Lacrosse Brings Home First State Championship!

State champions! What a way to cap a Centennial celebration!

Led by junior attack Emma R. nine goals and three assists, Foxcroft defeated Norfolk Collegiate, 18-13, Saturday to win the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II lacrosse championship.

It is the first state championship in any sport for Foxcroft and capped the first perfect lacrosse season in school history at 17-0.

“Seventeen and oh on the 17th in (year) 100,” quipped Foxcroft Coach and Athletic Director Michelle Woodruff.
Led by junior attack Emma R. nine goals and three assists, Foxcroft defeated Norfolk Collegiate, 18-13, Saturday to win the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II lacrosse championship.

It is the first state championship in any sport for Foxcroft and capped the first perfect lacrosse season in school history at 17-0.

“Seventeen and oh on the 17th in (year) 100,” quipped Foxcroft Coach and Athletic Director Michelle Woodruff.

Rogers, a two-time Delaney Athletic Conference Player of the Year, had help from sophomore midfielder Alex Grace, who had three goals, 13 draw controls and 10 ground balls, and senior midfielder Lilly MacDonald, who also scored three times. Sophomore midfielder Pipsy Steyn added two goals and sophomore attack Malan Jackson had one goal and three assists.

“We controlled the draws, at least most of them, and that controls the game,” Foxcroft Coach Patrick Finn said. “Alex was great. Their defense couldn’t really handle our speed.”

Woodruff, who worked at Norfolk Collegiate prior to coming to Foxcroft in 2009, coached several of the NCS players when they were in middle school and she marveled at the offensive speed at both ends of the field.

“It was a good game,” said Woodruff. “.A couple of the players I coached at NCS are really good, and we had trouble stopping them. But Emma played a great game and we didn’t have much trouble scoring against them.”

Rogers scored five goals in the first half to help Foxcroft build a 10-5 lead and Foxcroft increased its lead to 11-5 when Lilly scored the first goal of the second half. NCS then scored four consecutive goals in the space of three minutes to pull within two goals. Finn removed freshman goaltender Marley Blycher, who was having trouble seeing the ball on the bright sunny day and sent sophomore Marias Blundell in for next six minutes before Blycher returned. She ended up with two saves.

All season long, Foxcroft has scored in quick spurts and this was the case again when Lilly and Emma scored within a 17-second span to put Foxcroft ahead, 13-9, with 18:26 remaining. NCS scored again with 15:37 remaining, but Foxcroft outscored their opponents, 5-3, in the final 15:22 to cement the victory.

“Every time they would score we would score,” Finn said. “We never let them gain momentum.”

Rogers’s nine goals gave her 78 on the season and Grace finished with a single-season school-record 92. Foxcroft had three other players score more than 20 goals with Steyn (42), MacDonald (31) and Jackson (22) adding great scoring balance.

Founded in 1914, Foxcroft is a small girls’ boarding and day school located in Middleburg, VA. Athletic endeavors, especially horseback riding, have been an integral part of the School’s program since the beginning, but its interscholastic program has really taken off in recent years. Both field hockey and lacrosse have reached the VISAA Division II championship game the past two years; tennis was 13-1 last fall after getting as far as the state semifinal; and both basketball and soccer played for the Delaney Athletic Conference tournament title this year.

The riding program, meanwhile, continues to excel – its Interscholastic Equestrian Association team is in West Springfield, MA, this weekend competing at the Hunt Seat National Championship. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
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An all-girls boarding and day school in Northern Virginia, Foxcroft prepares young women in grades 9-12 for success in college and in life. Our outstanding academic program offers challenging courses, including Advanced Placement classes and an innovative STEM program. Our premiere equestrian program is nationally recognized, and our athletic teams have won conference and state championships. Experience the best in girls' boarding schools: visit Foxcroft.