WESTWOOD — Whenever St. John’s Prep and Xaverian congregate for a matchup in any sport, not to mention lacrosse, chances are high you will witness fairly the battle.
On Tuesday nevertheless, the Eagles managed the tempo of play early on, and by no means regarded again.
Sophomore Jake Vana registered his newest breakout efficiency with a hat trick, whereas junior Harlan Graber added a pair of targets to tempo St. John’s Prep throughout a really spectacular 12-4 victory over Catholic Conference rival Xaverian.
“We talked (Monday) about how this was a great way to see how much we’ve grown over the last month,” stated St. John’s Prep coach John Pynchon. “We’ve played 12 games now and done a lot. They’ve worked incredibly hard…(Xaverian) pushed us really hard in April, and it was good to play a complete game.”
Vana opened the scoring for St. John’s Prep (10-1) simply 2:54 into the sport as he recovered his personal rebound, then buried a shot to make it a 1-0 contest.
“We just took their strength away,” Vana stated afterwards. “Made them play their weakness. All the credit goes to the coaches, and how they prepared us for this game.”
Once the second quarter acquired began, nevertheless, the Eagles discovered a second gear, outscoring Xaverian 5-2 within the body. Vana capped the scoring with 5:41 to play within the stanza because the Eagles opened up an 8-2 edge on the half.
“Anytime we can win down here is huge,” Pynchon stated. “Coming down here, in any sport, it’s a huge rivalry for us. Being able to come down here and get a win in-conference is helping us work towards one of our outcome goals, which is winning the conference. That is really key for us. I think the next step for us is to just get healthy, get better.”
St. John’s Prep will face a stiff litmus take a look at this upcoming Sunday, when the Eagles face an out-of-state juggernaut, La Salle (RI). The storied program has already defeated one of many more durable colleges from the ranks of Eastern Massachusetts — BC High.
“I think (this win) will do a lot for us,” Vana stated. “We came off of two tough losses to Acton-Boxboro and then Staples. Then we came off a win against Shrewsbury, and now, I think this game is really the one where we start clicking and getting ready to roll the rest of the season. Hopefully, into the playoffs.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com