It was a big week for JSerra’s boys lacrosse team which pulled off two victories over top 10-ranked teams.
The latest victory came Thursday when the Lions defeated St. Margaret’s, 6-5, in a Trinity League match at JSerra to improve its league mark to 3-0.
JSerra, which was not ranked in the county going into the week, also defeated No. 5 Santa Margarita, 9-7, earlier in the week.
Coach Kyle Harrison’s team includes most freshmen and sophomores.
A JSerra official provided details of Thursday’s victory.
St. Margaret’s took control of the game, going up 2-0 the first quarter on goals by Hunter Edington and Kent Iizuka.
Chase Williams scored again at the start of the second quarter, putting the Tartans ahead, 3-0.
But eight minutes into the second quarter, the Lions offense got going.
Christen Spenser scored from behind cage. Ryan Harnisch then won the faceoff and passed the ball to James Yanes who scored from 10 yards out, cutting the lead to one.
St. Margaret’s countered with a goal by Matt Duenes with 5:17 left in the second quarter to move ahead, 4-2.
Cole Schleppy and Brenden Lynch added goals in the second quarter to tie the score at 4-4. Duenes scored another goal just as the first half ended to put St. Margaret’s ahead, 5-4.
The Lions defense (Goalie Ryan Suttle, Troy Janikowski, Chaz Dotson, Kennedy Solomon, Nick Georgagi, Teddy Finley, Chris Bederov and Tucker Guyot) took over from there holding St. Margaret’s scoreless in the second half.
JSerra’s Mitch Kingsley and Brenden Lynch added goals in the third and fourth quarters to help JSerra win.
Suttle had nine saves for JSerra and Brandon Suchand had seven saves for St.Margaret’s.
“They outplayed us in the second half, plain and simple,” said St. Margaret’s assistant coach Bryan Harney on Monday. “We are looking forward to seeing them again this Thursday, at home.”
