“They wanted it on the back of their shirts and it has become way more than a motto to these girls; it’s a mentality. The girls will do anything for each other out there on the field in order to enact upon the mentality. We’ve had a couple slow starts to games, as well as games in which we left our shooting boots on the bus, but our hard work has allowed for us to take the games back.”
The year kicked off with a six-day span where Westwood pulled down deep to win three one-goal games.
Rookie Ashley Downes has joined the fray on defense this year for Westwood and has been a consistent force on the back line from start to finish in games.
The season opener gave a glimpse of that fact, but it was the Mahwah game that revealed what kind of team Westwood would be in 2017.