No. 10 Dulaney falls in 4A semifinal

Winston Churchill senior Hailey Yentis scored a goal in each half to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-0 victory over Dulaney in the Class 4A state field hockey semifinals Wednesday night at Paint Branch High.

Churchill (16-0) is going back to the state championship game for the second straight year after losing to Severna Park, 2-0, in 2021.

Yentis scored her first goal midway through the opening quarter after depositing a pass from Jordan Lapidus.

Dulaney (13-4) had two solid scoring opportunities late in the first quarter off penalty corners. The first one, inserted by Campbell Bowman, was shot on goal by leading scorer Ava Winner, an Indiana commit, and saved by Laila Birki. The second shot by Eve Fowler was also saved by Birki.

Dulaney didn’t get a penalty corner or shot on goal in the second half.

“I just felt like the second half we did not have the same energy that we had in the first half,” Dulaney coach Meredith Lott said. “They obviously did a great job defensively putting two, three and sometimes four girls on Ava, or whoever had the ball. They just had constant defensive pressure.”

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