The Mercer Island boys lacrosse team wrapped up a trip to the East Coast by beating Massachusetts 2012 state champion Concord-Carlisle on Saturday, April 6. The final score was 7-2.

The Islanders led 4-0 at the end of the first quarter, and gave up just one point to Concord in the first half. In the second half, Mercer Island scored two goals in the third and one in the fourth, while again allowing their opponent to score just one goal.

Steen Swedstedt scored two goals in the match, as did Peter Mahony. Grant Preisler scored one goal, with an assist. Evan Condon had a goal and two ground balls. Charlie Vetter added a goal and a ground ball, while Devlin Conway had six ground balls in the match, while Charlie Reinertson had five ground balls. Benji Rothenberg made seven saves for the team.

Mercer Island, now 9-2-0 this season, will play at Bothell on Tuesday, April 9. The game is the Washington State High School Lacrosse Game of the week and will be streamed live online by The Lacrosse Network at www.youtube.com/TLN.