Girls playoff lacrosse: San Marcos wins thriller, DP and Cate advance
Mike Klan
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –
CIF-SS Division 2 Round 1, San Marcos 15, Los Alamitos 14: Victoria Aldana scored the game-winner with just seven seconds left to lift the Royals to a come-from-behind win.
The Royals were down 12-8 late in the third quarter before rallying to outscore the Griffins 7-2 across the end of the third and all of the fourth quarter.
Josephine Grossman scored first for the Royals and it was her 123rd career goal, breaking the school record set by Lucanna Plourde just last season. Grossman finished with seven goals so the career scoring record sits at 129 goals.
Aldana scored 6 goals and had 6 assists for the Royals who advance to the second round at El Segundo on Thursday.
CIF-SS Division 3 First Round, Dos Pueblos 8, Downey 6: Linnea Clapinski scored 5 goals as she went over 100 goals in her record-breaking senior season. Stella Lawler made 12 saves for the Chargers who advance to the second round and will play at #1 seed Santiago of Corona on Thursday.
Cate 12, ML King 8