Finally, a
home lacrosse match!
And Xavier
Prep’s Gators were not to be denied, dancing through raindrops on the way to a
12-6 victory over Cave Creek Cactus Shadows on Monday night (March 11) at
Petznick Field.
Xavier
raised its record to 3-1, with a game against Phoenix Pinnacle (5-0), the top
team in the Arizona Girls Lacrosse Association, on Thursday night (March 14) at
Petznick with first draw at 5:30 p.m.
“It will be
a challenge for us,’’ said Xavier coach Jen Nevatt. “We struggled with some
things tonight and that will give us a few days (of practice) to get that out
of our system.’’
It took just
1:02 of the first half for Cactus Shadows (0-4) to score the first match of the
contest.
Nearly four
minutes later, senior Sarah Minton got the equalizer for the Gators. She would
go on to record four more goals for a fantastic five night. Junior Nina Mackey
also figured prominently with four goals. Junior Caroline Andreen got two and
sophomore Emmie Halter got one.
Xavier held
a 4-2 lead at halftime, but looked somewhat sluggish.
“We weren’t
playing our game,’’ Nevatt said. “I don’t know if it was the rain or the field,
but our passes and a lot of our shots were not connecting. We did a better job of
that in the second half.’’
Cactus
Shadows kept it close for the most part, and it probably would have been closer
if the Falcons had not had two goals erased by offside calls.
“We
controlled the draws pretty well, especially in the second half,’’ Nevatt said.
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