2002 Field Hockey State Tournament

The Championship Game 11-18-02

Tower Hill 3 Delmar 1

Delmar (14-5) 1 0 - 1
Tower Hill (18-2) 1 2 - 3

First half- D: Jen Hastings 15:00; TH: Lauren McCrery (Paige Schmidt) 13:45
Second half- TH: Leigh Giacco (Paige Schmidt) 11:52; TH: Paige Schmidt 3:47
Shots- D: 6, TH: 21. Corners- D: 3, TH: 26. Saves; D: 14 (Kristin Wheatley), TH: 5 (Megan Mills)


Leigh Giacco scored the second goal of the game for Tower Hill which proved to be the game winner as the Hillers defeated the Delmar Wildcats 3-1 in the State Championship Field Hockey game.	Junior Paige Schmidt assisted on the game winner and scored the third goal of the game for some insurance for Tower Hill.

Jennifer Hastings scored the first goal of the game in the first half for Delmar's lone goal.	The Wildcats played in their first ever state championship final. They end their fine season with a 14-5 record.
	The Hillers win for the third year in a row and for the fifth time under head coach Robin Adair.

Semifinal Round Results 11-13-02

Delmar 1 Archmere 0

Delmar (14-4) 1 0 - 1
Archmere (15-3-1) 0 0 - 0
First half- D: Rebecca Gum (Ashley Campbell) 23:45
Shot- D: 7, A: 10. Corners- D: 9, A: 13. Saves- D: 3 (Wheatley), A: 4 (Jamie Tosi)

Tower Hill 4 Friends 0

Tower Hill (17-2) 4 0 - 4
Friends (16-3) 0 0 - 0
First half- TH: Paige Schmidt (Mauri Liberati) 25:45; TH: Paige Schmidt (Mauri Liberati) 25:02; TH: Paige Schmidt (PS) 14:43; TH: Mauri Liberati (Alex Albright) 8:04.
Shots- TH: 15, F: 8. Corners- TH: 9, F: 6. Saves- TH: 6 (Megan Mills) F: 10 (Jessica Cowperthwait)


Delmar's Rebecca Gum scored the loan goal for the Wildcats as they defeated Archmere Academy in the semifinal round of the State Field Hockey Tournament.	The Wildcats enter the State Championship Final as the #8 seed with a 14-4 season record	Paige Schmidt, #12, scored three goals in the first half for Tower Hill as the Hillers knocked out Wilmington Friends 4-0. Mauri Liberati scored the 4th goal. Tower Hill improves to 17-2 and will attempt to defend their state championship at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Fred Rullo Stadium in Newark

Second Round Results 11-9-02

Archmere 3 Caesar Rodney 0

Caesar Rodney (10-6-2) 0 0 - 0
Archmere (15-2-1) 0 0 - 3
Second half- A: Dolphin (J. Senior) 15:16; A: Dougherty 10:42; A: Zutz 2:13
Shots- CR: 6, A: 10. Corners- CR: 12, A: 9. Saves- CR: 7 (Boyles), A: 3 (Tosi)

Friends 3 Wilmington Christian 0

Friends (16-2) 2 1 - 3
Wilmington Christian (10-7-1) 0 0 - 0
First half- F: Ting 11:26; F: Rubens :48
Second half- F: Moyer (PS) 11:52
Shots- WC: 13, F: 18. Corners- WC: 13, F: 10. Saves- WC: 16 (E. Frederick 6, L. Frederick 10), F: 7 (Cowperthwait)

Tower Hill 2 William Penn 0

Tower Hill (16-2) 2 0 - 2
William Penn (12-4-1) 0 0 - 0
First half- TH: Schmidt 19:38; TH: Jolly 1:49.
Shots- WP: 2, TH 14. Corners- WP: 10, TH: 10. Saves- WP: 10 (Healy), TH: 2 (Mills)

Delmar 2 Sussex Central 1 Box score available
Becca Gum and Jen Hastings scored for Delmar

First Round Results 11-6-02

Sussex Central 1 Cape Henlopen 0

Sussex Central (10-6-1) 0 1 - 1
Cape Henlopen (15-1-1) 0 0 - 0
Second half- SC: K. Jones (PS) 2:49
Shots- SC: 6, CH: 12. Corners- SC: 13, CH: 14. Saves- SC 10 (A.Jones), CH: 2 (Rhoades)

Delmar 4 Lake Forest 3 (PS)

Lake Forest (11-4-1) 1 2 0 (1) - 3
Delmar (12-4) 2 1 0 (2) - 4
First half- L: Vincent (Touchard) 13:03; D: Hastings 27:47; D: Gum (Lloyd) 25:47
Second half- D: Lloyd 37:32; L: Cortellino (Layton) 39:41; L: Carey 55:43
Penalty Strokes- L: T. Neeman, D: Hastings, Campbell
Shots- D: 29, L: 20. Corners- D: 22, L: 13. Saves- L: 16 (Borowski) D: 14 (Wheatley)

Friends 2 Indian River 1 ot

Indian River (10-7) 1 0 0 - 1
Friends (15-2) 1 0 1 - 2
First half- IR: L. Ambrose 2:20; F: Schmidt (Moyer) 17:26
Overtime- F: Rubens (Moyer) 0:00
Shots- I: 6, F: 18. Corners- I: 1, F: 18. Saves- IR: 15 (Morrison) F: 4 (Cowperthwait)

Wilmington Christian 1 Brandywine 0 Box Score Unavailable

Caesar Rodney 3 St. Marks 0 Box Score Unavailable

Tower Hill 3 Concord 1

Concord (10-5-2) 0 1 - 1
Tower Hill (15-2) 2 1 - 3
First half- TH: Albright (Schmidt) 15:14; TH: Schmidt (Jolly) 3:48
Second half- TH: Albright 11:42; C: Allmond (Dencker) 5:50
Shots- C: 3, TH: 14. Corners- C: 10; TH: 10. Saves- C: 2 (Harding) TH: 2 (Mills)

Archmere 6 Smyrna 0

Smyrna (9-6-1) 0 0 - 0
Archmere (14-2-1) 1 5 - 6
First half - A: Dolphin (Tibbetts) 4:19
Second half- A: J. Senior 1:30; A: Dolphin (J. Senior) 4:10; A: Zutz 7:16; A: Dougherty 16:51; A: Dolphin (Teixiera) 21:29
Shots- S: 4, A: 22. Corners- S:6; A: 8. Saves- S: 8 (VanHekle) A: 2 (Tosi)

William Penn 1 Caravel 0

William Penn (12-3-1) 0 1 - 1
Caravel (10-4-2) 0 0 - 0
Second half- WP: Tiberi (Bradley) 1:12
Shots- WP: 6, C: 6. Corners- WP: 10, C: 3. Saves- WP 2 (Healy) C: Manubay 4

First Round- All games at higher seeds home field except as noted.
Wednesday 11-6-02. All games begin at 2 p.m.

#1 Cape Henlopen (15-0-1) vs. #16 Sussex Central (9-6-1)

#8 Delmar (11-4) vs. #9 Lake Forest (11-3-1)

#4 Archmere (13-2-1) vs. #13 Smyrna (9-5-1)

#5 St. Mark’s (12-2-2) vs. #12 Caesar Rodney (9-5-2) at Mt. Pleasant

#2 Wilm Friends (14-2) vs. #5 Indian River (10-6)

#7 Brandywine (12-2-1) vs. #10 Wilmington Christian (9-6-1)

#3 Tower Hill (14-2) vs. #14 Concord (10-4-2)

#6 Caravel (10-3-2) vs. #11 William Penn (10-3-1)