The Smithtown High School West girl's lacrosse team are the Suffolk County "Class B" County champions.
West claimed their title when they defeated Harborfields by a score of 12 to 9 this weekend. Jason Lambert, the district's director of athletics, said the win marks Smithtown’s first ever girl's county title in lacrosse.
The school has gotten close but this time they were able to climb to the top of the mountain. This was the girls third consecutive trip to the county title game and marks the culmination of the best season in school history.
The girls finished 15-3 overall and 12-2 in division play. They won seven games in a row to close out the season and won ten of their final eleven contests. The offense carried the day once again, as it has much of the year. West scored into double digits for the 13th game this season and scored 36 goals in the final three games.
Kate Theofield was simply unstoppable with five goals in the game adding to her 58 goals on the season. Alyssa Lorefice was a force with three assists while the Mennella duo also put up impressive stats. Kaitlyn Mennella scored three goals, and her sister Ashley Mennella had two goals and an assist. Jolie Schiavo and Sidney Marks each added one goal apiece while Vanessa Pollina chipped in with an assist. In goal Maribella Marciano had five saves.