Mount Sinai’s senior co-captains Kasey Mitchell and Sydney Pirreca continued to lead the way for the Mustangs as they traveled upstate to Cortland last weekend and beat out both of their opponents to claim the school’s second state Class C lacrosse championship in three seasons.
On Friday morning, the girls’ lacrosse team breezed through its game against Skaneateles, scoring eight goals in the first half and five in the second for a 13-7 victory and a place in the finals.
Mitchell, a midfielder, scored five goals, and was named the MVP of the game. Freshman attack Meaghan Tyrrell tacked on two goals and two assists, and Pirreca, also a midfielder, added two goals.
On Saturday, the Mustangs took on Honeoye Falls-Lima in the finals, and got off to another strong start, scoring six goals in the first half en route to an 8-5 win.
Just two minutes into the game, Pirreca scored first with a shot into the top right corner and earned herself a hat trick by scoring the next two goals. She was named MVP of the game.
Mitchell followed by tallying the next three goals for her team, to end the scoring for the first half.
Mitchell tacked on another goal in the second half, and Tyrrell rounded out the scoring with a goal of her own. Sophomore Hannah Van Middelem made five stops in goal, and seniors Mary Ellen Carron, also a co-captain, and Morgan McGrath aided a poised defense that didn’t allow an opponent to reach double figures in scoring this season. Mitchell, Pirreca and Van Middelem were named to the All-Tournament team, and senior Ashley Seiter earned the sportsmanship award.
The Mustangs finished with a 20-1 overall record and Division II mark of 13-0.
This version corrects the dates of the state championship games.
