HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: GIRLS LACROSSE PREVIEW
Bacharach, Erik. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 27 Mar 2015
14. LONGWOOD LIONS
Coach: Randall
Grossman
2014 record: 10-7
Key players:
Alison Johnson A Jr.
Patriece Ausili D/M Sr.
Summer Henriksen D Sr.
Tori Staker M So.
Angelica Lopz, A, Jr.
Outlook: Fresh off its first playoff appearance in more than a decade, Longwood aims to return to the postseason with a younger team this year.
Ward Melville 18, Longwood 11: Kelsey Catalano had three goals, two assists and seven draw controls and Alex Vignona added four goals and two assists to lift Ward Melville in Division I. March 26
Longwood 15, North Babylon 10: Caitlin Sweeney had five goals and won seven draw controls for Longwood (1-1) in its Division I win.March 28
Longwood 11 4-15
North Babylon 6 4-10
Goals – LW: Sweeney 5, Johnson 3, Sweeney 3, Staker 2, Ausili, Lopez; NB: Heegan 2, Kennedy 2, Sains 2, Perkins 2, Scheriff, Orsini; Saves – LW: Gabay 11; NB: Chetti 11; Assist – LW: Sweeney 2; NB: Sains 2, Scheriff. March 28
Longwood 14 4-18
Copiague 0 0-0
Goals – LW: Johnson 3, Sweeney 3, Kelley 2, Terrero 2, Lopez 2, Staker 2, Surrusco, Schultz, Sweeney, Fraim; Saves – LW: Gabay 12; COP: Rodriguez 3; Assist – LW: Johnson 2, Sweeney 3, Staker, Surrusco, Sweeney, Pagnotta. April 2
Longwood 3 7-10
Commack 6 3-9
Alison Johnson scored six goals, including the winner with 25 seconds left, for Longwood (3-1) in Division I. Goals – LW: Johnson 6, Sweeney 3, Sweeney; COM: Ridings 3, Hauser 2, Johnston 2, Fleishhacker, Manetta; Saves – LW: Gabay 14; Assist – LW: Sweeney, Staker. April 3
Longwood 8 7-15
Connetquot 1 7-8
Goals – LW: Johnson 6, Sweeney 4, Sweeney 2, Fraim, Lopez, Staker; CON: Zullo 2, Lopez 2, Villanueva, Wilbert, Smith, Zullo; Saves – LW: Gabay 8; CON: Collins 3, Gugliuzzo. April 9
Longwood 10, Floyd 5: Alison Johnson and Brianna Sweeney each had three goals and an assist to lead Longwood (5-1). Goals – LW: Johnson 3, Sweeney 3, Sweeney 2, Staker 2; FL: Sulfaro 2, Cervone, Conn, Jones; Saves – LW: Gabay 9; FL: Diaz 7; Assist – LW: Johnson, Sweeney; FL: Jones. April 11
Longwood 11 6-17
Brentwood 2 2-4
Goals – LW: Lopez 4, Johnson 4, Sweeney 3, Sweeney 2, Pagnotta, Surrusco, Terrero, Fraim; BRN: Franco 2, Campos, Menjivar; Saves – LW: Gabay 5, Delong 3; BRN: Salavia 7; Assist – LW: Lopez, Johnson 2, Sweeney 2, Sweeney 2, Pagnotta. April 15
Smithtown East 11 5-16
Longwood 7 4-11
Shannon Kavanagh scored six goals and Julia Smith had three goals and five assists for Smithtown East (6-3) in Division I. Goals – SME: Kavanagh 6, Scannell 5, Smith 3, Cuccurullo 2; LW: Sweeney 4, Johnson 4, Sweeney 3; Saves – SME: Stoessell 6; LW: Gabay 6; Assist – SME: Smith 5, Cuccurullo 3, Schmal, Hagenbruch. April 24
Longwood 13 7-20
Whitman 3 6-9
Goals – LW: Sweeney 6, Johnson 4, Lopez 3, Staker 3, Sweeney 2, Schultz 2; WW: Kleet 4, McIntosh 2, DeLuca 2, Poltaro; Saves – LW: Gabay 11; WW: Martin 2; Assist – LW: Sweeney 3, Johnson 4, Staker 2, Sweeney 4; WW: DeLuca. April 27
Longwood 20, Riverhead 15: Alison Johnson scored 10 goals, a school record, according to coach Randall Grossman, to lead Longwood (8-3) in Division I. Briana Sweeney recorded three goals and two assists. Angelica Lopez notched a hat trick. Goals – LW: Johnson 10, Sweeney 3, Lopez 3, Staker 2, Sweeney, Schultz; RI: Carrera 5, Brodeur 4, Troyan 2, Doroski 2, Romer 2; Saves – LW: Gabay 14; RI: Purick 7, Hubbard 2; Assist – LW: Johnson, Sweeney 2, Staker 2, Sweeney 2, Ausili; RI: Carrera. April 29
Patchogue-Medford 18, Longwood 17: Madison Ostrick (eight goals, one assist) scored the winner with 49 seconds left in the second overtime to lead P-M (6-4) in Division I. Mackenzie Reh (five goals, four assists) scored the final goal in regulation with 5:38 left to send the game to overtime. Goals – PM: Ostrick 8, Reh 5, Kilanowski 3, Carroll, Reh; LW: Sweeney 5, Fraim 3, Johnson 3, Staker 3, Lopez 2, Sweeney; Saves – PM: Cortezano 11; LW: Gabay 6; Assist – PM: Ostrick, Reh 4, Kilanowski 2, Carroll, Reh; LW: Sweeney, Johnson, Staker. May 3
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 04 May 2014:
ALISON JOHNSON
Longwood, lacrosse
Set a single-game school record with 10 goals in a 20-15 win over Riverhead.
Longwood 7 7-14
Lindenhurst 5 4-9
Goals – LW: Sweeney 5, Sweeney 3, Johnson 2, Ausili, Staker, Terrero, Lopez; LI: Claud 3, Gumowski 2, Doran, Stoppelli, Tadfie, Conway; Saves – LW: Gabay 10; LI: Raimondi 10; Assist – LW: Sweeney, Staker; LI: Stoppelli. May 8
Sachem North 8 9-17
Longwood 7 6-13
Goals – SN: Mazliah 6, Avanzato 4, Calabria 3, Sergio 2, O’Brien, Basso; LW: Johnson 6, Sweeney 3, Sweeney 2, Pagnotta, Lopez; Saves – SN: Lynch 11; LW: Gabay 13; Assist – SN: Mazliah 2, Avanzato 2, Calabria 5, Basso, Hoffer; LW: Sweeney, Sweeney 2. May 10
Hauppauge 9 6-15
Longwood 6 7-13
Goals – HAUP: McCarthy 7, Tellekamp 3, Poulin 3, Nino, Savino; LW: Sweeney 6, Johnson 4, Sweeney 2, Staker; Saves – HAUP: McCaffrey 7; LW: Gabay 10; Assist – HAUP: Poulin 2, Nino, Savino, Scheim, Cummo 3; LW: Johnson 3, Sweeney. Keri McCarthy scored seven goals and Darla Poulin and Carly Tellekamp each had three goals for Hauppauge (11-3) in Suffolk Division I. Longwood‘s Alison Johnson had four goals and three assists. May 13
GIRLS LACROSSE
SUFFOLK
Class A First Round – at higher seeds
(5) Sachem East 7 4-11
(12) Longwood 5 3-8
Goals – SAE: Trombetta 5, Shanahan 3, Engelken 2, Vigh; LW: Sweeney 3, Staker 2, Fraim, Johnson, Sweeney; Saves – SAE: Larkin 10; LW: Gabay 7; Assist – SAE: Trombetta, Vigh, Gelderman; LW: Sweeney, Johnson, Sweeney. May 17