Girls Lacrosse: Conestoga trounces Radnor to win first state title

WEST GOSHEN >> Liz Scott made a simple statement one year and five days ago.
“We’ll be back,” she said, after a devasting loss in the state final. “We need to give it 110 percent, but I know we will back here next year and we’ll win it.”
Scott and the Pioneers lived up to that promise.
Thanks to eight different scorers — and a key 10-1 run — Conestoga rolled past District 1 champion Radnor, 18-7, Saturday at West Chester East, to bring home the first girls lacrosse state title in school history and avenge last year’s 14-10 loss to Garnet Valley.
“I’m speechless,” Scott said with what seemed like a permanent smile. “We have been thinking about this game for 371 days. That’s how long it’s been and every single day leading up to this we have been working for this moment. This is incredible. I will never forget this feeling and what our team accomplished. We made history today.”
The fifth seed from District 1 hit the ground running at Zimmerman Stadium for an unusually early 10 a.m. start time. Three minutes into the contest, senior attacker Paige Loose put the Pioneers (24-1) on the board when she buried a free-position shot low left.
After holding Radnor (20-7) on the defensive end, Conestoga’s Monica Borzillo wheeled around the net and deposited her first goal of the game. It was just the beginning of the senior’s monster day. The University of Cincinnati-bound attacker finished with a game-high four goals and eight assists.
“We knew we weren’t losing today,” Borzillo said. “Last year I thought we were a little bit nervous and we made a lot of mistakes, but today we were ready. Radnor is an amazing team and we knew we had to play our best game of the season and we did that. We played our style of lacrosse and everyone played a key part in today’s win. For us seniors, we knew this was our last game ever so we wanted to give it everything we had.”
The Red Raiders responded quickly. Back to back free-position goals from Katie and Fallon Quinn helped the District 1 champions tie the affair at 2-2.
“This team fought all year,” said Radnor head coach Brooke Fritz said. “They have been a resilient bunch that never gave up once this season and that didn’t change today.”
From that point on it was all Conestoga. Two goals by Amelia Kienzle, along with scores from Loose, Borzillo, Liz Scott, Maggie Gladden, Hannah Ashton and Rilee Scott opened the floodgates and helped the Pioneers grab a commanding 10-3 lead at the half.
“Our motto has been ‘razor sharp focus’ all season long,” Liz Scott said. “We kept saying that every two minutes out there one the field. We were able to stay razor sharp focus today and that’s what helped us pull away with the win.”
Another key reason the Central League champions were able to establish the comfortable advantage was due to goalie Jules Horning. The senior netminder turned away 13 shots, including six impressive saves in the first half.

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