Recap: Team North Takes Down Team Kennedy in Shootout Thriller, 12-11

Ryan Legarsky

Aug 10, 2024

SPARKS, Md. — For a third consecutive time, Team Kennedy needed overtime in a contest, but came up on the losing end to Team North, 12-11, in a shootout in Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse action at USA Lacrosse Headquarters on Saturday afternoon.

With the victory, Team North moves to 2-0 in Week Four of the 2024 AU Pro Lacrosse season, while Team Kennedy drops to 0-2 with both losses needing extra time.

Goalkeeper Kady Glynn made a career-high 15 saves, including two in the overtime period and one in the shootout, to receive MVP 1 honors and a game-high 170 leaderboard points in Team North’s victory.

Midfielder and team captain Ally Kennedy grabbed MVP 2 laurels with 105 leaderboard points. She picked up six ground balls with four draw controls and three caused turnovers, while teammate rookie midfielder Ellie Masera set a new career high with five goals and six points after also adding an assist. Masera collected 116 leaderboard points in the loss.

For Team North, attackers Andie Aldave, Kenzie Kent, and Charlotte North each scored three goals, including the game-tying goal with 13 seconds remaining in regulation by North to send the game to overtime.

Defensively, defender Courtney Taylor caused four turnovers and scooped up two ground balls.

Attacker Izzy Scane scored four times and registered an assist in Team Kennedy’s loss. Fellow newcomers Maggi Hall and Kailyn Hart each scored once as all 11 goals by Team Kennedy were scored by league rookies.

Attacker Livy Rosenzweig set a new single-game league record with 14 draw controls and added one assist for Team Kennedy in the defeat.

KEY MOMENT

With Team North leading 7-6 at halftime, Team Kennedy scored the first three goals of the second half to take an 8-7 advantage. Later in the half, Masera tied the game in the beginning of the fourth quarter to spawn a three-goal run to once again give Team Kennedy the lead late. North scored with just 13 seconds left to tie the game and send it to overtime. Glynn stopped two shots in the overtime frame to force the game to a shootout where Kent was the lone shooter to find the back of the cage to give Team North the 13-12 victory.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

North retakes the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard with 1,577 points following her team’s victory, while attacker Sam Apuzzo moves to second. Kennedy moved up one spot into third with 1,363 points in the standings and Glynn jumped into fourth with 1,269 points.

GAME NOTES

Team captains are now 5-for-16 in captain’s challenges in the 2024 season … Team North initiated a captain’s challenge after a goal by Masera to see if she was in the goal circle … The call on the field was upheld after review and the goal stood.
McCool’s two goals gave her the 24th multi-goal performance of her career … She has scored multiple times in nearly half of her 50 career AU Pro Lacrosse games.
Masera registered a new career high with five goals for Team Kennedy … The newcomer has tallied three or more markers four times in her rookie campaign.
Rosenzweig’s 14 draw controls set a new AU Pro Lacrosse single-game record, which surpassed her own mark of 13 that came on August 12, 2023, against Team Apuzzo … She crossed 10 draw controls in a game for the seventh time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career to extend her all-time lead on the charter.
Scane extended her goal-scoring streak to eight games with four markers … She has scored at least three goals in seven games, while crossing the four-goal mark in four games.
Aldave registered the fourth hat trick of her career with a goal at the 40-second mark of the third quarter.
Defender Sydney Scales added an assist on Aldave’s goal in the third quarter to register the first point of her Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse career.
Every goal for Team Kennedy was scored by an AU Pro Lacrosse rookie.
North extended her goal-scoring streak to 21 consecutive games with three goals … She has scored in all but two games in her AU Pro Lacrosse career.
North also registered her 23rd hat trick in 35 career AU Pro Lacrosse games … She extends her lead over attacker Sam Apuzzo who has 21 career hat tricks … No other players in the league’s four-year history have more than 10 hat tricks.
Kent scored a two-point marker off a free-position attempt at the 8:17 mark of the fourth quarter … It was the third two-point marker of her AU Pro Lacrosse career.
Kent registered the 10th hat trick of her Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse career to become the third player in the league’s four seasons to reach at least 10 hat tricks.
With a pair of caused turnovers, rookie defender Meghan Ball moves to second on the single-season caused turnover list … She is one CT behind defender Caroline Wakefield who caused 23 turnovers in the 2022 campaign and is tied with defender Lizzie Colson who finished the same season with 22 caused turnovers.
The game marked the ninth overtime game in AU Pro Lacrosse history, including the third straight game that Team Kennedy went to the extra period in 2024… Team Kennedy defeated Team Apuzzo in overtime on Monday night before falling to Team Apuzzo on Thursday and losing in a shootout to Team North today.
This is the third game to go to a shootout in AU Pro Lacrosse history and the first since Team Apuzzo prevailed against Team Bosco on August 5, 2023.
Glynn’s 15 saves set a new career high and ranks tied for the fourth most in a single game in league history … Glynn becomes the third player to stop at least 15 shots in a game joining netminders Taylor Moreno and Britt Read.
In addition, Glynn has stopped six of the eight shots in shootouts across her career after making
Glynn claimed Game MVP honors for the 17th time in her AU Pro Lacrosse career and is tied with fellow goalkeeper Caylee Waters for the second most Game MVP accolades.
Kennedy claims Game MVP honors for the sixth time this season and 11th time in her four seasons in the league … She has seven MVP 2 laurels to her credit, which is second most in league history.
Masera garnered Game MVP honors for the second time this season … She previously earned MVP 3 laurels in her league debut on July 18, 2024.