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1:22 AM Thursday, November 10, 2011

By Jay Morrison

Staff Writer

HAMILTON — The cold wind was strong enough to cause teary eyes, and so was the Summit Country Day girls soccer team.

The Silver Knights blew a 2-0 lead against Fenwick and were forced to start overtime going against a wind that was gusting up to 40 mph, but Elizabeth Williams pushed in a rebounded shot with 4:32 left in the first extra period to lift Summit to a wild 3-2 victory Wednesday night in a Division III state semifinal game at Hamilton’s Virgil Schwarm Stadium.

“I’m so excited, I think I’m going to cry,” an emotional Williams said shortly after converting Addie Englehart’s deflected shot into the game-winning goal that would send Summit to its first state championship game in program history.

Summit (17-4-1) will face Shaker Heights Laurel for the inaugural Division III state championship at noon Saturday at Columbus Crew Stadium.

The broken-hearted Falcons, who played without injured All-American Sydney Neal, end their season 13-4-5.

“You play your heart out for 80 minutes and give it everything you’ve got, but Summit worked extremely hard and you have to give them their credit,” Falcons coach Tom McEwan said. “They didn’t give up and kept pushing and pushing and pushing and took advantage of their opportunities.”

The Silver Knights scored first when Englehart, aided by a stiff wind at her back, ripped a 45-yard free kick into the upper left corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead with 19 seconds left before halftime.

Fenwick used the wind to control much of the play in the second half, but Summit made the most of one of its few opportunities when Williams scored with 19:25 remaining to make it 2-0.

The Falcons, however, got that goal back 32 seconds later when Meghan Blank scored on a header. And Selby Smith evened things on a 27-yard free kick with 10:31 remaining.

Fenwick kept pushing, and Summit was trying to hold on and hope it could win the coin flip to go with the win in overtime.

That didn’t happen, but it didn’t matter as the Silver Knights once again took advantage of a rare opportunity to set off the celebration.

“I talked to Tom before the game, and we knew it was going to come down to the wind,” Summit coach Michael Fee said. “We told the kids that when we were against the wind to make sure we maintain possession, keep the ball on the ground and keep our poise and not try to get up field too fast.

“We got two goals against the wind, which is just outstanding,” Fee added. “They just played with so much poise and so much intensity.”

High school girls soccer Division III state semifinal

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