern Tier Furies from Johnson City. Competitive Edge faced the Furies again in the championship game, and the result mirrored the earlier match. The Furies jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal scored off a corner, but Competitive Edge battled back. Nicole Lue scored the next two goals, giving Competitive Edge a 2-1 victory.
The Competitive Edge team played well together, outscoring its opponents, 12-2. Cavanagh and the Hines sisters smothered opposing offenses. Allen and Brown controlled the middle of the field. Forward Lue had an outstanding tournament, scoring nine goals over the six games. Dani Brown and Kati Cavanagh coach the team. Brown is a Fairfield University graduate and currently teaches at Brien McMahon High School. Cavanagh is a Norwalk High and University of Connecticut alum.
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