Woodstown’s Walker scores her 200th career goal with little fanfare, just the way she likes it; Morgan scores six as Wolverines outscore West Deptford
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Delaney Walker reached a milestone Tuesday than normally is cause for celebration. But when the special moment came, there were no balloons, no posters, no stoppage of play, no fanfare.
And she was absolutely OK with it.
“I like simple,” she said quietly.
The Woodstown senior scored the 200th career goal of her high school lacrosse career in the fourth quarter of the Wolverines’ 15-12 win over West Deptford
Her teammates let out a big cheer when she threw an over-the-head backhand past Eagles goalie Sofia Shirey with 8:28 left in the game to hit the milestone. After the game she stood with her mother Raechelle holding the ball that scored the historic goal and three white cards spelling out “2-0-0” in orange and blue numerals that coach Chris Murray put together at the end of the school day. A bigger poster is expected to come Wednesday.
“I just feel like my teammates just carry me through everything,” she said. “It’s just my teammates, so I don’t really need anything but my teammates to get that milestone.”
There was a set of “200” balloons spotted in the far corner of the stadium, but that was for West Deptford senior Maddie Eastlack, who surpassed 200 career points with her four goals and two assists in the game.
Murray deferred comment on the milestone to Raechelle, an assistant coach on her staff calling her lovingly “the coach of that player,” and mom confirmed her daughter isn’t big on such expressiveness.
“That’s definitely part of her personality, part of how we are in our home,” she said. “We always expect the best, the best foot forward and leave it all out there on the field. All the hoopla and everything, it’s really at the end of the day what did you get.”
Walker needed five goals coming into the game to hit the milestone. She scored three in the first half and nailed No. 199 in the first minute of the third quarter.. But she had to work for the special goal.
She was denied either by the goalie or West Deptford defense five times before getting No. 200 of a move she’d seen her lacrosse idol use many times.
The milestone left her 37 goals shy of breaking the Woodstown career record, held by Abby Evans, the daughter of the Woodstown trainer. Thrity-seven, ironically Walker’s “favorite number,” the one worn by her uncle during his days as a Woodstown football player and the one she’ll wear at UMass-Lowell on the next level.
The Wolverines got all their goals from four players. In addition to Walker’s five, Emma Morgan scored six and Angelina Lindenmuth and Arianna Hyman had two each. Part of that is a result of all the attention Walker commands. Morgan and Hyman combined for three goals in the final 1:45 to the second quarter to give the Wolverines the halftime lead after the Eagles tied the game at 7
“Since last year because I scored so much and stuff I’m kind of the distraction,” she said. “It opens up opportunities for everyone else, and we all take advantage of that. I think we work really well together.”
This story will be updated.
| West Deptford | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3- | 12 |
| Woodstown | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2- | 15 |
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