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# Coach, seniors had great expectations for Hollis Brookline girls lacrosse this spring
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/coach-seniors-had-great-expectations-for-hollis-brookline-girls-lacrosse-this-spring/
- Published: 2020-04-27T20:45:12.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-27T20:45:12.000Z
- Description: Tasha White remembers what it was like watching her older sister play for the Hollis Brookline High School girls lacrosse team. A program that won back-to-back titles a decade ago in Division III, the Cavaliers tried to move up to Division I in 2011 and spent six seasons there. While HB finished wit
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, girls lacrosse, Hollis Brookline, NH High School Sports Insider, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Tasha White remembers what it was like watching her older sister play for the Hollis Brookline High School girls lacrosse team.

A program that won back-to-back titles a decade ago in Division III, the Cavaliers tried to move up to Division I in 2011 and spent six seasons there.

While HB finished with a winning record in the first three of those seasons, the Cavs steadily dropped over the next three, culminating in two seasons outside of the playoffs. That included 2016, HB's final year playing up before moving into Division II, which was also senior year for Teagan White.

"I remember watching them," Tasha White said of her sister's senior year. "Their group wasn't as into it, it didn't look like they had fun."

When the younger White, along with classmates Paisley Broadhurst and Victoria Bruzik, got to high school the next year, in 2017, the Cavs had a new coach, the program's third in three years. By the time their sophomore seasons came around, there was another coach - Jim Maxwell, who had been an assistant the year before.

"He definitely set a tone for our program," White said. "He takes it very seriously, but also knows when to have fun. When we came in, and he came in, the program really stepped up a bunch."

That year, with just one senior on the roster, HB surprised many in the state with a run to the D2 championship game, where the Cavs came up short against Portsmouth. Last year, HB was the No. 2 seed going into the playoffs, but was knocked off in the semifinals by Winnacunnet.

Despite losing nine seniors, the Cavs had high expectations for the 2020 season, with a solid core returning, starting with that trio of seniors.

"The captains we had were focused on including everyone, whether it was their first time playing or they had been playing since third grade," Maxwell said. "The culture was starting to shift in the right direction and I was looking forward to it. It was a good group of kids."

All offseason, HB had visions of being one of the final teams - if not the last one - standing in D2\. But with the season cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many teams in the state and the country, the Cavs are left to wonder what could have been.

"From what I could see, I think we were going to have a really strong lineup," Broadhurst said. "We would have had a really good chance of making it pretty far. We were all working toward the preseason, showing up to everything, being dedicated."

Each senior had a chance to reach a milestone this year as well, with Broadhurst looking at the possibility of setting the program record for career goals. After scoring 49 goals in 2019, she was set to enter this season with 104 for her career; the record is 129 goals, set by Kelsey Sweeney last year.

"(Broadhurst) probably would have beat it in the first week," Maxwell said. "Her field presence and her awareness, she just knows where to be and when to be there. She could see the right time to cut, the right time to drive to the goal, and that was as a freshman."

Maxwell believes that Broadhurst would have also been in the conversation for All-American honors this year.

"I'm more frustrated that we can't play out the season," Broadhurst said. "Knowing that you could have done something big and then having it taken away, it's hard to put into words."

For Bruzik, there was an extra level of frustration.

After the Cavs lost to Portsmouth in the 2018 championship game, she was competing in the first tournament of the summer and suffered a serious knee injury. While Bruzik was able to come back from the injury to rejoin the team late last season, she felt like this year would be a bit of redemption.

"I was really excited for this season," she said. "Maybe (because of the injury) I'm better able to cope with not having a senior year."

Both Bruzik (59 goals) and White (75) were within striking distance of a hundred career goals.

"(White) wrote down a goal her eighth grade year that she wanted to score a hundred goals in her career," Maxwell said. "That was her thing that she wanted to do, her individual goal.

"(Bruzik) was really looking forward to her first full season and she had a goal to hit a hundred as well. She only played one month (last year) and got 20 goals."

Although their high school careers have ended early, Broadhurst, White and Bruzik have tried to help Maxwell prepare the players who remain for what will end up being a long offseason.

The team has continued to have film sessions, watching its own games or taking a look at college games together on Zoom, a video communications app, twice a week for about 30 minutes.

Maxwell also implemented a Bingo game, assigning the team different cards that have boxes containing different activities. Once a player has received the activity, she has to share a video or pictures of herself completing it.

"We don't have to be there," Broadhurst said, "but I think us just showing up to it still demonstrates to the other girls that they should be working."

All three seniors will continuing playing in college in some way. White (Virginia Tech) and Bruzik (George Washington) plan to play club lacrosse, while Broadhurst planned on doing the same at the University of Vermont, but may try to walk on next year.

As for their legacy, all three took comfort, knowing they did everything within their control for the program, and in the success they had on the field.

"Not being able to get a championship is hard for me," White said. "It's unfortunate, but we need to take away that we had such an awesome career. We did so well, we made the playoffs every year. Our class set the tone for Hollis Brookline girls lacrosse."

Bruzik believes the level this year's seniors were able to reach, and the way it ended, will drive future classes.

"You want to leave a lasting impact wherever you go," she said. "In terms of this program, even without a title, we left an impact. From now on, players should strive to reach that level of commitment and dedication."