{"id":504,"date":"2026-05-16T22:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:03:33","slug":"pingree-boys-lacrosse-emerges-from-defensive-battle-with-back-to-back-nesll-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"Pingree boys\u2019 lacrosse emerges from defensive battle with back-to-back NESLL championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>HAMILTON \u2014 For the second consecutive year, the Pingree boys\u2019 lacrosse team has conquered the New England Scholastic Lacrosse League. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=502\">No shoes, no problem: Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol buys tickets for fans to recreate shirtless revelry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>With a 5-4 victory over third-seeded Dexter Southfield (8-8) on Saturday, the No. 4 Highlanders (11-6) won a rematch of the 2025 title game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Coming in, Pingree hadn\u2019t scored fewer than six goals, but in its most important bout of the campaign, five proved to be enough to support a lockdown defensive performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Sophomore goalie Marcello Amadeo (Salem, N.H.) denied a flurry of attempts in the closing minutes. He finished with nine saves, capping things off with a quick-reflex rejection on a breakaway following a turnover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe defense has done a great job,\u201d said Pingree coach Kevin Tersolo. \u201cMarcello making those saves at the end was just incredible, and a huge confidence builder for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Leading the scoring was Tersolo\u2019s son, Andrew, a freshman from Hamilton who netted two crucial goals in the second half as the Highlanders crawled back from an early 3-0 deficit. His other son, Matt, a senior attack, serves as a captain.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Denver-bound junior Nick Donovan (Newburyport) also fired in two goals, including the eventual winner. Junior captain and Notre Dame-committed Henry Card (Hamilton) rounded out the scoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=500\">Scottie Scheffler is looking to end a streak of runner-up finishes with PGA Championship repeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>For Dexter, Joshua Bergland (Burlington) tallied his second goal with two minutes left in regulation to cut the lead to one, but the nets were kept empty from that point on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pingree\u2019s run to the final was arduous. The Highlanders won four games in six days, taking out top-seeded Cushing less than 24 hours prior to the championship game. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBoth teams were obviously cooked physically, but I\u2019m glad our guys didn\u2019t break down and still fought for four quarters,\u201d Kevin Tersolo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>High school scoreboard<\/div>\n<p><span>Last year\u2019s final was eerily similar, as the Highlanders squeaked out a gritty 3-1 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After conceding the opening three goals this year, and not getting on the board until three minutes remained in the first half, Pingree refused to let back-to-back titles slip away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur whole season is to play for a championship and this is the only opportunity we were getting, so we either do it now or we have to wait till next year,\u201d Kevin Tersolo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=498\">Nelly Korda lurks in bid for third straight win as Jin Young Ko and Amanda Doherty lead in Cincinnati<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year after defeating Dexter Southfield, 3-1, in the final, the Highlanders took the rematch, 5-4, with two goals each from Andrew Tersolo and Nick Donovan and nine saves from Marcello Amadeo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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