Magic season comes to end in OT

Mount St. Joseph falls to Manheim Central in first round of states

WORCESTER » Mount St. Joseph’s Academy’s season came to an end Tuesday night with a 2-1 overtime loss against Manheim Central in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A state playoffs at Methacton High School.

“So proud of our girls,” Mount coach Mary Beth Stefanowicz said. “We did a great job. We had a great season. I wish it ended differently tonight, but it is probably the worst conditions we’ve played in by far in a long time, but it was Manheim Central 2, Mount St. Joe’s 1 a good game. (Manheim is) a very talented team.”

Those terrible conditions were temperatures just above freezing and consistent rain throughout the game.

“No doubt it had an effect on us, but it also had an effect on the other team,” Stefanowicz said. “We’re both out here. Can I say it would have ended up differently? Who knows. We won’t know. It’s just Mother Nature at its worst.”

Manheim’s Codi Bollinger scored the game-winning goal with 4:20 left in the first overtime. Maddie Hoster lofted a ball towards the net and Bollinger deflected it out of mid-air and into the back of the cage.

Manheim Central, the fifth seed out of District 3, had some good chances earlier in the extra session, but Mount goalkeeper Maeve McCarthy kept them off the board. She made four of her eight saves in the extra session.

The Magic had some chances in overtime, too. Julianna Kratz had some opportunities to score in

GENE WALSH — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Mount Saint Joseph Academy’s Grace Wallis passes the ball against Manheim Central Tuesday night.