E/A: The day in pictures

10:56 a.m.

Savi Keidel ’21 navigates through traffic during a scoreless first half in the girls soccer game. The E/A match finished as a draw in three of the previous four seasons.

11:03 a.m.

The girls volleyball match gets underway in Love Gymnasium, with Angelle Diamond ’20 registering one of her team-high 14 kills during the first set.

11:07 a.m.

 Coach Alexa Caldwell speaks to her team during halftime. Caldwell, in her second season as Big Red head coach, guided Exeter to an 8-8-2 record.

11:28 a.m.

Sky Woodard ’20 is taken down by an Andover player as co-captain Dennesha Rolle ’20 calls for the foul during the girls soccer match.

11:35 a.m.

Dylan O’Day ’21 (left) and Anna Shaheen ’20 rise to block Andover’s Chioma Ugwonali during the second set of the girls volleyball match.

11:42 a.m.

Claudia Lee ’20 is pumped for the girls volleyball team during changeover after Exeter won the second set to take a two-sets-to-none lead in the best-of-five match at Love Gym.  

11:46 a.m.

Lukas McEachern ’21 (left) and Niko Rocak ’20 are happy in their work as volunteer announcers for the girls and boys soccer matches in the press box at Phelps Stadium.

11:51 a.m.

Eliya Toledano ’21 reaches for a bump save during the third set of the girls volleyball match at Love Gym. Big Red brought a 14-set winning streak into Saturday’s match.

12:10 p.m.

Jill Cloonan ’20 draws a crowd of defenders wherever she goes early into the field hockey game on Hatch Field. Cloonan is the leading scorer of a Big Red squad seeking its first win in the historic rivalry since 2013.

12:35 p.m.

Billy Menken ’20 corrals a ball among three defenders during the boys soccer match. This is Menken’s fourth and final showdown with Andover in his varsity career.

12:38 p.m.

Molly Longfield ’22 dribbles against Andover pressure during the field hockey match. Longfield is one of 15 players on the Big Red roster who will return next fall as Exeter looks to build off a promising 7-9 season.

1:37 p.m.

John Jean Baptiste ’22 keeps Andover defenders busy down the left flank during the second half of the boys soccer match.

2:41 p.m.

Football assistant coach Tom Evans practices pitches with the running backs, including John Han ’20 (left), before kickoff.

3:47 p.m.

Temperatures dip below freezing as the sun goes down, but that doesn’t cool off Exeter’s rowdy crowd. Hundreds of spectators filled the Phelps Stadium grandstand, including scores of returning alumni from the class of 2019.

4:08 p.m.

Quarterback Hugh McLaughlin ’21 picks out a receiver late in the second quarter as Ben Harding ’20 cuts across the middle. McLaughlin will be a key returning player next season for Coach Bill Glennon in the coach’s second year back in charge.

4:25 p.m.

Upholding a long tradition, Exeter Principal Bill Rawson '71; P'08 and Jim Ventre, Andover's interim head of school, meet to shake hands at the 50-yard line during halftime. Rawson, an all-New England soccer fullback during his playing days, enjoyed a win over Big Blue during his senior season. 

4:43 p.m.

Mike Mikula ’20 stiff-arms an Andover tackler after pulling in a pass early in the third quarter. Mikula will finish with three catches for 41 yards and 152 all-purpose yards in the contest.

5:15 p.m.

Justin Jameson ’20 eludes an Andover tackler and picks up a block from teammate Zeb Tilton '20 as Exeter tries to rally in the final minutes of the football game.

5:47 p.m.

Coach Bill Glennon hugs Josh Riddick ’20 after a hard-fought 14-13 loss. Glennon, a member of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, completed the first season of his second stint as Big Red head coach. He spent 22 seasons as head coach from 1991 to 2012, guiding Exeter to two New England titles.