The Boothbay lacrosse discovered Monday night what five other Class B North teams already knew: Saint Dominic’s is good, real good. The No. 1 Saints improved its record to 6-0 with a 19-7 victory over No.8 Boothbay (2-2) at Sherman Field.

The 19 goals was the most allowed by Boothbay this season. The Seahawk defense struggled to contain the explosive Saint offense which featured midfielder Caroline Castonguay who scored 10 goals. Boothbay coach Donna Jordan said Saint Dominic’s speed and experience was a tough match-up for her team.

“I think we were frustrated by their speed and they have a lot of girls who have played a lot of lacrosse,” she said. “We had many tough moments of defense and they were definitely the better team, tonight.”
Boothbay also struggled against another opponent Monday night: the Sun. The 6:30 p.m. starting time meant one of the defenses would have to look into the Sun for the first half. Saint Dom’s won the pre-game coin toss and played with their back to the Sun.

Boothbay goalkeeper Page Brown struggled stopping several Saint shots in the early action as she and her defense struggled with the low Sun. Jordan described the sun as being Saint Dominic’s 13th player.

“We may have to look at the future starting times. The lights haven’t taken effect yet and we may need to push back to our starting time to accommodate the sun,” she said.

The Boothbay zone also defense struggled early to contain the Saints’ offensive cutters. Boothbay high defender Nicole Clarke said Saint Dominic’s offense passes and moves well. The Saitns quick offensive play led the Boothbay defense to become indecisive in too many occasions.

“We didn’t communicate well,” said Boothbay high defender Nicole Clarke. “The defense didn’t follow Page’s (goalkeeper)  directions. And it took us awhile figuring out which players to focus on by moving out of our zone to help out.”

Boothbay’s scoring attack was led by Hannah Cola and Kate Friant with two goals. Other Seahawk scorers were Evy Case, Lincoln and Helen Hamblett.

In the cage, Brown stopped eight shots. Saints goalkeeper Alaqui Stonia had three saves.

After falling behind, Friant believed her team’s play was too inconsistent to mount a sustained comeback.

“They’re really good,” Friant said. “We adjusted to their speed for awhile, but we had too many up and down moments.”