North Salem Lacrosse Ends Season With Playoff Thriller

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - With their season on the line, North Salem’s girls lacrosse team traveled to Pawling for a playoff Tiger tussle on Wednesday, May 15.

Taylor Fogle brought out the heavy artillery with a 5-goal performance, and Abby Cassidy (2 goals, 1 assist), Ashley Cindrich (2 goals, 1 assist), Lili Valletta (1 goal, 1 assist), Anna Fetterolf (1 goal, 1 assist), Emma Greenberg (1 goal), and Noemi Torres (2 assists) all fought tooth and nail to keep the Tigers’ playoff hopes alive. Nicky Berganza kept the opposition’s best offensive player in check all game and Maddie Merriman had 7 saves in goal, but Pawling was able to take advantage of three yellow cards issued to North Salem.

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Down by three goals late in the 4th, the Tigers rallied to pull within one with just over a minute remaining. Ruby Molina caused a turnover to give North Salem an opportunity for the tie, but time expired on the game and the season.

With another year of Tigers lacrosse in the books, Coach Don Merriman took a moment to reflect on his team’s performance.

“The players gave their all in each and every game and showed tremendous grit and determination,” Merriman said. “The team culture was always positive, supportive, and fun. As a team, we made notable progress throughout the season and each individual player grew as well.”

Lili Valletta ended her career at North Salem with 221 draw controls, 222 ground balls, and 155 goals. Maddie Merriman finished her career at NSHS with 379 saves.

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“I would say it was a highly successful season,” concluded Merriman.

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