CENTRAL NEW YORK – Ultimately, no one would get close to upending the Skaneateles girls lacrosse team in the 2021 regular season.
The Lakers’ perfect run of 12 victories in 12 games would include back-to-back wins over two of its neighbors before Memorial Day weekend.
Against rival Marcellus on May 28, Skaneateles toyed with the Mustangs, controlling all phases of the game and eventually rolling to a 16-5 victory.
Again, the Lakers’ scoring balance was impressive. Julia O’Connor and Bella Brogan both got three goals and one assist, with Maggie Newton scoring twice and getting three assists.
Kathryn Morrissey and Lilly Marquardt also had two goals, Morrissey adding a pair of assists as Marquardt, Maeve McNeil and Anna McGlynn got single assists and Rachel Hackler joined McGlynn with single tallies.
As for Marcellus, only Anna Spitzer got two goals, adding an assist. Single goals went to Bella Clarke, Madeline Caron and Quinn Burnett.
A day earlier, it was the Lakers pummeling Jordan-Elbridge 16-1 in a game where 12 different players would produce a goal by game’s end.
Only Julia O’Connor got a hat trick, with Rachel Hackler and Emily Huttar each scoring twice. Bella Brogan had a goal and three assists as Kathryn Morrissey, Maggie Newton and Makenzie Miller both got a goal and two assists. Katie Reed, Kelsey Rutledge, Rory Comer, Ava Logan and Ella Bobbett also converted.
From there, Skaneateles proceeded to an 18-6 win over LaFayette/Onondaga last Tuesday night where Logan emerged to get four goals and one assist, with Newton getting two goals and four assists.
Marquardt, who had two assists, converted twice, as did Hackler and Rutledge, with O’Connor, McGlynn and Comer earning single goals and Brogan getting an assist.
Not letting up one bit, Skaneateles flattened Cazenovia 17-2 on Thursday night, With Brogan’s quartet of goals at the forefront followed by hat tricks from O’Connor and Morrissey.
Newton (two goals, one assist) and Marquardt (one goal, two assists) matched point totals, with Logan, Hackler, Rutledge and Elizabeth Wamp also finding the net.
Marcellus, meanwhile, had handled Chittenango 16-3, with three-goal outings from Bella Clarke, Anna Spitzer and Madeline Caron as Kadie Tierney scored twice. Lucy Powell had a goal and three assists as Annalise Birds, Sophia Spitzer and Quinn Burnett each had one goal and one assist. Julie Hall also earned a goal.
But the Mustangs were upended 14-4 by Homer a couple of days later, with Caron, Tierney, Clarke and Sophia Spitzer netting the only goals. The Trojans’ Katlyn Sovocool outscored Marcellus by herself, netting six goals. Then Marcellus lost 16-5 to Baldwinsville on Friday, though Powell did produce a three-goal hat trick.
Westhill returned to action last Tuesday and, in its regular-season finale, pummeled Chittenango, the Warriors getting a 14-1 lead by halftime on the way to bashing the Bears 17-4.
Karly Dillabough got three goals and two assists, with Rosemary Mahoney, Adelaide Lowery and Bella Sampo also getting three-goal hat tricks. Grace Winkler and Gianna Zerillo both scored twice as Claire Hunter added a goal.
As that went on, Marcellus took a 17-9 defeat to Christian Brothers Academy. Lucy Powell had three goals and Clarke scored twice, while the Brothers got six goals from Bella Roberson and four goals from Hannah Goldberg.
J-E fell to Cazenovia 16-6 last Tuesday, with Gabrielle Gunnip earning four of the Eagles’ six goals, the other two going to Riley Crawford and Gabby Smart.
A 13-9 defeat to Cortland followed as Gunnip netted four goals and Kyra Dominick scored twice, with the Eagles losing to Tully 10-8 on Friday as Gunnip had three goals and two assists, Smart and Ireland Hill each scoring twice.
When the Section III Class D playoff bracket was released, Skaneateles, as the top seed, drew a quarterfinal against no. 8 seed LaFayette. Marcellus, the no. 4 seed, hosts General Broan and no. 3 seed Westhill would face Cazenovia, all looking to get to semifinals on Thursday, with the title game on Saturday.
