2 weeks Ago
FREEPORT — There was no offseason rust for the Freeport girls lacrosse team to shake off on Thursday. Freeport raced away to a 16-4 season-opening victory over Maranacook/Winthrop thanks to an offensive outburst from senior midfielders Lana DiRusso and Mia Levesque, who combined for the game’s first eight goals and finished with 12 goals. The Black Bears threw a high-pressure man-mark defense that DiRusso said shocked the Class B runners-up at first.
But by halftime, the Falcons had it figured out. Within the first seven minutes of the game, DiRusso (seven goals, one assist) and Levesque traded scores (five goals, one assist), and Freeport led by four. Within the next six minutes extending into the second quarter, Freeport led 8-0.
“To have the quick start and have nothing against us, that was great,” Freeport coach Marcia Wood said of the first quarter. “I knew Mia and Lana would be on fire and just kind of really excited for the season. Maranacook, I mean they went to (the Class C divisional final) last year, so I knew they were going to be challenging, I knew they were going to be aggressive, so I didn’t really know how we would adjust to that.
” Junior attacker Gwen Dunham (two goals, one assist), senior attacker Emma White (one goal, two assists) and sophomore midfielder Karleigh Costello (one goal) all scored for the Falcons. Maranacook/Winthrop coach Zach Stewart was proud of his team’s resilience, especially being down three starters, including two defenders. Sophomore attacker Stella Stewart, his daughter, put the Black Bears on the board in the second quarter, with two unassisted goals in traffic.
Stella Stewart added another goal in the third, as did junior midfielder Alice Ferrin. “Freeport showed that they’re in midseason form,” Zach Stewart said. “They have two all-American candidates returning, they only graduated a couple of seniors, they gave us a full serving.
We’re a young team from north of the wall. I mean, I’m happy with what my girls did. They didn’t give up, they didn’t get snippy, they played awesome.
” Devyn Eliasen saved six shots for Maranacook/Winthrop. Hailly Curtis saved 11 shots for Freeport. We believe it’s important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers.
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