Aubrie Eisfeld's six goals lead Bayport-Blue Point girls lacrosse into state final

CORTLAND — Aubrie Eisfeld was the one to put six goals in the back of the cage in a state semifinal, but don’t expect to hear her take much of the credit for them.

Eisfeld led Bayport-Blue Point to a 15-7 win over Jamesville-DeWitt in the girls lacrosse state Class C semifinals at SUNY Cortland on Friday. She was proud of herself, but more so, she was thankful to those teammates who aided her scoring effort and the victory.

“It’s super cool and it’s awesome, but I wouldn’t be able to score any of those goals without my teammates alongside me,” Eisfeld said. “I just give all my credit to them.”

Bayport-Blue Point (20-1) is one win away from its second state title over the last three years as the Phantoms play Queensbury (16-3) in the state Class C final at SUNY Cortland on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Jamesville-DeWitt finished 18-3.

Eisfeld, a senior midfielder, has been motivated throughout the postseason run by not wanting her high school tenure to end. She knows after Friday’s victory that she reached as far as she can, but just making the final won’t be enough.

“Every game, I have so much fuel to my fire because every game could be my last, so I just think of it like that and I use that as my fuel,” Eisfeld said. “Either way [Saturday] is my last game, so I’m going to give it 110% and go out there and win a state championship.”

Olivia Brady had three goals and two assists and Kailey Bruckner and Erika Kreuscher each added two goals and an assist.

“The kids grinded away,” coach Ryan Gick said. “Not our best game in any sense of the word, but still the game we needed to find a way to win and that’s all it is this time of year. Just find a way to win, and they did that.”

Gick also lauded Eisfeld for her exceptional play and continued team-first attitude.

“It’s been her whole career, it’s who she is,” Gick said. “And when you listen to her talk, she gives credit to the rest of the team and that’s somebody who has a good head on her shoulders and knows it’s not all about her, it’s about the group around her. And I’m glad she’s being rewarded for it.”

Bayport-Blue Point opened a 7-3 lead before halftime with two goals in the final 2:18 of the second quarter. The Phantoms scored eight of the first 10 goals of the second half, opening a 15-5 advantage.

“I hate to sound like a broken record, but we talk about momentum swings all the time and going on those couple-goal runs,” Gick said. “And when you can keep it, it’s great and when you can stop [their run], it’s even better.”

Eisfeld had 23 goals as a sophomore, playing alongside her sister Haydin, who had 30 goals and 22 assists, when Bayport-Blue Point won its first state title in program history in 2023. She and her teammates are set on bringing another state championship trophy back to the school.

“We were super-focused,” Eisfeld said. “We have another opportunity to come up here and win another state championship, and we all have that one goal in mind.”