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Selinsgrove's PaigeBordner stops a
free hit fromMifflinburg's Allie Llyod during the District 4
field hockey semifinal Tuesday at Bucknell University.

Matthew
Harris/The Daily Item
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Mifflinburg's Samantha Brininger
tries to stop the drive of Selinsgrove's Ashley Youngman
during the District 4 semifinals at Bucknell University
Tuesday evening.
Matthew Harris/The Daily
Item /

Mifflinburg's Samantha Brininger
and Selinsgrove's Haley Kersetter chase down the ball during
the District 4 semifinals Tuesday at Bucknell
University.
Matthew Harris/The Daily
Item /

Published
November 03, 2009 12:02 am - Any hockey coach will tell you that the most
important goal of the game is the first one. But there's a lot to be
said for the second one, especially if it comes right on the heels
of the first.

Selinsgrove Seals roll into district
final

By Matt Corbett

The Daily Item

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LEWISBURG -- Any hockey coach will tell
you that the most important goal of the game is the first one. But
there's a lot to be said for the second one, especially if it comes
right on the heels of the first.

Selinsgrove produced two quick goals in
the first three and a half minutes Monday, a stunning beginning that
ended in a 6-0 romp over arch-rival Mifflinburg in a District 4
Class AA semifinal on the turf at Bucknell University's Graham
Field.

The No. 2 seed Seals (19-1) will take on
top-seeded Bloomsburg (19-0) Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Graham Field in
search of their fifth consecutive D-4 title. The last time
Selinsgrove didn't win districts was a 2004 double overtime loss to
Lewisburg. Both the Seals and Panthers will advance to the PIAA
Class AA tournament that begins next week, and it marks the eighth
consecutive season Selinsgrove has made it to states.

The Seals got their first goal just two
minutes in, when Hope Burke scored off Ashtin Klingler's assist on a
well-executed give-and-go off a free hit. Just a minute and a half
later, Claire Steininger's goal off a length-of-the-field rush made
it 2-0, and Mifflinburg (15-4) was looking up at a two-goal deficit
against a team that doesn't give up many goals.

"You can't start any better than that.
That's always our goal," said Selinsgrove coach Cathy Keiser, whose
only loss this season came against District 11 power Lehighton.
"They were outstanding. They passed well, they did a good job of
supporting, and they showed fine tackling skills."

Mifflinburg coach Ann Beckley, whose squad
finishes 15-4, with three losses to Selinsgrove and another to
District 3 power Wyoming Seminary, admitted the Seals' quick start
put the Wildcats back on their heels.

"We came ready to play, but you get scored
on boom-boom and it sets you in a defensive mode right away,"
Beckley said. "It was not where we wanted to be."

Beckley called an immediate timeout after
the second goal to try to settle her team, but the situation didn't
get any better for the 2007 Class AA state champions, who will miss
the PIAA tournament for the first time since 2006.

"I told them that there was a lot of game
left. (Selinsgrove) scored two goals in three minutes, so we could
do the same thing," Beckley said. "We weren't going to give up."

But Selinsgrove's Coli Deckard made it 3-0
at the 13:10 mark of the half, off an assist from Burke, on an
impressive surge that started on a free hit that began at about the
Seals' 25-yard line.

Mifflinburg's day was typified by their
best scoring opportunity of the first half, when Maria Caruso's
blast from the left side of the circle hit the left post of the cage
and caromed out of play beyond the end line.

It got no better in the second half. Burke
had a goal and two assists over the final 30 minutes as the Seals
continued to pull away. Ashley Youngman and Rachael Lawton scored
the goals on Burke's assists as Selinsgrove finished with a 19-2
advantage in shots.

Though Mifflinburg had a 7-6 edge in
corners, the Seals' defense was quick to the ball on those corners
and even quicker to clear. Goalkeepers Amber Wendt (first half) and
Gabby Pagana (second half) were called on to make just one save
apiece as the Seals quickly morphed from defense to offense in
transition.

"Our defense was great at receiving. We
were able to get the ball out right away," Keiser said. "We play
defense and offense together. It's a team thing."

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