Baltimore Sun

Girls soccer

- —Glenn Graham Baltimore Sun staff contribute­d to this article.

NO. 1 MCDONOGH 4, NO. 12 MERCY 0: After a scoreless first half, the defending Interschol­astic Athletic Assoicatio­n of Maryland A Conference champion Eagles got a goal from freshman forward Kelsey Smith with 32 minutes to play and then tacked on three goals in the final 12 minutes to reach their eighth title game in nine years.

McDonogh will take on No. 2 Archbishop Spalding – a 1-0 winner over No. 7 Notre Dame Prep in Thursday’s other semifinal – in Saturday’s championsh­ip set for 7:30 p.m. at Anne Arundel Community College. Both teams take 14-0-2 mark into the final.

On Thursday, Baylee DeSmit scored two goals, Kemper Robinson added another and Julia Dorsey had two assists.

On Oct. 17, Spalding and host McDonogh played to a 2-2 draw. In the past 10 years, McDonogh has won six league championsh­ips with Spalding claiming the other four.

NO. 2 ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 1, NO. 7 NOTRE DAME PREP 0: Jenna Snead scored the game-winner on an assist from Abby Hanks and the host Cavaliers (12-0-1) shut out the Blazers (10-3) in an IAAM A Conference semifinal.

NO. 10 HEREFORD 4, EASTERN TECH 1: Lily Robertson had two goals to lead the host Bulls (13-2) past the Mavericks (4-7-1) in a Class 2A North section 1 final.

MARYVALE 3, SEVERN 2, OT: Audrey Allan, Caroline Absler and Kennedy Koehler each scored and the host Lions (10-7-2) beat the Admirals (7-9-1) in an IAAM B Conference semifinal. Grace Morgan had 10 saves for Maryvale.

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