5 Players to Watch Kate Rich Westwood (Mass.)
Her sister, Kelly Rich, has already gone on to Northwestern. Kate hopes to continue that famous Division I pipeline out of Westwood to Boston College. She had two goals in the state title game last season, including a dazzling one in which she spun through the defense to score with four seconds left in the fi rst half.
Cortney Fortunato Northport (N.Y.) The nation’s top junior posted a team- high 19 goals and 27 points to lead the U.S. U19 team to the gold medal at the FIL World Championship. A Notre Dame commit, Fortunato scored a career-high nine goals to lead Northport to victory over Lakeland Panas and then scored the game-winning goal in double- overtime to clinch the Class A state title over Pittsford.
Emily Tripodi West Genesee (N.Y.) The attacker was the Central New York Player of the
Year with a team-high 87 assists in 2011. A US Lacrosse All-American, Tripodi will play college lacrosse at Cornell.
Kara Dattellas West Genesee (N.Y.) The Delaware-bound Dattellas “is excellent both ways” and “very confi dent with her stick,” West Genesee head coach Bob Elmer said. She is a US Lacrosse All American and three-time Under Armour Underclass All-Star.
Taylor Bowman Oswego (N.Y.)
The two-time all-conference goalie and conference championship game MVP has garnered recognition from other coaches in the Northeast and will play at Towson.
Emily Tripodi Spotlight On…
West Genesee (N.Y.) West Genesee was darn good in 2011, so it’s kind of scary when head coach Bob
Elmer insists “this could be my best returning class ever.” The Wildcats lost just one game last season (to Pittsford). Among impressive wins was an 18-7 victory over eventual New York Class C champ Christian Brothers Academy. West Genesee returns All-Americans Kara Dattellas and Emily Tripodi. Dattellas plays
strong both ways, while Tripodi was the team’s catalyst with 87 assists. Draw specialist Shannon Hawley won about two thirds of her attempts in 2011. Shelby Milne and Madison Huegel lead a stout Wildcats defense.
1. Garden City (N.Y.) The Trojans went undefeated (21-0) en route to a Class
B state championship. That included two victories over Manhasset, a double-overtime win at St. Anthony’s, a 10-goal triumph of Northport and another win over Farmingdale. Garden City returns the core of strong a defense that never allowed more than 11 goals, including juniors Linda Attanasio (Dartmouth), Elizabeth Furman (Holy Cross) and Lily Schmitt (Johns Hopkins).
2. Northport (N.Y.) The Tigers scored 20 or more goals in 11 of their
fi rst 16 games in 2011. When the scoring slipped late, the defense came up big. Northport’s 11-10 victory over Pittsford in overtime in the Class A state fi nal was epic, and star junior Cortney Fortunato (Notre Dame) still has two seasons left.
3. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
Losses to McDonogh (Md.) and Garden City, the two top teams in the country that combined to go 40-0 in 2011, were St. Anthony’s only blemishes. Angela Holloran put the lacrosse world on notice last year with a 10-goal performance against Sacred Heart and an eight-goal performance against St. John the Baptist, and she is joined by fellow juniors Michaela Duranti (Towson), Kasey Behr and Maggie Bill (North Carolina) on a star-studded squad.
4. Pittsford (N.Y)
The Panthers were undefeated before Northport beat them in the Class A state fi nal. Pittsford’s impressive win over West Genesee turned heads, and three wins over Penfi eld demonstrated the Panthers’ hold on Section V. The graduations of Ali Curwin and Stephanie Spoto could hurt Pittsford.
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5. West Genesee (N.Y.) [See Spotlight.]
6. Westwood (Mass.)
Will Westwood be as good without 2011 Northeast Player of the Year Sarah Biron, now at Johns Hopkins? This team has rebounded from the loss of many star players in the past. The Wolverines return seniors Laura McHoul (New Hampshire) and Kate Rich (Boston College), part of an attack that outscored foes 461-162.
7. Happauge (N.Y.) A dominant win at Ward Melville to start 2011 opened
eyes on Long Island. The Eagles went on an undefeated run that ended in the state playoffs against Garden City. Happauge’s defense allowed fi ve goals or fewer in 12 of its 20 games last season.
8. Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.)
Taylor Poplawski and Marisa Romeo return to lead an attack that scored 20-plus goals in three of the its last six games of 2011, a season that included a four-overtime win over Skaneateles and a Class C state title win over Mt. Sinai.
9. Farmingdale (N.Y.) Three-sport star Nadine Hadnagy excels at
soccer and basketball, but she might be best on the lacrosse fi eld. She will join former Dalers captain Kelly McPartland at Maryland next season.
10. Manhasset (N.Y.)
Two of the Indians’ losses were to Garden City, the other two were close losses to Farmingdale and Wantagh, which they smothered on the road later in the 2011 campaign. Sarah Barcia (Penn) leads an offense that scored in double fi gures in all but one game.
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