Curtis' Season Ends With Loss To Bellevue

The Vikings' season on the lacrosse field came to a frustrating end Friday with a loss to Bellevue.

Below is the recap from Washington State Lacrosse.

Congrats on the season guys. What a great run:

Eric Hale broke a 4 – 4 tie in the third to ignite Bellevue to a three-goal run on the way to earning a berth in the state high school lacrosse semifinals with an 8 – 6 quarterfinal playoff win over Curtis on Friday in University Place.

Curtis finished the season 11-6-0 after dispatching Tacoma, King’s Way and Overlake to close out the regular season before earning an opening round bye in the first round. 

The win earned the defending state champions a Wednesday date with rival Mercer Island, which also won its quarterfinal. 

After matching each other goal-for-goal in the first half, Bellevue opened the second half with 10:16 remaining in the third to take a 5 – 4 lead. The Wolverines scored the next two on goals by Andrew Gulrujani and Drew Douglas to take a 7 – 4 lead before Carson Stewart edged Curtis to within two on a solo goal at 4:22.  Douglas notched Bellevue’s eighth goal with just 8:10 remaining to round out third-quarter scoring.  In the fourth, Curtis’s Stewart managed only a solo goal as  the Wolverines went into a controlled offense to close out the game.

Bellevue’s Douglas scored five goals and grabbed five ground balls to lead all scorers and Andrew Matthews grabbed seven ground balls.  For Curtis, Stewart netted 3 goals and Tony Nigh had 20 saves in goal. 

The Wolverines dropped Lake Washington 14 – 5 to close out the regular season before dispatching Lake Tapps 17 – 4 in the opening round.

As defending state champions, the Wolverines only have last year’s state runner-up Mercer Island standing in their way as they look for a repeat berth in the state title game, Saturday, May 28 at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.

SCORING HIGHLIGHTS:  Bellevue  8, Curtis 6 – Bellevue advances to state semifinals (Drew Douglas, B, 5 goals, 5 ground balls; Andrew Gulrujani, B, 1 goal; Eric Hale, B, 1 goal; Dakota Jones, B, 1 goal; Cole Johnson, B, 6 assists, 5 ground balls; Hank Bethke, B, 1 assist, 4 ground balls; Andrew Matthews, B, 7 ground balls; Austin Boyd, B, 7 saves; Carson Stewart, C, 3 goals; Brandon Dean, C, 1 goal, 1 assist; Colby Carr, C, 1 goal; Alex Larson, C, 1 goal; Quinn Moody, C, 2 assists; Caleb Burgos, C, 4 ground balls; Tony Nigh, C, 20 saves)