Rye blank Cornwall in Class B state regional semifinal

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Rye blank Cornwall in Class B state regional semifinal

OAK SCREW — Sometimes things are like night and day – polar opposites.

The Rye girls lacrosse team experienced that feeling Tuesday night.

Not that he’s complaining.

Rye, coming off a close, thrilling 10-9 Section 1 Class C win over top-seeded Nyack — a team that gained some national recognition while going undefeated in Section 1 during the regular season — had no trouble routing Section 9 Cornwall at Lakeland High in a Class B regional semifinal.

Rye, who played in the second half with substitutions including postseason junior varsity pulls, whitewashed the Dragons 15-0.

Cornwall, which finished its season 14-4, mustered just one shot during the game, an 8-yard free attempt in the second half that Garnet goalkeeper Katherine Ebeling picked off.

Garnets starting goalie Karenna Chader didn’t see a shot in the first two quarters.

At least she didn’t do it in her end of the field.

But there were plenty of photos on the net for her to listen to from afar.

Rye built an 8-0 lead after one quarter and extended it to 12-0 at halftime.

That’s despite some good saves from Dragon goalkeeper Tessa Furst.

What does it mean

With the win, Rye, now 17-3, will play at 11 a.m. Saturday at Queensbury High School in a state regional final against the winner of Wednesday’s Section 2 championship game between Queensbury and Glens Falls.

Who scored

“Who Scored?” on Tuesday the question was almost more like, “Who didn’t?”

The most draws were at Rye, meaning its offense was almost always busy and ready to score.

Della Goodman and Carolyne Doyle both scored three times, with Goodman getting an assist and a ground ball and Doyle earning a draw.

One of Goodman’s goals was a beauty as, on the fly, cutting left to right, she took a feed from Mary Ebeling, dropped her hands and buried a submarine shot.

Mary Sack scored twice and won the run on two balls from the tie.

Ebeling had a goal and two assists, beat Cornwall to two ground balls and forced the Dragons to cough up the ball twice.

Obviously, in a 15-0 game, more than luck – good and bad – played a role in the outcome.

A lot more.

But Cornwall sometimes just couldn’t catch a break.

With Rye up 6-0 and Lilly Whaling winning the draw ball, the Garnets drove into the Dragon net.

Goodman went behind her to put a good chance on net, but Furst wasn’t fooled and made the save.

The ball, however, found its way to Whaling in front and the Cornell committee was not going to miss, scoring with 45 seconds left in a first quarter that ended with Goodman scoring on a more conventional shot just before the horn.

The Whaling also had two assists, won five turnovers, beat Cornwall to a ground ball and caused it to turn the ball over once.

Her sister, Beau Whaling, had a goal and an assist and won two draws.

Annie Toulouse, Mia Howon, Alex Wood and Paige Tepedino all had solo accounts.

Tepedino beat Cornwall on two free balls and Wood won the race on two balls from the draw.

Mali White got three turnovers as well as a ground ball, Cami Brooks got two turnovers and forced Cornwall into two turnovers, Paige Vanneck caused another turnover and Meredith Kenny forced another turnover.

While Furst was officially credited with only six saves, her relatively low save percentage could be attributed to the skill of Rye’s shots (she sometimes scored with players driving unchallenged or making quick feeds alone up front).

And the sophomore had a five-minute stretch in the first quarter where she had three really good stops to keep the score at 2-0.

Class C Girls Lacrosse Title Game: Rye does what no other Section 1 team could do to beat Nyack

They said it

“I thought she was excellent,” Cornwall coach Taryn Brechbiel said of Furst. “I don’t think he always believes us when we tell him that. But I don’t think any more evidence is needed (than what she did today).”

Four-year member Abba Walsh, who will play at Belmont College next year, noted that Cornwall’s strong season came after graduating nine seniors just two years ago.

Fellow senior Keira Chatfield said the season was about resilience.

It was also made special by Walsh and Chatfield, both scoring 100^th career goals on Senior Day in a Cornwall win over Middletown.

Goodman said the game showed how well Rye can move the ball and how much confidence the players have in each other.

“Confidence is the biggest thing,” said the senior, who will play next year for Georgetown.

Rye coach Michelle Mason pointed to the contributions of her bench players in the second half as a testament to her team’s depth. She said many of her players who came off the bench could start for other good teams.

“Even our younger players can compete with a sectional champion,” Mason said. … “It’s a pretty amazing place to be as a program.”

Nancy Haggerty covers cross country, track and field, field hockey, skiing, ice hockey, basketball, girls lacrosse and other sporting events for The Journal News/lohud. Follow her on Twitter at @HaggertyNancy.

Class C girls lacrosse title upset: Rye does what no other Section 1 team could do to beat Nyack

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