Perselay, O'Neill Dominate in State Opener

The Chatham girls lacrosse team made easy work of their first round state tournament opponent on Tuesday stopping Morris Hills 15-1, in Chatham.
 

1st

2nd

Total

Morris Hills (6-10-1)

0

1

1

Chatham (16-4)

11

4

15

IN SHORT
As the score shows, the No. 1 seeded Cougars were in control from start to finish in this one. Chatham headed into halftime with an 11-0 lead and added another four goals in the second half to walk away with the easy win. The Cougars used their first round matchup to work on a number of things, and were able to get every member of the team a stat.

COUGAR OF THE GAME
Kelsey Perselay— The Chatham junior netted two goals to go along with  two assists and two ground balls in the win.

OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES
Mary Kate O’Neill (Chatham), two goals and one ground ball; Kennedy Krauss (Chatham), two goals and a team high seven ground balls; Kate Murphy (Chatham), three assists and two ground balls.

THEY SAID IT
"We worked really hard because there’s a lot of stuff that we have to go through, so even if you’re up on a team by a great sum, we just work on running our plays to make sure that we’re doing it well. Tighten up the defense, work with your outside hand, do all of the little things. We did some good set rotations and got everyone touching the ball. "–Senior Cat McCutcheon

Up Next—Jefferson on Friday TBA at Chatham Middle School.