BUTLER TWP - Julie Quail knows a thing or two about scoring goals.

But she finds the road to the net much easier carrying a crosse than by using her feet these days.

Quail, a standout player on the Seneca Valley High School soccer team, has found another calling on the lacrosse field.

The senior scored four goals as the Raiders routed Butler 11-3 at Alameda Park Thursday.

"It's so much harder to score in soccer," said Quail, who led the Raiders soccer team with nine goals this season. "Scoring a goal in lacrosse is easy in comparison."

At least it is for Quail, who now has 26 goals in 10 games for the Raiders (7-2-1).

She scored two in the first half as Seneca Valley built an 8-2 halftime lead and scored the first two goals of the second half.

Quail uses her speed and agility to weave her way into the crease, and defenses have a hard time defending the Raiders' athleticism.

"We are incredibly athletic," Quail said. "I think there are only two or three girls on the varsity who don't play multiple sports."

That puts a lot of pressure on a defense.

Butler found that out early as Pam Marlowe scooted through the Butler defense and fired a shot past Summer Doctor for the game's first goal just two minutes into the contest.

"That's what we try to do," said Seneca Valley coach Karyn Brooks. "We try to get a buffer of four to five goals."

The Raiders led 3-0 quickly before Butler got on the board with a goal from Jane Resnick, who added her second goal late in the second half.

Erin Bernhard scored two goals and Katie Sevick, Mandy Hajduk and Dana Maxson also scored for the Raiders.

"They have a lot of team speed," said Butler coach Julie Baccanti. "They have very aggressive players."

The score would have been much worse if not for the play of Doctor, who was peppered by shot after shot from Seneca Valley.

Doctor had 23 saves and was constantly barking out checkups to her teammates.

"Summer has definitely kept us in a lot of games this season," Baccanti said. "She is very knowledgeable about the sport. She played soccer, so she knows what it is like. She tries to be very vocal."

For a non-contact sport, the game was very physical.

Quail certainly felt it as she showed off her wounds.

"Yeah, I got a little bit of blood," Quail said. "There is going to be a rivalry between Butler and Seneca Valley no matter what the sport. It was especially there in soccer. That's the way it has always been."

The win was sweeter for Seneca Valley more than just because it came over a rival.

Even though Butler is not in the WPIAL, the Raiders are and they feel wins like this show the rest of the league how much better they are.

"We always read about how we are still young and how we don't have that good of reputation," Quail said. "Our reputation - we're building it."