BRIDGEWATER — Ever since just a few longtime officers got here up with the thought to create the showcase about 13 years in the past, the Coaches Cup has persistently delivered among the finest lacrosse motion within the Commonwealth, if not New England.
On Thursday, the event resumed, and it now seems just a few acquainted colleges will vie for the championship this upcoming weekend following its occasions.
Senior captain Ryan Berkel completed with a hat trick to go along with three assists, whereas classmate Van Tanguay added a trio of objectives, as Lincoln-Sudbury clinched its second straight journey to the Coaches Cup title sport with a convincing 12-6 victory over Wellesley at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School.
Wellesley (4-1) entered the semifinals with an ideal document, seeking to make an announcement towards a perennial heavyweight. For a lot of the primary half, it appeared as if Lincoln-Sudbury (5-1) was going to be in a dogfight with the upstart Bay State Conference squad.
Then, as they’ve so usually performed prior to now, the Warriors discovered their stride. After the Raiders minimize it to a 4-3 sport with 7:30 to play within the second quarter off a objective by Trey Soto, Tanguay registered the spotlight of the day. The senior collected a free ball, then fired a bullet into the twine from about 15 yards out with 2:22 left within the half. Nolan Martindale added a objective with 57 seconds to play within the stanza, and Lincoln-Sudbury was off and operating with a 6-3 lead.
“They tell us in practice just to find the gaps,” Tanguay mentioned afterward. “See the holes in the defense. My teammates fed me the ball when I was in the gaps, and I just let it rip. Luckily, (the shots) ended up in the back of the net.”
In addition to the performances of Berkel and Tanguay, Martindale completed with two objectives for the Warriors, as did Ryan Winters.
This will mark the third journey to a Coaches Cup title sport for Lincoln-Sudbury since 2019. Warriors coach Brian Vona hopes his group can proceed their latest run of success.
“We’re close with all these guys,” mentioned Vona. “That’s why we called it the Coaches Cup, because we were never able to play each other during the season. We all wanted to be around each other’s programs, and be together. So, (this helps).”
Lincoln-Sudbury will tackle Hingham for the Coaches Cup title once more this weekend. Joe Hennessey, Connor Lasch and Charlie Packard every netted a pair of objectives Thursday because the Harbormen (5-1) clinched their newest journey to the championship with a 10-5 win over Concord-Carlisle.
In an analogous vogue to the matinee sport, this tilt began off nip and tuck, earlier than Hingham flexed its muscle groups as play wore on. Lasch netted his first objective with 6:41 left within the opening stanza, because the Harbormen took a 3-2 benefit into the second.
Then the alternatives dried up in a rush for Concord-Carlisle (4-2). The Patriots have been held to only one objective over the following two quarters. Hingham constructed a lead as nice as 10-3 following Robert Dixon’s first profession varsity tally with 5:18 left in regulation.
“We’re a really deep team this year,” Hennessey mentioned. “We have a bunch of young middies who were learning the offense. I think right now, it’s just starting to click across the board.”
On high of his two objectives, Hennessey dished out a pair of assists for the Harbormen.
Max Kosicki single handedly powered Concord-Carlisle offensively with 4 objectives.
After falling simply quick to Lincoln-Sudbury in a wild 8-7 end in final 12 months’s closing, Hingham will now have a novel alternative for revenge. With these longtime buddies nonetheless, the camaraderie is at all times going to exist.
“We were playing a great program with Tommy Dalicandro and his boys,” mentioned Hingham coach John Todd. “I can’t say enough about that. The whole week in general, with all these coaches. The competitiveness and the spirit of this tournament is awesome. But we’re getting back together with coach Vona and his boys. So, that’s kind of a dream matchup, and that gives us an opportunity to play them this year … we’re looking forward to that.”
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