Facing the Parish Episcopal Panthers for a noncount game on Friday, March 28, the combined Warrior’s varsity girls lacrosse team took to the McNeil home field for senior night. After the Warriors honored the graduating seniors, they could not be stopped, taking a quick 10-4 victory. 

“I’ve been through three senior nights before this and it doesn’t feel real that this is mine now,” Talia Philip ‘25 said. 

To start the game, the Panthers locked in an open goal, getting themselves on the board early to try and take an advantage. Now regaining footing from a difficult start, Isabelle Horonzy ‘26 assisted an uninterrupted goal to set an even field. 

“We had a messy team warmup, but we came into it strong and held our own,” Horonzy said. 

During Horonzy’s goal, the offense spotted some key weak points in the Panther’s defense. This knowledge led to another four more goals within the first quarter, with another from Horonzy. However, it was not all a slaughter from the offense as the Panthers tossed in another goal, ending the quarter 5-2, Warriors leading. 

“On senior night, you always expect to be up against a team you’re most likely going to beat,” Horonzy said. “It was a little low [energy at first] because we were expecting the win and didn’t have our all into it, [but we got] stronger during the game.”

After a slow second quarter and another two goals by the Warriors, the third quarter saw a shift in aggression from the Panthers as they earned another goal, hoping to begin a comeback. Despite several slip-ups on the field due to the enemy team’s aggression, Horonzy scored her third goal of the game, maintaining the five-point lead at 8-3 at the end of the third quarter. 

“I’ve [personally] been falling a lot lately, [but the other team was] very pushy, and we started playing [at] the same level, a lot of tripping, a lot of falling, a lot of messy play,” Horonzy said. “That almost got in the way of how we played [because there were] a lot of trips and bad checks.”

Nonetheless, the Warriors widened their lead even more in the last quarter, with two goals from Horonzy and Ana Jovanovic ‘25 they kept the Panthers subdued and solidified their 10-4 final score.

“[Overall], it was kind of an aggressive game, so I was trying to just remind myself to stay calm [the whole time],” Jovanovic said. “I was really trying to not let it get to me, and [to] play the game that I know how to play [by] maintaining an outside perspective.”

The varsity girls lacrosse team will play their next game at home against Dripping Springs on  Thursday, April 3.