Commodore girls’ lacrosse wins three, reaches 4-1

The Vergennes-Mount Abraham cooperative high school girls’ lacrosse team bounced back from its only loss of the season — to Division I title contender CVU on April 18 — with three big wins since, including Monday’s 7-3 victory over D-I Essex at VUHS.

The Middlebury, Mount Abraham-Vergennes and Otter Valley union high school boys’ lacrosse teams overall found the going tough in the past week, but mixed into the losses was one of the Tigers’ biggest regular-season wins in recent years, an overtime victo … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team, finally on its home field, split a pair of recent games and stood at 2-4 heading into another road game, at Essex on Wednesday.

Host No. 4 seed Wesleyan ousted the No. 5 Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team from the NESCAC tournament in a Saturday quarterfinal, 17-9.

The top-seeded Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team powered past visiting eighth-seeded Amherst, 20-2, in a NESCAC quarterfinal on Saturday.

The Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team clinched the top seed for the upcoming NESCAC tournament by defeating host Amherst on Saturday, 15-7.

he Middlebury Union high school boys’ lacrosse team remained unbeaten in its only game between April 20 and 26, while the Otter Valley boys split two games, and the Tiger girls and Mount Abraham-Vergennes boys both lost their only outings.

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team on Saturday showed promise in its home opener, doubling up traditional rival Woodstock, 12-6, in a game played at Middlebury College’s Alumni Stadium.

The top-ranked Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team (13-0, 8-0 NESCAC) on Saturday defeated visiting Colby — its major challenger for the NESCAC title — by a score of 13-5.

After the Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team lost a midweek home non-conference game, they bounced back to win a NESCAC road game on Saturday, setting the squad up for its playoff seeding push.

Host Champlain Valley outscored the Vergennes-Mount Abraham girls’ lacrosse team on Monday, 19-11, in a game moved from Tuesday to dodge an unfavorable weather forecast.

Host Spaulding defeated the Mount Abraham-Vergennes boys’ lacrosse team on Saturday, 9-3. The Tide improved to 3-1 with their third straight win, while the Eagles dropped to 1-1.

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team spotted Otter Valley an early lead on Tuesday in Bristol and also had to hold off a late Otter rally, but the Eagles ultimately prevailed, 11-8.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team split two road games during the past week. The Tigers are 1-2 heading into a long break before they next take the field, on April 26 at South Burlington.

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team opened its season with a 13-5 win at Burlington on Saturday.