Curtain falls for Nashoba lacrosse.

BOLTON - The Nashoba Regional High School boys lacrosse team wrapped up an impressive season with a disappointing loss to Algonquin Regional on May 30 in the Central Division 2 Tournament quarterfinal round.

Compiling a 13-5 regular season record, and advancing through the first round of the playoffs, is quite an accomplishment for a varsity program in only its second year.

"It's a long season and we all put a lot of work into achieving success, so when you lose it's disheartening," Nashoba coach Terry Boots said. "While I felt we underachieved in this particular game, we certainly made a huge advancement over our inaugural season.

"Last year, we had one play, and more of an opportunistic offense," he said. "We now have a good command of several plays, and can switch to different offensive sets based on what the opposing defense is presenting. Defensively, the boys have made significant improvements in their fundamentals, which keeps opposing offenses in check."

Senior attackmen Steve Ek (39 goals, 28 assists) and John Malley (38 goals, 16 assists) will be hard to replace, as will senior midfielder Travis Patterson (28 goals, 10 assists). Senior defensive captain Ben Parker played every game, and was a rock on defense.

In addition, seniors Greg Schaub and Matt Attwood were welcome additions to the team this year.

"We will miss all the seniors who helped us so much this year," Boots said. "Each of these six guys attended every practice and were an excellent example of commitment for the younger players who will have to fill their shoes next season."

With eight returning juniors, Nashoba is still a young squad. All-star midfielder Brendan Burgwinkle (15 goals, 18 assists) will join attackman Tyler Gold (34 goals, 36 assists), as well as a strong supporting cast of offensive players including Tim Lovington, Tyler Stockhouse, Matt Nixon, and Jim Garvey.

Defensively, juniors Chris Comas and Dan Fenstermaker will return to anchor the squad, with sophmore Randy Patterson and freshman Greg Comas. Sophomores Andrew Slattery and Ross Harvey, as well as freshman phenom goalie Eric Ek will also bring experience to at total of 13 returning players.

"Experienced players coupled with boys from a very strong JV team coached by Todd Nicholas will allow us to continue our success for the indefinite future," Boots said. "It is certainly gratifying to see the development of lacrosse in this region."

Girls lacrosse

The fourth-seeded Nashoba girls lacrosse team finished its season with a 17-10 loss to fifth-seeded North Middlesex on June 2 in the first round of the Central Division 1 Tournament.

Scoring for Nashoba were junior Britney Wuorio (3 goals), senior co-captain Trisha Starkey (2 goals), freshman Jesslyn Joseph (2 goals), junior Nicole Juul Hindsgaul, sophomore Alicyn Reverdy, and junior Taylor Paglia.

Standing out on defense were seniors Kayleigh Hoffman and Erin Sadler, and juniors Paglia, Shelby Sirois, and Nicole Dellana. senior goalkeeper and co-captain Meghan Ryan made 17 saves.