Bayport-Blue Point girls lacrosse gets 3 goals apiece from Aubrie Eisfeld, Ava Meyn in win over West Islip

This specific play was never practiced before, but the Bayport-Blue Point girls lacrosse team puts itself in these types of situations every day.

The Phantoms’ practices include drills where players can’t hold the ball for longer than a few seconds, which often leads to long, difficult passes down the field. Coming out of a timeout, coach Ryan Gick gave Aubrie Eisfeld the opportunity to take those skills from practice into game action. Eisfeld launched a pass near the goal across midfield to Ava Meyn, who beat the defense, scooped the ball on a bounce and finished for one of Bayport-Blue Point’s 11 goals in an 11-4 home victory over West Islip in Suffolk Division II girls lacrosse play on Thursday.

“We’ve never practiced it,” Eisfeld said. (Coach Gick) kind of threw it at us and it worked. I saw the opportunity and I trusted Ava. I knew we were able to work together and get the job done.”

“After Gick drew it up, I was really excited to do it because it’s something different,” Meyn added.

Different in a game, but not at practice. Gick said he likes to challenge the girls so they are ready for anything that could happen in a game.

“It’s stuff that we just get good at because of the way we practice,” Gick said. “And some of it is just the skill level of our kids, which is exceptional.”

Eisfeld was on the receiving end of a more impromptu long pass situation right before halftime. Emma Brown, knowing there wasn’t much time left, launched a long pass from behind midfield, which Eisfeld caught and scored on as time expired in the first half to break a tie at two.

“I was just hoping somebody caught it and Aubrie just happened to be there,” Brown said. “The second she caught it, I knew she was in. I just chucked it as far as I could and hoped for the best.”

Eisfeld and Meyn each had three goals and Kailey Bruckner added two goals. Francesca Tofano had three goals and Ava Obloj added two assists for West Islip (1-1, 1-1).

Bayport-Blue Point (3-0, 2-0) carried its momentum into the second half as it outscored West Islip, 8-2, over the final two quarters.

“That got the energy up definitely, so everyone was hyped up and went into the second half knowing this was our game now,” Brown said. “We were going to keep building on the lead we had, even though it was only by one.”

Bayport-Blue Point ended the contest on a 7-1 scoring run, including scoring all four goals in the fourth quarter.

“I have all the faith in the world in our kids,” Gick said. “They show every day at practice they are capable of handling tough situations and new things thrown at them at the last second and they executed.”