Spencerport’s girls’ lacrosse team scored the first four goals of the game and came out of halftime with three more unanswered tallies in an 8-5 win over Webster Schroeder in the final game of the regular season. The win improved the Rangers record to 15-1 and the top seed in the Class B Section V playoffs.
Freshman Natalie Choate began the scoring with the first of her five goals with an assist from Maliah Benedetto at 2:55.
Freshman Emily Coykendall found senior Sara Roman with a pass to make it 2-0 at 10:20. The Rangers scored twice more within 22 seconds as Benedetto converted after a 30-yard spring to the goal followed by Choate’s second from Erin Coykendall.
Schroeder closed the gap with three goals over the final 9:37 of the first half, but the Rangers offense again found their rhythm to open the second.
Choate scored twice – the first with an assist from Emily Coykendall and the second from sister, Erin – the 300th varsity point for the third-year starter. Benedetto netted her second of the game at 8:32 to build the Rangers lead to 7-3.
Schroeder scored twice more before the end of the half, but Choate netted her fifth from Erin Coykendall after a three minute offensive possession to complete the scoring. Senior goalkeeper Olivia Schroeder made 11 saves in net for the win.
The 15-win season is the best in school history for the program. Ranked 20th among Class B schools in the New York State Sportswriters May 23 poll, the Rangers only loss this season was to Fairport, who is ranked 22nd in the state in Class A.
They defeated Churchville-Chili 4-3 in the playoff quarterfinals to advance to the semis against Webster-Thomas.
All four of Spencerport’s seniors plan to play college lacrosse in the fall. Schroeder is committed to Niagara University, Kelly Mohan to Edinboro, Sara Roman is heading to St. John Fisher and Alexis Plouffe to Fredonia. Erin Coykendall is already committed to Northwestern three years prior to her graduation.
