Bellevue Lacrosse Falls to Bainbridge

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – Jacob Goodman’s hat trick led undefeated Bainbridge to its 10th overall win of the season with a 7 – 6 boys high school lacrosse defeat of defending state champion Bellevue, Friday at Bainbridge High School. The win elevated the high-flying Spartans, 5-0-0 in league play, to a tie with Tacoma for second spot in the Southwest, just a game behind division-leading Curtis.

Playing on the road, Bellevue looked to establish dominance from the opening draw, scoring the first 2 goals of the game on a Nick Hudson solo-shot at 10:07 and a Cole Johnson goal at 8:53. It wasn’t until Jacob Goodman found the net at 3:36 remaining in the first, that the Spartans got their legs and narrowed the game to 2 – 1.

In the second, the Wolverines again opened scoring with Cole Johnson feeding Reid Hendrickson to make it 3 – 1 Bellevue. But Bainbridge came charging back scoring the next three goals to take a 4 – 3 lead into the intermission.

With momentum in the Spartan’s hands, the third was all Bainbridge with the Spartans scoring 3 more goals to make it 7 – 4. Bellevue netted 2 in the fourth, but in the end was unable to overcome Bainbridge.

Top Spartan performances came from Alex Crane with 2 goals and 6 ground balls and Julian Skotheim-Hillis with 6 saves. Six players scored for the Wolverines and Austin Boyd had 8 saves in goal.

Bainbridge (10-0-0) next faces Curtis (8-3-0), Tuesday, April 26 in a 7:30 start at Bainbridge High School. Bellevue (10-3-0) next faces Overlake (3-6-0) , Wednesday, April 27 in a 5 p.m. start at the Overlake School in Redmond.

SCORING HIGHLIGHTS: Bainbridge 7, Bellevue 6 (Jacob Goodman, BAIN, 3 goals, 1 ground ball; Alex Crane, BAIN, 2 goals, 6 ground balls; Jacob Knostman, BAIN, 1 goal, 1 ground ball; Cameron Parker, BAIN, 1 goal; Kaegan Ingrasci, BAIN, 1 assist; Julian Skotheim-Hillis, BAIN, 6 saves;. Cole Johnson, BEL, 1 goal, 1 assist; Hank Bethke, BEL, 1 goal, 1 assist; Andrew Gulrajani, BEL, 1 goal; Eric Hale, BEL, 1 goal; Nick Hudson, BEL, 1 goal; Reid Henderickson, BEL, 1 goal; Austin Boyd, BEL, 8 saves)