Lacrosse: Stone Bridge Boys, Girls Fall in Liberty Semifinals

(May 11, 2010) - The Stone Bridge High School boys and girls lacrosse teams came close to advancing to the Liberty District finals but both teams fell in close semifinals games with the boys not able to hold a 6-goal second half lead and dropping an 18-16 shootout to Madison. The SB girls were edged by Langley, 11-10.

The Bulldog boys were ahead 4-0 against the Warhawks and it was 5-2 Stone Bridge after the first quarter. Madison chipped away at the lead and the Bulldogs led by one, 7-6, at the half. Stone Bridge opened strong in the third and scored five straight goals to take a 12-6 advantage but Madison was able halve SB's lead by the end of the third to 14-11.

Madison scored six straight goals to open the fourth quarter and led, 17-14.

Stone Bridge was led by the trio of Derek Maltz (3 goals, 5 assists), JP Giroux (5 goals, 4 assists) and Dylan Maltz (4 goals, 2 assists). James Wells also scored three times for the Bulldogs and Matt Vincent added a goal and James Esser had an assist.

In the girls game, Stone Bridge was led by Kayla Sleece (3 goals, 1 assist) and Lauren Giusti (3 goals). Brittany and Kayla Worstell each added a goal and an assist, as did Hannah Mohler. Also for SB, Kelley Galownia had an assist and Rachael Pascale scored a goal. Coral Ryan had seven saves in goal for the Bulldogs.

The Langley girls will face Madison, a 17-6 winner over Marshall in the other semifinal, in the finals. In the boys final, Madison will face Langley, which romped 18-3 over South Lakes. The finals are scheduled for May 14 at Marshall High School at 5 and 7 p.m.