High School Lacrosse: Westminster Ahead of Liberty as Weather Interrupts Game

The Westminster women were leading Liberty 16-12 when weather forced the lacrosse match to halt.

The clock read 11:47 when the referees called the coaches together and told them they saw lightning. The rule states that the teams and fans leave the stadium for 30 minutes. Lightning was still lighting up the sky, so the game was halted for the night.

The game will be resumed at a later date.

It was a game of swings. Westminster jumped out to a 3-0 lead, before Liberty’s Maggie McCormick got the home team on the score board. The two teams traded two goals before the Lions hit three goals to knot the score at 5-all.

Again they traded scores, before Westminster scored four straight goals to take an 11-6 lead. Again they traded goals before the half and Westminster lead 13-8 at the half.

Carolyn Jamison scored for the Owls after the half, before Liberty scored three straight goals to cut the lead to three goals, 14-11.

Jamison scored again, before Georgia Karr scored for the Lions. Senior Bethany Baer scored with 12:51 left in the game.

Westminster’s Caroline Russell and Liberty’s Healy Schylar were strong in the goal. Both stopped some point-blank shots.

McCormick led the Lions with eight goals in the contest, seven in the first half. Also finding the goal for Liberty was Maggie Griffin, Jenna Crutchfield, Megan Topper and Karr.

The Owls were led by Jordan Wilkins with four goals, Alyssa Semones and Jamison each had three, Megan Macera and Jessica Carder had two each, while Kate Haker and Baer each had one.

Liberty won the junior varsity contest 9-8.