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WPIAL Girls' Lacrosse Championships: Peters Township bags third consecutive title
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Quaker Valley's Natalie Bouchard, left, Emily Pusateri, and Emily Peduto celebrate their WPIAL lacrosse championship victory against Shady Side Academy.
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Peters Township is the queen of WPIAL girls' lacrosse again.
Jules Femiani scored seven goals to lead the Indians to their third consecutive WPIAL Division I championship with an 18-15 win against Upper St. Clair at North Hills last night.
The teams were deadlocked, 8-8, at halftime, but the Indians (14-6) scored the first four goals of the second half and never looked back.
Upper St. Clair (13-7) managed three consecutive goals to cut the deficit to 15-14, but the Indians scored three of the final four goals to seal the victory.
Seven players scored for Peters Township, which was playing in its fifth final in a row.
Rachel Engel led Upper St. Clair with six goals, and Meredith Cain scored five.
Emily Dando's goal with a little more than a minute remaining pushed Quaker Valley to a thrilling, 12-11 triumph against Shady Side Academy in the Division 2 championship at North Hills.
After the Indians (15-3) stormed back from a three-goal deficit to tie the match, 11-11, Dando netted the winner with 1:23 left to keep Quaker Valley (16-2) unbeaten against district competition.
A junior and the Quakers' leading goal-scorer, Dando scored three goals and has 31 on the season. Rachel Ganz led the Quakers with four goals and Natalie Bouchard added three.
Quaker Valley, which never trailed, jumped to a 7-2 lead, before the Indians scored the final three goals of the first half.
The Indians pulled within one early in the second half but got no closer.
Piper Person, a University of Richmond recruit, scored a game-high five goals for Shady Side Academy. Nicole Wei chipped in three.
John Heller/Post-Gazette
Quaker Valley's Natalie Bouchard, left, Emily Pusateri, and Emily Peduto celebrate their WPIAL lacrosse championship victory against Shady Side Academy.
First Published May 22, 2009 12:00 am
