| Two week�??s ago today �?? let�??s
call it �??Be-witching Tuesday�?� �?? the top three teams all lost to lower teams:
Garrison lost to then seventh-place Roland Park Country, Bryn Mawr lost to
fourth-place St. Mary�??s and Archbishop Spalding lost to then sixth-place St.
Paul�??s SFG. Two days later, after knocking off first-place
Garrison, Roland Park lost to last-place Notre Dame Prep. After the two front-runners,
Spalding (8-5-1) drew the #3 seed, being only the third team in the �??A�?� to finish with
a winning record, and St. Mary�??s (6-7-1) earned the #4 seed.
Severn, Roland Park, St. Paul�??s and Notre Dame Prep will look to upset the
apple-cart, and could do so, having done so before.
In fact, of today�??s four
quarter-finals teams, there were eight regular-season matches �?? and seven of
the eight were decided by just one goal.
Here is a quick look at the
�??A�?� field hockey quarter-final match-ups for Tuesday, October 30.
#8 NDP (3-9-1) @ #1 Garrison Forest (11-2-1)
The Grizzlies won�??t be
looking past the Blazers. Garrison won both meetings, but barely, by a single
goal each time, 1-0 and 2-1. #5 Severn (6-7-1) @ #4 St. Mary�??s (6-7-1)
This should be a close one.
The two finished with identical records, and split the season-series. The
Saints won the first 2-1, and the Admirals won the second, 2-0.
#7 St. Paul�??s SFG (3-8-2) @ #2 Bryn Mawr (10-3-1)
Despite the difference in
records and seeds, this could be another down-to-the-wire match. The Mawrtians
won both games by the same 1-0 score.
#6 Roland Park Country (4-9) @ #3 Spalding (8-5-1)
The Cavaliers won both
earlier games and both were decided by a single goal, 3-2 and 1-0.
--Mike Buchanan
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