Winning in lacrosse doesn’t require some magic formula. It’s a possession game, after all. And maintaining possession while generating good scoring opportunities generally leads to positive results.

That was the bulk of the problem for the Barnegat girls lacrosse team during the first half of its season-opening contest against Middletown South on March 27 – the Bengals simply didn’t possess the ball enough times to be effective. Hence, they were trailing the Eagles, 5-3, at halftime.