Monday May 8, the varsity girls lacrosse team’s game against York filled the stadium with crying parents and players for this year’s senior night.

The team had a successful night, winning 16-4 while also celebrating their graduating class.

The night began with the seven senior players, accompanied by their parents, walking under a tunnel of their teammates’ sticks. A speaker announced their name and where they will be attending school next year.

Once the game started, York started strong, scoring three goals in the first six minutes and sending Senior Isabelle Sennett to the hospital for eight stitches after a check to the head. The Trevians got their act together in the 2nd half and ended Senior night with a well fought victory with cookies and cupcakes to celebrate.
Senior defender, Emma Tomlinson who will be playing next year for Tufts University, said, “it was definitely a little emotional walking down the tunnel of underclassmen with my parents.”

The walkway to the stands was decorated with pictures of the seniors together as well as individual fat heads of each of them.

The whole night was put together by underclassmen and their parents as an NTGLAX tradition, which did not go unnoticed by the Seniors.

“It was amazing to see what the underclassmen put together for us and planned to make the night so special. Love those girls,” Senior attacker, Bridget McConnell said.

Yet Senior night did not end there. Junior goalie Sabrina Rice describes how the seniors were given personalized t-shirts and individual bags filled with their favorite candy, headbands, and other fun knick-knacks. “Everyone contributed; the parents took care of the logistics, but the underclassmen came up with the shirts and bought all the stuff for goody bags.”

While the Seniors were overwhelmed with appreciation. Their team continued to give them throughout the night, they remembered how just last year they were all putting together the same event.

Senior defender, Julia Gottreich described how the teams traditions, such as Senior night, contributed to her excitement for being a NTGLAX upperclassman.

McConnell agrees with Gottreich, “I really looked up to the seniors last year, so I was excited to be in that position for the younger girls.”

However, this year’s juniors expressed their excitement to be upperclassmen with a little more hesitation.

Both Rice and junior defender Elise McKenna described their nervousness in filling the seniors’ shoes next year. Rice explains, “there is a lot of pressure like setting a good example for the underclassman and also leading the team.”

McKenna justifies her hesitations for next year, “I’m going to miss my seniors so much and not playing with them will be super weird.”

Yet the juniors still know there is a lot in store for them next year with NTGLAX tradition.

While the seniors head off to college next year, they all agreed on NTGLAX being one of the best parts of their high school experience and how much they will miss the team.

“I have made amazing relationships on the team that I will cherish for a very long time,” McConnell said.

Congratulations to: China Trerotola, University of Dayton, Isabelle Sennett playing lacrosse at Amherst College, Julia Gottreich playing field hockey at Bowdoin College, Bridget McConnell, Michigan State University, Katherine Gjertson playing lacrosse at Stanford University, Emma Tomlinson playing lacrosse at Tufts University, and Kyra Lamotte playing lacrosse at Furman University.