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6 Wantaghites Win National Championship!

Grace Beshlian, Kaitlyn Cerasi, Olivia Conti, Kelli Schmidt, Nikki Sliwak and Darcie Smith recently traveled to Florida with their club lacrosse team-the Long Island Top Guns-where they won the USA U15 National Championship.  There were 32 teams who qualified from all over the country competing for three days at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.  Top Guns survived two nail biters:  the first against NEM&D from Maryland (11-10), where Grace Beshlian sealed the win by stopping a point blank shot with less than a minute to play; and the second against defending champions the Skywalkers also from Maryland (8-7), where Darcie Smith scored the winning goal with 34.9 seconds left.  Earlier in the day Kelli Schmidt scored 4 goals, and in the semi-final game the next day Nikki Sliwak had 2 goals.  The final game was a see-saw battle against the Yellow Jackets.  Olivia Conti’s aggressive defense and solid play around the circle, along with Kaitlyn Cerasi’s 2 goals and 2 assists and another great save by Grace with 5 seconds remaining helped the Top Guns come up top 14-12.  Kaitlyn and Olivia were named to Lacrosse Magazine's All-Tournament Team.  Congrats to all the girls on a job well done!

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