#2 Westwood Wolverines Girls Lacrosse took down #3 Lincoln-Sudbury on Wednesday, June 16th 16 to 2 in a final 4 battle to advance to the D1 State Championship where they will meet up with #4 Wellesley at Babson College on Monday, June 20th (Time TBD). TVL Large Champion, Westwood now has 24 wins and 0 losses overall. Westwood seeks their 2nd straight D1 state title and 8th state title since 2008.
Recent State Championship History: Westwood looks for the repeat in 2022 after taking down Franklin in the 2021 D1 State Championship 6 to 5.
Prior to that, Westwood defeated North Andover in the 2016 D1 State Championship by a final of 13 to 7 and fell to Longmeadow in the 2015 D1 State Championship, 10 to 9 in double overtime. Westwood defeated Longmeadow in 2014 D1 State Championship 9 to 7. Westwood also captured the 2012 D1 State title with a 20-6 win over Algonquin, 2011 D1 State title with a 15-9 win over Longmeadow, 2009 D1 State title over Longmeadow 11 to 10 and 2008 state title over Longmeadow 10 to 7.
Westwood State titles in recent history: 2021, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008
2022 Westwood Playoff run
Round of 32: VS #31 Brookline W 17-2 (6/9)
Round of 16: VS #15 Winchester W 16-5 (6/10)
Round of 8: VS #7 Concord-Carlisle W 16-5 (6/14)
Final 4: VS #3 Lincoln-Sudbury W 16-2 (6/16)
D1 State Championship: VS #4 Wellesley 6/20 at Babson College
Lindsey Diomede (4G, 2A) talks about the win, ignoring the noise & the tradition of the @WW_Lax program@GlobeSchools @GlobeLars @WHSAthletics1 pic.twitter.com/WqdZz9LLQZ
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) June 17, 2022
Westwood girls lax earns shot at title defense https://t.co/She6u9gwwq @WHSAthletics1
— Danny Ventura (@BostonHeraldHS) June 17, 2022
Kate Deehan, 10-2 WW, 18 remaining @WW_Lax @WHSAthletics1 @GlobeSchools pic.twitter.com/9UTlHqclZO
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) June 16, 2022
HALFTIME: 9-1 Westwood. Wolverines’ offense just too much for LS so far @GlobeSchools @WW_Lax @WHSAthletics1 @Warriors978 @LSGIRLSLAX pic.twitter.com/4tRqSOURXj
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) June 16, 2022
Ava Connaughton. 5-1 WW @WW_Lax @WHSAthletics1 @GlobeSchools pic.twitter.com/BeNCZJ6rFf
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) June 16, 2022
WW makes it 3-1, 14:50 1H. Caroline Nozzolillo’s goal @WW_Lax @WHSAthletics1 @GlobeSchools pic.twitter.com/Y0pFiY79LP
— Kevin J. Stone (@kstone06) June 16, 2022
GO WOLVERINES!!!!! https://t.co/eIXglS3qRp
— Westwood Athletics (@WHSAthletics1) June 16, 2022