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Adrienne Steele of Seneca Valley
tries to get a shot past Mount
Lebanon's Marlee Benke Tuesday in
the Raiders' 10-7 loss in the WPIAL
semifinals.
DAVE PRELOSKY/BUTLER EAGLE
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Raiders' 2nd-half surge falls short
Seneca can't overcome Devils' edge
By Derek Pyda
Eagle Staff Writer
WEST VIEW — Forced to play catch-up the
entire game, Seneca Valley simply ran out of
time.
The Raiders trailed 6-2 at halftime before
scoring five second-half goals, but they
weren't enough as Mount Lebanon came away
with a 10-7 WPIAL girls lacrosse semifinal
win Tuesday at North Hills' Martorelli
Stadium.
After the Blue Devils went up 9-3 with 15:42
left in the game, the Raiders fought back
with goals by Shannon Quail, Ashley Argyros
and Adrienne Steele in the span of 2:14 to
make it 9-6.
"We're a second-half team," Raiders coach
Dina Hughes said. "Our girls knew they had
what it takes to compete with Mount Lebanon
and we were able to make some things happen.
"The girls played their hearts out tonight."
Mount Lebanon's final goal, coming from
Rallie Jackson with 10:41 left, halted SV's
playoff run.
The Raiders didn't score again until Lindsay
Flavion's tally with 3:06 left to make the
score 10-7.
Mount Lebanon (14-4) proved to be the better
team in the first half, due in large part to
crisp passes that set up many goals.
Maria Dattilo and Lori Banky each scored
within the first 4:10 of the game.
Flavion got the Raiders (14-6) on the board
soon after, but the Blue Devils increased
their lead to 4-1 on goals from Banky and
Abbey Falk.
"Mount Lebanon's a good team," said Hughes.
"They've got great skills and they're
well-coached. This was the first time we
played them this season."
Amy Cross' goal with 12:07 left in the first
half pulled SV to within 4-2, but the
Raiders found themselves down by four at the
break.
Goalie Kasha Komosinski made nine saves for
Mount Lebanon, including seven stops in the
second half.
Katy Sterling had four saves for the
Raiders.
Flavion led SV with three goals, the first
of which earned her the program's all-time
scoring mark, passing Erin Bernhard (111).
Flavion ends her career with 114 goals.
"Her play has been an asset to the team, in
particular on offense," said Hughes. "We're
really going to miss her next year."
Though their season ended with a loss, the
Raiders took a big step forward in 2008,
making it to the WPIAL semifinals for the
first time.
"This season was definitely a
steppingstone," said Hughes. "Hopefully, it
will be a wake-up call to the girls (coming
back) that they have what it takes to take
it one step further.
Blue Devils coach Lauren Manion declined to
comment following the game.
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