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LAKESIDE TAKES THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FOR THE THIRD TIME |
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Seattle Memorial Stadium - Brett Eisenhart and Katrina Carlsen each scored three goals to propel Lakeside to a 9 - 8 victory over Bainbridge for their third consecutive Girls Varsity A title at the Washington Lacrosse State High School Championships, Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.
Lakeside, which has now won a total of six state Girls Varsity A titles since the girls tournament got underway in 1993, opened the game on a goal by junior Morgan Merriman (#15). The two teams then traded goals in a back-and-forth defensive match, with Lakeside taking a 2 -1 advantage into the half. Lakeside goaltender, Sarah Adler came through to support a strong defense making big saves. "I told her at half-time that she’d done more work than was expected in an entire season," said Lakeside head coach Jamie Asaka.
In the second, following an unassisted Lakeside goal by Einsenhart at 24:14, Bainbridge turned-up the heat scoring three consecutive goals to take a 4 – 3 advantage.
Lakeside added another goal by Eisenhart followed by a Bainbridge goal by Mariah Walk to make it 5 – 4 Bainbridge. Lakeside’s Carlsen then connected just 36 seconds later at 16:06 for her first of three that ignited a four-goal run putting the Lions up for good.
"We had a good one on our hands and we let it slip away," said Bainbridge head coach Tami Tommila. "It was a great game – back and forth."
With 2:39 remaining, Lakeside’s Lucy Williams connected to give the Lions a 9-6 advantage. Bainbridge then made a final push to unseat the defending state champions, with Mariah Walk and Lucy Schlesser threatening the Lions with goals at the 1:02 and 28-second mark. Bainbridge then won the draw and brought the ball into the Lakeside zone, but was unable to score as the game ended. "We knew it was going to be a defensive battle," said Lakeside’s Asaka. "Bainbridge is such a great team. It’s a matter of who’s winning when the clock expires."
Lakeside: Brett Eisenhart (3 goals, 1 assist), Katrina Carlsen (3 goals), Lucy Williams (1 goal), Lauren McAndrews (1 goal), Emma Dorland (1 goal), Sadie Mackay (1 assist).
Saves (#25): 4
Bainbridge: Mariah Walk (3 goals, 1 assist), Natalie Evans (2 goals), Lucy Schlesser (1 goal), Sally Baumgartner (1 goal), Sarah Shea (1 goal), Sydney Whitaker (1 assist), Jaclyn Biggers (1 assist)
Snohomish Rolls-Past Bellevue 13-3
In Girls Varsity B action, Saryre Creighton led all scorers with four goals and Mikaela Trot and Meaghan Hess each had three as Snohomish rolled-past Bellevue 13 – 3 for their second Washington Lacrosse High School State Championship.
"The game plan we put in place worked for us the whole game," said Snohomish head coach Craig Hess. "Maintaining possession in our offense was the key. Every time we got the ball down there it turned a score," added Hess, whose team is comprised of girls from Snohomish, Archbishop Murphy and Lake Stevens High Schools. "We didn’t care how long it would take, but possession and score was the key."
"This one didn’t turn out like we would have wanted it to turn out," said Bellevue’s Merielle Moffatt, who produced one of the Wolverines three goals in the game. "In the beginning we were doing pretty good, but we lost our fire – we went out at the end."
Snohomish: Sayre Creighton (4 goals), Mikaela Trott (3 goals, 1 assist), Meaghan Hess (3 goals, 1 assist), Sarah Courtney (1 goal), Natalie Siderius (2 goals, 1 assist).
Bellevue: Merielle Moffatt (1 goal), Riley Finnelly (1 goal), Adriene Greenberg (1 goal).
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