Millburn JV Girls Lacrosse Wrap-up

The Millburn JV girls lacrosse team played aggressively against Madison last Saturday, April 28, but eventually lost 8-6. At the start of the game, Millburn held possession of the ball from the draw and transitioned it down the field to settle the ball.

Once Milburn had settled offensively, the ball was passed from Hannah Fruchtman to Jordyn Weinstein and sent into the goal. Similar plays were followed, sending the ball also to Cami Polansky. 

Millburn in the lead at half time, the Madison girls increased their intensity. And to answer for Millburn, Olivia Nacheff, Fiona Murphy, Gabby Marcus and Rebecca Brown stepped up their game to defend their goalie Brighid Kirkwood. Kirkwood having 18 saves throughout the game and only letting in 8 goals, leaving the score 8 to 6, Madison.

The JV girls approached their next game on Monday, April 30, against Cranford hungry for a win. After Keegan Brown fought for the ball on the first draw, Cranford transitioned the ball down the field towards Kirkwood. Not allowing the shot to be a goal, she saved it and cleared it out to Keegan Brown to bring it down the field and right into the goal.

Other goals on Cranford were scored by Hannah Fruchtman, Olivia Lange, Jordyn Weinstein and Alex Bass. With Millburn up by 2 by halftime, Cranford caught up in the second half. Throughout the rest of the game it was a neck-and-neck tie, each team scoring goals right after the other. Finally Millburn got up by three with two minutes left to go. Cranford fought for the ball and quickly gained possession to run it down the field past Brighid into Millburn's goal. Despite working so hard, Cranford still managed to score a goal, tying the game at 10-10.