Timeout
well-timed
in SV
lacrosse win
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Butler's
Yuki
Schaper
(15)
and
Seneca
Valley's
Alyssa
St.
Clair
battle
for
possession
during
the
Raiders'
9-7
girls
lacrosse
win
Thursday
night.
STEVEN
DIETZ/SPECIAL
TO
THE
EAGLE
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By
Derek Pyda
Eagle Staff
Writer
JACKSON TWP
— Karyn
Brooks had
seen enough.
The Seneca
Valley girls
lacrosse
coach had
watched her
team's 6-0
lead get cut
to 8-6 with
11:39 left
in
Thursday's
game against
Butler.
Brooks
called a
timeout to
help her
players
regroup.
"I told them
that if they
wanted to
end the
season with
an
undefeated
section
record, they
had to start
playing with
heart. Then,
they came
out on
fire," she
said.
SV's Lindsay
Flavion
scored just
11 seconds
following
the timeout
and the
Raiders went
on to claim
a 9-7
victory at
NexTier
Stadium.
Seneca
Valley
finishes the
regular
season with
an overall
mark of 15-2
and earned
its second
consecutive
WPIAL
Section 1
championship
with a
perfect 10-0
record.
Butler
(6-11)
entered the
second half
trailing the
hosts 7-2,
but received
goals from
Becca
Crissman and
Sara
Schweiger
(2) before
Elizabeth
Small's
third goal
of the game
with 11:39
left cut
SV's edge to
two goals
and prompted
Brooks to
call the
timeout.
"When it got
to be 6-0, I
put in a lot
of players
who don't
have much
varsity
experience,"
said Brooks.
"I wanted to
get them
some
experience
with the
playoffs
coming up,
just in
case.
"Then in the
second half,
when they
(Butler)
came back, I
put the
starters
back in."
Butler's
resurgence
in the
second half
almost made
up for its
lackluster
play in the
first 25
minutes.
Seneca
Valley's
Nicole Roche
opened the
scoring with
a goal 4:19
into the
game.
Andrea St.
Clair and
Natalie
Kalnas both
scored twice
and Berta
Miller added
another
score for
the Raiders'
sixth goal.
The Golden
Tornado
finally got
on the board
when Small
beat SV
goalie Katie
Sterling
with 3:32
left in the
half.
Small added
another
score just
before
halftime,
but only
after Amy
Cross had
done the
same for SV.
"We just
didn't play
well in the
first half,"
said Butler
coach Annie
Succop. "But
the kids
played their
hearts out
in the
second
half."
Small's
fourth goal
for Butler,
which came
with just
1:31
remaining in
the game,
proved to be
the final
score of the
senior's
career. She
ended the
night with
four goals
and two
assists.
"She has
really
stepped up
her play in
the second
half of the
season,"
Succop said
of Small.
"We knew we
could get
the ball to
her and she
would take
care of it.
We're really
going to
miss her
next
season."
Shannon
Quail
tallied one
goal for the
Raiders,
with 15:35
left in the
game that
gave the
Raiders an
8-4 lead.
Sterling
tallied
eight saves
in net for
SV, while
Julie Holt
stopped 16
shots for
the Tornado.
Seneca
Valley will
begin the
WPIAL
playoffs
next
Thursday
against an
opponent to
be
determined.
The Raiders'
two losses
this year
came against
Quaker
Valley and
Seton
LaSalle.
"When our
starters
were in
there
tonight,
they played
hard," said
Brooks. "I'm
happy with
their
performance."
Butler 2
5—7
Seneca
Valley 7 2—9
Goals:
B—Elizabeth
Small 4,
Sara
Schweiger 2,
Becca
Crissman;
SV—Andrea
St. Clair 2,
Natalie
Kalnas 2,
Berta
Miller,
Nicole
Roche,
Lindsay
Flavion, Amy
Cross,
Shannon
Quail.
Assists:
B—Small 2;
SV—Quail,
Kalnas,
Melissa
Ball, Cross,
Flavion,
Taylor
Puskar
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Seneca Valley vs.
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Goals:
B—Elizabeth Small 4, Sara Schweiger
2, Becca Crissman; SV—Andrea St. Clair 2,
Natalie Kalnas 2, Berta Miller, Nicole
Roche, Lindsay Flavion, Amy Cross, Shannon
Quail. Assists: B—Small 2;
SV—Quail, Kalnas, Melissa Ball, Cross,
Flavion, Taylor Puskar
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