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April Surette racked up 22 big saves as Georgetown dropped Manchester Essex, 18-11, to advance to the Division 2 North second round. Shannon Hartford lived up to the hype while leading the offense with 11 points (six goals, five assists), and Kelly Burke chipped in a hat trick to go along with three assists. The Royals will face the winner of today's Pentucket-St. Mary's of Lynn tilt on Thursday..

Despite coming out flat to start the game, Triton showed a lot fighting spirit coming from down three goals in the first half, battling in the first overtime before eventually falling in double OT. 

Jen Rock tallied three goals and two assists for Triton (10-5). Jill Gallagher (3 goals, 1 assist), Julie Parker (2 goals), Mac Scanlon (2 goals), Nicole Lebel (2 goals), Erin Curley (1 goal), Kaitlin Muller (3 assists), and Olivia Gallivan (2 assists) keyed the offense. Kristin Roberts (19 saves) earned the victory in goal.

Kelly Burke scored six goals for Georgetown (10-5). Emma Cannon added three. Kristin Pingree (2 goals), Shannon Hartford (1 goal, 2 assists), Meghan Makiver (1 goal), Alyssa Rosenthal (1 goal), Kim Nowers (1 assist), and Brittany Moker (1 assist) keyed the offense. Goalie April Surrette made 17 saves — giving her a total of 34 in a span of two days.

April Surette made 17 sterling saves to lead Georgetown in a 14-8 win over Manchester Essex.

Kelly Burke tallied a team-high six points (four goals, two assists) and Shannon Hartford chipped in four (two goals, two assists) as Georgetown outlasted Manchester Essex in a narrow 13-11 victory. The story of the game, however, was the exceptional play of netminder April Surette, who made 17 saves.

Natalie Sullivan (5 goals and an assist), Erin Curley (3 goals), Jen Rock (2 goals and 4 assists), Jill Gallagher (2 goals) Caitlyn Muller (2 goals), and Sara Nardone (2 goals) all contributed in a huge Triton (3-3) win over Manchester-Essex yesterday, winning their third straight game after losing the first three contests of the season.

Down seven goals heading into the second half, Newburyport put together a great second half performance, but fell a goal short ultimately in its come back attempt. Coach Catherine Batchelder said the Clippers came out slow and got in too big a hole, which has been an unfortunate trend for the team this season.

 After a difficult start to the season that included games against Masconomet and North Andover, Triton got a good confidence booster clobbering Gloucester, 16-5.

Sara Nardone had two goals and three assists, Erin Curley had two goals, Natalie Sullivan had one goal, Jen Rock had a goal and an assist, Emma Peditto had three goals, Kaitly Muller had a goal and an assist, Nicole LaBel had two goals, Jill Gallagher had a goal and an assist, Olivia Gallivan and had a goal for the Vikings. Elizabeth Benoit and Kristen Roberts each held down the fort in net with three saves.

Shannon Hartford tallied three goals and three assists for Georgetown (3-1). Michelle Reilly added three goals and an assist. Meghan Makiver also scored three goals. Kelly Burke and Kristin Pingree added two goals each. First-year starters Lauren Hall and Rachel Sherman netted their first varsity goals. April Surrette made 10 saves. Emma Cannon and Pauline Reilly keyed the defense.

The Pentucket girls lacrosse team had four-goal leads in both the first and second half, but each time Manchester Essex rallied and a final goal with 40 seconds left gave the hoost Hornets a 12-11 win. Brianna Yocum scored four goals for the Sachems and freshman Shannon Beaton scored her first varsity goal and also had an assist.

Even Mother Nature seemed to be going against the Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team yesterday.

As if playing a state tournament game on the road (and dealing with a long bus ride) weren't enough, the Hornets (9-7) and host Arlington (13-5-2) had to wait out a one-hour rain delay before they could compete in their Division 2 North second round contest. The Spy Ponders led from start to finish in an 11-6 win.

Like basketball, lacrosse is a game of runs.

How else could you explain yesterday's girls lacrosse game between Manchester Essex and Triton ? The Hornets were up 6-2 at the half before the Vikings tied it at six and later eight. Finally, Manchester Essex closed the game with an impressive seven-goal run en route to a 15-8 win. The Hornets (7-6) never trailed but the margin didn't feel safe until the final whistle.

Shannon Hartford netted four goals and two assists in Georgetown's state-tournament clinching victory. Kelly Burke added three goals and an assist for the Royals (9-4). Kristen Pingree, Emma Cannon, Michelle Reilly and Alyssa Rosenthal added one goal each. Kate Grosslein had an assist. April Surrette made 11 saves. Royals coach Heather Hartford cited the defensive efforts of Robyn Scotti, Katherine Falzareno and Rosenthal.

The Hornets got back to .500 with the victory, as they improved to 4-4 with a 13-9 win over Georgetown.

Haley Irwin led the way with four goals and junior Annie Osborne, who recently came back from injury, added two goals and two assists.