Summit Defeats West Morris to win Conference Title and remain unbeaten

The string of exciting Women's Lacrosse games continued unabated this Wednesday. Summit scored first at 23:36 when Liza Hillenbrand put in a free shot. For the next 17 minutes no one scored as Odette Nemes and the West Morris goalie traded great saves. Then in the next 3 minutes Hillenbrand scored twice and Cristina Curiale scored off a pass from Alie Carey. With a 4-0 lead Summit's fans were feeling pretty confortable. Unfortunately West Morris had other thoughts as they managed 3 goals in the final 4 minutes of the half.to make the score an uncomfortable 4-3 at the half.

What is worse, West Morris picked up in the 2nd half where they left off, as they scored twice in the the first minute of the half. Suddenly West Morris had scored five unanswered goals and had the lead 5-4. This situation existed for the next 5 minutes until Hillenbrand scored on a free shot. Summit took the lead again a minute later when Erin Beaumont scored following a pass from Hillenbrand. With less than 13 minutes left in the game West Morris scored two quick goals in the space of 24 seconds and regained the lead 7-6. About three minutes later Summit also scored twice in less than a minute. Curiale figured in both goals, scoring once and being credited with an assisst on a goal by Alie Carey. With 2 minutes remaining Hillenbrand passed to Lydia Robinson who scored an "insurance" goal to give Summit a 9-7 lead. Now the game entered that never-never land of the last two minutes when no one has any idea how much more time is left to play because the clock is kept on the field. Summit tried killing the clock behind the WM goal, but lost the ball and allowed WM to score, making it 9-8. Summit won the draw and resumed their stall, but yet again WM got the ball back and as they moved rapidly down field the clock ran out.

What a great season, 22 wins without a loss, the Conference Championship and the State Championship. It can't get any better than that!