San Marcos girls lacrosse celebrated Senior Night with a 19-0 victory over Santa Barbara High in a Channel League game on Wednesday night at Warkentin Stadium.
Senior Emma Neal led the Royals with five goals, with classmates Alessia Lala and Sofia Martinez-Tomatis each scoring three goals. Junior KC Springer also scored three times.
“Sometimes senior games get everyone too emotional for good lacrosse for the entire game, but that was not the case for us,” said San Marcos head coach Paul Ramsey. “We played a solid game start to finish and our skill level showed, plus our defense really stepped up whenever Santa Barbara had the ball.
“When we got partway through the second half and saw that we were in the hunt for the shutout our game plan became take care of the ball and shut them out that way and the girls really responded to truly close out the game,” added Ramsey.
San Marcos sophomore goalie Megan Taylor made two saves and earned her first shutout, a rare occurrence in lacrosse.
San Marcos improved to 13-6 overall and 7-3 in the Channel League. The overall and league win totals are the most in program history
The Royals are tied for second with Cate School pending the outcome of the Cate at Thacher game on Thursday. A Cate win leaves the tie in place and a Thacher win gives San Marcos second place outright.
The CIF lacrosse pairings will be released on Saturday.