Menlo School Athletics Sports News

May 19, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: Lacrosse

The Menlo boys and girls swept the PAL playoff titles on Saturday at Woodside High. The girls romped to an 18-5 victory over Gunn while the boys held off Bellarmine, 11-7.

Senior Chrissy Guibara led Menlo (15-6) with five goals and three assists. Ashley Porter added three goals and three assists while Sophia Zahoudanis, Erica Swanson and Caroline Crandall all added two goals each. .... (Back to Top)

April 23, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
Honorable Mention: Ashley Porter - Menlo lacrosse (Back to Top)

April 23, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: Menlo Lacrosse, Softball & Swimming
(in: "Palo Alto tennis has some big plans" By Keith Peters)

... Girls lacrosse
Menlo (6-0, 9-6) rolled to a pair of victories and maintained its hold on first place in the Peninsula Athletic League. The Knights got four goals from Chrissy Guibara in a 16-8 win at Menlo-Atherton, then followed that up with a 13-2 romp over visiting Woodside on Wednesday as Caroline Crandall, Ashley Porter and Guibara all scored three times ....(Back to Top)

April 21, 2004: San Mateo County Times: Menlo Girls Lacrosse
(in: "South City romps to badminton win" By Simi Lee CORRESPONDENT)

Chrissy Guibara threw in four goals and Katherine Walters added three to lead Menlo school (8-6, 5-0) to a 16-8 win over Menlo-Atherton (4-13, 1-5) in a Peninsula Athletic League meet Tuesday. Devon Davey had three goals for Menlo-Atherton. (Back to Top)

April 14, 2004: Palo Alto Daily News: Menlo Lacrosse
(in: "Prep Roundup")

The Menlo School girls lacrosse team cruised to a12-4 win over Castilleja yesterday. Senior Ashley Porter led the way for the Knights with five goals and sophomore Molly Lapolla chipped in three. The other Menlo goals came from Katherine Walters , Sophia Vahoudanis , and Chrissy Guibara . Castilleja received a strong effort from Logan McClure who scored three of the four goals for Castilleja. Menlo improves to 7-6 overall and 4-0 in league while Castilleja falls to 0-5 on the season. (Back to Top)

April 14, 2004: San Mateo County Times: Menlo Girls Lacrosse
(in: "South City rolls in badminton" By Simi Lee CORRESPONDENT)

Menlo-Atherton got defense from third man Laura Hobson and point Sarah Lewis and edged Woodside (0-2, 0-2), 10-7, in a Peninsula Athletic League contest.

Devon Davey threw in five goals for M-A, while Woodside was paced by the play of defender Laura Lasher and three goals from Heather Losey.

Ashley Porter slammed in five goals and Megan Texeira, Gabby Bressack and Bethany Curd led the defense for league-leader Menlo School (7-6, 4-0) in a 12-4 win over Castilleja (0-5, 0-3). (Back to Top)

April 9, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

Honorable Mention: , Ashley Porter - Menlo lacrosse (Back to Top)

April 7, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly:.. By Keith Peters

....Girls lacrosse
Chrissy Guibara and Ashley Porter each scored four goals to pace Menlo (3-0, 6-4) to a 12-2 Peninsula Athletic League win over host Gunn last week .... (Back to Top)

April 2, 2004: Palo Alto Daily:
... Lacrosse
Chrissy Guibara and Ashley Porter scored four goals each, leading Menlo School to a 12-2 win over host Gunn in a Peninsula Athletic League contest. The Knights (6-4 overall, 3-0) led 5-2 at halftime before going on a 7-0 second half run. (Back to Top)

April 2, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:
Honorable Mention: Ashley Porter - Menlo lacrosse

April 2, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly:

Girls lacrosse
Ashley Porter scored six goals and Chrissy Guibara added three to lead Menlo (2-0, 5-4) to a 15-5 victory over visiting Menlo-Atherton in a Peninsula Athletic League match Tuesday. Katherine Walters added two goals for the Knights while Jillian Bonde scored two goals for the Bears (0-1, 1-6).

Gunn (1-1, 3-3) got four goals from Kate Kosco and two from Elissa Brown in an 11-10 PAL win over visiting Castilleja. Lyn Oncel tallied four times for the Gators. (Back to Top)

March 31, 2004: Palo Alto Daily: Sports:
... Lacrosse
The Menlo School girls defeated Menlo-Atherton 15-5 in Peninsula Athletic League play. Ashley Porter, whom Knights' Coach Jen Lee describes as "fast, crafty with pretty stick handling skills," had another monster game with six goals and two assists.

Chrissy Guibara scored three goals for Menlo (5-4 overall, 2-0), which led 6-1 at halftime and were never threatened. Katherine Walters had two goals, while Caroline Crandall, Julia Martin, Erica Swanson and Megan Teixeira had one goal each.

M-A (1-6, 0-1) was paced by Jillian Bonde, who scored two goals. Sheryl Flaherty, Rhoni Blankenhom and Devon Davey added one goal each .... (Back to Top)

March 27, 2004: San Mateo County Times: Murfit sharp during M-A win By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT

Lacrosse
Menlo School's girls lacrosse team (4-4, 1-0) opened the Peninsula Athletic League season with a 14-6 win over host Leland High at San Jose (3-2, 2-1). Ashley Porter led the way with five goals, while Crissy Guibara and Gabi Bressack sparked the defense in a close game that wasn't decided until Menlo scored three goals in the closing minutes. (Back to Top)

March 26, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:

Honorable Mention: Katherine Walters - Menlo lacrosse, (Back to Top)

March 24, 2004: Palo Alto Weekly: .. By Keith Peters

Girls lacrosse
Menlo won a pair of matches last week, posting a 12-6 win over O'Dowd and a 15-5 win over St. John's of Texas. Ashley Porter and Katherine Walters each scored five times in Saturday's win over St. John's.... (Back to Top)

March 23, 2004: San Mateo County Times: CSM's Castillo shuts out Santa Barbara By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT
... Lacrosse
Erica Swanson, Sophia Zahoundanis and Ashley Porter each threw in two goals, but Menlo School (3-3) fell to visiting Kent (3-0) from Inglewood, Colo., 14-7 at Atherton. (Back to Top)

March 22, 2004: San Mateo County Times: Carlmont's softball streak ends By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT
Lacrosse
The Menlo School girls team entertained St. John's from Houston and took a 15-5 win in a non-league game Saturday. Midfielder Ashley Porter and Katherine Walters each threw in five goals, while Crissy Guibara had three. (Back to Top)

March 17, 2004: Palo Alto Daily: Prep Roundup: Knights drop second straight game
Sophomore Molly Lapolla , a second year varsity player, scored two goals on free position shots but it wasn’t enough for the Menlo girls lacrosse team as they dropped a 9-3 contest to St. Ignatius yesterday. The game was much closer than the score indicated according to Knights coach Jenn Lee .

“I was proud of how hard the girls fought,” said Lee . “They wanted to schedule a rematch as soon as the match was over. That is always encouraging after a loss.”

Senior captain Sophia Zahoudanis scored the other goal for Menlo (1-2), who dropped its second straight game. All of the Knights’ scores came in the second half. Menlo returns to action on Friday when they host Bishop O’Dowd. (Back to Top)

March 14, 2004: Palo Alto Daily: Prep Roundup: Knights drop tight contest
Senior Katherine Walters recorded a hat trick for the Menlo girls lacrosse team yesterday, but it wasn’t enough as the Knights (1-1) fell 8-7 to Acalanes High School in Lafayette.

“ Katherine was outstanding for us today,” said Menlo head coach Jenn Lee . “She had some lethal shots.” Menlo trailed 5-3 at the half before mounting a furious comeback with four late second half goals. Senior captain Chrissy Guibara scored the last goal for Menlo with a little over a minute left. Erica Swanson and Sophia Zahodanis also added a goal each for the Knights.

“It was heartbreaking for us because we beat one of the teams Acalanes had lost to,” said Menlo head coach Jenn Lee . On paper it looked good, but we had a problem with the heat today and didn’t have our ‘A’ game.”

Menlo will return to action on Tuesday for its home opener against St. Ignatius.
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March 10, 2004: San Mateo County Times: Menlo scores lacrose upset By Simi Lee, CORRESPONDENT

The Menlo School girls lacrosse team opened the season with an upset win over previously undefeated Berkeley 6-3 in a non-league game Tuesday.

Ashley Porter and Sophia Zahoudanis had two goals each for Menlo School (1-0). Berkeley suffered its first loss and slipped to 2-1. (Back to Top)

April Roundup

The girls’ lacrosse team began its season undefeated (2-0) in the PAL with convincing victories over Menlo-Atherton and Leland. Overall, the Knights were 5-4.

Menlo hosted teams from Connecticut, Texas and Colorado as well as playing non-league matches against the top teams in the Bay Area.

Ashley Porter ‘04, Caroline Crandall ‘05, Julia Martin ‘05, Molly Lapolla ‘06, Katherine Walters ‘04, Sophia Zahoudonis ‘04, Megan Texiera ‘06, Chrissy Guibara ‘04, Erica Swanson ’06 and Michelle Wegenstein ‘06 all have contributed to the offense. Goalkeeper Shannon Chung ’06 has been a defensive mainstay.

by Tim Goode , Sports Information Director (Back to Top)

2004 Season Preview

The team hopes to improve on last year’s 19-10 record. Menlo will compete in a league (PAL) and hope to contend for the championship.

The Knights return 13 talented seniors and most of them have played four years of lacrosse. Captains are Chrissy Guibara and Sophia Zahoudanis. Katherine Walters, who scored 45 goals last season, is at line attacker. Ashley Porter, Bethany Curd and Caitlin Morrison will lead the defense, with Christina Ryan in goal. They are joined by yet more seniors: Alina Huang, Katie Strachan, Nat Barrales, Kameran Johnson and Faith Goss, and first-year player Tiffany Lee. Three juniors will make significant contributions. Julia Martin was an All-American as a sophomore and a Pacific Region national team player. Caroline Crandall is a solid attacker and Caitlin Roberts will debut on varsity after two years with the frosh-soph.

Nearly a dozen sophomores return to the program. Returning to varsity will be midfielder Molly Lapolla and line defender Gabi Bressack. The rest of the crew includes: Mary O’Reilly, Erica Swanson, Sarah Montgomery, Katy McKinnon, Alex Steiny, Michelle Wegenstein, Megan Teixeira and goalkeeper Shannon Chung. Kerry Wang is recovering from injury, but should be back soon. Although many freshmen are still playing winter sports, early arrivals include Gracie Brown, Caroline Clark, Chloe Menkes, Stephanie Glenn and Steph Levin.

Over spring break, the girls are going to Orlando, Florida, for spring training at Walt Disney’s Wide World of Sports. While there, they will also play 3 non-league games against opponents from other states.

by Tim Goode , Sports Information Director (Back to Top)