Losing in a county championship game can be devastating for some athletes. But for the Sayville girls soccer team, it became the motivating factor to return to the top of Suffolk soccer.

After suffering a heartbreaking loss to Shoreham-Wading River last year, the Golden Flashes vowed this year’s story would be different.

“Last year, when we went to the counties, we felt like it was such a huge accomplishment,” said Morgan Farrell, who is committed to Johns Hopkins University for lacrosse. “When we made it this year, we said, ‘We’re not here just to make counties, but we are here to win it.’ ”

Mission accomplished.

Farrell scored two goals for second-seeded Sayville to secure the Suffolk Class A championship, 3-2, against fourth-seeded Bayport-Blue Point on Sunday afternoon at Whitman.

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