SPRING SPORTS WRAPUP
LACROSSE
A ‘True Team,’ Now Among the Nation’s Top Five
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Xander Dickson ’18
Patrick Burkinshaw ’18
HE PRESSURE mounted
ranking for the Bruins.
from the very beginning.
The Crimson Knights wouldn’t
After trouncing perennial
go quietly into the night in
power Landon School (Md.)
Northwestern Connecticut,
in the season opener — avenging
though, ultimately swinging
its only loss from a year ago —
the game in their favor with a
the Brunswick lacrosse team
four-goal fourth-quarter run and
vaulted up near the top of the
holding on for the victory.
national rankings.
Head coach David Bruce
The Bruins knew they’d have
credited the opponent for a
a target on their back for the rest
flawless effort — and for keeping
of the season. They knew their
his team off balance throughout
opponents would be gunning for
the contest.
them. They knew there was no
“That’s sports,” he said.
place to hide.
“Sometimes it doesn’t go in your
And they answered the bell.
favor and you have to tip your
Early-season wins against New
cap to the other team.”
England mainstays Deerfield
Bruce wouldn’t let one disap-
and Taft set the stage for a
pointing result define his team’s
pair of area showdowns with
season.
New Canaan High School and
“This group has so much to
Greenwich High School — both
be proud of,” he said. “They won
of which ended with zero doubt
a New England Championship
that ’Wick owned the local brag-
for the second straight year and
ging rights.
finished in the top five in the
Next up was a Robert L. Cosby Field special — a Wednesday-
country. Jordan Ginder ’18
“Beyond the results, though,
night tilt under the lights (and
they played the game the right
in the fog) versus Hill Academy
way and defined themselves as a
(Vaughan, Ontario), which came
the challenge and dispatched
into the contest one spot ahead of
their Canadian visitors in front of
touted Salisbury — the only team
egos or agendas. The seniors,
No. 3 Brunswick in the rankings.
a raucous home crowd by a score
seemingly standing in the way
especially, have left big shoes to
of 14–8.
of an outright No. 1 national
fill.”
’Wick was, once again, up for
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All eyes then turned to highly
true team — without individual