The Manhasset High School varsity girls lacrosse team on Saturday avenged its 2013 state semifinal loss by defeating Victor Senior High School 11-7 at SUNY Cortland for the state Class B championship, the program’s first state title since 2003.
“I think, with the upset of last year, everyone was really fired up,” Manhasset head coach Danielle Gallagher said. “They did not want to go home without a win this year.”
The Indians last year fell to Brighton High School 9-8, one round shy of playing for the state crown.
Though they fell behind 7-2 late in the first half Saturday, the Indians (19-1) went on a 9-0 run to close out the scoring and put away the Blue Devils.
“It only takes 30 seconds to score a goal, so as much as is made of coming back from a five-goal differential, it’s something we know we can make up very quickly,” Gallagher said. “The defense comes up big and then we go back and score, and you just know you can do that every single time and everybody kind of gets the feeling it can happen at any time. There’s a whole team aspect that carries forward with that.”
Julia Glynn led Manhasset with four goals and three assists, tying the game at 7 with 18:49 remaining and feeding Lindsey Ronbeck a minute later for the lead.
Glynn scored two goals with under four minutes remaining in the opening frame. Kathryn Hallet added another goal with time winding down to bring Manhasset back to within 7-5 at halftime.
Hallet and Erin Barry added a pair of goals late in the second half to put away Victor.
“It definitely feels great, it’s a great thing for the program and a great thing for the girls,” Gallagher said. “This senior group has been together since fourth grade, so it’s great to see them accomplish this.”
