Dana Hall Wraps Up a Dominant Spring Season

This month, Dana Hall’s spring varsity athletic teams closed the books on their spring seasons. At the end-of-season banquet, coaches honored achievements in lacrosse, tennis and softball, and recognized outstanding players with individual honors.

Season Highlights

• Varsity Lacrosse was both Eastern Independent League (EIL) League Champions and EIL Tournament Champions, and L. Heald ’27 was named the EIL Player of the Year.
• Varsity Tennis was EIL League Champions and advanced to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B Quarterfinals where they finished in 6th place. Head Coach Maureen Sumner was named EIL Coach of the Year.
• The Athletic Equestrian League (AEL) Team earned the title of Reserve Champions (2nd place) at Nationals.
• S. Snyder ’26 (Occidental College, swimming), K. Poirier ’26 (Middlebury College, squash) and B. Mather ’26 (Denison University, soccer) signed ceremonial letters marking their intent to pursue Division III athletics at the collegiate level.

Varsity Lacrosse

Overall record: 11-5-1 | EIL record: 7-0 | EIL finish: 1st place

EIL All-League: Heald, Mather, A. Bennett ’26, A. Hoyle ’27, K. Sutphin ’28
EIL Honorable Mention: L. Collins ’27 and L. Quandt ’29

Most Valuable Player: Mather and Heald
Coaches Award: K. Visco ’27 and M. Feiteira ’29
Unsung Hero Award: Collins and Quandt
Dragon Award: E. Perdoni ’26
Most Improved Player: S. Blotner ’29 and K. Lin ’29

Varsity Tennis

Overall record: 11-1 | EIL Record: 9-0 | EIL finish: 1st Place

EIL All-League: H. Brown ’26, A. English ’26, A. Miller ’27, S. Huang ’27
EIL Honorable Mention: M. Li ’29 and E. Spagnuolo ’28

“123 DANA” Award: Presented to the entire team

Varsity Softball

Overall record: 4-9 | EIL finish: 4-5 | EIL Finish: 5th place

EIL All-League: J. Tjaden ’26 and A. Murphy ’29
EIL Honorable Mention: A. Warner ’27

Most Valuable Player: Tjaden
Rookie of the Year: M. Ackerman ’29
Most Improved: K. Gallagher 29

Equestrian

Dana Hall riders earned an incredible Reserve Champion finish at the AEL Nationals in May against a highly competitive field of teams from across the country. Throughout the competition, riders demonstrated exceptional horsemanship, sportsmanship, teamwork and determination. Congratulations to all of the riders who qualified for and competed at Nationals:

R. Hodnett ’29 — 2nd Place, Beginner Division
C. Anatole ’31
I. Conway ’33
N. McDaniels ’31 — 3rd Place, Beginner Division
M. Livingston ’31 — 10th Place, Advanced Beginner Division
M. Boyd ’31 — 1st Place, Advanced Beginner Division
A. Sam ’26
C. McGary ’28 — 4th Place, Open Division
A. Burr ’31 — 1st Place, Novice Division
J. Jin ’28 — 10th Place, Intermediate Division and 10th Place, Medal Class
A. Troutman ’26 — 10th Place, Open Division
S. Daly ’29 — 9th Place, Open Division and 6th Place, Medal Class