San Marcos girls lacrosse won its ninth straight game with a 13-5 victory over rival Cate on Tuesday at Warkentin Stadium.
The Royals (13-3, 6-0 Channel League) will now take on crosstown foe Dos Pueblos (8-7, 6-1 CL) on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Warkentin Stadium with a chance to clinch an outright Channel League title.
“Needless to say, we are all looking forward to Thursday now,” San Marcos head coach Paul Ramsey said.
Tuesday’s matchup was close early as the Royals held a slim 3-2 lead after the first quarter. However, San Marcos took control of the game and outscored the Rams 5-1 in the second to take an 8-3 advantage into halftime.
From there, the Royals outscored Cate 5-2 in the second half to pull away for the eight-goal win.
Josephine Grossman led a balanced scoring attack for San Marcos with five goals, while goalie Carly Grant collected five saves. Nine different Royals found the back of the net.
“Nine players scoring is about tops for anything we’ve ever done as a team on offense and the will of these girls to play with each other and share the ball is amazing,” Ramsey said.
As for Cate, Lauren Hubbs scored a team-high three goals and Chelsea Newlove ended the night with six saves.
Dos Pueblos 10, Thacher 9
The Chargers came through in the clutch to pull out a win over Thacher on Tuesday in Ojai.
After a back-and-forth affair throughout, Thacher jumped out ahead by a score of 9-8 with just over three minutes left on the clock in the fourth.
Linnea Clapinski then took center stage for the Chargers, scoring back-to-back goals to secure the Channel League victory.
Clapinski scored an impressive eight goals, while Emily Anton and Shelby Moccardini each scored as well. Stella Lawler racked up 12 saves in the goal.
Dos Pueblos will end its regular season against San Marcos on Thursday.