WA Girls’ Lacrosse Defeats Newton South

Sujosh Mukherjee and Andrew Friel, Staff Writer and Co-Editor-in-Chief

On Thursday March 30th, WA Girls’ Lacrosse team won their first home game of the season against Newton South, with a final score of 16-10. The game took many twist and turns with Newton making a slight comeback near the end.

In the first half, WA quickly started off with two quick goals, combatted with one goal by Newton. Soon after, WA racked up five more swift goals. However, Newton finished off the half with two goals.

This ended the first half of the game with a score of 7-3.

Newton kicked off the second half of the game with a goal. WA was not willing to give up their lead, as they followed up with six more goals.

Newton was not willing to give up either as they made a slight comeback with three more goals, making it a score of 12-7.

Westford then scored another goal, but Newton still had hope, as they ended up scoring three more goals. The game finished with a win from WA, 15-10.

Overall, it appeared WA dominated the offensive end of the field and it allowed them to take the victory.

Both teams played great in their first opener game of the season, WA remained in the lead the entire time, but Newton South’s comeback in the second half was commendable.