After starting the spring sports season with a win on Monday the Boiling Springs girls lacrosse team improved to 2-0 after winning a 3-2 thriller over Dorman on Wednesday night.
"That game was a little too exciting," said Bulldogs head coach Michelle Lockwood. "Dorman is a very good team and we knew tonight was going to be a tough game but we came out strong and ready to play." Boiling Springs got the scoring started on Wednesday night when midfielder Lani Hodge made a break down the middle of the field before faking a pass and finding the back of the net to put the Bulldogs up 1-0 just inside the fifteen minute mark of the first half. The Bulldogs added another goal at the nine minute mark when Emma Wood entered the game for an injured player to take a penalty shot and found the right side of the net to put Boiling Springs up 2-0. Boiling Springs also got a strong first half from their defense who didn't allow the Cavaliers many open shots at the goal. "Alli Hollifield, our goalie, is playing great as she works really hard on the field and in practice," said Lockwood. "We were playing strong there in the first half but we noticed some things they were doing throughout the half and made some adjustments going into the second half. Any time you make adjustments within it can be difficult and I think that's why they were able to pick up those goals." Dorman responded out of halftime just six minutes into the new half when Nyah Elmer found the back of the net to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 2-1. Both teams were able to hold the other one scoreless for the next twelve minutes of the game until Dorman's Kathryn Snyder got a penalty shot from the left side of the field that found the right side of the net to tie the game at 2-2 with just under eight minutes to play in the game. While Dorman had brought the game to a tie the Bulldogs weren't detoured as they quickly responded when Lani Hodge scored her second goal of the game when she made a shot from the right side of the field that found the top left side of the net to put Boiling Springs back in front at 3-2 with just over five minutes to go in the game. Over the final five minutes of the game the Boiling Springs midfielders controlled the game not allowing Dorman an opportunity to tie the game as the Bulldogs held possession when the final buzzer sounded. "We were really exhausted there towards the end of the game as our midfielders only got a few chances to be subbed out," said Lockwood. "It's really hard on them when we're forced to keep them in there like that but I knew they could get the job done. They kept fighting and our team kept up the communication which was key tonight and kept us in the game." Boiling Springs will return to play on March 5th in a home region matchup against Nation Ford. Comments are closed.
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