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SI girls complete 2000 sweep

James Wiseman
Monday April 03, 2000

Daily Planet Staff 

 

The site was different, but the sight was the same for the Berkeley High girls lacrosse team, which fell to league rival St. Ignatius for the second time this season, 11-6, on Saturday afternoon at the BHS football field.  

The Yellowjackets entered the 11 a.m. matchup with revenge on their minds – still stinging from an 11-7 road loss to the Wildcats on March 11. Though Berkeley High was able to settle down on offense and contend well with St. Ignatius in the second half, the Wildcats’ 7-3 halftime lead proved insurmountable. 

“I don’t know what it was (in the first half),” said attacker Jamie Lee, who paced the Berkeley High offensive effort with three goals. “I felt like we lost our intensity. We all have to talk it up, and tell each other, ‘we can do this, we can pick it up.’” 

The one St. Ignatius weapon with which Berkeley could not cope was attacker Lindsay Cope, who fired in an astounding six goals on the afternoon to match the Yellowjackets’ entire team total. Berkeley’s Dani Ganes added two scores to complement Lee’s three, with Caitlin Goetz rounding out the BHS scoring. Sophomore Joanna Hoch played the first half in goal for the ’Jackets, before yielding the position to junior Kristen Brasch.  

“We played a good game, but we weren’t doing our best.” BHS senior Rory Satrin said after the game. “We weren’t really giving it the spirit. We can play a good game against a fair team, but you need more to beat the best team.” 

With the loss on Saturday, the Yellowjackets still have not beaten the Wildcats in the past three years. Though St. Ignatius is a perennially strong program and generally contends for the league title, the Berkeley players were still disappointed in their inability to end the drought on their home turf. 

“I’m a senior and this is a senior-dominated team,” said a disheartened Satrin. “This was our last chance at St. Ignatius, this was our day to beat them. At one point in the first half, we were tied 2-2, and we got super confident. They just got the momentum at the mid-to-end of the first half.” 

“I think we’ve improved so much this season,” added Lee, who has been one of the Yellowjackets’ most vocal leaders on the field in 2000. “We have a bunch of good new players, and veteran players. We just have to play like it.” 

With the Berkeley High-St. Ignatius 2000 series complete, the Yellowjackets may have to wait until next season to get another shot at redemption. However, both teams are likely to qualify for the postseason, and could meet again sometime in early May. 

“If possible, I think we want that game more than any other game,” Satrin said. “They’re the big messiah of (Bay Area) lacrosse teams. We’re going to approach that game very seriously, and give it like 200 percent.” 

Sitting at 5-3 in league, the Yellowjackets return to the turf this Thursday, to take on Menlo School in a 4 p.m. road matchup.  

Berkeley High’s next three contests will be played on the road, with the ’Jackets finally returning home on April 12 to host East Bay nemesis Monte Vista.