Blue Devil Girls’ Lacrosse Notches Two Lopsided Victories

The Huntington High School varsity girls’ lacrosse team opened the defense of its county and Long Island titles with lopsided victories over Middle Country (16-1) and Commack(13-2).

The entire roster got into the act in both games, which featured the debut of new co-head coach Megan Marinelli and new volunteer assistant Lauren Schwalje. Chris Taylor returns to the program as the co-head coach with Lauren Blackburn coming back as the assistant coach.

Middle Country is comprised of Newfield and Centereach players. The game itself was played at Newfield and it saw Huntington jump out to a 12-0 halftime lead. Norah Golden tallied three goals and three assists. Valentina Puccio had three goals and an assist and Jolie Weinschreider added two goals and two assists.

The Blue Devil offense was firing on all cylinders despite the game being the season opener. Ava Bencivenga, Bridget Callery, Grace Gordon, Grace Kline, Olivia Puccio, Bryce Gilroy, Brianna Purcell and Kaitlyn Purcell all scored goals in the game. Bencivenga, Gordon and Kline had two assists each. Callery and Olivia Puccio also picked up assists. Goalies Andie DiGioia and Juliet Johnson had one save each in the cage.

Huntington was just as good against Commack in the home opener last Friday at Alumni Field. Valentina Puccio and Weinschreider both scored five goals in the game and Bencivenga, Callery and Gordon also found the back of the net. Olivia Puccio added three assists and Gordon tallied a pair of assists. Weinschreider also had an assist. Johnson stopped six shots in the goal.

Weinschreider and Madyn Kalb both had five draw controls against Commack as Huntington dominated the circle.

Huntington is back on the field today at Patchogue-Medford at 5:30 p.m. Huntington is then at Sachem North on April 7 at 4:30 p.m. before returning home to host Bay Shore on April 10 at 4 p.m.