BY GENE NARDI
On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Seminole Ridge High School girls lacrosse team hosted Cardinal Newman High School in a non-conference match-up and suffered its first loss of the season, 18-7. The Lady Hawks were unbeaten at 3-0 prior to the night’s loss.
Seminole Ridge found itself down 7-1 early in the game to a tough Crusader offense. The Hawks collected themselves defensively, surrendering only one more goal prior to the end of the first half, heading to the locker room down 8-2.
The Hawks mounted an early second-half rally, with three goals from Bethany Enriquez and one from Kylie Shivers to close the margin to 11-5.
The Hawks just could not match their offensive run on the defensive side of the ball. The Crusader offense proved too difficult a puzzle to solve. Cardinal Newman would match the Hawks score-for-score, and then some.
Enriquez would drive in two more goals with seconds remaining on the clock to chisel into the Crusader lead, making it 18-7 to close out the contest.
The loss was the first of the season for the Lady Hawks, who fell to 3-1 on the season. Enriquez earned player of the game for the Hawks, racking up five goals.
The Hawks had two away games against the Oxbridge Academy and Suncoast High School this week, but results were not available by press time.
ABOVE: Bethany Enriquez takes a shot on goal and scores for the Hawks.
