While trailing going into the fourth quarter the Boiling Springs lacrosse team used a big fourth quarter from senior lacrosse attacker Riley Alfonso on Tuesday night to pick up an 11-8 victory over Christ Church and improve to 4-1 on the season.
"The fourth quarter consisted a lot of Riley as he just kind of took over the game," said Bulldogs head coach Justin Mills. "He had several goals there in the fourth quarter but it was an all around team effort as our guys made up there mind that they weren't going to lose that game and kept fighting all the way to the end." Alfonso started the scoring for the Bulldogs on Tuesday night just a minute into the game when he faked a spin to the left before spinning to the right for a shot that found the back of the net and giving Boiling Springs a 1-0 lead. Just two minutes later the Bulldogs added another score when midfielder Luke Calderon made a pass from near midfield that found Lucas Olsen making a cross from left to right before hitting a shot that found the right side of the net giving the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. At the six minute mark of the first quarter the Bulldogs took a 3-0 lead that they took to the end of the quarter when midfielder Mathias Oslund hit a twenty-yard unassisted shot from the right side that found the back of the net. Jake Good gave Christ Church their first goal of the game just two minutes into the second quarter when he hit a shot from the left side of the goal to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 3-1. The Bulldogs responded at the three minute mark of the second quarter when Ethan Westhall received a deep pass from defender Adam Dulske down the middle of the field and finished it with a shot from the middle of the field to push the Boiling Springs lead back to three at 4-1. With just over a minute left in the first half Christ Church scored two straight goals over an eight second time span that ended when the Cavaliers Mason Goldsmith took the faceoff and raced down the middle of the Bulldogs defense to find the back of the net to make the Boiling Springs lead at 4-3 when the halftime buzzer sounded. Riley Alfonso started the second half with a score for the Bulldogs just three minutes into the third quarter when he raced from midfield down the left side before firing a shot that found the back of the net and putting the Bulldogs ahead 5-3. The Bulldogs added another goal to their lead at the five minute mark when Luke Calderon evaded two Cavaliers defenders down the right side of the field before taking a shot from just inside ten yards out and making the Bulldogs lead 6-3. Just fourteen seconds later Christ Church started a 4-0 run that lasted a little over three minutes to give the Cavaliers a 7-6 lead at the end of the third quarter. The run by Christ Church was led by Jake Good who scored two of the Cavaliers four goals during the run. When the fourth quarter began it started an impressive run by Alfonso as he hit a left handed jump shot to tie the game at 7-7 just a minute and a half into the fourth quarter before scoring another goal a minute later to put the Bulldogs ahead 8-7. Christ Church tied the game back up at 8-8 a few seconds later on their last goal of the game when Thomas Clark found the back of the net for the Cavaliers. Alfonso gave the Bulldogs the go-ahead goal with just over five minutes to go in the game when he made a run from the left side of the goal before making an impressive shot that found the back of the net to put Boiling Springs ahead 9-8. "Riley represents that essence of a senior," said Mills. "He's not going to lose the games that are winnable. Tonight was a winnable game and he stepped up when it mattered." Boiling Springs added another goal with just over three minutes to go in the game when Elijah Smith hit a shot off an assist from Alfonso to put the lead at 10-8 and extended their lead to 11-8 just before the buzzer sounded to end the game on a shot by Mathias Oslund. The victory over Christ Church, a perennial contender at the 2A level for lacrosse state championships, is just another big step for the Bulldogs program according to Coach Mills as they look to continue to establish themselves as a contender in the lacrosse community. "Our theme coming into this year was that we've always been second tier and these games against Dorman along with Christ Church they matter," said Mills. "Our guys have a chip on their shoulder and want to put themselves in that conversation with those guys." Boiling Springs will return to the field on Friday in a road region matchup against Clover before traveling to Dorman for another out-of-region contest on Monday. Comments are closed.
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