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Cardinals’ lacrosse handle 3 opponents, prom in busy weekend

Posted On: Monday, April 20, 2015
By: wsimmons
TSA tries to slow down the Cardinals, but no luck as the team made the flilght, snared a pair of hard-earned wins, and returned to classes Monday.

TSA tries to slow down the Cardinals, but they had no more luck than the Cardinals’ opponents as the team made the flilght, snared a pair of hard-earned wins, and returned to classes Monday.

The Cardinals bounced back from their first defeat of the season last week by winning their next three games in convincing fashion: 15-1 at WCAC foe Elizabeth Seton on Thursday, April 16; 15-3 vs. Manheim Township (PA) in Georgia at the Legacy Cup on Saturday, April 18; and 14-8 vs. Milton (GA) on their home field during the Legacy Cup on Saturday, April 18.

On Thursday, Ireton dominated Elizabeth Seton from the first draw to the final buzzer. While 12 different Cardinals scored goals or notched assists, the only Seton goal was on a free position shot late in the second half.

On Friday, the Cardinals had a full, hard practice in the early afternoon and then many players went to Bishop Ireton’s prom that night.

Early Saturday morning, the whole team caught a flight to Atlanta and essentially went straight to their 2:00 p.m. game at the annual Legacy Cup in suburban Milton, Georgia.

The weather-shortened game against Manheim Township was declared over by officials with about eight minutes left due to very threatening weather conditions in the area. The Cardinals were understandably a bit “sluggish” early in this game, but led 11-2 at halftime. Overall they again took care of business in a convincing manner by dominating their opponent on both ends of the field. Eight different Ireton players scored goals or got assists during this victory.

The marquee game of the Legacy Cup at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday was against a nationally-ranked Milton squad that has won the Georgia state high school championship for the past seven straight years. They have also beaten Bishop Ireton the past three years—in 2014 by a score of 12-10 in Milton; in 2013 by a 12-11 margin in Milton; and in 2012 at Fannon Field by a 12-9 score.

Early the Cardinals on Saturday night Milton controlled draws and exploited the Cardinals’ defensive lapses. Leading by a narrow 6-5 at intermission, Bishop Ireton rebounded with what is becoming a their trademark, a strong second half. They began to clearly dominate draw controls, time of possession, and just ran out the clock the latter part of the game after seizing an insurmountable lead. Once again, eight different Ireton players got either goals or assists in a well-balanced scoring attack that Milton frustrated the home team.

During this 53-hour marathon 15 different members of the Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse team scored goals or got assists as follows (no particular order): Charlotte Sofield—6 goals, 8 assists; Madison Mote—1 goal, 2 assists; Kaitlin Luzik—2 assists; Christine Macey—2 goals; Grace Fletcher—2 assists; Kelly Mathews—8 goals; Kayla Marshall—5 goals, 2 assists; Maggie Lohrer—1 goal; Lizzie Lohrer—1 goal; Kate Carney—1 goal; Lexi Ledoyen—5 goals; Kelly Larkin—8 goals, 5 assists; Kayla Duperrouzel—4 goals, 2 assists; Brittany Dolan—1 goal; and Megan Cunningham—1 goal. Goalie Amelia Cole got 11 total saves over these three games.

Bishop Ireton has scored 169 goals so far this season (an average of 14.08 per game) while allowing only 73 total goals (an average of 6.08 per game).

The Cardinals are now 11-1 overall, 3-0 in the WCAC. Ireton has three conference games this week—at home on Tuesday, April 21, 4:00 p.m., versus WCAC opponent St. John’s College; at home on Thursday, April 23, 4:00 p.m., versus WCAC rival Holy Cross; before traveling to Arlington to Msgr McMurtry Field, home of WCAC foe Bishop O’Connell on Friday, April 24, 4:00 p.m.

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