Lacrosse: Loudoun County Boys the Only Away Team to Win in Dulles District Quarterfinals

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(May 13, 2010) - The top seeds did as expected on Thursday as all but one of eight quarterfinals in the Dulles District boys and girls lacrosse tournaments were won by the higher seeded home teams with the exception of the Loudoun County High School boys which traveled to Falls Church and came away with a hard-fought, 5-3, win over No. 4 seed George Mason.

The other boys results: top seed Broad Run easily handled Park View, 18-2; No. 2 seed Briar Woods defeated rival Freedom, 18-6; and No. 3 seed Dominion also took care of a rival, put down the defensive clamps on Potomac Falls in a 12-3 victory.

On the girls side, top seed George Mason blasted Park View, 18-2; No. 2 seed Broad Run defeated Potomac Falls, 18-7; and No. 3 seed Loudoun County nearly doubled up on Briar Woods, 11-6. In action Tuesday, it was No. 4 seed Freedom edging Dominion, 10-9.

Monday's semifinals will be played at three different sites with Broad Run hosting a doubleheader with both the Spartan girls and boys taking on Loudoun County starting at 6 p.m. The other boys semifinal has Briar Woods hosting Dominion and the other girls semifinal has George Mason hosting Freedom.

Recaps
Girls
Broad Run 19, Potomac Falls 7
From the Spartans: Broad Run played a home game against Potomac Falls at 6pm and won 19-7.
Heidi Smith 1 goal
Kim Buchman 1 assist, 2 goals
Kailey Phillips 1 assist, 4 goals
Taylor Forman 1 assist, 3 goals
Casey Davidson 1 assist, 1 goal
Mary Durham 1 assist, 3 goals
Rachel Duff 1 goal
Julia Roberto 1 goal
Nina Dunay 3 goals

Nicolle Bradford 5 saves
Francesca Beller 4 saves

Boys
Dominion 12, Potomac Falls 3
From the Titans: In first-round Dulles District boys lacrosse action Thursday night in Sterling, the Dominion Titans came up big against zip code rival Potomac Falls, winning 12-3 at Titan Stadium. All-district goalie Andrew Fawkes was stellar in the net, stopping 9 shots on goal while only allowing 3 scores. The Titan defense kept the Panthers at bay all night with soph D-Pole Troy Farmer (2nd Team all-District) creating two turnovers and grabbing several ground balls. The Titan's scoring was well-balanced with 9 players figuring in the scoring. The Potomac Falls goalie also had a great game, keeping the score closer than it could have been with several spectacular saves throughout the game. Titan senior attackman Nick Brendes (1st Team All-District) led all scorers with 3 goals.

Titan Scoring:
Kyle Hall 2 goals 1 assist
Steven Tarrant 1 goal 3 assists
Kevin Fernandez 1 assist
Sean Cooper 1 goal 1 assist
Brett Bushman 1 goal
Nick Brendes 3 goals
Daryl Wilkinson 1 goal
Thomas Dewar 2 goals
Evan Wright 1 goal

Panther Scoring:
Grant Swaney 2 goals
Seth Miller 1 goal

Briar Woods 18, Freedom 6
From the Falcons: Jimmy O'Neill reaches 51 goals for the season (5 for the night) and 1 assist. Andy Luhmann 3 goals, 2 assists, Justin Little 3 Goals, 4 assists, Patrick Fleming 3 goals, Brennan Deal 1 goal, Chris Harris 1 goal, Casey Vogeley 1 goal and Brian Morse 1 goal. 4th quarter saw the return of Falcons second Goalie Shane Brennan who has missed most of the season with an injury.