Cold Spring Harbor falls in state Class D semifinals
Cold Spring Harbor goalie Maya Soskin makes a save against Bronxville during a Class D semifinal at the NYSPHSAA Girls Lacrosse Championships in Cortland, N.Y., Friday, June 10, 2022. Credit: Adrian Kraus
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cold Spring Harbor finally met its match.
Freshman Maya Soskin made 21 saves, but it was not enough as Cold Spring Harbor fell, 11-6, to Section I’s Bronxville in the state Class D girls lacrosse semifinals Friday at SUNY Cortland.
“Maya was unbelievable,” coach Danielle Castellane said. “She was able to give us second and third opportunities, but we had a little lack of focus at times in getting the ball to the offensive end.”
Bronxville (20-1) advanced to its fourth straight state final and will face Section III’s Skaneateles (19-3) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at SUNY Cortland.
“We were so close and we all wanted it,” said Soskin, a freshman. “I think Bronxville just showed up more than we did today.”
Cold Spring Harbor trailed 6-4 at halftime and Bronxville scored two early goals out of the break to take an 8-4 lead with 22:19 remaining. Ryan Reynolds made it a three-goal deficit with a free position goal for Cold Spring Harbor, but Bronxville scored three straight to take a commanding lead with 10:14 left.
Reynolds scored her second goal with 8:31 remaining, but it was too late.
“I thought we beat ourselves a little bit today with turnovers,” Castellane said. “That doesn’t take away from what the team accomplished this year in getting us back here.”
Kelly Callaghan, Jenna Kessler and Hannah Van Son each scored to give Cold Spring Harbor a 3-2 lead with 14:40 left in the first half. Bronxville (20-1) exploded for four straight goals on the back of Kiki Tormey (five goals).
Cold Spring Harbor finishes the season 10-9 with some key seniors graduating, including Ava Tighe (two assists), Franny Donohue (one goal, one assist) and Meghan McGloin (one assist).
“My heart hurts for the seniors,” Soskin said. “This season opened my eyes as a person and a player because our seniors taught us a lot. I know that they left every bit of their hearts out there and I’m just going to miss them.”
Underclassmen made many contributions for Cold Spring Harbor all season and Castellane thinks this experience will help them out in the long run.
“We have a lot of youth and freshmen on the field andmany of them played great,” Castellane said. “We’ll be back.”
