Souhegan's Averie Curran (7) is harrassed from behind by Nashua South's Carly Benzekri during Monday's Division I clash at Stellos Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive.

Some older folks may remember that description of Supeman, but it certainly applies these days to the Souhegan High School girls lacrosse team.

Nashua South found that out the hard way as the watched the Sabers run up and down the field at will in a 17-4 loss Monday at Stellos Stadium.

It was the 8-1 Sabers’ sixth straight win, and during that stretch they’ve outscored the opposition by a whopping 107-15.

“Our transition is lethal,” Sabers coach McKinley Curro Sbodone said. “We have such great athletes on our team. When we’re able to lean into that, it certainly works in our favor.”

The Panthers trailed 2-1 in the opening quarter but had kept Souhegan off the scoreboard for about six minutes and were hoping to end the quarter that way.

But they gave up a goal to Saber Libby Kennedy, who led the way with x goals with 14.5 seconds left that made it 3-1, and Souhegan took that into the second quarter and literally ran with it, fast breaking its way for quick, easy goals and a 10-2 halftime lead. That was that.

“I think as a whole we played one of the most unselfish games we’ve had this season when the ball was moving around and everybody was a threat,” Curro Sbordone said. ” That’s just a young team that we have, so I love that everyone’s starting to grow into their role, become confident and have confidence in each other.”

Kennedy led the way with five goals and an assist, while Izzy Stevenson had three goals and five assists. Meredith Heimarck (three goals), Abby Gray (two goals, assist),Emmie Curran (two goals), Lanai Hickman (goal, two assists) and Averie Curran (goal) rounded out the scoring.

For South, Briley Landsteiner and Carly Benzekri had two goals apiece.

South came in at 7-3 but had lost to another tough team, Pinkerton Academy, 13-3 on Friday. That means they’ve been outscored 30-7 vs. part of the iron, proof there are different levels in Division I.

“Oh yeah, we’re not even close to that level,” Panthers coach Ciki McIntire said. “It takes our kids playing year round. I have three kids that play year round, that’s it. … I have good athletes but we’re just missing so many things that we should not be missing at this point.

“Their whole team is club players, and it’s kind of hard to compete with that. But we did some things to beat ourselves….At some point, against these tough teams, I’d like to see who’s going to step up. Who’s going to have some fight in them? I know we have a young team, but show some grit.”

Curro Sbordone left Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter after the title game loss to Portsmouth last season feeling she had a lot coming back to make another run. The Sabers lost again to the Clippers 11-5 a few weeks ago,but feel they’ve righted the ship and are much better for it.

Souhegan’s Libby Kennedy (2) and Nashua South’s Carly Benzekri watch the ball bounce away during Monday’s Division I clash at Stellos Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

“We have so many amazing threats that returned this season, the nice thing is everybody’s aligned with what our goals are this season,” she said, adding that in the past there was talent but not cohesion. “I truly think we’re all invested in that final one. … We’ve seen a lot of growth this season.

“We had a tough game early in the season. We’re not worried about where we started. I just want to see that we’re continuing to grow. I’m really happy with where we’re at, and I know we have a lot of work to do.”

Still, they are setting the tone for the area. Just ask the Panthers, who, McIntire said, didn’t do a good job of bodying up on defense, etc.the way the Sabers did.

“We need to step up because that’s what we want to play like,” McIntire said. “We’ve got to watch film and learn from that. Hopefully we will.”