Lexington High School’s girls lacrosse team got on the scoreboard first, but the Minutemen couldn’t keep the momentum going and fell to Concord-Carlisle High School by a score of 14-7 on Friday afternoon.
Senior captain and attacker Diana Hines added Lexington’s second goal at 14:40, with an assist from senior captain Meghan McNabb (three goals, one assist), and McNabb scored one of her own, the team's third, at 13:00 to put the Minutemen up by one, 3-2.
McNabb made a nice spin move behind the Concord-Carlisle net and curled to the left of the crease for an open look.
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But Concord-Carlisle followed with two goals.
At 9:05, Rebecca Olsen (four goals) tied it up 3-all, and at 8:44, Jill Carlton (two goals, two assists) put the Patriots ahead 4-3. Lexington added another to tie it 4-4, then C-C added one for the 5-4 lead.
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But Lexington tied the game once again, 5-all, with six seconds remaining before halftime.
The good feelings, however, didn’t last long for the Minutemen, as Concord-Carlisle scored three goals in a row at the start of the second half.
Olsen put the Pats up 6-5 with her goal at 23:17 and Amy Wyeth (two goals) netted the team’s seventh at 21:12 with assists by Kate Wyeth and Josie Morrison.
On the next play, Concord-Carlisle won the draw and the ball was slung to senior captain Jamie Potter. Potter (three goals, two assists) bolted up the center and passed to Carlton who scored to give Concord-Carlisle a three-goal edge, at 8-5, at 20:59.
With Concord-Carlisle up by three goals, 9-6, with still 13:50 remaining in play, Potter, again, fiercely ran up the center with her head held high and confident. She passed to senior captain Lindsay Cook (two goals), who put the ball in the net for the Patriots’ 10th goal.
With just seven seconds left, Amy Wyeth put in the Patriots’ 14th goal. Lexington tried to take the ball for an eighth goal, but time ran out and Concord-Carlisle won.
For Lexington, senior attacker Amanda Bouchard, sophomore defender/attacker Dana Dimodica and freshman attacker Fiona Fitzgerald each scored one goal.
For the Patriots, Caroline Donelan had one goal and one assist, Alexa Barrett had two assists and Courtney McCauley had one assist.
Next up, Lexington hosts Westborough High School on Saturday at 2 p.m.
