Bishop Stang edges Vineyard girls lacrosse, 10-8

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Vineyard midfielder Aubrey Ashmun fires a shot at the Bishop Stang goalie. — Photo by Ralph Stewart

The Vineyard varsity girls lacrosse team gave everything it had in a 10-8 loss to powerful Bishop Stang Tuesday on senior day at Dan McCarthy Field. The Vineyarders (4-9) are out of playoff contention, but according to Coach Betsy Dripps they saved their best performance of the season for the final home game.

“They played the best game of the season,” she said. “We were in it from the get-go. I was so proud of them. It was senior day and everybody there played so well. I was hoping that they would pull it out. They didn’t, but they played from the first whistle to the last.”

The Vineyarders suffered a 17-3 defeat to the Spartans earlier this season, but Tuesday’s game was a different story. The teams were tied, 6-6, at halftime. Stang scored early in the second half, but Lee Hayman tied the game with 13:07 remaining and Emily deBettencourt put the Purple in front, 8-,7 with 8:50 left. The visitors countered with two goals of their own and took a 9-8 lead into the final minutes. The Spartans got their insurance goal with only four-tenths of a second left on the clock.

Issy Smith led the Vineyard attack with four goals and one assist. Lee Hayman finished with a brace of both. Emily deBettencourt totaled two goals and an assist and Charlotte McCarron had two assists. Coach Dripps cited the strong play of midfielder Aubrey Ashmun, defenders Alex Clark, Emma Yuen, Olivia Ogden, and K.C. Wallace, along with goalie Sam Hargy who had 10 saves and kept the Vineyarders in the game with several big stops in the first half.