The Oak Knoll Royals girls lacrosse team got the best of the Westfield Blue Devils on April 8 to improve its record to 3-1. Two days later, the Blue Devils regrouped and defeated Mountain Lakes, 14-8.
Blue Devil Alice Manzo netted three goals and an assist against the Royals and Kate Watson finished with a goal, two ground balls and two draw controls. Gillian Cohen scored once. Abi Mokrzycki flicked in a goal and had a pair of draw controls. Erin Hazard scooped a ground ball and Maeve Wojcik had three draw controls. Julianna Molinelli had a ground ball. Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Czarnecki made four saves and allowed seven goals. Lauren Furey made three saves and yielded eight goals.
Sophia Loscert recorded seven goals, an assist, three ground balls and two draws for the Royals. Lauren Dietrich had two goals and two ground balls. Beatrice Burton finished with a goal, three assists, six draw controls and two ground balls. Carson Didder had a goal, four draws and four ground balls. Maris McGinty had a goal, ground ball and two draw controls.
Heather DeCesare scored once. Carly Caesar had five ground balls and two draws. Ellie Cusimano scored once. Goalkeepers Grace Smith and Cat Jordan recorded three saves and two saves, respectively.
Cohen held the mighty stick against Mountain Lakes with four goals and an assist. Lucy Mineo put in three goals and had a draw control. Manzo had three goals and four draws. Molinelli had a goal and an assist. Mokrzycki scored once and had seven draw controls. Lola Geoghan scored once. Wojcik had an assist and four ground balls. Sara Rooney scooped a pair of ground balls. Maddy Coen had an assist and two draws. Czarnecki recorded three saves and yielded four goals. Furey made four saves and allowed four goals.
Kayla Plotts netted four goals for the Lakers. Abi Hawes finished with two goals, four ground balls and three draws. Kaylin Oey scored twice, won five draws and scooped two ground balls. Becky Horowitz had two assists. Shea Sutter had two ground balls and three draws. Goalkeeper Emma Barkauskas recorded 11 saves.
