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In a drama-filled Friday night game at San Ramon Valley High School, the Monte Vista boys lacrosse team ended its regular season with a 10-7 win over the San Ramon Valley Wolves, avenging an early-season loss and sealing its spot as East Bay Athletic League co-champions.
Monte Vista shares its co-champion title with the Wolves, who knocked off the Mustangs in the first half of the league season in a 13-4 upset.
The teams finished the EBAL season 11-1, but the Mustangs (16-4, 11-1), by virtue of a better second-half record, will earn the automatic berth to the North Coast Section playoffs. San Ramon Valley, which was seeded second by the NCS committee Sunday, will also compete for the NCS title.
The Wolves (15-5, 11-1) will play seventh-seeded Marin Catholic (14-7) while the Mustangs, seeded first, played Amador Valley (12-7) on Tuesday, May 15, in the first round. If both teams advance through the two rounds of playoffs this week, they’ll meet again Saturday, May 19, for the NCS championship. If it’s anything like Friday’s game the crowd won’t be disappointed.
Monte Vista set the tone early Friday night, taking a 3-0 lead over the first quarter. But San Ramon tied the game at 3-3 at the half. With the Wolves back in the game, the two teams fought back and forth. Monte Vista took a 7-5 lead before the Wolves tied it 7-7 with 10:51 to play. But in the final 10 minutes, the Mustangs made the plays they needed to, scoring three times to get the win.
Matt Hartman scored four times to lead the Mustangs, while sophomore Brett Olivera had three assists, two on Hartman goals. Monte Vista goalie Dylan Westfall had 22 saves.
Matt Rudow had three goals to lead San Ramon Valley, with Cam Giroux and Patrick Sornsin each picking up two assists.
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