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Champions!

Posted On: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: wsimmons

Bishop Ireton, the 2014 WCAC girls' lacrosse champions

The Bishop Ireton Cardinals girls’ lacrosse team won their first WCAC title in history by beating the Good Counsel Falcons 17-7 yesterday in front of 1,429  at the University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field. It is the first conference championship in any sport since 2003 for Bishop Ireton High School when the BI girls’ softball team won the conference title.

Ireton came away with the decisive victory over Good Counsel due to a balanced scoring attack, a near stranglehold on draw controls, and a solid defensive effort. The Cardinals’ systematically picked apart the Falcons with superior passing, quick feet, and rapid, precise shots. Ireton kept up a relentless pressure on their opponents the entire game at both ends of the field all the way through to the end of the match. It was clear from the opening draw that Bishop Ireton was here to make a statement.

“It’s surreal. The feeling is just amazing right now,” Kaitlin Luzik said. “We kept telling each other this was our year, and we made it our year.”

Ireton got out to an early 3-0 lead; Good Counsel tied it at 4; but the Cardinals started a 10-1 run spanning the first and second halves at that point. Seven different BI players scored goals and seven different players got assists. Kelly Mathews had six goals-one assist; Kelly Larkin got four goals-two assists; Charlotte Sofield had three goals-three assists; Kaitlin Luzik, Kendall Cunningham, and Kate Carney each got one goal-one assist; Natalie Irwin scored one goal; and Kayla Duperrouzel notched two assists. Goalie Olivia Cole had seven saves.

“These girls are selfless and care about nothing other than helping each other be their best,” said Bishop Ireton coach Rick Sofield. “They are a true team.”

Last year the Cardinals lost in the WCAC final to Good Counsel 16-9 after leading 5-4 at halftime and we dumped in overtime in the 2009 championship by the Falcons.

Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. the WCAC champions, Bishop Ireton starts their quest for a VISAA state title with a quarterfinal game at Fannon Field on Cambridge Road in Alexandria against Norfolk Academy. If they win today, second seeded Ireton travels to Richmond to play the winter of #6 Bishop O’Connell at #3 Collegiate School  in a semifinal game on Friday, May 16 at 11am at Collegiate. The championship game will be 11am Saturday again on the campus of Collegiate School.

Admission to all VISAA championship tournament games is $5.

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