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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 APRIL 5, 2018
Good start for Tanners girls lacrosse
BY ANNE MARIE TOBIN
PEABODY — An opening day win for any high
school team is always a good thing. But in the case of
the Peabody girls lacrosse team, it might also have been
a huge sigh of relief.
Saturday morning on a brisk and windy day, the Tanners
took the first step in what they hope be another great
season, defeating Merrimack Valley Conference powerhouse
Haverhill 12-10 at Coley Lee Field.
“I told the team it was a monster win,” said Peabody
coach Dennis Desroches. “Putting Haverhill on first we
were a little nervous. The were returning their entire
roster and the MVC is a very good league. We wanted
to play them to test our girls early.
“For our new lineup, to come together after only being
on the turf twice was great, especially in the middle third
of the game. That’s a big win for us.”
On paper, the game projected to be a David and Goliath
affair. The Hillies came into the game stacked with
experience, while the Tanners were starting from scratch
having graduated 12 seniors, including four starters.
The good news for Peabody was the lone senior on the
squad, captain Sarah Buckley, and sophomore Colleen
Crotty were a 2-girl wrecking crew, combining for 10
of the Tanners’ 12 goals. Toss in a 4-point effort from
sophomore Olivia Kiricoples (2 goals, 2 assists) and a
strong effort from junior captain Alex Houlden (assist)
and it was the ticket the Tanners needed to come out on
top.
“Sarah has great stick movement on the ball going to
goal, has great ground ball control and plays great defense.
She is a complete player. As our only senior we
are going to be leaning on her experience and leadership.
She and Olivia were just awesome today.
“With such an inexperienced team, we needed someone
to take control out there. Crotty last year played a
PHOTO | ANNE MARIE TOBIN
Senior captain Sarah Buckley bears down as she
attempts to get by Haverhill’s Kylee Murphy.
supplemental role, but today she had the opportunity to
do that, and you saw that’s what she did. We hope these
young kids can do that like she did and leapfrog up to
that level.”
The game did not start well for the Tanners as the Hillies
took charge right of the gate with a 3-1 lead seven
minutes into the first half.
After that, it was all Peabody, which exploded for six
goals in a 7-minute span to lead 7-3 with 8:19 to play in
the first half.
Buckley got the party started with her second score of
the day. At the 15:23 mark. Two minutes later, sophomore
Olivia Kiricoples ripped a shot past Hillies’ goaltender
Hannah Goodwin to tie the game at 3-3.
The Tanners kept up the attack with two goals in under
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a minute to take the lead for good, the first by Crotty and
the second on a Buckley free position shot. Crotty added
another on score on a free shot at the 9:59 mark, then
Kiricoples closed out the 6-0 run with her third goal of
the day that made it 7-3 with 8:19 left.
Haverhill’s Meredith Budds (3 goals) stopped the
bleeding about three minutes later when she slipped a
free position shot past freshman goalie Olivia Lavalle
(10 saves), who making her first varsity start.
“Olivia made couple of really good saves in both
halves,” said Desroches. “They had four goals on free
position shots, but she was a sitting duck on those free
shots as it’s almost impossible to save those.”
Haverhill showed some life in the last three minutes,
scoring twice around a Buckley free position shot, to go
into halftime trailing 8-5.
The Hillies closed to 9-6 with two goals sandwiched
around a Buckley strike in the first four minutes of the
second half, but that was as close as they would come.
Peabody put the game out of reach with the prettiest goal
of the day with 13:03 to go when Kiricoples fed Crotty,
in full stride, just in front of the net to make it 11-7.
“That had to be the best goal, it was a momentum
changer. It was a great first game for us it had everything
you could want, so there is a lot to take out of this
game,” said Desroches.
“We were pretty productive on offense and defensively
we had some pretty good stands but have to be more
disciplined to minimize the defensive fouls.
“The first part of the game we struggled, maybe a little
pregame jitters with a lot of freshmen out there, then late
in the game we kind of coughed it up a little. Keeping
possession and being patient on offense was key.”
Desroches singled out defenders Catherine Manning,
a junior captain, freshmen Jordyn Collins and Aja Alimonte,
and junior captain Alyssa Saraceni for their
strong play.
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