Severna Park Ruins Westminster’s Undefeated Season

The Westminster girls lacrosse express was derailed Wednesday by Severna Park, 14-7 at UMBC.

The two were meeting for the class 4A-3A title. Seven points was the fewest Westminster scored during the season. The least they scored in a game up to Wednesday was 16.

"At this point, I just tell the girls to keep their heads up. They had an undefeated season. They have absolutely no reason to put their heads down,’’ said coach Jackie Stevens.

The game was the tale of two half’s. Westminster jumped out to a 3-0 and then 4-1 lead before the Severna Park Falcons began to chip away. Jessica Carder scored the first two goals for the Owls, while teammate Bethany Baer threw in the next two. The Owls went into halftime up 5-4 as Jordan Wilkins added a goal.

The second half was all Severna Park. The Falcons scored first after halftime to knot the score at five. Kate Haker scored a minute later for the Owls to take back the lead, their last lead of the game.

The Falcons scored the next nine goals before Alyssa Semones scored with 5:55 left in the game to complete the scoring.

Westminster ended the season with a 16-1 record while the Falcons were 12-3.