Girls lacrosse takes on Georgia

The girls varsity lacrosse team came out with a big 9-7 win against #8 nationally ranked Creekview High School (GA) on April 4.

The girls were nervous going into the game after losing 15-5 to #1 ranked Milton High School (GA) in the Legacy Cup tournament, which was hosted by Milton on March 25.

“Knowing that Creekview comes from the same area as Milton, we knew they would probably play similar,” goalkeeper Emma Rasmussen said. “Although we lost to Milton, we learned a lot from that game that we were able to use against Creekview.” whole game which is why we weren’t performing as well in the first half, it threw us off guard,” Lange said. the first two minutes. Olympia scored, but McLaughlin quickly responded with another rip shot from the eight meters, making the final score 15-5.

At the beginning of the game, the girls did not have great communication, balls were being checked out of their sticks and players were not in the right position.

One of the team’s biggest struggles throughout the game was the mental side, which is something head coach Mitch Whittington thinks the team needs to improve on.

The team now has a record of 9-7 and is 3-3 in their district. Their first playoff game was against Seminole in the district quarter finals on Monday, April 10.

They managed to push past that issue and scored two goals, but Creekview responded and scored two as well, making the game 2-2 as the half was approaching. The girls were able to score three more goals, with midfielder Melina Lange having two goals and O’Connor having one.

“Creekview was a really fast team, they kept us on our toes the

“We make some silly mistakes and we have mental errors that are really uncontested, which sometimes limit our competitiveness,” Whittington said.

Besides the mental mistakes, the team’s defense was solid. They made a handful of good defensive plays on offense.

“We worked really well, we have a few things we need to clean up, but otherwise the team performed well against Creekview,” O’Connor said.