Rush-Henrietta Girls Lax Beats Queensbury

Rush-Henrietta, 16… Queensbury, 5.

Defending Section V Class A champion and NYSPHSAA semifinalist Rush-Henrietta continued its impressive 2023 campaign with a 16 to 5 victory over visiting Queensbury.

Kaitlyn Barton fired home a feed from Meredith Montgomery for her second and final score of the day to give Queensbury a 2-1 lead with 13 minutes and 27 seconds remaining in the opening half, but the Royal Comets responded with 11 consecutive goals to seize a commanding 12-2 lead at intermission.

Ninth-grader Katherine DeWald recorded five goals and an assist and senior Lena Cox totaled three goals and two assists to lead Rush-Henrietta.

On Tuesday at 4:30 PM, the No. 2-seeded Spartans host No. 7-Albany Academy in a Section 2 Class C quarterfinal contest.

Score by halves: Queensbury 2-3=5, Rush-Henrietta 12-4=16

Queensbury goals-assists: Kaitlyn Barton 2-0, Kendal Kelsey 1-0, Kendra Ballard 1-0, Kady Duffy 1-0, Meredith Montgomery 0-1. TOTALS: 5-1.

Rush-Henrietta goals-assists: Katherine DeWald 5-1, Lena Cox 3-2, Riley Brown 3-0, Catrina Rowe 2-2, Avery Roberts 1-2, Danielle Garrett 1-2, Ashlyn Roberts 1-0. TOTALS: 16-9.

Goalkeeper saves—Queensbury: Bayley Duffy 4 (25 minutes, 12 goals allowed), Laura Dickerson 1 (25 minutes, 4 goals allowed).  Rush-Henrietta: Angelia Oechsle 4.

Records: Queensbury 12-2,  Rush-Henrietta 15-1.