The last time Mount Hebron’s girls lacrosse team played West Genesee, the New York team ended the Vikings' 103-game winning streak. That was two years ago. Now, the Vikings are ready to take them on again at West Genesee’s tournament tomorrow afternoon.

Coach Brooke Kuhl-McClelland opted to forego the Vikings’ annual tournament in favor of the weekend trip to central New York.

“After we fell of the face of the earth last year, basically due to injury, illness and the fact that we lost all those players to Marriotts Ridge and we only had three seniors, it was basically an anomaly and we wanted to make sure we put ourselves back on the map,” said Kuhl-McClelland.

The Vikings finished 12-5 last season and saw their string of 11 state championships come to an end with a loss to Centennial in the regional final. The five losses were the most in school history and it was the first time the Vikings had missed the state final four since its inception.

This weekend, Kuhl-McClelland and her players are not thinking about rising to No. 1 in the nation as they have eight times in Lacrosse Magazine, but just keeping their name out there on the national scene.

“There’s not that real sense that we have to be No. 1 in the nation.” Kuhl-McClelland said. “[The girls have] set three goals out again: They want to take back the county championship, they want to get to states again, they want to do all those things that prior teams have been accustomed to doing. I think everyone’s probably realistic about the situation in regards to are they the No. 1 team in the nation. Probably not. Could they become the No. 1 team in the nation? With some effort, with some strategy, they might be able to.”

The 9 Vikings (7-0) are making the six-hour trek north this afternoon. They open tomorrow’s action with Brighton at 10 a.m. and then face the rematch with West Genesee at 3 p.m.