JV 6, Woodbridge 5 (S&S)

The 8th annual Sticks and Stones tournament began for Trabuco Hills Girls Lacrosse Junior Varsity with a Friday afternoon showdown against the Woodbridge Warriors.

Playing in almost 90 degree weather, Alyssa Ortega set the pace with a goal assisted by Karli Franks. The Warriors were quick to rally scoring the next 4 points in a row. Our Mustangs started coming back with Kaylyn Voytilla scoring 2 more before the halftime buzzer leaving our girls down by 1 at the half.

Ortega once again started the second half scoring a goal with Woodbridge returning the favor giving the Warriors a thin lead again. The Lady Mustangs once again rallied with Sydney Rauch scoring a goal followed by Voytilla with an assist fromSierra Knudsen putting the Mustangs ahead by one. In an incredible display of defensive skill and aggression, the Warriors were stopped from any further scoring, leaving the final score at 6-5– avenging a 7-6 loss 10 days earlier.

The entire game was marked by an incredible display of Mustang skill with takeaways — credited to Jordan Cisowski, Meagan Raft, Sarah Daneshmand, Voytilla, Ortega, Gabrielle Bitting, Kaylie Petko, Rauch, and Kristen Rosenberg — as well as dominating ground ball recoveries and controlling a majority of the midfield draws — credits going to Knudsen,Sherry Hsu, Zoe Cerutti, Rauch, Daneshmand, Voytilla, Ashley Bell, Ortega, Petko, Bitting, and Raft.

Next: Sticks & Stones, Round 2 vs. Aliso Niguel A