Ready for Moore

After lost season, Moore set to make jump to Colorado in fall

Mack Moore scored more than 100 goals in her Upper Dublin girls lacrosse career but found a bit more joy sharing the wealth when it came to putting the ball in the back of the net.

“I feel better when I assist and see my teammates score than scoring myself,” she said. “I think I feel more accomplished and I just love watching my teammates succeed too.”

A three-time SOL American Conference all-league selection and University of Colorado commit, Moore was set on sharing another season of goals, assists, wins and memories with her Cardinals teammates in 2020.

But COVID-19 derailed those plans as spring sports were halted in March and eventually cancelled in April, leaving Moore and her four fellow UD seniors with their high school careers ending much sooner than planned.

“Lacrosse season is definitely the one thing I look forward to all year,” Moore said. “I’m always counting down the days until we start playing so it was really devastating for me not to have my senior season. It’s like Senior Night and everything was something I’ve looked forward to for the past few years.

“It was really hard but we were able to do some team bonding things and just do the best we could with it. And every senior in the country is in the same position.”

The Cardinals stayed connected as a team, holding a virtual banquet along with a driveby Senior Night. But missing a chance to compete on the field was disappointing for Moore, who felt UD was a contender for the SOL American title.

“It was really hard at first mentally to get back outside and make myself, like force myself to run and work out,” Moore said. “But I think I realized this is what I have to do, I have to prepare for college.”

In 2019, Upper Dublin finished 13-7 overall, winning nine of its final 12 after a 4-4 start and advanced to the second round of the District 1-3A tournament.

In her career at Upper Dublin, Moore finished with 132 goals, 84 assists and 82 draw controls as the Cardinals posted double-digit wins and reached the District 1 playoffs in each of her three years.

As a freshman in 2017, Moore earned All-SOL American honorable mention after posting 25 goals, 23 assists and two draw controls — four goals and five assists coming in an 18-12 win over Plymouth Whitemarsh — as UD went 13-5 and placed second in the conference.

Moore proceeded to make the 2018 SOL American second team following a sophomore campaign in which she had 44 goals, 40 assists and 34 draw control for a 12-6 Cardinal side. During UD’s March trip to Texas that season, Moore had seven goals and two assists in a 14-13 win over Highland Park then posted seven goals and three assists the next day in a 17-7 victory against Vandegrift.

“I kind of knew my place as a freshman and I was kind of nervous to take more control of the field,” Moore said. “But as I became more of a leader on the field I think it was easier for me to score and to help my teammates score and be more of a playmaker.”

In her junior season, Moore struck for 63 goals, handed out 21 assists and also had 46 draw controls in earning All-SOL American first team honors.

Moore led the Cardinals to their first win of 2019, striking for nine goals while adding two assists as UD topped Hatboro-Horsham 178. Three games later, Moore accounted for 12 of Upper Dublin’s goals — scoring seven times and posting five assists in a 19-18 victory over Boyertown.

The next day, Moore recorded her 100th career goal on the second of the two goals she scored in the 15-10 win over SpringfieldMontco.