Raiders rip NA for 18-9 victory
By Derek Pyda
Eagle Staff Writer
JACKSON TWP — North Allegheny scored first,
but the Tigers' lead was a brief one.
Following a goal by NA's Talia Waskowicz
just 30 seconds into the game, the Seneca
Valley girls lacrosse team scored the next
six goals on its way to an 18-9 win
Wednesday.
Lindsay Flavion got the Raiders on the board
with a goal with 23:17 left in the first
half.
Goals by Adrienne Steele, Amy Cross, Flavion
again, Berta Miller and Nicole Roche gave SV
a 6-1 lead it would never relinquish.
"I think our passes at midfield were key,"
said Raiders coach Dina Hughes. "Our
transition game was working well."
NA goalkeeper Nia Parillo was hit with a
barrage of shots in the first half. She made
nine saves in that span, but also gave up
eight goals by halftime.
She wasn't helped by her team's offense,
which failed to sustain possessions in the
attack zone in the first 25 minutes.
"It was just a case of Seneca Valley
controlling the ball," said NA assistant
coach Chris Omasits. "They did a good job of
that."
Flavion led the Raiders (9-3, 6-0) with five
goals, including three in the second half.
Steele and Mallory Dailey each scored three
times and two goals apiece went to Miller
and Andrea St. Clair.
Roche, Cross and Melissa Ball all found the
net once in the win, with Ball scoring in
the closing moments of the first half, which
gave SV an 8-2 edge at intermission.
"There may be one or two players who have
scored a couple more goals than the rest,
but our offense has been balanced the whole
season," said Hughes.
The Raiders scored three goals in the first
3:48 of the second half for an 11-3 lead,
and Parillo, a freshman, was replaced by
Angie Florentine, who ended with three
saves.
Trailing 14-3 with 14 minutes left in the
game, NA's offense came to life by scoring
four unanswered goals, two of them by Emma
Luitgaarden.
But Flavion's fourth goal of the game at
5:33 stopped the Tigers' run and gave SV a
15-7 lead.
Omasits hopes his team's spurt on offense is
a sign of things to come.
"We're a very young team," he said. "We
start one senior. We scored a few goals in a
row and we just had the right mix of players
in there."
SV's Katy Sterling made seven saves in the
win.
Also scoring for North Allegheny (5-9, 2-4)
were Amber Wetzel (twice), Meredith Gumash,
Claire Pilarski, Brenna Curti and Lexi
Yurcon.
The Raiders play at North Hills today.
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