Morgan Anjos fires a shot over the Northampton goalie for a Westfield goal Friday at Roots Athletics Center Field. (Photo by Bill Deren)
WESTFIELD – The weather outside may have seemed a bit frightful Friday afternoon, but the only place to go was ahead for the Westfield High School girls lacrosse team.
Westfield forged their way ahead of Northampton time and time again Friday en route to a convincing 15-5 win in a season opener at Roots Athletics Center.
“There was nothing spectacular about the game,” said a subdued Westfield girls lacrosse head coach Paul Fenwick. “I’m not real fond about playing in the snow.”
Westfield got the job done with the bulk of the offense coming from Emma Metcalf (4 goals), Kylie Buchanan (4 goals, 1 assist), Morgan Anjos (3 goals, 1 assist), and Sydney Goyette (2 goals, 1 assist).
Westfield junior goalie Liz Clark collected 10 saves. Said coach Fenwick: “Liz did an awesome job.”
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Bombers sweep Falcons
Westfield def. Minnechaug 25-15, 25-14, 25-19
Westfield swept Minnechaug in three straight sets to improve to 2-0 on the young season.
James Pavlyuk landed 16 kills and five digs for Westfield, Bombers’ Eric Yurtuc doled out 33 assists, Ryan Rix struck nine kills and two blocks, Alex Robitaille collected two kills and four digs, and Mike Bowen landed four aces and six digs.
Purple Knights top Rams
Holyoke def. Southwick 26-24, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19
Nick Brown (23 assists, 4 kills, 4 digs), Andy Brown (15 kills, 9 digs), Tyler Gellert (3 kills, 3 blocks), and Mason Imbriglio (22 digs, 2 aces) led Southwick.
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Hiltz a four-event winner
Frontier 87, Southwick 58
Bianca Hiltz came away with four first-place finishes for Southwick, winning the triple jump (34-3), high hurdles (17-8), 4×100 (56.0), and 200 meters (28.4).
LATE RESULTS – Thurs., April 4
GIRLS TENNIS
Mount Everett 4, St. Mary’s 1
St. Mary’s second doubles pair, Caroline Leahy and Catherine Seklecki overcame a first set loss to rally past Mount Everett’s Grace Makuc and Maile Handy 4-6, 7-6, (7-5), 10-4 on a chilly, blustery afternoon.
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Ludlow 110, Southwick 26; Westfield 54.5, Southwick 52.5
Cameron Brockbank won three events – discus, shotput, and javelin – against Westfield.
