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St. Mary's City, Md. - Juniors Kaitlin
Boswell (Baltimore, Md./Friends School) and
Brianne Carroll (Long Island, N.Y./Ward Melville)
scored just over a minute apart to secure St. Mary's College of
Maryland's spot in the 2008 Capital Athletic Conference Women's
Soccer Championship game.
The second-seeded Seahawks (11-2-3) eliminated sixth-seeded Hood
College (10-8-3), 2-0, in one of two CAC semifinal match-ups
Tuesday afternoon. Fourth-seeded York (Pa.) College, the
defending CAC Champions, also advanced to Saturday's CAC title game
as the Spartans upset No. 1 seed Salisbury University on penalty
kicks, 3-1, after playing to a 1-1 double overtime tie.
St. Mary's, who is making only the program's second appearance
in the CAC title contest, will host the championship game on
Saturday in Seahawk Stadium at 1:30. In their regular season
match-up with York, the Seahawks notched a 2-0 win on October 18
behind goals from Boswell and senior midfielder
Taylor Cervenka (Damascus, Md./Damascus).
Boswell netted the would-be game-winner at
33:05 as senior midfielder Caitlin Evans
(Poolesville, Md./Poolesville) was at the far right post and headed
down a pass to Boswell's feet.
Boswell one-timed the ball into the lower left
corner for her third tally of the season.
Carroll added the second score at 34:14 as she
received a cross from the left side at the far right post and
one-timed it in. Junior midfielder Sophia
Esparza (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery Blair) picked up
her team-leading fifth assist on the play.
Ranked fifth in this week's NSCAA Middle Atlantic Regional Poll,
the Seahawks held on to their 2-0 advantage in the second half but
were unable to increase their lead as Hood's sophomore goalie
Rachelle Buhrmann (Smithsburg, Md./Middletown)
continued her strong play, making six more stops in the second
stanza.
Senior Marie Oben (Glenn Dale, Md./St. Mary's,
Annapolis) picked up a pair of saves in recording her fifth shutout
of the season and improving to 9-2-2 on the season.
Buhrmann finished the afternoon with 11 saves.
