Windham senior Abby Trainor has broken girls’ lacrosse program records for a majority of her high school career. Trainor scored her 300th career goal – a state and program record – in the final game of the regular season with Scarborough, at Scarborough on Thursday, June 4. Trainor scored 11 goals in the Scarborough game as Windham walloped the Red Storm, 21-10, and the Eagles ended the regular season with a record of 12-2.
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| Windham senior Abby Trainor takes the shot that would become her 300th high school career goal during a girls' lacrosse game against Scarborough on June 4. Trainor set a school and state record and also topped the 400-point milestone against Portland on June 2. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
“It shows the level of confidence and trust I have in my teammates,” said Trainor. “The 400 points is more important because it shows the assists and how I can utilize my teammates, the 300 goals is pretty important because a majority of my goals do come on assists from my teammates. They’re kind of hand in hand. To be from Windham is super special because it shows our program is developing. You can’t get 300 goals by just being on offense. It comes from the defenders who can bring the ball all the way up the field. It comes from everyone; so, to reach 300 goals with all my teammates is super special.”
As the 300-goal milestone got closer, Trainor said it became evident that she was bound to get it and it didn’t matter whether it happened in the regular season or during playoffs. However, now that it’s happened, a bit of that pressure has been taken off her. She said she’s thinking about bigger things, like an upcoming playoff run.
Coming into the Scarborough game, Trainor made sure the focus was on the team and not her. Trainor says she goes into every game just playing how she would normally play. She would rather that everyone play great, well-rounded offense than try to set up isolated plays so that she can score.
At the start of the Scarborough game, Windham jumped way out in front and Trainor and senior Neve Ledbetter scored multiple times. Scarborough was slowly catching up, but Windham remained in the lead.
With 8:23 minutes left in the third quarter, Trainor fired Goal No. 300 past Scarborough’s goalie. Windham was a powerhouse for the remainder of the game, holding back Scarborough as the Eagle’s offense ran up the scoreboard.
“Her work ethic second-to-none, her determination,” said Windham varsity girls’ lacrosse coach Matt Perkins. “Her grit to work out and get after it all the time, never satisfied with her own performance and tries to elevate those around her. She’s very humble and willing to work and the others are all about it. She and Neve and this senior class have really elevated how we approach practice. The girls are flourishing because of our focus. The idea of never being satisfied is one that’s really helped us, like last year we had never gotten over the hump of the last four games and getting into (the state championship), but that belief that we are good enough, we’re as good as anybody has really changed our attitude.”
Perkins said you cannot overlook how great this team is and how much they care for each other and that’s really impressive.
“I’ve never seen a more hard-working person in my life,” said Windham senior teammate Ledbetter. “She does everything to better herself in every single way possible. She’s a great teammate, she’s a great person; and when it comes to on the field, when she has a goal and she hits that goal she doesn’t give up and exceeds that goal. The normal (number of goals scored by some lacrosse seniors at this point) is 100 and she wanted to make a statement to show she can do hard things and when she puts her mind to something she can achieve it.” <
As the 300-goal milestone got closer, Trainor said it became evident that she was bound to get it and it didn’t matter whether it happened in the regular season or during playoffs. However, now that it’s happened, a bit of that pressure has been taken off her. She said she’s thinking about bigger things, like an upcoming playoff run.
Coming into the Scarborough game, Trainor made sure the focus was on the team and not her. Trainor says she goes into every game just playing how she would normally play. She would rather that everyone play great, well-rounded offense than try to set up isolated plays so that she can score.
At the start of the Scarborough game, Windham jumped way out in front and Trainor and senior Neve Ledbetter scored multiple times. Scarborough was slowly catching up, but Windham remained in the lead.
With 8:23 minutes left in the third quarter, Trainor fired Goal No. 300 past Scarborough’s goalie. Windham was a powerhouse for the remainder of the game, holding back Scarborough as the Eagle’s offense ran up the scoreboard.
“Her work ethic second-to-none, her determination,” said Windham varsity girls’ lacrosse coach Matt Perkins. “Her grit to work out and get after it all the time, never satisfied with her own performance and tries to elevate those around her. She’s very humble and willing to work and the others are all about it. She and Neve and this senior class have really elevated how we approach practice. The girls are flourishing because of our focus. The idea of never being satisfied is one that’s really helped us, like last year we had never gotten over the hump of the last four games and getting into (the state championship), but that belief that we are good enough, we’re as good as anybody has really changed our attitude.”
Perkins said you cannot overlook how great this team is and how much they care for each other and that’s really impressive.
“I’ve never seen a more hard-working person in my life,” said Windham senior teammate Ledbetter. “She does everything to better herself in every single way possible. She’s a great teammate, she’s a great person; and when it comes to on the field, when she has a goal and she hits that goal she doesn’t give up and exceeds that goal. The normal (number of goals scored by some lacrosse seniors at this point) is 100 and she wanted to make a statement to show she can do hard things and when she puts her mind to something she can achieve it.” <
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