KINGSTON — Second-seeded Milton punched its ticket into the Div. 2 ladies hockey Ultimate 4 for the second consecutive season with a 2-0 victory over No. 10 Norwell/Scituate/Abington Wednesday night at The Bathroom.
Milton now awaits the winner of Thursday’s sport between Duxbury and Auburn. Duxbury and Milton met twice within the common season, with all sides claiming a victory.
“Nothing is simple at this level, so it’s about getting again to work and persevering with simply to ascertain ourselves on how we prefer to apply day-after-day,” mentioned Milton head coach Matt Lodi, “Whoever we play within the subsequent spherical, we’ll be able to go. It’s gonna be a battle.”
Senior captain Mairin Hart scored each targets for the Wildcats, netting the primary 14 seconds into an influence play within the first interval, when the puck bounced into the online off the shoulder of freshman NSA netminder Cadence Dionne off a feed from Elise Hinckle.
Within the second, she flung it from the purpose by Milton’s bench after Noelle Graham gained a 50/50 battle off the wall.
Milton stored the shutout intact within the third interval, killing a penalty which included a cease on Kaelyn Modder as she was on the point of shoot in entrance of the online earlier than being poke checked by the Milton protection 5 minutes into the interval.
The younger Milton group, with 15 of the 24 gamers being sophomores or freshmen, is concentrated on successful the Div. 2 championship after dropping to Medfield at TD Backyard final season.
“I really feel like we’ve established ourselves as we would like the trajectory to be the place we’re proper now. We would like our group to play like we did each single 12 months, and that’s what we’re able to,” mentioned Lodi. “So having that many freshmen permits them to proceed to construct on the tradition that we’ve constructed within the locker room and to proceed to be a very sturdy hockey group.”
Caera Hart had 13 saves in web for Milton, and Dionne put in a superb efficiency in web for NSA, as she swatted away 26 of the 28 photographs from the Wildcats.
“We put together for the groups by simply understanding how they play and to have the ability to anticipate what they’re gonna do and to have the ability to counteract that,” mentioned Caera Hart.
