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 another top ten ranked team in the nation, #1 Milton High School (GA) on March 25 in the Legacy Cup tournament, which was hosted by Milton. They did not know what to expect. 

“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, which led to us being successful.” 

At the beginning of the game, plays were shaky, and the team did not look confident in their plays or shots. Girls did not have great communication, balls were being checked out of their sticks, and players were not in the right position.

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. Midfielder Melina Lange had two goals and attacker Catie O’Connor had one, holding Creekview 5-2 as they transitioned into the second half. 

“Creekview was a really fast team, they kept us on our toes the whole game which is why we weren’t performing as well in the first half, it threw us off guard,” Lange said. 

The second half was better for the team. They managed to keep a lead over Creekview for the last half. They ran plays better, along with better communication. They still had some struggles including; errors and their mental game. 

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

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

Besides the mental mistakes, the team’s defense was solid. They made a handful of good defensive plays on offense. Midfielder Stacy Glover scored one goal, O’Connor scored one and Lange scored two. 

“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.