Roswell Girls Defeat Alpharetta in Lacrosse Semifinals

The Roswell Lady Hornets lacrosse team traveled to Alpharetta on Tuesday to take on the Alpharetta Lady Raiders in a GHSA AAAAA Lacrosse Championship semi-final game.

The first half was a see-saw battle between two very equally matched teams.  Alpharetta scored first on a goal by Sarah Crotts at the 19:52 mark of the first half.  Roswell came right back with a goal by Kelley Butters at 18:11.  For the remainder of the first half, the teams traded goals with neither team achieving more than a one goal lead.  The first half ended with the scored knotted at 4-4.

With 15:48 remaining in the second half, Mackenzie Schoen put in a goal which gave the Hornets the first two goal lead of the game at 6-4.  From that point, Roswell took control of the game, putting in three more goals and opening a 9-4 lead before Alpharetta scored again with 7:15 remaining in the game.

In the closing minutes, Alpharetta managed to score two more goals to Roswell's one, but the Raiders were unable to put a dent in the Hornet's lead.  When the final buzzer sounded, Roswell had taken the victory by a score of 10-7.

Alpharetta finished the season 15-4 overall.  Roswell is now at 14-5 and will take on the winner of the Milton versus Walton semifinal game on Saturday for the GHSA Girls lacrosse championship.