Woodbridge 15, Irvine 12 (OT): After four lead changes and a furious last second comeback, the Girls Lacrosse team pulled away from Irvine in overtime to win 15 to 12 Thursday night at Irvine Stadium. The victory completed a second straight undefeated season against city opponents for the Lady Laxers!
This victory was extremely hard fought. After the teams traded control of possession and scoring runs throughout the game, the Warriors found themselves down by three with five minutes to play. Tenacious defense forced a turnover and shifted momentum, with the Warriors finally pulling even on a brilliant score by sophomore Anna Takushi(one for the game and a season high eleven for her), set up by strong work on the draw circle by sophomore Sage Klemek and junior Stephanie Renteria, with thirty seconds remaining.
Overtime possession and scoring was dominated by the Warriors, while senior goalieVeronika Tsymbler and the defensive work of junior Caity Duke, sophomore Ji Yoo Chang, and junior Amy Yuan among others, kept the Vaqueros at bay. Veronika ended the game with a remarkable fifteen saves and the regular season with a 51% save percentage, an outstanding figure for upper level lacrosse. An off balance laser beam of a shot to the far corner of the net by senior Subrina Cariaga sealed the victory and junior Amanda Jaramillo worked hard to keep the ball out of Irvine possession as the clocked ticked to zero.
The fate of the Warrior Lacrosse team is now in the hands of the US Lacrosse Playoff Tournament Seeding Committee. With their regular season complete, the team hopes its resume as the top team in Irvine will earn it its first ever playoff berth. Playoff seedings will be made available on Saturday with the playoffs to begin next week.
The team would like to thank its friends and family for the tremendous crowd support at the game. Your energy and passion kept the team going through a grueling, physical game. You were amazing!
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