> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Portsmouth girls lacrosse holds off Hollis Brookline to win back-to-back D2 championships - URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/portsmouth-girls-lacrosse-holds-off-hollis-brookline-to-win-back-to-back-d2-championships/ - Published: 2018-06-06T18:49:58.000Z - Updated: 2018-06-06T18:49:58.000Z - Description: MANCHESTER - Hollis Brookline gave defending-champion Portsmouth fits throughout Tuesday night’s Division II high school girls lacrosse final at Manchester Memorial’s Chabot-McDonough Field. The No. 2 Clippers would grab a lead six times only to have the No. 4 Cavaliers rally to tie things up on fiv - Author: George Scione - Tags: Division II, championship, girls lacrosse, Hollis Brookline, playoffs, Portsmouth, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44 MANCHESTER - Hollis Brookline gave defending-champion Portsmouth fits throughout Tuesday night’s Division II high school girls lacrosse final at Manchester Memorial’s Chabot-McDonough Field. The No. 2 Clippers would grab a lead six times only to have the No. 4 Cavaliers rally to tie things up on five occasions. Refusing to relinquish the lead that sixth time, Portsmouth held on for a 16-10 win. The Clippers (18-3) repeat performance secured a fourth championship in five final appearances over the last eight years. That’s three final appearances and two titles on Lily Madden’s high school resume. “This is crazy,” the four-goal scorer said of ending her high school career as a two-time champion. “It doesn’t happen to everyone.” Joining Madden on the stat sheet with four goals each were Sallie Squire and Sydney Ludes. Kate Loughlin scored two, while solo tallies from Anna Smith and Izzy Suttie also helped keep a determined HB (13-5) squad in check. It did look like the Cavaliers were prepared to make another run midway through the second half. Trailing by three with 12:46 to play, HB midfielder CeCe Fetter intercepted a Portsmouth pass in the defensive zone and sprinted downfield for a goal on the other end. It was a clutch play by the Cavaliers lone senior that cut the Clippers lead to two and briefly appeared to shift momentum in the Cavaliers’ favor. But two minutes later, the Clippers reversed things once more, scoring three straight goals to open the lead back up on their way to the six-goal victory. “They’re an experienced team,” HB coach Jim Maxwell said of Portsmouth. “They’ve been in this how many times? They’ve been here on the big stage. They know what it takes to get here.” The Cavaliers’ offense was led by the two-goal efforts of Fetter, Tasha White, Abbey Magnuszewski and Victoria Bruzik. Kelsey Sweeney and Paisley Broadhurst added one goal each in the loss. The first half was a back-and-forth affair that saw Portsmouth grab a lead and HB tie things up three times before the Clippers took a 7-6 lead into the break. Portsmouth coach Mary Squire wasn’t happy with that one-goal lead. “The first half was definitely a game of runs,” Squire said. “That’s something we talked about at halftime. We talked about getting a little more composed on offense and making it count.” The Clippers certainly made the most of their second-half chances. The Cavaliers knotted the score 7-7 on Sweeney’s goal three minutes into the second half. Portsmouth’s Sallie Squire and HB’s White traded goals three minutes apart and the game was all square 8-8. But Portsmouth went on a three-goal run, courtesy of Suttie, Ludes and Loughlin to grab the lead for good despite the ensuing coast-to-coast effort by Fetter for the Cavaliers. Another three-goal spurt for the Clippers put the game out of reach in the final five minutes of play. “Our mindset coming into this was that we had a chance - we had a shot,” Maxwell said. “They’ve been here, Winnacunnet’s been here, and now we’ve been here.” Losing only one senior (Fetter), the future looks bright for a Cavaliers team that knocked off top-seeded Winnacunnet in the semifinals. “I like our chances to compete, and get back here next year,” Maxwell said. Portsmouth doesn’t appear to be fading from contention either with two years remaining in sophomore Sallie Squire’s high school career. All she knows is winning on the big stage. “I’m feeling great. I’m feeling ecstatic,” Squire said. “Winning as a freshman and now a sophomore, I’m just so excited.” She doesn’t want the winning to stop. “Win two more,” Squire said of her future goals for Portsmouth girls lacrosse. “That’s the plan.”