TopLaxRecruits.com, Posted 7/21/16
From US Lacrosse
The second day of the eighth annual US Lacrosse National Championships at Grand Park here today featured dramatic finishes as teams advanced through brackets, setting the stage for a Medal Day Thursday that could see the Yellow Jackets (N.Y.) sweep gold in the U15, U14 and U13 divisions.
Below, the winners’ bracket schedule and matchups for Medal Day, followed by selected highlights and notes from today’s games.
Below, the winners’ bracket schedule and matchups for Medal Day, followed by selected highlights and notes from today’s games.
U15 Semifinals
#1 Yellow Jackets 2019 Blue (N.Y.) vs. #5 Top Guns Black (N.Y.), 9 a.m.
#2 Liberty (N.Y.) vs. #6 Integrity 2019 (Md.), 9 a.m.
Third-Place Game, noon
Championship Game, noon
U14 Semifinals
#1 Yellow Jackets 2020 Blue (N.Y.) vs. #5 Team 180 2021 (Colo.), 9 a.m.
#2 Integrity 2020 (Md.) vs. #3 Florida Select 2020/2021, 9 a.m.
Third-Place Game, noon
Championship Game, noon
U13 Championship Game
#2 Yellow Jackets 2021 Gold (N.Y.) vs. #4 3d Select National (Colo.), noon
Third-Place Game: #1 Yellow Jackets 2021 Blue (N.Y.) vs. #3 Liberty (N.Y.), 10:30 a.m.
C2C Dallas Breaks Through
The C2C Dallas (Texas) U15 team struggled through pool play, failing to win a game and settling for the No. 14 seed. But the Texans more than made up for it by knocking off third-seeded Team 180 2019 (Colo.), 11-8, in a round-of-16 game before a spirited crowd. The victory sent C2C Dallas into the quarterfinals for the first time ever.
C2C Dallas nearly reached the semifinals. The Texans, behind six goals from Anna Winkeler and three goals and four assists from Jay Browne, stormed back from an 8-3 second-half deficit to take a 10-8 lead against sixth-seeded Integrity 2019 (Md.).
But a yellow card against Catherine Blaylock with 1:54 to play would prove costly. The Marylanders tied the game at 10 and won it when Kathleen Sullivan converted a pretty pass inside from Gabriela Lavin with :28 left.
“I love the fight in this team,” C2C coach Molly Ford, who played at Georgetown, said. “Dallas is starting to get engulfed with lacrosse, with talent and with athletes; we just need to catch up to the players in the East in terms of skills.”
C2C Dallas lost to Integrity during pool play yesterday, 14-4, but turned the tables by winning more draw controls and playing with more confidence, Ford said.
Marathon U13 Semifinal
The Yellow Jackets (N.Y.) and 3d (Colo.) represent two of the better known club programs across country, and their U13 teams met in a semifinal that begs for more matchups as the players get older.
Tied at 6 after regulation, each team scored once in the full six-minute overtime. Top-seeded Yellow Jackets 2021 Blue had its chances throughout the extra sessions, but Caridad Nugent made eight of her 15 saves after regulation ended to keep hope alive for fourth-seeded 3d Select National.
Finally, after 61:25 of lacrosse, Abigail Cotraro scored her fourth goal of the game to deliver 3d the thrilling 8-7 victory.
Upset Bug Both Ways
Fifth-seeded Team 180 2021 (Colo.) saw its 13th-seeded 2020 team eliminated in the U14 first round by fourth-seeded Yellow Jackets 2020 Gold (N.Y.) and later watched its third-seeded 2019 team stunned by 14th-seeded C2C Dallas (Texas) in the U15 first round. Team 180 2021 atoned for the losses by edging Yellow Jackets 2020 Gold, 9-8, in a dramatic U14 quarterfinal.
Samantha Filippi scored four goals in the first half to pace the Jackets, but two apiece from Jessie Bakes and Lauren Rismani helped the Coloradoans forge a 5-5 halftime tie. The spread in the second half never eclipsed one goal, and Katharine Merrifield tied the game at 9 with her second goal of the game for Team 180 2021.
With 32 seconds left, Mandy Brockamp scored unassisted to send Team 180 2021 into the final four with the 10-9 triumph.