With a strong defensive effort and a solid offense, the Rockbridge County High School girls lacrosse team earned a 16-7 home win over Blacksburg on Monday night in Lexington.
Anna Nye led the Wildcats (8-1) with six goals, while Lola Mulitalo scored five goals to help RC win its sixth consecutive game. It was the first loss of the season for the Bruins (8-1).
The game was a rematch of last year’s Region 4C championship game, which the Wildcats won 20-7.
In Monday’s game, Blacksburg’s Lucy Stewart scored the first goal just over two minutes in, but Mulitalo responded with a goal to tie the game at 1-1 about 20 seconds later. Nye scored with 7:07 left in the first quarter to give RC a 2-1 lead, and the Wildcats scored four more goals to take a 6-2 lead into the second quarter. The Wildcats continued to extend their lead and were up 11-4 at halftime.
In the third quarter, RC outscored Blacksburg 2-1 to take a 13-5 lead into the fourth quarter, and the Wildcats stayed comfortably ahead for the rest of the game.
The Wildcats will have the rest of the week to practice before playing host to William Byrd next Monday, May 4, at 7 p.m., following the 5:30 p.m. junior varsity game between RC and St. Anne’s-Belfield.
For the story and photos from the win over Blacksburg, please see our May 6 newspaper. The story and photos from last week’s action will be in our April 29 newspaper.
