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New Trier wins first state title in 11 years in style
Neil Milbert, Freelance Reporter
The New Trier girls went
into the lacrosse season with an
awareness that they had some
unfinished business to attend to
after being beaten by Hinsdale
Central in the 2018 IHSA state
championship game.
The teams engaged in a rematch
under the lights at Hinsdale
Central on June 1 and the
Trevians took care of business.
Avenging last year’s loss, the
Trevians decisively defeated the
Red Devils 12-4.
“I was really feeling it,” said
Annie Thompson, who acted
as the catalyst by scoring the
game’s first goal with 84 seconds
elapsed and adding two more in
the first half when the Trevians
got all the goals they needed to
get the job done by gaining a 7-2
lead that would prove to be insurmountable.
“Our ultimate goal was winning
this and we knew we were
going to do it. We beat Loyola
Academy (in the sectional championship
game) and that gave us
a lot of motivation. We had to
finish the job.”
During the regular season perennial
power Loyola was the
only team to defeat New Trier
(22-1-2), scoring an 11-6 victory
on April 15. The ties came
against opponents from Ohio
and Michigan.
In the last game of the regular
season the Trevians downed Hinsdale
Central 15-9, putting more
self confidence in their memory
bank going into the playoffs.
“This was in the back of our
minds the whole season,” said
Charley Meier, who contributed
three goals to the even
more compelling conquest in
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Katie Busch battles a defender during the IHSA state title game Saturday, June 1, in Hinsdale. Carlos
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the state title showdown.
Also having a significant input
on offense were Lucy Murray
(two goals and two assists),
Claudia Shevitz (one goal and
three assists) and Emma Merk
(one goal and one assist). Olivia
Zaban and Macy Zaban each
added a goal to the cause.
“We knew we had to control the
ball and control possession,” New
Trier coach Pete Collins said.
The Trevians accomplished
both objectives. They outshot
Hinsdale Central 26-12 and won
12 draws to the Red Devils’ six.
Katie Busch excelled in the
draw department and Kate Burnham
played a steady game in
goal, stopping five shots.
This is the second season that
lacrosse has been an IHSA-sanctioned
sport. The Trevians’ last
state title came in 2008 when the
Illinois Women’s Lacrosse Association
was the governing body.
The icing on Collins’ victory
cake was his selection as IHSA
Coach of the Year.
“It’s because of these kids,” he
said of his honor. “They are a joy
to coach.
“They have a rope they’ve
been holding all season and what
it means to them is if one of them
is falling someone is going to be
there to hold them up.”
Prefacing the long-awaited
rematch with Hinsdale Central
(17-5) in the final was a spinetingling
15-14 victory over
Glenbrook South in the semifinals
the previous night.
GBS battled back from a 13-6
deficit to tie the score with 4:43
to play but Murray came through
in the clutch. When she charged
through a crowd in front of the
net to take a point-blank shot
goalie Annika Newell met her
head-on. Murray went down and
her shot pinged off the goal post
but Newell was sent off to serve
a cross-checking penalty.
With an open net beckoning,
Murray scored the game-winning
goal on a free position shot.
“We were focused too much
on this game,” said Meier, on the
narrow semifinal win after the
title game.
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