By Phil Murphy
Senior Multimedia/ Content Editor
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area

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Tied at 17 with rival Westfield inside of two minutes, Chantilly sent its offense to the E.R.

Charger senior midfielder Erin Robertson scored the game-winning goal with :30 seconds left -- her first of the match -- as No. 3 Chantilly survived, 18-17, in a 50-minute home test with Westfield on Thursday night.

"We were trying to use the clock, so we wanted to possess the ball," Charger coach Michele Gates said of the moments leading up to Robertson's goal. "We were trying to go big and Westfield was going hot, which is basically doubling the ball.

"We just kept moving it around on offense and were able to come up with the goal."

Added Robertson: "I honestly didn't even know how much time was left. I got the ball and we were focusing on keeping because we were tied. I didn't want to give anything up. I just saw the open net and went for it.

"I wanted to make up for the goal I missed earlier."

Fortunately for the purple and white, Chantilly senior Brittany Griel was covering for a multitude of missed chances.

Griel, committed to Delaware, scored a game-high seven goals and piled on four assists to account for nearly two-thirds of the Charger scores.

"To be honest, I think it was just adrenaline," said Griel, who scored 94 times and recorded 67 assists last year. "I wasn't very happy with my game and I wanted to help my teammates out and prove to them that I was going to step it up.

"Really, everything I do is based off my teammates, like the cuts. Every time it's a one-on-one, it's usually because of our cuts."

Added Gates, whose team lost to Oakton in both the Northern Region and Virginia AAA State championship finals in 2008: "She's a very powerful offensive player. She moves the goalie. She knows what she's going to do and pretty much no one else does.

"We're lucky to have her."

It was the Bulldogs, however, that found first-half fortune on Thursday, jumping out to an early advantage.

Senior midfielder Amanda O'Sullivan, committed to Colgate, scored four of her five goals -- and junior attack Katie Sasek all three of hers -- in the first half, as Westfield led, 12-10, at the intermission.

The Chargers, though, slowed their offensive build-up and honed their late-game focus, outscoring the Bulldogs, 8-5, over the final 25 minutes. Senior middie Katie Stillwell, committed to William & Mary, scored three of her four goals after halftime.

"I think Westfield is a very fast and talented team and they were out here to prove that," said Gates, in her fifth season. "We needed to just settle down and focus on what we needed to do. We know how to play lacrosse.

"We needed to concentrate on doing that and not get so flustered by the scoreboard."

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          Westfield  (4-3)       12  5  --  17
No. 3 Chantilly   (10-0)      10  8  --  18

Goals:
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (5), Hanna Skahn (4), Katie Sasek (3), Mary Barondess (2), Nicole Ficarra (2), Maddy Curry.
CH - Brittany Griel (7), Elizabeth Dunwoody (5), Katie Stillwell (4), Kylie Chaplin, Erin Robertson.

Goals (Time Left in Half)  --  Score
1st Half                               
CH - Katie Stillwell (24:18) -- 1-0
CH - Brittany Griel (23:03) -- 2-0
WF - Nicole Ficarra (21:38) -- 2-1
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (21:18) -- 2-2
CH - Brittany Griel (20:31) -- 3-2
WF - Katie Sasek (20:23) -- 3-3
WF - Katie Sasek (20:15) -- 3-4
WF - Hanna Skahn (19:38) -- 3-5
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (17:15) -- 3-6
CH - Brittany Griel (16:45) -- 4-6
CH - Elizabeth Dunwoody (16:13) -- 5-6
CH - Elizabeth Dunwoody (15:45) -- 6-6
WF - Hanna Skahn (13:41) -- 6-7
WF - Nicole Ficarra (12:52) -- 6-8
CH - Kylie Chaplin (11:15) -- 7-8
WF - Mary Barondess (10:18) -- 7-9
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (8:38) -- 7-10
WF - Katie Sasek (8:09) -- 7-11
CH - Elizabeth Dunwoody (6:26) -- 8-11
CH - Elizabeth Dunwoody (5:56) -- 9-11
CH - Brittany Griel (1:50) -- 10-11
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (1:10) -- 10-12
2nd Half                               
CH - Katie Stillwell (24:04) -- 11-12
CH - Katie Stillwwell (23:34) -- 12-12
WF - Hanna Skahn (20:14) -- 12-13
CH - Brittany Griel (15:18) -- 13-13
CH - Brittany Griel (12:58) -- 14-13
CH - Brittany Griel (12:21) -- 15-13
WF - Amanda O'Sullivan (9:58) -- 15-14
CH - Katie Stillwell (6:48) -- 16-14
CH - Elizabeth Dunwoody (5:53) -- 17-14
WF - Hanna Skahn (5:41) -- 17-15
WF - Maddy Curry (4:03) -- 17-16
WF - Mary Barondess (1:50) -- 17-17
CH - Erin Robertson (0:30) --18-17