State Semi Finals

Game 19 (18-1)
24 May vs. Bishop Carroll in State Semi-Finals at Spring Hill (3-0)



We improved upon our 3-2 overtime win in an early season match against Carroll with a smooth 3-0 State Semi-final shutout. It became Maggie Payne and the team's 14th shutout, and she and the team are now giving up less than one-third of a goal a match—.330!!

The fact that we have returned to an embracing of the Saint Thomas Aquinas corner kick has been quite noticeable all year. Our attack of the baseline has been fun to watch. Tonight, granted we came close to scoring 2-3 more in the first half on run of play, but in the end, we won 3-0—with all three goals coming from corner kicks.

We are averaging close to 7 corners a match. Brooklyn has created 36 herself, Kennedy 24. And tonight Maggie O'Keefe's ability to create corners certainly affected the final score.

And all three of the goals tonight came from using a back-on by the corner kicker. On the first one, Anisten juked her defender, following those moves with a perfect chip to the back post for Andi.

When she got a chance to do it again, she re-centered the ball which led to the foul of Miller in the box (granted, questionable) to create her corner kick.

And then our third goal came from Brooklyn putting it back on for, yet another, Rylance header.

We were superb in the first half, unlucky to be only up 1-0 at the half. In the second half we did not connect nearly as many passes, but we did cash two more goals.

Carroll is a team we were very fortunate to beat the first time we played them; Maggie Payne was unbelievable in that match. Tonight, however, we had a very dominant victory, with our defense controlling the match.

In the other semi-final, Southwest won 7-5, what? yes,12 goals were scored.

We will meet Southwest for the State Title tomorrow at 3:00.

Softball grabbed State Runner-up and Coach Sabath in his first season at Saint Thomas Aquinas won the State Title with the baseball boys—Coach Brown will try to one-up him by winning back-to-back state titles in his first two years at Saint Thomas Aquinas.

In soccer, the EKL could sweep, winning all 3 classes.

STATS:

First Half

Saints: Shots: 12 (9) Corners: 3 (Marn, O'Keefe, DiCola)

11:12 Rylance (Anisten jukes her defender to put the corner kick clear back on for the header)

Carroll: Shots: 4 (3) Corners: 2

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots 12 (7) Corners: 5 (O'Keefe 2, Hansen, Zinkus, Marn)

26:42 Cabantac PK (Miller tripped in the box)

4:27 Rylance (Marn puts the corner clear back on—after a Marn, classic set of turns— for the Andi header)

WOM: O'Keefe, Rylance and Cabantac

Kansas Covered

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

Coach: Dan Brown

Record: 17-1-0

Regional results: beat KC Harmon, 11-0; beat St. James Academy, 2-0; beat Shawnee Heights, 8-0.

State semifinal: vs. Bishop Carroll (17-2-0), 6:30 p.m.

Key players: Jane Hansen, sr., D; Maggie Payne, sr., GK; Brooklyn Marn, jr., F; Anisten Cabantac, jr., MF; Maggie O’Keefe, sr., F.

Worth noting: Aquinas has 19 state championships, four runner-up finishes and a third-place showing. … Saints are three-time defending champions, beating this year’s semifinal foe, Bishop Carroll, in last year’s title game 2-0. …  Saints also won seven straight crowns from 2010-16. … Saints have 24 state semifinals appearances overall. … Aquinas shared Eastern Kansas League title with 6A semifinalist Blue Valley West, earning a share of league title for third straight year. … Lone loss came to 6A semifinalist Blue Valley Northwest, which upset undefeated Mill Valley in the quarterfinals, and Saints have wins over 6A semifinalist Blue Valley West, 5A semifinalists Blue Valley Southwest and Bishop Carroll and 4-1A semifinalist Bishop Miege. … Win over Carroll this season was 3-2 in overtime. … Saints one shutout away from tying school record for shutouts, which is 15. … Aquinas has allowed just 6 goals in 18 games. … Payne has 12 shutouts in goal and a .349 GAA. … Marn has 16 goals and 15 assists. … Cabantac has 12 goals and 13 assists. … O’Keefe has 5 goals and 8 assists. … Hansen has 5 goals and 5 assists.

BISHOP CARROLL

Coach: Greg Rauch

Record: 17-2-0

Regional results: beat Salina Central, 10-0; beat Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 2-0; beat Andover Central, 5-1.

State semifinal: vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (17-1-0), 6:30 p.m.

Key players: Leah Henke, jr., F; Darby Howard, jr., F; Avery McCorry, so., F/D; Brecken Hoy, sr., MF; Itzelle Lumbreras, so., MF; Liza Dugan, so., D; Madeline Weed, fr., D; Tessa Stika, fr., GK.

Worth noting: Carroll making 12th trip to state semifinals in program history, including six of the past seven years and 11 of last 13 seasons. … Golden Eagles finished at state runner-up last year, falling in title game to this year’s semifinal foe, St. Thomas Aquinas, by a 2-0 score. … One of two losses this year also came to Aquinas, a 3-2 overtime loss in early April. … Only other loss came in next game to 6A semifinalist Washburn Rural. … Carroll still seeking first state title. … Golden Eagles were undefeated Greater Wichita Athletic League champions for fourth straight year and allowed just three goals in league play this season. … Carroll handed 6A semifinalist Maize two of its four losses. … Carroll has more shutouts (12) than goals allowed (10) this season. … Henke leads team with 25 goals and also has 9 assists. … Howard has 19 goals and 7 assists. … Hoy has 15 goals and 13 assists. … Dugan has 7 goals and 11 assists. … McCorry has 9 goals and Lumbreras 6 while Lumbreras has 8 assists. … Stika has 10 shutouts.
 


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