Virginia Girls Lacrosse: Madison Tops Langley

After opening Liberty District play last week with a decisive 24-10 win over Marshall, the Lady Warhawks (5-1, 2-0) remained focused, notching a key victory over Langley (3-3, 1-1), on Friday night.

In a highly anticipated rematch of last year’s Liberty District Championship game (won by Madison, 18-17), the Warhawks prevailed once again, this time by the score of 16-11.

Madison came out strong, scoring the game’s first goal in the opening moments, then built a lead which they refused to relinquish. Madison took a 9-4 lead into halftime, but the Saxons waged an aggressive comeback attempt after the break.

Despite a determined effort by Langley, Madison answered with timely goal-scoring and solid defense. Lead by a flurry of 5 second half goals and 3 assists by senior Mellissa Kellan, the Warhawks maintained a four goal cushion for much of the second half.

Also contributing to Madison’s crisp team effort were Katie Kerrigan (3 g, 2 a), Carly Frederick (2 g, 2 a), Erin Callahan (2 g, 1a), Kierra Sweeney (2 g) and Alex Condon (1 g). Defensive stalwarts Maddie Roberts (1 g) and Rachel Brennan (1 a) also took part in the scoring. Goalie Sigourney Heerink had 9 saves, including several key stops late in the game.

Madison plays its sixth consecutive road game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mclean (4-3).

Madison Lacrosse conributed reporting to this story.