Mid-Season #1 - Girls Sky Walkers Blue (2023)

The 2023 Sky Walkers Blue girls lacrosse team is currently ranked #1 overall in their class with a record of 8-1. They have a huge summer and are competing at several huge events, such as the Live Love Lax Tournament, Summer Genesis Tournament, Lax for the Cure Tournament, and the Mid-Atlantic Summer Club Championships Tournament. The team is coached by Scott Liotta and Molly Fernandez.

Coach Liotta has been coaching with the Sky Walkers for the past 10 years, while also coaching club soccer and AAU travel basketball. He has two daughters who both played lacrosse in college at Colgate University and Georgetown University.

“The girls are fired up for their last summer together,” Liotta said. “We will continue to push them to improve so they are ready for their senior high school seasons, and are day one contributors at the next level.”

Coach Fernandez has been coaching with the Sky Walkers for over 10 years as well, and she is an alumna of the Sky Walkers program. She was also a former standout at McDonogh High School in Maryland, as well as a four-time player and captain at Penn State University.

“We are also looking forward to the return of two of our top players coming back from injury, Olivia Kuehl and Noel Cumberland,” Liotta said.

Some players to watch this year on the 2023 Sky Walkers Blue team:

#51 Olivia Kueh, Defenderl - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COMMIT

#73 Noel Cumberland, Midfield - NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY COMMIT

Goalies -

#79 Julia (JJ) Suriano - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COMMIT

#83 Alyssa Edwards - TOWSON UNIVERSITY COMMIT

Midfielders:

#72 Merrill Watson - PRINCETON PROCESS

#52 Reese Woodworth - DUKE UNIVERSITY COMMIT

#65 Ellie White - DUKE UNIVERSITY COMMIT

Attackers:

#94 Lauren Steer - GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY COMMIT

#87 Brigid Vaikness - LOYOLA UNIVERSITY COMMIT

Defenders:

#82 Elizabeth Garcia - ST. JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY COMMIT

The Sky Walkers Blue team from Baltimore, Maryland has a strong core from Baltimore area schools such as Towson High School, Maryvale Prep, Bryn Mawr, NDP, St. Paul's, Roland Park. However, the team has some great geographic diversity with three players from the Washington D.C. area: one from Episcopal High School and two from Bullis School, as well one player from Valor Christian School in Denver, Colorado and one from Phillips Andover Academy in San Diego, California.

According to Liotta, the energy and competitiveness they generate every day in practice from footwork relays, to shooting drills, to 3v3's, makes the time together intense but a lot of fun. They do not like to lose at anything.

Some Key Wins:

#2 M&D Black: 8-4

#10 Capital Blue: 10-5

#14 Prime Time: 6-5

#15 Salt City Snipers: 8-4

#16 Pride Black: 10-5

#17 DEWLAX Black: 13-5

#19 Florida Select LC: 9-5

*bolded text are game scores*

Goals (GF-GA): 81-45

This team is stacked with Division I talent, and it will be very exciting to see how successful this team will continue to be throughout the summer.

Contact Sky Walkers Lacrosse:

https://www.skywalkerslax.com

All Inquiries: kjderaeve@gmail.com

Keenan DeRaeve