Lots of offense today
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Three teams have scored at least 20 goals so far, topped by Ossining’s 25. Emily Kowal had eight goals and Abigail Seelig had seven in a 25-13 win over Ursuline. Putnam Valley put up 20 in a 12-goal win over New Rochelle. Scoring was a little more balanced in that one, with nine players scoring, led by Ashley Morgan’s four.
And in a really remarkable score, Yorktown and Greeley combined for 23 goals — in the first half. The final was 22-18 in favor of the Huskers. Yorktown’s Jaimie Morrison had six goals and six assists and Courtney Miller led the Quakers with 10 goals.
Yorktown has now gone 4-0 against its two main contenders in Class B, John Jay and Greeley. Meanwhile Greeley just ended an exhausting run of eight games in 13 days, and as a loyal reader pointed out to me, the Quakers are the only team to have played every school in my updated power rankings (which had Hackley at 9 and Scarsdale at 10).
I’ll try checking in one more time tonight, and then tomorrow I’ll make my first playoff seedings projections.
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Remarkable that 40 goals are scored in one game. Does that mean the defense is terrible or that the game is weighed too heavily in favor of the offense. Does the women’s game need to be revisited? The penalty shot from the 8m is almost alway a goal – why not the power play like boys for most infractions? Defenders have little they can do against a big, strong oppenent at full speed to the goal since contact draws a foul. The game has evolved since the simpler days of wood sticks. The rules need to evolve as well.
Its not only the rules but also the reluctance of refs to call charges. Without the call the offense goes in at will to either score or get a penalty shot. Some refs just don’t understand the rule or refuse to call it. Some do though and those games have normal scores. I bet if you track high scoring games you will see the same refs.
i don’t think the rules need to change and i think charges are called fairly…sometimes the refs even go overboard to call a charge when it is actually a defensive foul. girls lax is basketball without a shot clock. big, strong, fast girls can always put the ball in the net in both bball and lax. it has always been that way. i think the answer is to train better defenders and goalies…especially the goalies. on good teams, your goalie is one of your better athletes. on poor and mediocre teams, your goalie is a non athletic kid who plays just one position in just one sport…and probably doesn’t even play club. you can’t possibly expect her to be able to stop shots consistently. get your better athletes into the goal early on and you won’t have 20 point scores.
I agree that the charge is rarely called. I have not seen one call in three years of watching high school lacrosse. It is tough to teach girls to take a charge if it is never called. The ref situation with rules is highly variable. Good goalies might help but the best collegiate boys goalies are only at .550 in percent of saves. And that is without an 8m shot. With a big strong girls going full speed – there are not many options the defense has without picking up a penalty which hopefully you do outside the circle.
Girls HS Lax in our area has turned into a power offense. The big strong women go to the cage and either are fouled or shoot from 6 yards away. Check out the assist totals to goals and they are pathetic. Goalies don’t stand a chance on most shots. Slides on defense are difficult at best because the sliding defender can’t take body. Coaches are encouraging the 1×1 game. What a shame, it’s a beautiful game when the ball is moving and a girl scores off a cut!
I have to agree with Laxman. The only way to play against teams with a Big Dog is to try to isolate them with one or two girls which does diminish the quality of the game. I don’t have an answer but the 8m shot seems too severe for the inadvertent stick. Also, I am coming to the conclusion that helmets for girls will be coming sooner than later – these ladies are big, strong and talented. It’s for the defenders protection. Hopefully the refing gets better – saw my first charge call today for lowering a shoulder.