Lacrosse: Swampscott girls stop Tanners

The Swampscott High girls lacrosse team turned the tables on the Tanners Wednesday with a 13-5 win at Swampscott.The Big Blue (4-8-1) lost to Peabody 13-10 two weeks ago, but after a tight first half, they took control. Swampscott led 8-5 at the break.Elle Wright, Mackenzie Robertson and Priscilla Sullivan each had three goals, Nianh Lang, two goals, and Lauren Sullivan and Maggie DeGrande, one goal each. Claire Powell was busy in net with 16 saves.?We?ve been playing well the past couple of weeks, so it was a nice win,” Swampscott coach Ken Leeder said.Peabody had strong performances from Sarah Napolitano (3 goals), Sarah Godschall (1 goal) and Sydney Cooke (1 goal).?We had too many missed scoring opportunities, which led to easy transition goals for Swampscott,” Peabody coach Dennis Desroches said. “Credit to Swampscott?s goalie as we were 5-for-25 on our shot opportunities. Swampscott also had the edge in loose ball control.”Fenwick 11, Arl. Cath. 6At Bishop Fenwick, the Crusaders (9-4) qualified for the state tournament for the seventh time in the program?s eight-year existence. Annette Ruggiero had four goals, Merry Harrington, three, and Caroline Crawford, Lexie Rose, Tessa McLaughlin and Colleen Corcoran, one goal each. Meagan Woodworth had five saves.Salem 13, Gloucester 6At Salem State, the Witches won the Northeastern Conference South for the second year in a row. Nicole Sadoway had four goals, Alexa Gilbert and Emily Coelho, three goals each; Marissa Romeo, one goal and goalie Abigail Meadowcroft, 15 saves. Salem is 9-2-1.Austin Prep 13, St. Mary?s 2At Austin Prep, Katie Walker scored both goals for St. Mary?s. St. Mary?s goalie Emma Harvey recorded eight saves. St. Mary?s (7-8) plays Spellman on Monday.Marblehead 11, Beverly 8At Beverly, the Magicians (9-5, 4-2) trailed by two at the half but Sydney Cayen, who had seven goals and seven draws, kept Marblehead in the hunt. Emily Freedland had three goals and a draw control, Kelsey Detels, one goal and Amanda Gregory, two assists. Brittany Lyon was in net for the win.BOYS LACROSSEMystic Valley 13, Tech 1At Tech, the Tigers (0-10) had a strong team effort despite the result. Tech?s lone goal came from Justin Johnson.Arl. Cath. 16, Fenwick 10At Arlington Catholic, the Crusaders (8-7) were led by Mark Nalesnik (4 goals). Jake Mitchell and Kevin Hannon scored two goals each for Fenwick. Chris Napolitano and Kyle Russell scored a goal each to finish off the scoring for the Crusaders. Nick Finan recorded 18 saves for Fenwick.