SACRAMENTO, Calif. – For the second time in as many years, the two local Catholic schools in Northern California named in honor of St. Francis met on the lacrosse field. The Troubadours of St. Francis prevailed on Saturday over the Lancers of Saint Francis located in Mountain View.

“We played really good as a team and a family,” said senior Libby Price. ‘It made me really happy. At the end, we came together and focused on the game plan and executed.”

St. Francis celebrated five seniors before the contest and manager Nicole Frank. The seniors included Kristen Bartow, Libby Price, Maggie Pinkston, Juliette Vielhauer and Rachel Wick.

“I am a little emotional,” said Pinkston. “I never expected I would have emotions like this.”

The Troubies took control early in the contest to build a 12-4 halftime lead. Pinkston saves three shots.

“For the most part, we played solid on defense,” said Pinkston. “We were able to cause a lot of turnovers on their end. We kept it composed.”

Offesnively, freshman Sophia Goroina and Jade Borg each had five goals to pace the team. Senior Rachel Wick talled four goals to help the effort and sophomore Tara Keene contributed three goals to the win. Maggie Price and Sophia Bailey also scored for St. Francis.

“The seniors did what they have been doing all year which is leading us,” said Head Coach Julia Southard. “They were bringing excitement to the game and stringing us together as a team.”

SF will host Davis on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the final regular season contest at Mather Sports Complex. The SF Booster Club will be on hand for their annual Booster Que.

St. Francis 20, Saint Francis 8

SF – Borg 5, Gorona 5, Wick 4, Keene 3, Price 2, Bailey.