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Girls Youth April 11

Date last updated 8:42 pm May 4th, 2010

Girls Youth Lacrosse Recaps U15 Blue

The U15 Blue team had a very slow start at home against Scituate and fell behind 3-0 in the first ten minutes before turning up the heat and putting together a great second half of tenacious defense and excellent ball movement. Goalie Hanna Cooper was the star of the defense and made several outstanding saves, including two awesome saves on free position shots. Defenders Shannon McGowan, Caroline Prescott and Molly Fitzgerald locked down the Scituate attack and only let up two goals over the last 30 minutes of play. Offensive standouts included Kathryn Dunn, Alex Oremus, Valerie Farren, Isabelle Dunne and Lexa Grasz. The highlight goal of the game came on a great feed from the behind the cage by Dunn, who fired one to Oremus for a pretty, quick-stick goal. Carly Kinscherf and Maggie Ernst were tough on the ground balls and Cohasset finished in style with a 12-6 win.

U15 Grey

The Grey squad made the trek to Sandwich and pulled out a hard fought 11-9 win. Allie O’Callaghan was a superstar in her first game ever in the cage, with 10 saves and two coming from free position shots. The D held tough all game with Christina Tedeschi, Caroline Evans and Isabelle Seal anchoring the unit. The Offense was led by Maddie Curley, Katie McKenna, Annie McElgunn and Grace Ryan.

U15 White

Cohasset U15 White Girls Lacrosse team travelled to Scituate on a sunny Sunday with many players who were on their second game of the day. Even with tired legs, Cohasset dominated the game from the first draw won by Lexa Grasz. Cohasset struck first with a quick goal by Kathryn Dunn. Scituate answered with a goal off a penalty shot. Cohasset continued to dominate the draw followed by a nice series of passes with Dunn assisting Charlotte Allard to close out the first quarter 2-1. Cohasset's offense came to life second quarter with more passing around the perimeter and patience in looking for a good shot. Isabelle Dunne found Caleigh Hart with a high pass that Hart fired in for a score. It was a physical game around the cage on the Scituate end and the refs weren't afraid to call penalties. Allard (3 goals, 1 assist) scored one on a penalty. On the defensive end, Shannon McGown, Cassandra Lieberman, Emily Robbins and Caty Gilman all kept Scituate at bay and out of scoring range. Taylor Frederick, was fearless in the net stopping 7 of 11 shots on goal. Great job, Taylor. Cohasset's defense held Scituate to 2 goals in the second half. After the half, Cohasset came out running and passing with middies Isabelle Dunne, Erin Driscoll, Molly Fitzgerald, Mackenzie Axelson all running hard and passing well to fan a scoring spree. Isabelle Dunne (1 goal, 2 assists) notched her first goal of the day with a nice pass from Hart. Next, K. Dunn found Grasz in front of the goal who then finessed a goal with a quick fake. Attacker Jackie Driscoll was in on the action throughout the game. As the penalties continued, Axelson capitalized with a hard penalty shot up in the corner. Allard won the next draw and found K. Dunn (3 goals, 2 assists) who found a lane open and scored. In the end it was Cohasset 10, Scituate 4.

U13 White

The U13 White team had an outstanding game, with an exciting 10-8 win over Scituate at Gates Field, trading goals back to back. Alexandra Leahy was the top scorer with three goals, dominating one great draw after another as center. Colleen McKeon and Margot Robbins hit two amazing goals, with Molly Cunning, Bebe Davis and Lily Smith each hitting fast goals. Cohasset's White U13 team dominated on the field with strong passing to overtake our opposition, who was extremely challenging with quick breakouts and high scoring.

Cohasset U11

WhiteCohasset U11 White travelled to Scituate in its second game of the season. The team split to have two 7vs. 7 games so all girls had plenty of opportunity to play. The girls have shown great improvement in just a few weeks of being on the field. In one game, Scituate started out strong scoring the first goals, and controlled the first half of the game. After the half, it was all Cohasset. The game-changer was capitalizing on ground balls. Anytime a ball hit the ground, Cohasset was in the fight for it. At midfield, Emily Reppucci, Isabelle Buckley, Maggie Lucier and Margaret Norton repeatedly won possession of the ball and swiftly moved it down the field. Lauren Cunning, Julia Placek, Kate Quigley and Bridget Osten set up the offense around the cage for some swift 3-pass combinations. Lucy St. Saveur, Emma Stephens, Kate Nee held Scituate back with tight defense, allowing Cohasset to tie the game and eventually pull ahead in the end, winning 4-3. In the other game, the teams had goalies for the first time. Suiting up for Cohasset were first time goalies, Annie Toomey and Eleanor Dunn. They combined for three saves on 7 shots--not bad for rookies! All the girls switched positions throughout the game. In a low scoring game, Cohasset's Margaret Michalowski got the first score. She got lots of help with the sharp passing by Jane Cavanaro, Sophie Swartwood and Elizabeth Bernstein. Annie Toomey and Haley Walsh Pederson provided solid D with middies helping to mark up the active Scituate offense. In the second half both teams improved their play. Scituate and Cohasset battled the third quarter to each have one score. Eleanor Dunn notched her first career goal. Veteran 4th graders Leann Hayden and Margaret Michalowski were all over the field throughout the game providing solid defense and setting up plays for their teammates. Michalowski scored her second goal toward the end of the game off of three sharp passes from Kerr, Julian and Hayden. Scituate blocked many of Cohasset's shots with a wall of bodies, a shooting space penalty, keeping Cohasset from scoring on their many opportunities. Scituate got three quick scores in the fourth quarter for a final score of Scituate 4, Cohasset 3.

U11 Blue

The U11 Blue team hosted Scituate on Sunday. The format for the day was two simultaneous 7v7 games to maximize touches for the new lacrosse players. Cohasset remained undefeated with a combined score of 18 to 7. In one game, Cohasset dominated from the opening draw with 4 quick goals. Highlight of this contest was the selfless passing and feeding from the 4th grade veterans who assisted rookies Laney Hixson, Annie Pyne, Jane Hansen and Tillie "hat trick" McLean for their first career goals. In the other game, Scituate fielded their top players against a predominantly 3rd grade Cohasset squad. Cohasset got off to a 7-2 lead before Scituate ironed out some kinks and made a nice comeback. Maggie O’Donnell paced the offense with three goals and some nice passing, but the real catalyst for the win was the high-energy play of Caleigh Durkin, Madison Ahern, Maeve Humphrey (2 goals), Christine Dietrich and Cora Quinlan. All of these girls really made the difference with their hustle on ground balls, defense, and in unsettled situations. A nice win on a beautiful day.