ST. DOM’S MIDFIELDER Hannah Trottier-Braun tries to escape the pressure of Brunswick’s Hannah Day right, during Saturday’s girls high school lacrosse game in Brunswick. The visiting Saints captured a 17-2 victory, dropping the Dragons to 3-6 on the season. ERIC MAXIM / THE TIMES RECORD
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St. Dominic’s Academy scored its first three goals in a minute-and-a-half span in the opening minutes, while also hitting the back of the net on its first seven shots en route to a 17-2 victory over Brunswick in a girls high school lacrosse game on Saturday.
The Saints improved to 6-2 with the win and will travel to Greely on Tuesday to face the Class B Rangers. Brunswick fell to 3-6 and travels to Morse today at 5 p.m.
Charlotte Gastonguay netted five goals and assisted on another four to pace the Saints.
“We try to get everyone involved,” the freshman middie said as the Saints had seven different scorers in the contest. “We have a bunch of scorers, so we pass it around for the right shot.”
Gastonguay netted the game’s first score two minutes into the game off an assist from junior Avery Lutrzykowski. Following another Gastonguay score, Lutrzykowski assisted on a Mia-Angelina Leslie tally, prompting a Brunswick timeout with 21:30 left in the half.
Lutrzykowski once again set up Gastonguay with a “thread the needle” pass to Gastonguay in front of the net that the freshman was able to slip past Brunswick goalie Mikaela Aschbrenner for the score.
“We work very hard on our passes,” Saints coach Leslie Klenk said. “We stress patience and look for the right opportunities.”
“It helps us to know where one another is going to be,” added Gastonguay. “Passing is something we take pride in because we know it makes things happen.
St. Dom’s finished the half by scoring the next nine goals, pushing the game into running time after the 10th score. Gastonguay had four first half tallies, while Emma Theriault netted three scores for the Saints. Lutrzykowski and Caroline Gastonguay each had a pair, while Eisa Lee and Leslie rounded out the scoring in the first 25 minutes.
Aschbrenner stopped six shots during the Saints’ 20- shot attack in the opening half.
After the break, Brunswick came out with a little more fire, scoring less than two minutes into the half when Colleen McKearney found Beth Labbe in the middle of traffic in front of the net with a pass. Labbe promptly pushed it across for the Dragons first shot and goal of the game.
“I told them at halftime to keep working on the things we’ve practiced,” Brunswick coach Brittany Vogt said. “It’s been so much fun watching these girls learn the game of lacrosse and get better each day. Even in a game like today, you can watch them in warm ups and see how far along they’ve come.”
The excitement of the Brunswick goal was short-lived as the Saints answered with a Caroline Gastonguay goal, off Lutrzykowski’s fifth assist of the game.
Brunswick was able to get nine shots off in the second half, scoring another goal midway through the half. Labbe once again found the back of the net off a McKearney helper.
“Regardless of the score, we don’t give up,” McKearney said. “Coach has been awesome this year and we’ve learned a lot. We’re getting better and take away nothing but positive things from today’s game against a very good team. They played with a lot of sportsmanship today, so it made it easier for us to work on our game.”
The Saints finished the day with 25 shots to Brunswick’s nine, while controlling the draws, 17-4.
Caroline Gastonguay had four assists to go with her three goals. Lutrzykowski and Theriault also each finished with three scores on the day. Rileigh Stebbins, Lee and Leslie netted the remaining goals for the Saints.
Aschbrenner made nine saves in net for the Dragons, while Simone Long stopped three in net for the Saints.
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