Kristen Camara

Staff Writer

Spring sports are off to a great start as most tryouts have wrapped up and teams are set.  Westford Academy Girls’ Lacrosse tryouts were held two weeks ago and now the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity teams are set.  Last year the varsity girls’ lacrosse team had 10 wins 11 losses, coached by Shaun Hart.

This year there is a new varsity coach, Julie Olivier for the 2011 season.  Olivier is a level 1 and 2 U.S. certified lacrosse coach who has coached and directed the Westford Youth Lacrosse Girls’ Division for 7 years.

Amy Moran, the girls’ freshman lacrosse coach, was here for the start of the girls’ lacrosse program back in the 2001-2002 school year.  When Moran came to WA, she started a lacrosse club because lacrosse needed to be a club before it could be entered into the dual county league as a sport.

“There was only one team with about 20 girls and it has now evolved to three teams with about 60 girls trying out,” Moran said.

Moran plans to teach her freshmen team skills, sportsmanship, and hard work while developing friendships and having fun.

“My goals for the team are good chemistry as well as being open to new things with a new coaching staff that looks very promising. So far we look strong and I think we will be at least 500 which all teams hope for or maybe even better,” said varsity captain, Molly Klinka.

The first varsity game versus North Andover was supposed to be on Monday, April 4, but because of the weather, the game is now postponed until May 20.  The next varsity lacrosse girls game is on Thursday, April 7 away at Acton-Boxborough.  Come support the team as they start off their season against a tough competitor.