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Greenwich Girls Lacrosse Defeats Ridgefield,16-8 [Video]

Claire Feeney recorded eight points Thursday as the Greenwich team pulled away in the second half to defeat Ridgefield a CIAC Class L first-round contest.

Claire Feeney recorded eight points Thursday as the Greenwich girls lacrosse team pulled away in the second half to defeat Ridgefield 16-8 in a CIAC Class L first-round contest. 
 
Feeney registered four goals and four assists for the sixth-seeded Cardinals, who outscored the Tigers 11-3 in the second half after the team battled to a 5-5 tie at the intermission.
 
Greenwich (11-5) will play at No. 3 Hall (14-3) in Hartford on Monday at 5 p.m. in the quarterfinals.
 
Tori Dunster scored three goals for the Cardinals while Maddie Johnson, Emma Christie, Brook Swift and Emily D'Erasmo each added a pair. The other other Greenwich goal was scored by Shanna Colliga.
 
Hannah Jeffrey finished with 17 saves for the Cardinals. 
 
Shauna Norris scored two goals for 11th-seeded Ridgefield while Brita Christensen and Caroline Ogden each scored once.  Maddie Philbin stopped 11 shots for the Tigers.
 
Greenwich also defeated Ridgefield during the regular season, 17-8.

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