When your team is the fourth seed in a state sectional tournament, getting to the championship often requires going through the top seed. And in the case of the Southern Regional boys lacrosse squad, to even have a shot at successfully defending its NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV crown, it meant knocking off top-seeded Eastern on June 2.

Trailing the Vikings by two goals, 7-5, at halftime, the Rams (13-7) couldn’t find a way to muster any offense during the third 12-minute stretch and managed only…