Massapequa Girls Lacrosse Top Oceanside

The Massapequa girls lacrosse team scored early and often on the road against Oceanside on Wednesday afternoon to win, 13-3.

The Chiefs (8-2) won their seventh consecutive game of the season with their solid performance against the Sailors (4-6). Danielle Doherty led the way with five goals and an assist and Kelsey O’Brien added three goals. Tina Pumo had two unassisted goals to lead Oceanside in the loss.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Massapequa dominated the offensive possession, leading 6-0 behind two goals from both Doherty and O’Brien as well as a goal each from Nicole Boylan and Hayley Burke.

Doherty and O’Brien each picked up their hat tricks before the halftime buzzer as the Chiefs led 8-0 after 25 minutes over the Sailors.

Oceanside finally found the back of the net past Massapequa goalie Christina Fiorinelli seven minutes into the second half on a goal by Katherine Malavet. Burke and Boylan added another goal each for Massapequa, Kristin Yevoli scored her lone goal and Doherty put in two of her teams’ last three goals to complete her stellar game.

The 10-goal win was the fourth time Massapequa has taken down their opponent by at least that amount.

Heroes: Danielle Doherty has been the teams top scorer all year and has scored five times in each of the last three games for the Chiefs. Christina Fiorinelli controlled the defensive zone and helped hold Oceanside scoreless for the first 32 minutes of the game.

“It was a great game overall, especially in the first half. Our offense possessed and got a lot of good opportunities,” Fiorinelli said. “When we were on defense, we did a good job of keeping the attackers out.”

Turning Point: The Massapequa offense proved to be too much for Oceanside early as the Chiefs stormed out to a six-goal lead in the first 10 minutes.

Quotable: “We haven’t played a game in a week-and-a-half, so I was pleased with how we started out against them in the first half,” Massapequa head coach Megan Zimmer said. “Christina [Fiorinelli] is the backbone of our defense, who all communicate very well with each other and we’ve been working really hard in practice on that.”

Bottom Line: Massapequa has handled their competition as of late, with their last loss being a 13-5 defeat against Manhasset over a month ago. However, the Chiefs still have three of their toughest opponents on the schedule left in Wantagh, Port Washington and Farmingdale to conclude the regular season.

Key Stat: The three goals by Oceanside was the least amount of goals given up by Massapequa in any game this season.

Who’s Next: Massapequa @ Wantagh, April 30, 10:00 am

Box Score:

Goals-Assists: M: Doherty 5-1, O'Brien 3-0, Burke 2-1, Boylan 2-1, Yevoli 1-0, M.Pimental 0-3, Kennedy 0-2, Sadoff 0-1. Totals: 13-9; O: Pumo 2-0, Malavet 1-0. Totals: 3-0. Goalies: M: Fiorinelli- 8 saves; O: Maxwell- 12 saves, Fayans- 1 save.