Liberty's lacrosse season came to an end with a short postseason ride, but that ride was worth it for all involved.

Despite falling in the East Penn Conference semifinals and District 11 playoffs to Easton, by the handily tunes of 17-3 and 17-2 scorelines respectively, the 2015 spring became a historic and memorable one for the growing Hurricane program.

Liberty (6-12, 5-5) qualified for the postseason for the first time in school history and after 12 years of fighting to get the program respect in the Bethlehem Area School District, head coach Joe Sexton feels that the 'Canes made positive strides heading into the future for boys' lacrosse.

"Needless to say, winning our division, and qualifying to get into the EPC and district playoffs our first year in the district [as a varsity sport] was our goal from the beginning," said Sexton. "We were proud to achieve that. I feel the talent and athleticism we had this year could have taken us even further.

"I think we did a decent job of at least introducing a higher level of play than our kids were used to. We focused more on teaching how to create space and generally increase lacrosse IQ as opposed to relying simply on set plays and stale formations. Executing all of them was somewhat inconsistent, and I think that prevented us from winning a few more games than I think we should have won."

Moving forward, Sexton and company will certainly have holes to fill in the roster, including the likes of senior Tyler Seddon.

Seddon was an EPC first team faceoff specialist and EPC scholar athlete nominee. Sexton credits him for being a mentor to the other kids on the team in all aspects of the game.

The loss of seniors Evan Smith (mid), Matt Tkacik (attack) and Ryan Brong (attack) will also be missed, as those three players started with the program since their freshman year. Shamaar Vancol was also a dependable force as a defensive midfielder.

Still, filling the gaps and plugging along is what Sexton plans to do for next season, as he hopes for brighter things for Liberty lacrosse.

"Playoffs are fun to get in, but not as the lowest seed for sure," Sexton said. "We clearly need to create a strong feeder program to rise to the levels of these more experienced teams. The BTAA is the most local youth program, and has been generous in teaching Liberty-bound kids lacrosse, but geographically feeds mostly the Freedom team.

"Although the structure of the EPC divisions this year increased our opportunities to make the playoffs, I'm fully satisfied that we won the games we had to win to get in. Of course it's always nice to beat your friendly cross-city rivals twice in one year (Freedom), which is what they did to us last year."