Cardinals play a pair of top regional opponents from New York and Pennsylvania
The Cardinals lost 17-7 to the nationally-ranked New York State (B) Finalist Brighton High School Barons at Fannon Field on Monday, April 14. Ireton was down 11-3 at halftime. Turnovers and defensive lapses were the bane of Bishop Ireton’s existence throughout the game. Brighton made a lot of turnovers but BI was not able to capitalize on these miscues. Ireton’s bright spot was the excellent work of Kayla Duperrouzel taking the draw—she also had three goals. Charlotte Sofield had two goals-two assists; Kelly Mathews got one goal-one assist; Kendall Cunningham had one goal; and Kelly Larkin notched one assist. Goalies Olivia Cole had four saves and Amelia Cole had one save.
Despite Monday’s defeat, the Ireton girls’ lacrosse team recovered nicely by digging deep, focusing on the task at hand, and defeating 16-8 the nationally ranked Springfield High School (DelCo-Pennsylvania) Cougars on Thursday, April 17, at Fannon. BI was down early 1-3, but came back and it was 6-6 at halftime. In the second half the Cardinals just overwhelmed Springfield with a much better scoring attack, strong defense, and excellent passing. Seven different players scored goals and five different players got assists for the Cardinals. Sofield had four goals-five assists; Mathews got four goals-one assist; Cunningham notched three goals; Kayla Marshall had two goals-one assist; Kaitlin Luzik got one goal-three assists; Larkin notched one goal-one assist; and Duperrouzel had one goal. Goalies Olivia Cole had 3 saves and Amelia Cole got 3 saves.
Bishop Ireton is now 5-1 in the WCAC and 10-2 overall with six games left in the regular season. The latest VISAA state poll has Ireton ranked #2.
NEWS & NOTES:
Georgia on Their Minds
The Cardinals are really on the road this week during BI’s traditional spring break period. The varsity team is traveling to suburban Atlanta, GA, to take part in the prestigious Legacy Lacrosse Cup at Milton High School. Ireton squares off against both the nationally ranked Georgia state champion Milton Eagles and the nationally ranked Illinois state champion Loyola Academy Ramblers on Friday, April 25; and faces the California North Coast D-I champion Carondelet High School Cougars on Saturday, April 26. Get game updates on Twitter @legacylax; Instagram.com/legacylacrosse; or Facebook at Legacy Lacrosse Cup.
Senior Night Postponed
Due to the severe weather on Tuesday last week, Senior Night was postponed and will now take place Monday, April 28. Ireton still takes on WCAC foe Bishop O’Connell. Come out to both support the whole team and say farewell to Florida-bound senior goalie Olivia Cole and Rhodes-bound senior attacker Kendall Cunningham. They will be playing their final regular-season lacrosse game at Fannon Field.
Finishing Out the Regular Season
Ireton hits the road again by visiting WCAC opponent Paul VI on Tuesday night, April 29; and by traveling to the home field of the tough defending Delaware state champion Cape Henlopen High School Vikings on Friday, May 2.
Summer Girls’ Lacrosse Camp Info
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