Glen Cove on winning track

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The Lady Big Red lacrosse team has found success as of late, winning three of its last four games with each of those wins coming within league play. Glen Cove sits at 5-1 within the conference, and 5-4 overall.

Glen Cove’s last win, a 12-1 victory over Hempstead, really showed the diversity of output from this Lady Big Red team, with 10 different players recording at least a point on the day.

“Everyone is really starting to come together,” head coach Nicole Sileo said. “Everyone has really improved since the start of the season, and it’s showing as a full team effort.”

That full team effort resulted in an outpouring of offense for the Lady Big Red and a defensive stonewall, only allowing three shots on net all game. Goalie Sarah Braja recorded two saves.

Key members of Glen Cove’s defense are juniors Lucy Costello and Leah Dwyer, who have combined for nine points on the season as a pairing on this defensive front.

“Everyone on this team contributes,” Sileo said. “Although we have a young team, the older girls don’t have to carry the load. The young girls contribute; everyone does.”

On the offensive end, the Lady Big Red have a multitude of scoring options that it can choose from, which leads this high-powered offense to the frequent high-scoring games it has produced. Trinity Hudson is an athletic and savvy attackwoman who has tallied 24 goals on the season and has steadily improved in taking the draw for the Lady Big Red. 

In Glen Cove’s two wins prior to the victory over Hempstead, a 13-5 win against Malverne/East Rockaway, and a 9-5 win against Great Neck South, Hudson combined for nine goals.

Sofia Constantino and Gabby Schettino are also key contributors, collecting 25 and 24 points respectively on the season.

Junior Ariana Greenberg, one of the team’s few upperclassmen, has seen a stark spike in playing time from just a year ago and has scored in six of 10 games.

“Everyone is going to benefit from more game experience, and this last part of the season really is where it’s going to count,” Sileo said.

Glen Cove is gearing up for its last five games of the season with hopes of winning out and attempting to take the conference title. It currently sits with only one loss in conference play, and a 9-1 record could be enough to win Nassau Conference V.

Looking forward to the next few games, though, Sileo doesn’t want the girls to change the way they’ve been playing. The regular-season finale is May 8 at home versus Wheatley at 6 p.m.

“These are all tough teams, but just play your game and do your best, and I think we can come out and play these teams tough,” Sileo said. “They have the technique and now it’s just time for the girls to execute. We, as the coaches, are really proud of the team’s commitment this year to getting better and the team camaraderie.”