Dunn Girls’ Lacrosse Team Season Off to Promising Start

By Maddy Carrol
Dunn Student Journalist

Dunn Girls’ Lacrosse is expecting another great season. Last year they tied with Cate in the Condor league and moved onto CIF. They are hopeful to do the same or better this year. They have a new goalie, Jayne Pugh, a sophomore who is eager and ready to learn. “I’m excited for the season,” said Pugh, “I’ll just give it my all and hope for the best.”

Senior Captains, Sazan Pasori and Nikole Layton, share Pugh’s excitement. Pasori said, “We have a young team, but I can tell they have made progress already. I can’t wait to play our first league game!” Nikole added, “Yes, we have a majority of new students and we are small in number, but we are all athletic.”

There are many freshmen this season that show great potential to the sport. Co-coach Christie Davidge says, “They all are talented. I can’t wait to see them improve throughout the season.”

The team started off the season with the annual Rose Bowl tournament in Pasadena. They played a total of three games, winning one. “Those schools are much larger than Dunn giving them the ability to pick from a larger group of students. We worked hard in all three games and were pleased with our success in the last game,” explains Mary Essa when asked about the tournament.

The high scorers this season are Areli Diosdado and Mary Essa. Diosdado has scored twenty one goals thus far in the season and hopes to double the number soon. This comes as no surprise due to their performance in past years.

The head coach is Susie Childs. She explains that the team is doing well even with the loss of great players such as Hannah Brown and Jillian Keller, both members of the class of 2010. Childs says “There is strong leadership from the seniors this year and I am hopeful for good fun season.”

The team is off to a great start, they beat Midland 16 to 6. Emma Anderson, a freshman, scored her first goal this season. The coaches were able to substitute the less experienced players in and give them more playing time.