Ballard: 12 Holy Names: 8
With a 12-8 win over Holy Names May 6, the Ballard High School lacrosse team made the playoffs in its second season of existence.
The win pushed the Beavers' season record to 6-4-2 – after winning only two matches last season – and gave them the sixth seed out of eight teams in the postseason.
Junior Haley Jackson led the team with four goals, and junior Maddie Soukup chipped in three, as seven Beavers scored and the team outshot Holy Names 22-13.
Sophomore goalie Hannah Breton had five saves. She finished the regular season in second place in the league for total saves and sixth place in save percentage.
The Beavers, who finished the season hot with three wins and a tie, will face either Eastside Catholic, Kennedy or Lakeside in the first round of the playoffs.
Kennedy beat Ballard 10-3 on March 17, and Lakeside beat the team 15-10 on April 20. Ballard did not play Eastside Catholic this season.