Photos: Eagles Take The Title In Defensive Battle
On Sunday, Nov. 2, the third seeded Guilderland battled top seeded Bethlehem for the Section 2, Class A championship at Schuylerville High School. The Dutch, the reigning champs, pressured to knock in a goal but the Eagles’ defense stood tall as Bethlehem edged out the Dutch 1-0.
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Looking to push away: Eagles’ Miranda Cronlund reaches her stick out towards Guilderland’s Keeley Laplante to knock the ball away from Laplante.
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Seeing the field: Eagles’ Mallory Rinefierd takes a peek up from dribbling the ball up the field as Guilderland’s Jayde Carkk chases.
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Reaching: Guilderland’s Rachel King lounges forward with her stick as Eagles’ Schuyler Momrow watches closely.
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Keeping an eye on it: Members of the Eagles’ defense stand inside their net on a penalty corner as Guilderland’s Olivia Bigness prepares to put it into play.
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Looking to get a shot: Guilderland’s Olivia Bigness stares at the ball as she tries to get her stick on it to send it towards goal but is surrounded by Eagles.
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Lift off: Guilderland’s Sarah King watches the ball soar towards the net as she releases a shot.
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Knocking it down: Eagles’ Devin Biette uses her blocker to swat away the high shot as she makes one of her four saves in the game.
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Fire away: Eagles’ Charleigh Eick swings her stick towards the ball to send it up the field as Guilderland’s Bevin McConaghy tries to deflect it.
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Getting the step: Eagles’ Finleigh McClain looks to get past Guilderland’s Avery Ralston to get to the goal in the second quarter. McClain scored the lone goal.
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Quick stop: Guilderland’s Hallie Czajka puts the breaks on as she spins away from the defense of Eagles’ Finleigh McClain.
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Easy turn: Guilderland’s Alice Cavillones spins to her right to dribble the ball up the field as teammate Rachel King looks on.
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Crossing the field: Eagles’ Lauren Brodeur looks to dribble the ball to the middle of the field as Guilderland’s Abby Mullen tries to get the ball.
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Forcing the issue: Guilderland’s Finley Schafer dribbles the ball towards the Bethlehem goal as Eagles’ Schuyler Mormow tries to stop her.
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Swatting it: Eagles’ Ava Austin gets her stick on the ball as she looks to hit it towards a teammate before Guilderland’s Jayde Carkk (14) and Rachel King (3) try to stop her.
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Hooking it: Guilderland’s Olivia Bigness tries to wrap her stick in front of Eagles’ Mallory Rinefierd to knock the ball away.
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Piercing the middle: Guilderland’s Tess Kachadurian looks to dribble the ball in between Eagles’ Charleigh Eick (25) and Lauren Brodeur (5) in hopes to get to goal.
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Using her speed: Guilderland’s Abby Mullen looks to get the loose ball as she looks to turn up field in front of Eagles’ Lauren Brodeur.
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Battling hard: Guilderland’s Leah Miller and a teammate look to get the ball away from the net in the fourth quarter. Miller made seven saves.
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Tight defense: Guilderland’s Bevin McConaghy reaches out with her stick in hope to knock the ball off of Eagles’ Gabby Pesca stick.
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Knocking it far: Eagles’ Lauren Brodeur looks down at the ball as she prepares to send the ball down the field
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All excited: Eagles’ Finleigh McClain is all smiles as she brings back the championship plaque to her teammates' jubilee with excitement.
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Showing off the hardware: Eagles’ Finleigh McClain and her teammates run over towards their parents and classmates for them to get a close up look of the newly won Sectional championship.