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November 15, 2014 · 11:16 pm

Lincoln-Sudbury wins D1 North girls’ soccer finals 1-0 over Chelmsford

Lincoln-Sudbury captains and coaches with Division 1 North trophy

Freshman Izzy Ross netted game-winner

(Lynn MA) With forty seconds left in the first half freshman Izzy Ross was presented with a golden opportunity. The Chelmsford goalie was down, the ball was at her feet, and half the net was uncovered.

“I just tried to focus on the goal,” said Izzy afterwards recalling the setup and the score that enabled Lincoln-Sudbury to oust Chelmsford, 1-0, and give the Warriors the Division 1 North girls’ soccer title.

Lincoln-Sudbury will face Whitman-Hanson in the D1 state semi-finals on Tuesday night (5PM) at Manning Field in Lynn.

Scoring goals on Chelmsford (14-4-4) has taken some doing all season. The Lions had given up just four goals going into the game with LS including shutouts in their last seven games.

“We knew that they had a great defense,” said LS coach Kate Berry. “We worked a lot on crossing and finishing. We wanted to make sure we got in front of the goal.”

That they did on the decisive goal. In the last minute, sophomore Jenna Barnes dribbled free on the right side and had defender Mary Lupoli and CHS goalie Claire Markey in front of her. Instead of taking the shot, Jenna kicked the ball across the front of the net. LS junior Emily Gorman broke down the middle and GK Claire Markey slid over to cover her. The ball, however, went past both of them to Izzy Ross who got to the front of the net and converted the dream setup.

Chelmsford had scored thirty-six goals during the season and they had three golden chances against Lincoln-Sudbury.

Caitlyn McCabe and Caleigh Simons

In the first half (8:00), Caitlyn McCabe sent a rocket from the left toward the goal. Warriors’ goalie Caroline Fahey had the shot in her sights. Junior Ellie Paolucci, however, flew in from the right and just missed tipping Caitlyn’s shot past the LS goalie.

In the second half (20:34), Caitlyn McCabe launched another fast-moving shot from the left. This shot sailed over GK Caroline Fahey and glanced off the crossbar. “I’ve developed a great relationship with the crossbar,” joked Caroline afterwards.

The third Chelmsford near-miss was described by Warriors coach Kate Berry as “the play of the game.” At 17:20, Ellie Paolucci from the right put a long pass on the foot of teammate Patricia Blumeris in the middle. Patricia redirected the ball but right to GK Fahey who had moved out from the goal. “It was an amazing save,” said Coach Berry.

For the second straight playoff win, LS was able to keep the ball in the opponent’s end of the field in the closing minutes.

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I was impressed with the soccer skills of both teams. Their ability to control the ball in tight spaces was excellent.

Lincoln-Sudbury’s only state title was in 2003 when they ended Winchester’s 41-game win streak to do it.

The Gatorade bath was all set up for Coach Berry during the celebration afterwards. However, Warriors’ senior Hannah Rosenblatt nixed the idea saying that they should wait until two games from now. That would be to celebrate the state title on Saturday at WPI.

It was a cold night for sure. The good news was that there wasn’t any wind.

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(All of the pictures above and below will enlarge considerably if you click on them.)

shot off crossbar

Ellie Paolucci

Chelmsford captains

corner kick

Jenna King and Michelle Materna

Mary Lupoli

Chelmsford GK Claire Markey

Jenny Crowell

Jenna Barnes – Big goal vs Central Catholic – Big assist vs Chelmsford

Lincoln-Sudbury girls defeat Central Catholic 1-0 to reach D1 North soccer finals

Sophomore Jenna Barnes (10) scored the only goal of the game assisted by senior Hannah Rosenblatt (17)

The Warriors rush to celebrate semi-final win

(Lynn MA) The third time was the charm for the Lincoln-Sudbury girls’ soccer team.

After being knocked out of the Division 1 North tournament two straight years by Central Catholic, the Warriors found revenge with an exciting, 1-0, win on a tropical (for November) Tuesday afternoon.

The victory on Veterans Day puts LS in the D1 North finals on Saturday afternoon (4:15 PM) versus Chelmsford.

Chelmsford may have done Lincoln-Sudbury a huge favor by defeating #1 seed Acton-Boxboro in today’s other D1 North semifinal. Why? LS played AB twice in the Dual County League and lost both times.

The Warriors (16-3-1) scored early (34:20) in the first half and played just enough defense the rest of the way to get the job done.

Senior Hannah Rosenblatt dribbled through traffic from her left and found teammate Jenna Barnes in the middle. Jenna side-stepped one defender for a clean look beating CC goalie Amanda Fay to Amanda’s right.

I asked Jenna about the goal afterwards. She confessed/laughed that the shot was a “toe ball but that she’d still take it.”

This is the picture sequence of the LS goal:

That that one goal held up was a surprise to me because both teams were skilled and fast.

Central Catholic (11-5-4) was led on the attack by freshman Elayna Grillakis. Elayna had the speed to really pressure the LS defense. “Our defense was terrific in recovery,” said LS goalie Caroline Fahey afterwards.

The best of the CC chances was in the first half with about six minutes left. Elayna broke down the left sidestepping both Jenna King and Emma Garrett to get in on Caroline Fahey. Caroline slid into a block and deflected the ball away from Elayna at the last second.

Here is the picture sequence of Elayna’s break in: