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Hamden Girls Lacrosse Opens Season With Thrilling Victory: PHOTOS

The Hamden girls lacrosse team opened the season with a thrilling 18-17 win over Newington.

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Sophomore Alessandra Aurora (7) scored the game-winning goal to lift the Hamden girls lacrosse team to an 18-17 victory over Newington on Saturday morning at Hamden High School. (Photo courtesy of Hamden Fire Captain Joseph Anderson)

HAMDEN, CT — The Hamden girls lacrosse team opened the season with a thrilling 18-17 win over Newington on Saturday morning at Hamden High School.

The Green Dragons scored two goals with less than a minute left to play in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory.

Hamden has road contests against Guilford on Monday and Mercy on Thursday before facing NFA at home on Saturday, April 11, at 11 a.m. at Hamden High School.

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