Dick’s Sporting Goods Park has opened up it’s fields for the newest summer lacrosse league for high school girls, SUMMER OF SEVEN! Games will be on Thursday nights from June 5th to August 28th, and the format will be 7 v 7 plus a goalie including playoffs and a championship. All participants must be in high school or scheduled to enter in 2008. Team registration in now open, please email Rocky Mountain Cats Lacrosse at catslax@gmail.com for more information.
Archive for May 5th, 2008
For the third straight year, No. 20 Stanford (12-8) defeated the No. 17 University of Denver women’s lacrosse team (13-6) in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship game, beating the Pioneers 9-8 Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
DU sophomore Lexi Sanders (Cherry Creek High School) had a hat trick, but the star was Cardinal goalie Laura Shane, who made 17 saves and was named most valuable player. DU’s eight goals were six under its 14.4 season average.
Stanford had a 5-2 halftime lead and extended the lead with the first two tallies of the second half. Karen Morton, Tulley Stapp (Mullen High School) and Ali Flury scored to bring DU within one with 1:32 remaining, setting up Shane’s final heroics. She stopped a shot by Morton with nine seconds left.
