Hoosic Valley girls advance to final
COHOES, N.Y. » Hoosic Valley jumped out to a 19-9 lead and played Lake George even the rest of the contest to earn a 45-35 victory in the Section II Class C semifinal at Cohoes High School.
The win advances Hoosic Valley to the Championship vs. Mekeel Christian at 6 p.m. Friday at HVCC.
Cami Hren scored 11 points, Ashley Madigan had nine while Alex Rifenburg and Alicia Clum added seven apiece for the No. 2 seed in a well-balanced scoring effort.
Lacey Cormie scored a game-high 14 points for Lake George in the contest while Graceann Bennett had 12 points.
The Hoosic Valley the star of the show in the second half. Lake George was held to four points in the third quarter and eight in the fourth.
College lacrosse
UALBANY DUO NAMED TO WATCH LIST » UAlbany lacrosse players Connor Fields and Sarah Martin have been named to the 2017 Tewaaraton Watch lists, the Tewaaraton Foundation announced on Tuesday night.
Fields has been named to the men’s watch list while Martin is on the women’s watch list. Each are one of 50 across the country on their respective watch lists.
The Tewaaraton Trophy is given to the top player in college lacrosse. On the men’s side, UAlbany’s Miles and Lyle Thompson shared the 2014 Tewaaraton Trophy, with Lyle winning it outright in 2015.
The UAlbany men’s lacrosse team has had at least one player on the watch list each of the past 11 years. Fields is earning a spot on the watch list for the second year running.
The UAlbany women’s lacrosse team now has had a player on the Tewaaraton Watch List the past four years and second year in a row on the first list of 50. Martin earns her first placement on the list.
Fields, a junior attack, earned 44 goals and 29 assists last season for UAlbany. The 2016 USILA Third Team All-American has 14 points through two games this season off six goals and eight assists, including a 10-point game at Drexel.
Martin, a senior midfielder, finished last season with 30 goals, 28 assists, 55 draw controls, 19 caused turnovers and 38 ground balls. The 2016 IWLCA AllRegion player has 18 goals, six assists and 18 draw controls this year, notching a 10-goal game vs. Yale.