Sunday, March 4, 2012

Strawbridge paces Palatine rebound

Tasha Strawbridge scored on a rebound to spark No. 3 Palatine(4-2) to a 1-0 victory over crosstown rival Fremd 1-0 Wednesday atFremd.

The Pirates will meet No. 4 Hoffman Estates on Saturday.

"We weren't emotionally charged against (top-ranked)Libertyville (a 3-1 loss) and I don't know why," Strawbridge said."We couldn't afford to let that happen to us again."

With 13:07 left in the game, Caitlin Breault's shot deflectedoff the knee of Fremd goalie Cindy Blodgett. But Strawbridge tookthe rebound and beat Blodgett to the upper-right corner with thegame-winner.

"I saw how hard Caitlin shot the ball," Strawbridge said. "Iknew I had to get in …

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