LIVE: Girls Lax County Finals

Now it's time for Rocky Point vs Sayville. The rain has slowed and it looks like we should get through this game without a hitch. Keep your fingers crossed.

Northport just won a thriller in the Class A game, coming from one goal down late to win it in the final seconds. We'll see if this game can match the excitement.

Draw control so important in girls lacrosse, was key for the Eagles in their regular season win. The Eagles jumped out to an 8-1 lead by controlling possession. If they can do that tonight they'll be on their way to a rematch with Garden City for the Long Island title Saturday.

It'll be Abigail Ross for Rocky Point against Kathrin Gallo for Sayville on the draw. Sayville wins it. DePompeo drives down field to start the game and feeds Emily Meier for the goal.

1-0 Sayville, 24:25. Meier from DePompeo

1-1. Caitlin Gargan weaves down the middle and scores to tie the game with 21:01 left.

Rocky Point defender Sara Davis gets whistled for a yellow card with 19:31 left. Gallo gets a free position shot and pulls it back out. A shot by Meier is saved by Rocky Point goalie Julie Nolan, her second of the game.

Another great save by Nolan as O'Reilly wrapped around the cage with under 18:00 to play.

2-1 Sayville. Connie Neilsen scores to put Sayville back ahead with 16:46 to play.

This game has not started the way Rocky Point would have hoped in terms of possession. It's been all Sayville with the ball.

3-1. DePompeo catches a feed in front of the cage from Meier, spins around a defender and puts it home with 15:11 to play.

Another yellow card for Rocky Point and it looks like Davis again, her second.

4-1 Gallo scores in transition from Kelly Santangelo after a Rocky Point turnover and the Golden Flashes are dominating play. The Eagles need a timeout with 12:32 to play.

Sayville wins another draw and the Flashes are back in the offensive zone.

5-1 Jordan Lite scores from a feed from Arielle Theofield and the Eagles are in serious trouble with 11:25 to play.

Sayville wins another draw and has a 5-2 advantage.

6-1 Lite scores again from Meier and now the Eagles are in danger of getting blown out here. There's 10:33 to play and it's been all Sayville.

On defense the Eagles are getting whistled for a lot of fouls. 

7-1 DePompeo converts on a free position with 9:54 left.

This is the worst I've seen Rocky Point get handled in a game since Northport dominated the Eagles in a regular season game last year. 

DePompeo got whacked pretty hard on the goal and has to come out of the game.

Come to think of it, this also pretty reminiscent to the Garden City game in the LIC last year.

Rocky Point needs to get this deficit down before halftime to a manageable margin.

Sayville's Olivia Cabral gets whistled for a yellow with 6:15 to play.

7-2 Jessica Hassett storms down field to finally score for the Eagles with 1:07 to play and halt the Sayville momentum.

Nolan makes a huge save in the final 10 seconds on a free position to keep the score at 7-2. 

The key for Sayville that half was draw control. It's been a problem in the playoffs for Rocky Point in years past and it's currently an 8-2 advantage for the Golden Flashes. If that doesn't change dramatically in the second half, the Eagles are going home.

The good news is Rocky Point held Sayville scoreless the final 9:54 of the half so perhaps the Eagles have gotten their defense together. But the first half was the exact opposite of the regular season meeting between the teams. In that game DePompeo and O'Reilly never seemed to have the ball. This time the same can be said for Mupo and Ross for Rocky Point.

As the second half begins it'll be Aimee Capps on the draw for Rocky Point as the Eagles look the shake things up.

Gallo won the draw easily but the Flashes turned it over to start.

8-2 Theofield converts the free position and the Flashes are back in front by six with 21:23 left.

Another yellow on Rocky Point. This time it's Gargan.

8-3 Mazzeo scores the first second-half goal for Rocky Point with 15:58 to play.

Sayville wins yet another draw and regains possession.

Another yellow and this time it's on the Rocky Point coach. 

A shot by Mupo, her first in a long time is saved with under 13:00 to play.

Another yellow card by Rocky Point and now it's Ross with 10:29 to play.

8-4 Mazzeo scores and Rocky Point needs to win every draw from here on out. There's 8:12 to play.

The Eagles will try Gargan on the draw this time. Sayville wins it after a long run for a ground ball...

Now it's Haley Sachnez for Rocky Point with a yellow card. 

We're under 4 minutes to play and Sayville appears on its way to a county title.

8-5 Mercier scores to cut it to three with 3:05 to play.

Sayville will call a time-out, but with the way the Flashes have dominated the draws, it's hard to envision Rocky Point getting enough possessions to tie the game with so little time left. If they can win this draw, though, it could be an interesting finish.

Sayville wins the draw and sets up possession looking to kill clock.

Gargan gets another yellow, her second. She's done.

8-6: Hassett flies down field and skips a shot in to make it a two-goal game with :59.3 to play.

Sayville wins the draw again and the Flashes are moments away from wrapping it up.

Another yellow on Rocky Point and it's Tracey Wandle.

8-7 Capps scores from Ross with 4:0 to go but only four seconds remain!

Sayville hangs on and wins it 8-7 

It was the first county title in school history for the Sayville girls.

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Live here from Dowling College for the girls lacrosse county championships starting with Class C: Shoreham-Wading River vs. Mount Sinai.

The teams are both being announced to the crowd and we're moments away from the start. Shoreham is seeking its sixth straight county title and fourth straight against Mount Sinai.

The Cablevision TV crew is here, first time I can remember a television crew covering a game on Long Island. I guess it goes to show the growing popularity of girls lacrosse. So keep in mind to look out for the game on TV whenever it's available.

The opening draw is Erin Fitzgerald for Mount Sinai against Stephanie Anderson for Shoreham.

Brittany DeLea is opening the game guarding Fitzgerald. I'm sure she'll see a lot of different people on her throughout the game. Kaitlyn Brosco did a great job against Fitzgerald in the county finals last year.

But she couldn't stop Fitzgerald on her first shot as she scores to put Mount Sinai ahead 1-0 with 22:03 left.

1-1. Brosco comes in, immediately catches a feed from Chelsey Newman and scores with 20:10 left.

2-1 SWR. Anderson charges down the middle after the draw and scores unassisted. 

3-1 SWR. Anderson converts on a free position with 19:08 left. 

Shoreham is 4-1 on draws so far. If you can't win draws against the Wildcats, you don't win.

4-1 SWR. Newman from Rachel Wiederkehr and the Wildcats are cruising with 18:12 left. 

5-1 SWR. DeLea bangs in a free position with 12:33 left.

Mount Sinai is struggling winning draws and clearing. The ground balls are all going to Shoreham.

6-1 SWR. Anderson charges down the middle again and scores on a low shot to the right corner with 10:23 left. Mount Sinai calls its first time-out.

Mount Sinai wins the draw, its first in a long time and only second of the game.

Brosco just got called for a yellow card with 9:17 left.

7-1 SWR. Anderson converts again, this time from a feed behind the cage by Kate Boden with 5:53 left.

Fitzgerald scores her second on a free position to break a 7-0 run. But a stick violation has nullified the goal. Shoreham gets possession.

8-1 SWR. Brosco scores again, this time on  a feed from behind the cage from Jen DeVito, her first assist with 1:53 left.

9-1 SWR. Wiederkehr scores on a free position and the Wildcats are in full control with :39 left in the half.

9-2. Fitzgerald scores on a free position and this time it counts with :28 left.

At the end of the half it's all SWR, 9-2

As the rain falls here at Dowling, the second half begins with Anderson winning the draw for Shoreham. 

Mount Sinai has two yellow cards to open the second half.

10-2. DeVito scores on a feed from DeLea in transition with 20:04 to play.

10-3. Fitzgerald scores on a terrific move down the left side. She ripped a rocket to the low right corner with 19:25 left.

11-3. Brosco scores right off the draw on a feed from DeVito to quickly halt any Mount Sinai momentum.

12-3.  Wiederkehr converts a free position and now we're one goal away from running time with 16:03 left.

12-4. Fitzgerald scores her fourth with 14:38 left. It's Fitzgerald or nothing for Mount Sinai.

13-4. DeVito caught a great feed high from Anderson and whipped it low into the cage with 11:57 left.

13-5. The first goal for Mount Sinai other than from Fitzgerald is scored by Catie Faulkner with 10:55 left.

13-6. Danielle DellaRocca, an eighth-grader, scores on a free position with 9:45 left.

14-6. Anderson again scores as the Wildcats are 4:38 away from another title.

Fitzgerald gets a yellow with 2:37 left on a hit to Alyssa Fleming, who's down on the field.

15-6. DeVito scores in transition from Brosco with 2:19 left.

With the win Shoreham advances to play Manhasset, surprise, surprise, Saturday in the Long Island championship at Hofstra. It'll be the sixth straight meeting between the two schools with Shoreham holding a 3-2 edge.

The final from Dowling is SWR 15, Mount Sinai 6.