Four games into the season, the Southern Regional girls lacrosse team was struggling a bit. Coach Lori Johnson’s Rams had lost three of their first four and weren’t scoring too much, averaging less than six goals per game.

But something changed between April 3, when the Rams lost a 4-3 contest to Central Regional, and April 5, when they took on Shore Conference Class A South rival Jackson Memorial, Johnson’s former program.

“We got more serious,” said senior attacker Kelly Fontana. “We finally figured out some things, and started using…