Yesterday in Springfield, Va., on the large St. James facility, a sport of Sixes Lacrosse was performed, one in every of ten video games placed on by the Premier Lacrosse League over Presidents’ Day Weekend.
Solely on this, the early afternoon sport, the ladies took to the pitch. As a part of the continuing Unleashed promotion that has introduced girls’s all-star groups to excursions of Japan the final couple of years, there was an all-star sport that includes among the biggest girls gamers ever to stroll the face of the earth.
You had Charlotte North, Dana Dobbie, Jen Adams, Lizzie Colson, and Taylor Marino all on the identical subject on the similar time (albeit Adams was within the teaching field), and it was a spirited affair that completed with North’s crew (curiously, known as the North All-Stars) beating the South crew 18-12.
Charlotte North, with six objectives and three assists, took house sport MVP honors. However there’s one other identify it’s best to get to know popping out of this sport.
Paulina DiFatta was the goalie of the North crew within the second half. Within the wild and quick world of Sixes, she was magnificent within the fourth quarter yesterday as her aspect outscored the south crew by six. That might not have occurred with out plenty of key saves.
DiFatta began her collegiate profession taking part in at Fairfield College after a 12 months off resulting from harm. In 2018, she earned MAAC All-Rookie honors for posting a save share of 51.2 p.c. A 12 months later, she transfered to Elon Faculty, the place she not solely earned a level in finance, however had a wonderful 2021 season through which she not solely stopped 53 p.c of opposing photographs, however she helped backstop the crew to a 6-5 win over James Madison, one of the crucial essential wins in Elon’s brief girls’s lacrosse historical past.
A 12 months later, she used the switch portal and graduate season to earn an MBA on the College of Pittsburgh, the place she began all 19 video games for the Panthers’ inaugural season. She has since signed on with Athletes Limitless.
Certain, AU’s champion the final two seasons was a goalie, Taylor Moreno. However DiFatta confirmed yesterday that she may have the mettle and expertise to do the identical within the professional ranks, if not within the U.S. nationwide system.
Yep, she was that good yesterday.