Q1: Cameron Cowan (Lyons) and Alejandro Perez (Fenwick) trade saves in the early stages of the first semifinal contest. Penalty called on Fenwick and Victor Perez converts to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. Cowan makes a save after Fenwick earned an ejection to keep the Friars off the scoreboard. Both defenses are giving nothing up offensively as the first quarter ends with Lyons leading 1-0.

Q2: Alejandro Perez made two straight saves on Lyons' first possession to keep the Friars within one. Cowan knocks down a deflected shot on the other end for LT. Fenwick's counterattack leads to an ejection but Cowan makes a save and the Friars come away empty from the powerplay. Lyons timeout at the 4:04 mark of the second period. The Lions turn the ball over after an ejection call but the LT defense makes a steal on the other end to maintain their one-goal lead. Payton Comstock gets a strong shot off from close range but Cowan makes another save. Sebastian Perez assists Frank McCarter on a powerplay goal as the Lions grab a 2-0 lead late in the period. Fenwick draws an ejection on the other end and the Friars call timeout. Both defenses make key stops in the final minute of the half as Lyons goes into halftime with a 2-0 lead.

Q3: Ramses Flores gets the Friars on the board with a goal from 5m to cut the Lyons lead to 2-1. The Friars get close to an equalizer but Cowan makes a key steal to keep the Lions ahead by one. Sebastian Perez connects from near 7m to increase the Lions' lead to 3-1 midway through the third period. Dan Lynch quickly responds after an ejection with a goal from the left post to cut the lead to 3-2.

Q4: The defenses have held strong through the first three minutes of the period but Fenwick draws an ejection and calls timeout with 3:53 left in regulation with a chance to tie the game. Ivan Soto scores from the left side, assisted by Nate Fisher, as the Friars tie the score at 3-3. Hayden Claessen answers on the other end after an ejection to put Lyons back ahead 4-3. Comstock converts a penalty shot to the left side of the cage to tie the game at 4-4 with 2:00 left. Fenwick forces a turnover and calls timeout with :51 left in regulation. The Lions prevent a shot and force a shot-clock violation, then call timeout with :19 left with a chance to win the game. The Fenwick defense earns a stop and Cowan knocks down Perez' shot at the buzzer as the teams head to overtime tied at 4-4.

OT 1: Dan Lynch strikes from 7m out to give Fenwick a 5-4 lead with :25 left in the first overtime period.

OT 2: Neither team gets a solid chance in the first two minutes of the second overtime. Lyons makes a stop and they call a timeout with :21 left and trailing 5-4. Nate Fisher makes a field block and Fenwick gains possession and calls timeout with :07 left. The Friars run the clock out and advance to the state title game with a 5-4 win over Lyons!

Fenwick 17 Loyola 9

Q1: Nicole Kielba starts the scoring for Loyola as they claim an early 1-0 lead. Molly McGuire responded within ten seconds to even the score at 1-1 at the 5:15 mark. Kielba scored again at the other end on the next Loyola possession to make the score 2-1. Millie Sheean evened things up once again on Fenwick's next chance near the midpoint of the opening period. Mary Kate Lopez blocked a close range attempt by Paulina Correa to keep the game even and then made another save on Fenwick's next shot attempt. Lopez made another key save in the closing seconds of the period to keep the game tied.

Q2: Correa scored from 2m in the opening ten seconds of the period to give the Friars a 3-2 lead. Sheean scored off a pass from McGuire to increase the lead to 4-2. Correa added her second score as the Friars have started the period with a quick 3-0 run. Sarah Pinkerton ended the run with a goal after a timeout, but the Friars increased the lead to 6-3 after a goal by Kassy Rodriguez. Lauren Voss answered right back with her first score to trim the Fenwick advantage to 6-4. Rodriguez added her second goal with 2:15 left in the half to make the score 7-4. Voss scored again with under two minutes until halftime to cut the lead to 7-5. Correa ended the half with a goal to give Fenwick an 8-5 advantage at the break.

Q3: The Friars started the second half with two straight goals to increase their lead to 10-5. McGuire added another goal for Fenwick to up the lead to 11-5 midway through the third period. Aidan Koconis-O'Malley cut the lead to 11-6, but Rodriguez scored quickly on the other end to make the score 12-6. Rodriguez and Sheean each added two more goals for Fenwick to make the score 16-6 at the end of the third period.

Q4: Voss started the scoring in the final period to trim Fenwick's lead to 16-7. Shannon Kearney added another goal for the Ramblers, but Jackie Doyle responded on the other end to up the lead to 17-8. Pinkerton scored her second goal of the contest to make the score 17-9 at the midpoint of the final period.

STATE CONSOLATION

Q1: Kelsey Ryan and Taylor Wessel each scored once for the Huskies while Lauren Voss tallied 2 scores for the Ramblers as the teams ended the first period tied at 2-2.

Q2: Taylor Wessel scored 2 goals and both Alli Horn and Isabelle Rocco scored once as the Huskies lead Loyola 6-4 at halftime. Lauren Voss and Sarah Pinkerton both scored once in the period for the Ramblers.

Q3: The teams traded goals early in the period before Isabelle Rocco connected on her second of the game to give the Huskies an 8-5 lead midway through the period. Nicole Kielba responded with a goal at the 2:13 mark to cut the Huskies lead to 8-6. Alli Horn took a pass from Rocco and extended the Huskies' lead to 9-6 with under two minutes left in the third period. Voss and Rocco both scored quick goals as the teams entered the final minute with North ahead 10-7. Voss added yet another goal in the final minute to cut the lead to 10-8 as the teams head to the fourth quarter.

Q4: Wessel connected on a shot from 5m at the 5:35 mark to give the Huskies an 11-8 lead. Aidan Koconis-O'Malley brought the Ramblers within two with a goal at the 2:02 mark. Loyola made a stop and called timeout with :55 left hoping for a quick goal and a comeback. North forced a turnover in order to claim an 11-9 victory over Loyola.

STATE FINALS

Q1: Paulina Correa (Fenwick) and Kalista Tapas (Stevenson) score within the first thirty seconds of the opening period and the early score is 1-1. Lauren Maloney scores from the right side to give Stevenson a 2-1 lead. After a stop, Amelia Eastman scores a rebound goal for the Patriots to make it 3-1. Harper Daniels goes bar-in to score from 7m and cut the hosts' lead to 3-2. Maloney scores her second of the quarter after an ejection to put Stevenson ahead 4-2.

Q2: Maloney starts the scoring in the second quarter after an ejection and Stevenson leads 5-2. Correa gets open for a breakaway goal to trim the Patriots' lead to 5-3 midway through the period. Claire Haas draws a penalty shot and converts with a skip shot to push the lead to 6-3 with 2:03 left until halftime. Haas delivers again, this time from around 9m, and Stevenson leads 7-3 with 1:24 left in the quarter.

Q3: Daniels and Correa both scored in the first minute of the period to cut Stevenson's lead to 7-5. Haas responded with her third goal of the contest to put Stevenson ahead 8-5. Kassy Rodriguez answered quickly for the Friars to trim the lead to 8-6. Maloney scores from the perimeter after an ejection and the Patriots' lead increases to 9-6 with 2:45 left in the period. Maloney adds another score for Stevenson with four seconds remaining in the quarter and the hosts lead 10-6 entering the final period.

Q4: Maloney (Stevenson) and Rodriguez (Fenwick) each scored once in the first half of the period as the Patriots lead is 11-7 with 3:50 left in the contest. Eleanor Michaud gave Stevenson a 12-7 lead and Anna Mossakowski blocked a penalty shot with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter. The Patriots were able to keep Fenwick off the scoreboard in the final minutes as they hang on to win 12-7 and claim the 2018 state title!