TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur lacrosse Lady Bucs couldn’t have ended their regular season any better than what they did last week with a pair of home wins.
Last Tuesday they edged rival Fairmont Senior by a 6-5 score and followed that up a day later with a convincing 17-3 victory over Martinsburg.
Against Fairmont Senior, Mallory Moss tallied five goals while Harley Walton scored the other one.
Brianna Howes led the team with 10 ground balls while Moss had seven.
B-U held an 18-12 advantage in shots-on-goal.
Buckhannon-Upshur keeper Josie Rosencrance made seven saves.
Moss capped off her final regular season game as a senior in strong fashion against Martinsburg with nine goals while Howes and Harley Walton had three each and Ava Lynch tallied one.
B-U had a 10-3 lead at the break and continued to dominate the second half by shutting out the Bulldogs.
Moss had a team-high 14 ground balls.
B-U owned a 24-14 advantage in shots-on-goal.
Rosencrance made 11 stops in the win.
Buckhannon-Upshur ended their regular season with an 8-4 mark and finished first in Division 1 winning a tiebreaker with University and George Washington with a 5-1 ledger.
They received a first-round bye in the playoffs and will await the winner of the Fairmont Senior-Morgantown clash.
The boxscores:
Fairmont Senior – 5
Buckhannon-Upshur – 6
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Mallory Moss 5; Harley Walton 1.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – None listed
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – Josie Rosencrance 7.
Martinsburg – 3
Buckhannon-Upshur – 17
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Mallory Moss 9; Brianna Howes 3; Harley Walton 3; Ava Lynch 1.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – None listed.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – Josie Rosencrance 11.
Division I Final Standings
- Buckhannon-Upshur 5-1
- University 5-1
- George Washington 5-1
- Morgantown 3-3
- Fairmont Senior 2-4
- Martinsburg 1-5
- Hedgesville 0-6
Division I Playoff Bracket
No. 7 Hedgesville at No. 2 University
No. 6 Martinsburg at No. 3 George Washington
No. 5 Fairmont Senior at No. 4 Morgantown
No. 1 Buckhannon-Upshur received the bye
