Westfield’s Laura Paye (22) battles West Springfield’s Meg Patruski (13) during Wednesday’s high school girls’ lacrosse game at Clark Field in West Springfield. (Photo by Chris Putz)
WEST SPRINGFIELD – The Westfield High School girls’ lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaker.
Westfield rallied late on the road at West Springfield Wednesday, but fell one goal short 16-15 to the Terriers at Clark Field.
“We just got off to a slow start in the second half,” Bombers coach Paul Fenwick said. “Although we made a great attempt at the end to pull within one, we ran out of steam.”
Brittany Hutchinson (4 goals, 1 assist), Victoria Whalen (3 goals, 2 assists), and Ashlee Owen (4 goals) led Westfield’s offensive attack.
Two players scored six goals apiece for West Side.
St. Mary’s Andrea Watson sprints past a defender. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Wahconah 14, St. Mary 6
WESTFIELD – Andrea Watson scored a team-high three goals for St. Mary in a home loss. Saints’ Lauren Chapdelaine had two goals, and Aisling Smith added one. Taylor Marshall had one assist.
Three Wahconah players recorded three goals apiece.
St. Mary goalie Carissa Foley finished with six saves.
BOYS’ RESULTS
Westfield 10, Northampton 2
WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School boys’ lacrosse team fired up a 10-0 lead in the first half en route to a 10-2 rout of Northampton Wednesday.
Sam Scarfo (4 goals, 3 assists) and Matt Chlastawa (2 goals, 3 assists) led the Westfield attack. Bombers’ Luke Chlastawa (2 goals), Ben Geschwind (1 goal, 1 assist), Zach Kuzon (1 goal), and Zach Gentle (1 assist) also contributed.
Westfield goalie Jake Cupak finished with eight saves.
Cupak was aided by a super defensive effort from Noah Swords, Corey Ward, Jordan Bein, Kevin Chambers, Kane Miller, Mitchell Weiss, and Sam Evans.
“They’ve been playing good all season,” Westfield coach Mark Cavallon said of his defensive unit. “They shut (Northampton) down today.”
