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Boys Lacrosse: Flint Hill Rallies to Advance to MAC Final
Nick Peterson's performance proved to be too much for the Quakers' defense.
With their last overtime battle on their minds, both boys lacrosse teams from Flint Hill and Sidwell Friends knew their matchup in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal round would be a tough one.
Though the teams came into the contest very evenly matched, the Huskies started off hot with midfielder Connor Chess scoring two minutes into the first quarter, falling to his chest when a defender committed a late hit.
Midway through the first quarter, the Quakers answered with a goal of their own to even the match. Sidwell's defense proved to be stout with five saves in the first quarter, creating early problems for the Huskies.
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The Quakers scored with a minute left in the first quarter to put them up 2-1 going to the second quarter. The Huskies defense kept things close to start the second quarter with both teams going through a three-minute scoring dry spell.
The Quakers made good on an opportunity to score with the Huskies playing one man down as the quarter came to a close to put the score at 3-1. Freshman Tommy Shumway sparked the Huskies with his goal at the 1:15 mark to bring the score to 3-2 going into halftime.
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Junior midfielder Chess ripped a shot past the Sidwell defense to even the score at the start of the third quarter. Sophomore midfielder Nick Peterson scores the go-ahead shot at the 8:48 mark on an assist from senior defender Ramon Burris.
Thirty seconds later, Nick Peterson ignited the Huskies and the crowd with his second score, starting a rally. Sophmore attackman Stevie Peterson scored swiftly after, putting the Huskies up 6-3 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Flint Hill rally continued into the fourth quarter with Tommy Shumway scoring his second shot with 8:41 on the clock. The Huskies then shut out the Quakers for the last eight minutes to end the game with a 7-3 win.
"We challenged the offense and tried to motivate them through challenging them, and they responded very well," Coach Adam Rice said.
Huskies will face their best competition Sunday, taking on the Potomac Panthers for the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship. In their first meeting this season, the Panthers proved too much for the Huskies with an 11-5 victory.