Game will be played at Manatee High School

For the third year in-a-row, the Riverview Rams (10-6) faced the Manatee Hurricanes (16-0) to decide the District 12 Championship. Although the Rams opened up the game with a 4-goal, 6-2 lead in the 1st quarter, the Hurricanes pulled away in the 2nd half, kept their undefeated season intact, and won their 2nd District Championship, 16-11. The Rams dominated at the draw circle, winning 71% of the draws, but the Hurricanes were able to force 10 turnovers, and limited the Rams to only one assist in the game with their tenacious and smothering defense.

Riverview’s scoring was lead by Senior Susan Lowther with 6 goals and one assist. Manatee’s Junior Izzy French led the Hurricanes with 5 goals and 3 assists.

2024 FHSAA Girls Lacrosse District Tournament 2A District 11

The Riverview Rams (#2 Seed) Varsity Girls played the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs (#3 Seed) at Manatee High School in the FHSAA 2A, District 11 semi-finals on Friday night, with the winner of this game moving on to play the undefeated Manatee Hurricanes, who won earlier in the evening against Sarasota.

The Rams took care of business early, jumping out to a 9-1 lead over the Mustangs at halftime, and closed the game with a 19-10 victory. Riverview’s scoring was lead by Senior Susan Lowther with 13 points (6G/7A), Junior Chloe “CC” Hackl with 6 points (5G/1A) and Junior Caroline Steinwachs with 5 points (4G/1A). Riverview won 78% of the draws, with Lowther winning 17 draws herself.

Sarasota’s scoring was lead by the Freshmen Natalie Aguilar with 4 goals.

Riverview and Manatee will now face each other in the FHSAA 2A District 11 Finals on Wednesday, April 17th at 7PM at Manatee. This will be the third year in-a-row these two teams have played for the District Championship, with Riverview (2022) and Manatee (2023), each winning a District Championship.

2024 FHSAA Girls Lacrosse District Tournament 2A District 11

The Riverview Rams (3-2, 2-1) Varsity Girls lost their district game on the road against the Manatee Hurricanes (4-0, 1-0), 22-13. The game remained close through the first two quarters, with Manatee taking a 2-goal lead into half time. Riverview was able to cut the Hurricane’s lead to only one, 11 seconds into the 3rd quarter, but Manatee rallied with 5 straight goals and never looked back. Riverview’s scoring was lead by Senior Susan Lowther with 9 points (8G/1A) and Junior Caroline Steinwachs with 3 goals.

The Riverview Rams Varsity Girls were defeated by the Manatee Hurricanes in the District 11 Championship game on Thursday night at Manatee High School. Manatee was able to executed very well throughout the game at the draw circle, winning 21 of the 31 draws (68%), which led to their offensive getting 30 shots on goal against the Rams. Manatee sophomore Grace Knowles led all scorers with 7 goals. Riverview junior Susan Lowther had 6 goals. Seniors Emily and Katie Hazlett each had 2 goals for the Rams. Sophomore CC Hackl had a 3-point night with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Even though Riverview did not win the District Championship, their #7 ranking in the FHSAA 2A division gives them an at-large bid in the FHSAA Regional Playoffs.
2023 FHSAA Girls Lacrosse District Tournament 2A District 11

The Riverview Rams Varsity Girls defeated the Lakewood Ranch Mustangs, 20-12 at Manatee High School in the District 11 semi-finals. The Rams will play Manatee on Thursday, April 13, for the District Championship. Junior Susan Lowther had a record night for the Rams, scoring a single game record of 16 points (9 Goals/7 Assists), as well as picking up her 100th goal of the 2023 season. She also had 17 draw controls at the circle. Senior Emily Hazlett scored 4 goals and sophomore CC Hackl picked up 3 goals for Riverview. Hailey Domenick played well on defense, snagging 5 groundballs for the Rams. Riverview’s senior goalkeeper, Mia Rey recorded 11 saves between the pipes.

Riverview dominated at the draw circle, winning 79% of the draws (26-for-33). In addition to Lowther’s 17 draw controls, Hackl picked up 7 DCs, as well.
2023 FHSAA Girls Lacrosse District Tournament 2A District 11

In a game that would determine which team will sit atop the District 11 standings in Division 2 FHSAA lacrosse, the Riverview Rams (9-6) traveled to Bradenton to take on the Manatee Hurricanes (8-3) on Tuesday night and fell, 16-11. Sophomore midfielder Susan Lowther tried to keep the game close in the first half by scoring 4 of the Rams 5 goals, but the Rams did not have an answer for Manatee’s Grace Knowles (4 Goals) and Penelope May (6 Goals) who contributed to the 30 shots on Riverview’s goalie, Mia Rey.

Riverview’s Lowther finished the game with 6 goals, pushing her season goal total to 52, breaking the Riverview Rams “Total Goals in Season” record set by Ronnie McCurdy (Class of 2018) in 2017 (49). Congratulations, Susan!