ADAMS TWP — On the soccer pitch for Mars, Shannon Doyle's job is to prevent goals.

On the lacrosse field for the Planets, her task is a completely different one.

It is to put the ball in the net.

The junior has done both well.

Very well.

“Her biggest strength,” says Mars girls lacrosse coach Lindsay Flavion, “is her unyielding passion.”

Doyle has scored 59 goals this season and has a school-record 102 in her career for the burgeoning girls lacrosse team at Mars.

She broke the record of 97 set by Bella Alampi last season.

Alampi spent just one year with the Planets, opting to go back to Oakland Catholic this season.

Mars, which is coming off a 13-11 win against previously undefeated Shaler, hasn't missed a beat.

“It was really nice playing with (Alampi),” Doyle said. “Missing her kind of changed the dynamics of the team.”

It thrust Doyle into the go-to scorer.

She hasn't disappointed.

Doyle scored six goals in the upset win of Shaler and in doing so set the school mark.

“It was definitely in the back of my mind for awhile,” Doyle said. “It was just awesome to get it in a game like that against a really good team in a game we won.”

Doyle is no stranger to winning.

She's excelled as a defender for the Mars girls soccer team and has played for the Pittsburgh Premiere Lacrosse Club since her freshman year.

The club team takes her to tournaments all over the region.

It also got her noticed by college scouts.

“I've always been very competitive,” Doyle said. “And when the Division I schools started to take an interested, I was open to the opportunity. I got into the mindset that I wanted to play Division I lacrosse.”

Doyle committed to D-I Central Michigan University in January.

“I fell in love with it,” Doyle said.

Doyle didn't initially fall in love with lacrosse.

Her brother played the sport and that first captured her interest.

Then she discovered that girls lacrosse resembled the game her brother played very little.

But Doyle played anyway and soon took a shine to the girls game — and began to dominate at it.

Flavion, who was a star herself for the Seneca Valley girls lacrosse team and is in her first season as the Mars head coach, sees the natural talent Doyle possesses each and every day.

“She's a premiere played and you can't coach that,” Flavion said. “I'm very fortunate to have a player like Shannon. She plays her heart out every minute of every game.”

Doyle, like most prolific scorers, it seems, is diminutive at 5-foot-4.

“Well, I'm 5-4½,” Doyle said, laughing. “That extra half-inch makes a big difference.”

Her speed also serves her well.

“My size is good and bad, I guess,” Doyle said. “Being shorter helps me dodge defenders, but it also is a disadvantage when it comes to the draw (controls).”

With Doyle scoring goals at a record pace, Mars has its sights set on accomplishing some big things down the stretch.

“Shannon has been one of our standout players. She can play any position on the field,” Flavion said. “We have a lot of talented players this year and it has shown.”