>> PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Caylee Waters DARIEN (CONN.)
When Caylee Waters heard she was named
the Nike/US Lacrosse Northeast Region Player of the Year, she was stunned. “I didn’t expect it,” Waters said. “I didn’t see it coming.” Waters helped guide the Blue Wave to their
12th Class L state championship and reeled in her first US Lacrosse All-American nod this year. Her leadership and quickness in goal made her unstoppable between the pipes. “She is athletic. When she gets shot on
>>FINAL GIRLS’ TOP 10
1. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) ÚThe Friars (17-1) beat St. John the Baptist 16-6 for the CHSAA Class AA title. Kasey Behr scored three goals and Maggie Bill had two goals and two assists in the final. St. Anthony’s had impressive wins over St. Stephen’s & Agnes (Va.) and Notre Dame (Mass.). Bill (North Carolina), a three-time US Lacrosse All-American, had 83 points, 77 draw controls, 71 ground balls and 52 caused turnovers.
2. Christian Brothers (N.Y.) ÚThe Brothers (19-2) beat Brighton 14-7 for their second state title in three years. Marisa Romeo (Harvard) had six goals and two assists, while Taylor Poplawski (Syracuse) netted four goals in the big win. Since 2009, Christian Brothers is 86-16. Romeo and Poplawski were Co-Players of the Year in Central New York and US Lacrosse All-Americans, combining for 193 points this season and 727 points during their career. Marist-bound twin sisters Olivia and Alyssa Pitonzo were All-Central New York.
3. Manhasset (N.Y.) ÚNatalie Stefan (Penn) and Julia Glynn (Harvard) starred for the Long Island Class B champ Indians (16-4). Glynn (51 points), who will be a senior in 2014, is already a two-time US Lacrosse All- American. Stefan, Lindsey Ronbeck and Madison Molinari also were All-Americans. Emily Markham (Yale) was a top shutdown defender.
4. Garden City (N.Y. ÚThe Trojans (17-2) lost to Manhasset in the Nassau County Class B final, snapping an eight-year state title streak. Defender Linda Marie Attanasio (Dartmouth), attacker Jackie Jahelka (Adelphi) and midfielder Lily Schmitt (Johns Hopkins) were named US Lacrosse All Americans.
5. Darien (Conn.) ÚThe Blue Wave (21-1) went 19-0 in Connecticut and clinched the Class L state title with an 18-6 win over Greenwich. Kristy Gilbert (Cornell),Dillon Schoen, Taylor Hardison (Boston College) and Caylee Waters (North Carolina) were USL All-Americans.
Dartmouth-bound Kelly Dolan,
the Jackie Pitts Award winner, led high-powered Barrington to an undefeated season and the Rhode Island state title. Catch the Northeast Region rewind.
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North Carolina-bound Maggie Bill finished her St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) career as a three-time All-American.
6. Brighton (N.Y.) ÚThe Barons (18-4) knocked off Manhasset 9-8 in the state semifinals before falling to Christian Brothers in the final. Brighton was bolstered by two out-of-state wins over Maryland powers Roland Park and Notre Dame Prep. Junior attacker Lauren Smolensky was named a US Lacrosse All-American.
7. Mount Sinai (N.Y.) ÚThe undefeated Mustangs (20-0) won the Long Island Class C crown with a 12-7 victory over North Shore. Sydney Pirreca, Shayna Pirreca and Danielle Della Rocca (Jacksonville) each scored three goals in the win. Mount Sinai then went on to win the state title with a 15-6 win over Skaneateles. The Pirreca sisters combined for eight goals and Caroline Fitzgerald (Florida) had three goals, six draw controls and seven ground balls in the victory. Fitzgerald was named a US Lacrosse All-American and Newsday’s Suffolk County Player of the Year.
8. Farmingdale (N.Y.) ÚThe Dalers (16-3) bounced all over the place in the Top 10, but a Class A state title win over Baldwinsville cemented their spot. All-Americans Nadine Hadnagy (Maryland) and Amanda Turturro (Rutgers) capped remarkable high school careers with a combined seven points in the state championship game. Newsday named Hadnagy its Nassau County Player of the Year. Co-coaches Tracy Wiener and Shari Campbell shared Nassau County Coach of the Year honors.
9. New Canaan (Conn.) ÚThe Rams (21-2) won their second straight Class M state title. New Canaan’s all-time leading scorer, All-American Olivia Hompe (Princeton), had four goals and two assists in the championship game win over Wilton. Liz O’Sullivan also was an All-American.
10. Bay Shore (N.Y.) ÚThe Marauders (18-2) beat Ward Melville for the Suffolk County Class A championship but fell short of a Long Island title after a 12-11 loss to Farmingdale. Cynthia Del Core was named a US Lacrosse All-American and also made the 2013 All-Long Island Team. Kyra Harney was named to the MSG Varsity Tri-State team.
point blank, most goalies concede that. She has the ability to make those saves,” Darien coach Lisa Lindley said. Waters put up huge numbers in her senior campaign, finishing with 289 saves and a 69-percent save rate. She allowed more than 10 goals just three times. “I’m very competitive in goal,” Waters said.
“It’s a great feeling to finish strong.” Waters will take that competitive attitude and those talents to North Carolina. “It will allow UNC to run
an offense that is run-and- gun. She can make the save and outlet the ball right into transition and a fast break. With her, that’s always a possibility,” Lindley said. “Her type of game is prone for that: quick save, fast outlet and then go.” Lindley said Waters
became more serious about lacrosse, but kept a sense of humor. “She matured a great deal over four years,” Lindley said. “She is a good
teammate, a quality
person and funny.” Darien went 21-1 this
season, its lone loss coming in a 12-11 double overtime
thriller against Garden City (N.Y.). “I am never going to forget that game,” Waters
said. “We put up fight against them.” Waters was not always a goalie. Her seventh-grade coach, Jay Hardison, was in desperate need of a goalie and thought it would be a good idea for Caylee to try it. “She loved the idea, but her parents hated
it,” Hardison said. “I had to agree to play her at least one half in the field each game to get their permission to try it. But after they saw her first half in the goal, it was obvious to everyone that she belonged in the goal.” Hardison knew Waters would be special
when she led a team of Connecticut players to a title at the Moorestown (N.J.) Jamboree, a highly regarded youth lacrosse invitational. “We were the only Connecticut team ever
to win down there,” he said. “After each game, shaking hands, every coach said to me something to the effect of ‘I’ve never seen a kid play goalie like that at this age.’”
August 2013 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 45
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