CCHS Girls Lacrosse Patriots Thrash Spartans

Senior attacker Caroline Donelan notched her first goal of the season, while senior defender Jenny Robinson and Junior Defender Catherine McNally each notched the first goals of their varsity careers as (5-1) rolled 23-8 at previously unbeaten East Longmeadow High School (5-1).

The Patriots had 10 different players score goals in the game. Leading the scorers for CCHS were senior attackers Jill Carlton (4 goals, 2 assists) and Josie Morrison (2 goals, 4 assists).  Other scorers for C-C were Kate Wyeth (4 goals, 1 assist), Allie Barrett (1 goal, 4 assist), Jessie Castelline (4 goals), Emma Brandhorst (3 goals, 1 assist), and Becca Olsen (2 goals).

Concord Carlisle played three goalkeepers in the game. Senior Greta White started the game and caused East Longmeadow fits by being on the move with the ball in the Patriot defensive end for most of the first half. Junior Maddie Holmes and Freshman Conley Ernst played strong in goal to preserve the win for the Patriots.

Emma Mahoney (1 draw control, 2 ground balls, 1 caused turnover), Marin Epstein (1 assist), Caitie Standish (2 draw controls, 1 ground ball), Caroline Guild (1 caused turnover), and Annie Bannon (1 assist, 1 ground ball) anchored a gritty defensive effort for the Patriots. 

Coach Paul Morrison was pleased with the effort saying “We possessed the ball well in the first ten minutes of the game. After letting up the first goal we scored 8 unanswered to take command of the game. I was happy to see a hard worker like Caroline Donelan get rewarded by putting a goal on the scoreboard. Jenny Robinson has been rock solid of defense, but every kid wants to score a goal, so it was great to see that for her. I also could not be happier to see Katherine McNally score her first varsity goal in her first varsity game.”