Wildcats Outscore Oconomowoc in Girls Lacrosse

The University School girls’ lacrosse team defeated Oconomowoc 16-4 Thursday at USM.

On a day that felt like it was dunked in the Arctic Ocean, USM’s scoring got hot quickly.  The Wildcats tallied two goals in the opening two minutes, ten in the first half, and consequently cruised to an easy victory.

USM’s head coach Samantha Adey said, “It was a good game for us. Everyone on the bench got playing time, and everyone contributed, which is always great to see.  Our performance on draw controls and ground balls was much better than in our first game, and hopefully we can continue to improve on this throughout the season. Individually, Elana Fishbaine had an outstanding game.  She dominated the draw and had five goals and three assists. Katherine Engman had another strong showing with six goals and seven draw controls.  Her efforts on defense also caused four turnovers. Madeline Joerres was also excellent anchoring our defensive unit.  She scooped up five ground balls and caused four turnovers.”

USM opened the scoring just 49 seconds into the game when Elana Fishbaine fired the ball past Anna Maynard, Oconomowoc’s goalie.  Katherine Engman added another just 14 seconds later to give the Wildcats a two-goal lead.

Val Baird edged Oconomowoc closer with a goal at 22:17, but it was as close as Oconomowoc got.  The Wildcats began to swarm in the Oconomowoc end like bees, and soon Fishbaine and Engman each scored two goals, putting USM ahead 6-1 at the 17:12 mark.

Oconomowoc’s Sarah Koch scored at 9:12 to make it 6-2.  By the half, however, USM had broken the game open like it was an Easter egg on goals by Engman and Meredith Jeffers and two by Caroline Harper.

Leading 10-2 at the start of the second half, the Wildcats soon put the clock on running time.   Alyssa Bilkovski scored at 24:12 and Engman scored again at 22:52 to give USM a ten-goal margin.  Fishbaine added another before Brittany Derynda could get Oconomowoc on the scoreboard again.  As the clock raced down, Engman, Fishbaine, and Harper each scored another goal for USM and Koch added one final goal for the Oconomowoc.

USM is now 2-0.  The Wildcats play Waukesha on Monday, April 15^th at 5:00 p.m. at USM.

USM Scoring Leaders:                       

Name

Goals

Assists

Total

Elana Fishbaine

5

3

8

Katherine Engman

6

6

Caroline Harper

3

1

4

Meredith Jeffers

1

1

Alyssa Bilkovski

1

1

Saves

Team

Goalkeeper

Save Total

OCON

Anna Maynard

12

USM

Olivia Williamson

2