After a gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, down to the last second battle, the Lady Raiders defeated the Freedom Eagles (14-13) at George Mason on Wednesday night. The Lady Raiders dug deep and played hard from beginning to end. Lighting up the scoreboard for the Raiders were Seniors Hannah Young with 1 goal and Christine Rihn with 1 goal and 1 assist, Junior Sydney Hewartson with 4 goals and 2 assists, Sophomore Rachel Solis with 7 goals and 4 assists and Freshman Haley Knudsen with 1 goal and 1 assist. The attack was on fire, fighting oppressive checks with fast breaks and scoring drives straight to the goal!

Down on the defensive side, an impressive game was played. Stopping passes and dishing out a straight denial to the goal were Juniors Lesya Chopivsky, Caila Cummings, Jaci Shepherd, and Kasey Fletcher, Sophomore Shannon Rose and Freshman Haley Knudsen. Starring in goal was Sophomore Jessie Joseph who dominated her previous personal best to make an amazing 26 saves! Coach Wilhelm couldn’t ask for a better birthday present than that.

The Raiders are pumped to travel to their first regional appearance of the season on Monday May 24^th.