The Noblesville girls lacrosse team opened its first weekend as an official varsity club school-sanctioned squad with two games against elite Louisville schools Saturday at Brebeuf Jesuit. on Saturday.
The opening game for the Millers was against the Amazons from Louisville Collegiate, which was played to an 8-8 tie. Noblesville trailed 7-3 at halftime, then played a sensational second half offensively, starting with two goals in the first 90 seconds by junior Kaylin Mertens and ending with a last-second shot by freshmen Emma Potter to tie the game.
Defensively, the Millers held the Amazons to only one goal in the second half, led by senior goalie Meredith Hayes who stopped five of the six shots by the Amazons. The game finished a last second save by Hayes. Overtime was not played since it was a non-conference game for both teams.
The second game of the day for Noblesville was against Eastern High Eagles, and the Millers fell 16-2. The Millers struggled to get the ball off the draw and were limited to only 2-of-8 shooting for the game while the Eagles shot 16 of 26. Noblesville fell behind 12-0 in the first half, but played better team defense in the second half, only allowing the Eagles four goals off of eight shots.
Noblesville’s next game will be Monday at Hamilton Southeastern. The junior varsity game will start at 6 p.m. with the varsity game to follow at 7:30 p.m.
