Lacrosse: Thrilling finish lifts Spartan girls to win over Spellman

The St. Mary?s girls lacrosse team pulled one out of the fire.The Spartans trailed 7-2 in the first half against Cardinal Spellman Monday, but they came back to win, 14-13, at Manning Field in a game that had plenty of drama down the stretch.St. Mary cut the deficit to one at the half and went up by a goal or two after the break, but Spellman didn?t back off and with just over a minute remaining, the Cardinals led, 13-12. The Spartans turned up the heat and with a minute left, Amanda Donahoe tied the game. Maggie Flaherty supplied the game-winner with about 30 seconds left.?It was a very exciting game, being down by that much and coming back to make it a game by the half,” St. Mary?s coach Al Eaton said. “In this sport, being down one or two goals doesn?t mean anything.”Flaherty had a very productive night, scoring five goals. Elizabeth Weisse had three, as did Hannah Walker. Katie Walker had three goals and Donahoe, two. Leenie Murphy and Donahoe were also effective on the draw. St. Mary?s is 2-0.Swampscott 13, Gloucester 7At Gloucester, Swampscott?s Maggie DiGrande had four goals with Lauren Sullivan and McKenzie Robertson each contributing three. Claire Powell (12 saves) was in net for the win.?It was nice to have multiple goals from multiple people,” coach Ken Leeder said.The Big Blue are 1-0.Bishop Fenwick 10, Archbishop Williams 6At Braintree, the Crusaders got the season off on the right foot. Annette Ruggiero had four goals, Caroline Crawford, three, and Lexie Rose, Colleen Corcoran and Molly Comelo, one each. Meghan Woodworth (16 saves) was in net.Fenwick (1-0) finished 13-7 last year. The Crusaders lost a fair amount of firepower to graduation. Former player Grace Celona is now playing at Iona; Anna Moulton is playing at St. Anselm and Katie Hart at Salem State.BOYS LACROSSESoutheast Regional 10, Lynn 0At Manning Field, it was a rough opening night for the combined English/Classical team. The Shamrocks trailed 6-0 at the half and never got anything going. Dan Kane played well on defense in his debut. Lynn is 0-1 with Lynn Tech up next on Wednesday (7).Archbishop Williams 14, Bishop Fenwick 8At Bishop Fenwick, the Crusaders (0-1) had four goals from Kyle Russell, three from Mark Nalesnik and one from Coleman Hebert, but it wasn?t enough to slow down the Bishops, who took advantage of several Fenwick penalties. Nick Finan (13 saves) was in net.