By Madeline Savoie

The Boy’s Lacrosse team kicked off their season with a home game at Lane Stadium against Fenwick on March 15. Though the warm weather made for a promising start, Fenwick ultimately triumphed 12-2.

Fenwick scored the first goal within minutes of the start of the game. They scored again before Lane’s Reid O’Neil, Div. 357, scored the team’s first goal of the season. Fenwick was up by seven in the third period when Greg Urban, scored Lane’s second and final goal of the game.

Lane’s boys left the field with heads and spirits low, but Varsity player Anthony Wojdyla, Div. 276, sees the loss against Fenwick as “a very necessary stepping stone for the team.”

Wojdyla says since their first loss, he has seen the boys’ commitment to the team grow, seen the following weekend when they earned their first win against Belvidere, 12-0.

“Our goalie, Daniel Takata, has stepped his game up,” said Wojdyla, which has given a huge boost to the defense.

Wojdyla also cited the hustle of several offensive players as a strength of this year’s team, adding that “it hurts to see their… faces after a loss.”

Wojdyla says the effort of team members seems to be improving as the season progresses.”

“I look [the boys] in the face every day, see their sweat, blood, and bruises, and all the while they stick with this,” he said. “They’re thirsty and I can’t wait to see them in a more fierce competition.”

The next two home games to be played at Lane Stadium are scheduled for March 29 at 6pm and May 4 at 7pm.