BURLINGTON — The Kassidy Carmichael present was on full show Tuesday evening below the lights at Burlington Excessive.
A formidable effort from the Ohio State College-bound lacrosse and hockey was simply sufficient for Westford Academy to play spoiler.
Scoring 9 objectives, Carmichael and the No. 6 Ghosts edged No. 2 Wellesley within the Division 1 semifinals on Tuesday evening in an exciting 11-10 win to succeed in the state ultimate.
Carmichael scored the sport winner with one second left on a free shot.
“I kind of just ran as fast as I could and I placed it stick-side because that’s where I scored last time and I kind of just jumped and the girls pushed me in. It worked,” Carmichael stated.
Westford (19-3) advances to battle No. 1 Harmony-Carlisle (22-2) on Thursday at Babson Faculty (7:15 p.m.) for the state crown.
“In the crunch, you want the ball in your best player’s hands. And she is the best player,” stated Westford head coach Julie Olivier.
The win is simply two days faraway from Carmichael’s heroics in Westford Academy’s 11-10 time beyond regulation thriller to upset No. 3 Lincoln-Sudbury within the spherical of 8. Previous to that recreation, Carmichael erupted for 10 objectives in a 19-5 blasting of King Philip within the spherical of 16.
Carmichael broke the ice on the 10:25 mark of the primary quarter and by no means seemed again, recording a hat trick within the quarter as Wellesley broke open an early lead.
Kaitlyn Uller shortly responded to knot the sport at 1-1, just for Carmichael and the Ghosts to retake the lead on the 6:17 mark. However the Raiders would pot three straight objectives — two from Abigail Beggans and one from Olivia Comella — to determine a 4-2 lead. Carmichael received one again with 14 seconds left as Westford Academy trailed by a aim after the primary body.
However Carmichael was solely getting began. The senior scored three straight objectives to open the following stanza, catapulting Westford Academy to a 6-4 lead with 3:13 left within the half. Wellesley ultimately put an finish to the solo run with a aim by Tara Battaglino with 1:09 left because the Ghosts took a 6-5 lead into the break.
Wellesley’s momentum leaked into the third, night the rating at 6-6 on a aim from Beggans with 9:52 remaining. Then, Emily Munchak discovered twine solely 32 seconds later to erase Westford Academy’s lead earlier than Beggans scored once more on the 7:54 mark to extend Wellesley’s result in 8-6.
The Ghosts answered with a aim off the stick of Kiley Carmichael, however Wellesley entered the fourth clinging to a 9-8 benefit after one other aim by Comella. Massive-time stops from Ava Preysnar in aim stored Westford Academy inside hanging distance.
Kassidy Carmichael scored her seventh of the evening with 8:53 left within the recreation to chop the deficit to 9-8, however Comella potted a pivotal insurance coverage tally to maintain Wellesley in entrance.
Nonetheless, Westford Academy stored preventing, coming inside a aim with 3:58 left on a net-front conversion by Evie Weber to open the door for Kassidy Carmichael to tie the sport at 10 with 2:36 remaining within the recreation.
“Making it this far should tell teams we’re not a team to mess around with … we just really grew, and we knew the playoffs are just a totally different season so I think we came out like a totally different team and we really brought it,” Carmichael stated.
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