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Box Score

 

1 2 3 4

 Total

 
 St Ignatius 1 3 2 2 8 FINAL 
 Lyons 2 2 5 4 13

 Goals

 St Ignatius - Fernandez 4, Almarez, Murphy, Stelnicki, Sweeney

 Lyons - Ronning 4, Kaptur 3, Kosin 3, Jacobs 2, Hoak

Starting Lineups

St Ignatius

1-Sarah Fleming

5-Jenny Hendler

6-Kate Stelnicki

7-Meghan Murphy

8-Stephanie Fernandez

10-Rebecca Insalaco

11-Maura Connors

13-Celeste Almarez

15-Yvette Leon

17-Hannah Cronin

21-Liz Sweeney

Lyons

1-Grace Trilla

1A-Elly Vitek

2-Carly Strass

3-Katelyn Jacobs

4-Allie Grimes

5-Madelon Craig

6-Katie Calvert

7-Blair Hopwood

11-Kirby Kaptur

12-Claire Curran

13-Meghan Wonderling

14-Erika Ronning

15-Sam Patel

16-Adriana Hoak

17-Lizzy Kosin

19-Carrie Nacht

Live Commentary

QUARTER 1

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The girls' state final game will likely start around 8:30pm. And regardless of the winner, we will have a first-time state champion crowned at the end of the night. The teams are lined up and here are the starters:

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St Ignatius: Fleming, Stelnicki, Fernandez, Insalaco, Almarez, Leon, Cronin

Lyons: Trilla, Jacobs, Grimes, Kaptur, Ronning, Hoak, Kosin

6:40

Ignatius starts with it but a field block by LT gives them their first possession

6:23

Grimes tries to find Jacobs at 2m but the pass is knocked away

6:00

Lyons with a steal; Grimes draws an ejection but Fleming blocks her shot over the goal

5:41

Kosin hits the post but LT gets the rebound; Ronning is left open on the right side and scores to give Lyons an early lead!

4:34

Trilla with a save; Ignatius forces a turnover on the other end

3:30

Ignatius turnover; Kosin scores from 2m out and Lyons leads 2-0

2:24

Jacobs with a steal; Fernandez forces a turnover

1:50

Almarez tries her luck from 7m but it goes over the goal

1:30

Kosin's outside shot is tipped over the goal by Fleming

0:55

Stelnicki draws an ejection; she then assists on Fernandez on a goal from the right side to cut the lead to 2-1

0:21

Stelnicki with a steal but her shot afterwards goes over the goal

0:05

LT turnover near the end of the period; Stelnicki launches a shot that goes wide right as the buzzer sounds

0:00

Lyons holds on to a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period

 

Lyons 2 St Ignatius 1

 

QUARTER 2

6:01

Lyons forces a turnover, earns an ejection, but cannot convert in the first minute of the second period

5:30

Almarez earns an ejection; Fernandez slams in her second goal from the right side to tie the game at 2-2

5:11

Grimes finds Kosin with position at 2m and the sophomore adds her second goal from there to put Lyons ahead 3-2

4:52

Murphy picks up a loose ball in front of the goal and levels the score with her first goal of the tournament

4:21

Ronning hits the crossbar from 7m; Fleming denies Grimes on a shot from the right side

4:10

Kaptur puts the Lyons back in front with a goal from 2m out!

3:10

Murphy is open on the right post after an ejection but Trilla makes a big save!

3:01

Fernandez passes across the pool to Stelnicki who fires in a shot from the left side!

2:30

Trilla denies Murphy from nearly the same spot and Lyons draws an ejection on the other end

2:10

Fleming blocks a shot by Kosin from the left side and Almarez gets to the rebound first

1:47

Insalaco tries to shoot from around 4m but it goes wide to the right

1:22

Fleming with a save; LT draws an ejection...2m violation by Lyons and Ignatius heads the other way

1:04

Kaptur makes a steal; she tries a shot from 7m that Fleming is in place to save

0:23

Sweeney shoots wide left from 7m

0:17

Ignatius forces a turnover; Stelnicki's 7m shot is saved by Trilla at the buzzer and it's tied 4-4 at the half!

 

Lyons 4 St Ignatius 4

 

QUARTER 3

6:32

LT forces a turnover on the first Ignatius possession and Jacobs scores on the other end for LT!

5:47

Stelnicki draws an ejection; her shot is tipped over by Hoak on the right post

5:24

Kaptur earns a penalty shot; her attempt is tipped by Fleming but it still goes in and Lyons leads 6-4!

5:10

Stelnicki with a steal after LT draws an ejection; Lyons earns a steal on the other end

4:42

Lyons timeout

3:19

LT draws an ejection; Ronning hits the crossbar, gets it back, and scores from the right side for a 7-4 lead!

2:55

Jacobs nearly gets free at 2m but Stelnicki tips the ball away before she can shoot

2:26

Fernandez scores from 9m to get the Wolfpack back within two goals

2:00

Kosin responds with a goal from 2m!

1:25

Trilla finds Jacobs streaking to the goal and drops a perfect pass in front of her and she scores to make it 9-5!

1:25

Officials timeout

1:25

More explanation needed later, but Ignatius had a player with three fouls in the pool, which results in a penalty shot for Lyons...takes the goal by Jacobs off the board

1:25

Kaptur converts the penalty shot anyways, and Lyons leads (again) 9-5

1:10

Sweeney responds with a goal on the other end for Ignatius

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Neither team scores in the final minute, so we go to the final period with Lyons leading St Ignatius 9-6

 

Lyons 9 St Ignatius 6

 

QUARTER 4

6:42

Lyons wins the swimoff; Hoak takes a pass from Jacobs at 2m and in one motion finds the right corner to make it 10-6!

5:45

Stelnicki sets to Fernandez at 2m and she scores from there to trim the margin to 10-7

5:12

Almarez draws an ejection but Hoak blocks Stelnicki's chance

4:34

Insalaco is left open on the right side but her shot hits the left post and Trilla recovers the loose ball

3:48

Trilla with a save to deny Sweeney's shot from the right side

3:21

After a turnover, Fernandez shoots over the goal from 7m

3:00

LT draws an ejection and Ronning scores immediately after to put Lyons in control 11-7

3:00

St Ignatius timeout

2:51

Almarez scores from 2m, assisted by Murphy, and it's an 11-8 Lyons lead

2:11

Jacobs comes up big on the other end, scoring from just outside 2m to make the score 12-8

1:45

LT with a stop; they draw an ejection and Ronning scores her fourth goal to put the Lions ahead by five goals!

1:01

Trilla and Fleming with saves; Insalaco shoots over the goal from the right side

0:24

Trilla holds the ball to run time off the clock and Ignatius gets it back with 0:24 remaining

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One last save by Trilla and the Lions have won the state championship 13-8!!!

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Perfection! Lyons finishes the season with a 33-0 record and wins their first ever IHSA state water polo title!

 

Lyons 13 St Ignatius 8

 

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