High School Sports: Liberty Hockey Season Comes to An End

Eastern Tech edged Liberty 1-0 to win the first round regional field hockey game, ending the season for the Lions.

The Mavericks return to Eldersburg Thursday to take on Century, the top seed in the 2A North region.

Liberty dominated the first half, taking three shots and lining up for 10 short corners, to only two shots by Eastern. But the Mavericks scored on their second shot at the 17:55 mark.

Gabbie Benson found the goal on a pass from Lindsay Meyers.

The second half saw the Mavericks start to play a more defensive game and kept the Lions from scoring. Again in the second half, Liberty had more short corners five to one.

"We just can’t finish. We will work on that next year and look out we are coming," said Lion coach Brenda Strohmer.

Liberty goalie Anna Slusarcyk turned away four shots in the game. Eastern goalie Amanda Carmean stopped five Liberty attempts.

"It was a great match-up, it was just a good goal they had and we didn’t defend it, so we would be going into overtime right now," said Strohmer. "They played more of a defensive game to keep us from getting it through. It was tough to get it through their midfield. It was a good game. Everyone played great."

Eastern Tech is now 4-8-1 for the season, while Liberty ends their first year under coach Strohmer, 2-12.