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Lee’s Live Blogging At the Final Four! Game 1 – BC and STA Girls!

  Welcome to the FLN coverage of the Final Four in Jupiter!   Wea re waiting for the first game, which will be the Girl’s matchup of Barron Collier and St. Thomas Aquinas! It is very warm and humid today and it will likely have an effect given how cool the spring has been so far. A turf field will also contribute to the humidity.   STA with the opening draw Beekhuizen at 24:00 left in the first half for the 1-0 STA lead off the penalty free position BC gets the next faceoff but turns it over on the fast break Beekhuizen again presses the issue and draws the whistle STA over the net Kelly from Preston at 21:48 to make it 2-0   STA on the draw Beekhuizen again on the freeposition at 21:01 for 3-0 and BC needs to turn momentum BC gets the draw but turns it right over Chomo with a big save and after an offensive possession ends with a wild pass out of bounds   Beekhuizen with another free position at 18:26 for the 4-0 lead. STA with the draw Chomo with the save on the free position shot Time out BC on the offense with 17:38 left . . . STA completely dominating right now   BC with the free position shot bounced over the net BC gets on the board as Jo Imbriani with the free position shot at 16:23 to make it 4-1.  BC is no stranger to slow starts. STA with the draw but Chomo with the save BC shoots wide Jaclyn Berry makes it 4-2 at 13:58 and the offense is getting comfortable. BC with the draw Jo Imbriani again on the free position and it is now 4-3 with 13:05 left.   BC again with the draw Turnover and STA going the other way Big save by Chomo But a turnover on the clear and a collision at midfield results in a BC penalty Time out for water break with 10:19 left in the half   STA’s Tingley with the top left corner shot off the free position at 8:38 for 5-3 BC with the draw and after the fast break it was Imbriani off the free position for 5-4 with 7:47 left. STA with the draw and the shot goes wide BC off the draw but loses possession after a lengthy look BC trying to get inside but forcing too many passes that are getting picked off. Another BC penalty Chomo with a huge save and BC on offense And it’s now tied at 5 on Berry’s free position shot with 2:32 left in the half   Beekhuizen to Steinlauf off the draw and a quick response by STA with 2:14 left . . . STA 6-5 Imbriani ties it up at 1:48 BC wins the draw but turns it over and STA looks for the late goal STA shot wide Preston at 1:19 makse it 7-6 STA on a split dodge BC gains a tough draw STA turnover and Beekhuizen all the way but stopped by Chomo One last BC clear is stopped and we are at the half with a 7-6 STA lead.   Here we go with the second half STA wins but BC turns it over Peterson at 23:23 ties it at 7 with the free position high left bounce shot BC controls . . .Browne inside is fouled Lusk with the free position shot save for STA STA clears but turns it over Lusk saves the Imbriani shot and STA takes over STA again turns it over STA with the yellow card and BC looks for their first lead Imbriani at 19:38 gives BC the lead at 8-7. Momentum has clearly swung BC again with the draw   Another free position for BC butBrowne is stopped by Lusk STA clears quickly but Beekhuizen shoots high Beekhuizen called for the charge on her power play to the net and BC takes possession And now it is 9-7 at 16:38 as Browne feeds Berry on the left side for the top left corner shot Time out STA   BC wins the draw again   A lengthy possession ends with the Lusk save on Berry STA with a tough clear Turnover and BC going the other way Lusk with a huge stop and STA on attack Multiple good looks are pushed aside and after a wide shot right in front BC gets the back up Huge missed opportunities for STA there and it still is 9-7 BC with 9:55 left   Imbriani shoots for the top right but misses and STA with the clear After another miss right in front it is Stefens for STA on the free position shot low at 7:28 to cut it to 9-8! Big draw coming up for momentum   STA!  Two shots . . post and a save! Another save and BC takes over with 6:24 left! Time out BC.   Yellow card on STA, will BC look to score or take time off?  4th yellow, one down for the rest of the game. Lusk with another huge stop and STA clears Beekhuizen scores but waived off for shooting space But on the restart it is a tied game with 3:56 left as Beekhuizen scores for real This is a great game   STA with the draw At 3:15 Beekhuizen splits the middle from the left and hits the top left corner for 10-9 STA! Massive draw coming up   STA wins and is running clock 1:22 left and a BC yellow card with STA still keeping control Kelly from Beekhuizen for the 11-9 lead at 1:15. STA again with the draw! And Preston takes the Steinlauf feed off the free position and this one is likely in the books with 30 seconds left at 12-9.   Final score 12-9 Raiders! Coming up:  Ponte Vedra and Bishop Moore    

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