Milton Defeats Westminster in Legacy Lacrosse Cup

The Milton High School girl’s lacrosse team had home field advantage when they defeated the Westminster girl’s lacrosse team 13-9 Friday, April 15, which was also the start of the fourth annual Legacy Lacrosse Cup which is being held at Milton and surrounding parks over the weekend.

The Lady Wildcats came into the match on a 15-game winning streak holding the second place ranking in the state, while the first place Lady Eagles only had a nine game winning streak.

The game started out quick with the Eagles making their first goal in 21 seconds. The Wildcats responded in the same manner driving down the field scoring their first goal with a little over 24 minutes remaining in the first half.

Each of the goals made at the beginning of the first half was done in a call-and-response approach. A foul shot by Westminster accounted for their second goal making it 2-2 in the first 10 minutes of the game.

After the first two goals were made by each team, the time between each goal drew longer. Westminster took 10 minutes to score their third goal of the game, closing the gap to 3-5.

Westminster scored only three goals in the first half, while Milton scored six. In the second half, both Westminster and Milton doubled their goals from the first half, putting the final score at 13-9.

Eagle sophomore Lydia Cassada contributed to more than half of the goals scored by the Eagles. She scored six out of the 13 goals her team made and assisted in two. In the goal that put the Eagles ahead by six points, Cassada helped assist junior teammate Heather Harman score.

During the second half, the Wildcats gave the Eagles a run for their money when they scored four goals in the last seven minutes of the game. The Wildcats tried to score one last goal at the end of the game to cut the lead to three, but couldn’t beat the buzzer.

Eagles’ head coach Tim Godby knows a good team when he sees one and enjoys playing against them.

“Westminster is a good team,” said Godby. “We want to play good teams to help prepare us for the playoffs.”

Godby explained that the Eagles have been close the last four games, and by winning all of them the girls get to experience close games. On their road to the playoffs, this experience will be a big payoff for the Eagles.

“We’ve come from behind in some games and we’ve been ahead and held on to the lead,” said Godby. “We are experienced in close games which is a huge advantage."

Although they are a successful team, the Eagles are also a young team and Godby acknowledges that. There are only two seniors on the team, Francesca Mowry and Allison Thompson, who was a starter before she got injured.

“They still need to keep working hard and not just be satisfied because we’ve had some success,” said Godby of Friday’s win. “We have to continue to work hard and try to get better every day and improve any way we can.”