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  • UPDATED: Columbia HS girls lacrosse team boasts strong players this season

UPDATED: Columbia HS girls lacrosse team boasts strong players this season

Joe Ragozzino Published: June 8, 2026 | Updated: June 8, 2026 1 minute read
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Columbia junior Kira Abel holds up a sign and is joined by her teammates after recording her 100th career point in the 11-10 win over Millburn on Saturday, April 11, at Underhill field. In the game, Abel scored the game-winning goal in overtime.

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The ninth-seeded Columbia High School girls lacrosse team lost at eighth-seeded Hillsborough 10-8 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state sectional tournament on May 28.

Freshman Lila Clammer had three goals and an assist, senior Maddie McKinstrie had two goals; junior Kira Abel, junior Nora D’Andrea and junior  Amelia Burroughs each had a goal, sophomore Lucy Deiboldt had one assist and junior goalie Phoebe Perlman made five saves for the Cougars, who finished with a 6-13 record this season.

This season, Abel had 40 goals and 36 assists, Burroughs had 37 goals and 13 assists, senior Anabel MacGuire had 31 goals and 22 assists, McKinstrie had 26 goals and 5 assists, Clammer had 23 goals and 11 assists, junior Daphne Zimmerman had 12 goals and 8 assists, Deiboldt had 19 goals and 8 assists, D’Andrea had 8 goals and 3 assists, and senior Emma Robinson had 6 goals and 4 assists.

Abel has 151 points for her career (78 goals and 73 assists), MacGuire finished with 215 points (117 goals and 98 assists), and Burroughs has 129 career points (88 goals and 31 assists). 

Note: This article includes the season stats for Lila Clammer.

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