By Alli Kaufman
Sports Editor

Only a few weeks into the girls’ varsity lacrosse season, and the team has already matched their previous record of 4 wins in a season; a record that was set in 2013 and matched during the 2014 season. For the first time in ten years the Neshaminy Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team defeated a conference opponent, winning a great game over Central Bucks East with a score of 17-14 on April 14.

This sudden boost in the lacrosse program can be attributed to many factors yet the most obvious is freshman Bridget Carrezola. Carrezola, a starter for varsity carried the team, scored six of the 17 goals in Neshaminy’s game against CB East and has scored over 40 goals so far this season. “So far I think we’ve done really well, we had a really big win Tuesday it was our first league win since 2005 and if we can get another one that would awesome,” Bridget said.

Carrezola is not unknown to the lacrosse world having been named a 2014 Brine National All-Star last year; representing the Pennsylvania team at a conference for the best middle school lacrosse players from around the country. Bridget got her start in the sport earlier, following her older sister’s footsteps to play for Lower Bucks’ Lacrosse, though she now plays for South Jersey Select in addition to Neshaminy’s team.

With an impressive middle school career, Bridget’s lacrosse successes certainly didn’t end when she got to high school as she currently leads Bucks County in the most goals scored for the season. She was also chosen as a Philly Showcase All-Star in Nov. 2014. As only a freshman, Bridget is being recruited by several colleges for lacrosse, including (but not limited to) Penn State, James Madison, and Rutgers. “My greatest accomplishment I would say was being recruited as a freshman and just getting the exposure that I need to get to where I want to go because that’s my ultimate goal, to end up playing in college,” Bridget said.

Only halfway into her first season at Neshaminy and Bridget Carrezola has already proved to be an important asset to the lacrosse team. Needless to say, great things can be expected from Carrezola in the seasons to come.