Mercer Island Girls Drop Rival Issaquah

Mercer Island advanced to the semifinals of the Washington Lacrosse Girls State Championship tournament with a 21 - 10 quarterfinal victory over Issaquah, Friday at Skyline High School in Sammamish. 

The quarterfinal win over #4 Issaquah sets up a semifinal berth for the #5 Islanders with #1 Bainbridge, which won its Thursday quarterfinal, on Tuesday.  The location and time has not yet been determined.  The winner advances to the state title game on Saturday, May 19. 

The Islanders' Tyler Sherper scored seven goals, matching her season's best regular season performance.  The junior midfielder scored seven goals three other times this season.  Dulce more had career-high 10 points in the game, delivering four goals and six assists.  It was the sixth four-goal performance this season for the junior midfielder. 

For Issaquah, Haley Mincin scored four goals, while Suzy Emerson netted three and Laura Voss had 14 saves in goal. 

Mercer Island is now 11-2-1 on the season (9-2-1 in the regular season).  Issaquah finished its season with a 12-3-0 record (11-2-0 in the regular season). 

Scoring:

Mercer Island 21, Issaquah 10 - Mercer Island advances to semifinals (Tyler Sherper, MI, 7 goals, 1 ground ball, 1 draw control; Dulce Moll, MI, 4 goals, 6 assists, 1 draw control, 1 caused turnover; Madison Blackburn, MI, 3 goals, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers, 3 draw controls; Elena Skouras, MI, 3 goals, 1 caused turnover; Taylor Dahlgren, MI, 2goals, 2 ground balls, 2 draw controls; Megan Jemley, MI, 1 goal; Saffron Snethen, MI, 1 goals, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover, 3 draw controls; Erika Eagan, MI, 8 saves; Haley Mincin, IS, 4 goals, , 1 draw control; Suzy Emerson, IS, 3 goals, 2 caused turnovers, 1 craw controls; Katie Bucy, IS, 1 goal, 1 ground ball, 4 draw controls; Kelly Christianson, IS, 1 goal; Robin Ringman, IS, 1 goal, 1 ground ball, 2 caused turnovers, 1 draw control; Maddie Wiley, IS, 1 goal, 1 caused turnover; Laura Voss, IS, 14 saves)