For the second straight season, the Summit girls lacrosse team has made the Class 4A state playoffs.

After earning a record of 4-11 throughout the duration of its regular season schedule, Summit was awarded the No. 21 seed in the 24-team 2025 state playoff bracket. Last spring, Summit earned the final seed into the playoffs before losing to No. 9 Horizon High School, 16-6, in the first round of games.

With experience playing in a playoff game, Summit returned to postseason play on Tuesday, May 6, when it took on No. 12 Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs. 

With cold rain blanketing much of the Front Range, Summit took to the turf field at District 11’s Garry Berry Stadium eager to try to secure a win over the 8-6 Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks.

Summit tried to hang tough against a challenging and competitive Cheyenne Mountain girls lacrosse team, but struggled to match the offensive firepower of its opponent. Cheyenne Mountain scored five goals in the first quarter of play before scoring an additional six goals in the second frame. 

Trailing 11-3 to begin the second half, Summit began to cut into Cheyenne Mountain’s lead. The Tigers scored a goal in the third quarter before putting three more goals in the net in the fourth quarter. The late push from Summit fell a few points short, losing to Cheyenne Mountain, 17-7.

The Red-Tailed Hawks were led by junior Abigail Turner in the win, scoring six of the team’s 17 goals. Cheyenne Mountain will go on to face No. 5 Golden High School on Thursday, May 8. Cheyenne Mountain failed to defeat Golden earlier in the season, losing 9-3.

The Tigers finish the season with a record of 4-12 and a league record of 2-8. Summit matched the amount of wins it had last spring when the program also went 4-12. Prior to head coach Carly Sane taking the reins of the program in 2022, Summit had not earned more than four wins on the season since the spring of 2019 (5-9.)

Summit will graduate a total of eight seniors from this year’s varsity roster. Graduating players include Katie Alexander, Piper Smith, Grace Suchomski, Adelaide Brady, Emma Pombo, Schuyler ClarkArens, Lindsey McBride and Annabel Bovaird.

Despite losing a significant portion of its varsity roster, the Tigers are expected to retain close to 15 varsity players, many of whom played a significant role on the team this spring . 

Sophomore Jenavive Bradford led the team in goals this season with a total of 36. Bradford also led the team in assists, averaging 0.8 per game. 

Summit’s young, defensive players also put up several impressive stats throughout the season. Sophomore Ava Brady produced a total of 17 caused turnovers while sophomore Maddie Ptolemy contributed 11. In terms of ground balls, senior Katie Alexander and Brady led the team with 27 each.

In net for the Tigers, freshman Sterling Sherburne led the team with 57 saves. Freshman Marin Little recorded 16 saves and senior Schuyler ClarkArens had 10.

Displaying the strength of the 4A Mountain East league, five out of six teams made this year’s playoffs. Eagle Valley was the only school left off the bracket while Summit was the final team to make it in. 

After the first round of games, Battle Mountain, Steamboat Springs, Roaring Fork and Aspen remain in contention for a state title. To follow the remainder of the 4A girls lacrosse state playoffs, visit ChsaaNow.com.