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By Kevin Stone
NEEDHAM - Thursday afternoon was an important day for the Needham lacrosse team.
The Rockets came into a matchup against Newton North having lost two straight one-goal games and found themselves trailing by one with just 5:04 left in the fourth quarter.
Needham responded though, scoring the game's final four goals to ultimately come up with a big 9-6 victory.
The Rockets are now 11-5 while the Tigers saw their four-game win streak end and are now 13-3 on the year.
"We were in desperate need of a win today," Needham coach Dave Wainwright said. "We've lost a lot of close games and this was a game we just needed for us. We didn't need to beat Newton North, we didn'