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<p>SOUTH CENTRE TWP. &#8212; Freshman Anna Mozeleski wasn&#8217;t on the field when Wyoming Seminary lost to Greenwood in the PIAA Class A field hockey state championship game last year. But she helped make sure Tuesday night only one of them would have a return trip.</p><p>And that team was the Blue Knights.</p><p>Mozeleski scored late in the first half and Seminary added three more in the final 30 minutes to defeat defending state champ Greenwood 4-0 in the semifinals at Central Columbia High School.</p><p>District 2 champion Seminary (20-2-1) will play District 3 third seed Newport at 10 a.m. Saturday at Whitehall High School for the championship. Newport defeated D3 runner-up Oley Valley 3-1 in its semifinal. D3 champion Greenwood ended its season at 21-2-1.</p><p>&#8220;I did happen to watch (the title game),&#8221; Mozeleski said. &#8220;And seeing how much we&#8217;ve improved and playing Greenwood again, I just couldn&#8217;t be happier for this team, for everyone, for the coaches. It&#8217;s not a miracle, we worked for it.&#8221;</p><p>Greenwood started strongly, but by midway through the first half Seminary started to ease away control. It eventually led to Mozeleski scoring from close range.</p><p>&#8220;We did have nerves,&#8221; Seminary coach Karen Klassner said. &#8220;The pressure was on us really because they&#8217;re the defending state champions and the only way we were going to advance was to beat them. So they were standing in our way. But they are a great program.&#8221;</p><p>And a program with one of the top players in the country in senior Paityn Wirth. The Blue Knights, though, approached defending Wirth differently than in last year&#8217;s championship game. This time there was no special attention.</p><p>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t,&#8221; Klassner said. &#8220;Basically, we learned a lesson from last year because we tried to stop her last year. This year we didn&#8217;t do anything special. We kept everything status quo because it&#8217;s gotten us this far.&#8221;</p><p>Wirth had her moments, but none were dangerous enough to make Seminary sweat on the 41-degree night. Of course, building on the 1-0 early in the second half helped mightily.</p><p>Less than three minutes into the final 30 minutes, Alex Wesneski made a strong run through the right side of the circle and blasted a shot toward the left post. Julia Christian redirected it past Greenwood goalie Kelsey Sheaffer.</p><p>Greenwood followed with a couple penalty corners and a pair of one-player advantages. Again, nothing of merit occurred as Seminary recorded its third shutout of the state playoffs.</p><p>&#8220;The defense, we definitely focus on working as a unit,&#8221; Seminary goalie Mia Magnotta said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not an individual sport. We communicate a lot. We know we have each others backs and that helps. We pick each other up when we&#8217;re down. I think that definitely helps with keeping these shutouts.&#8221;</p><p>Wesneski pretty much sewed things up with an unassisted goal with 9:53 to play. The Blue Knights, though, kept up the offensive pressure as Maxwell finished off the Wildcats by swatting in a goal while lying on the field with 3:28 remaining. Wesneski had the assist.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>PIAA Class A Semifinals</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wyoming Seminary 4, Greenwood 0</strong></p><p><strong>Wyo. Seminary`1`3 &#8212; 4</strong></p><p><strong>Greenwood`0`0 &#8212; 0</strong></p><p><strong>First half &#8212;</strong> 1. WS, Anna Mozeleski (Hannah Maxwell). 2:23; <strong>Second half &#8212;</strong> 2. WS, Julia Christian (Alex Wesneski), 27:47; 3. WS, Wesneski, 9:53; 4. WS, Maxwell (Wesneski), 3:28.</p><p><strong>Shots &#8212;</strong> GRE 8, SEM 5. <strong>Saves &#8212;</strong> GRE 5 (Kelsey Sheaffer), SEM 5 (Mia Magnotta). Penalty corners &#8212; GRE 4, SEM 5.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski (right) hugs Anna Mozeleski in celebration of Mozeleski&#8217;s goal against Greenwood in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday night at Central Columbia High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g1_faa.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski (right) hugs Anna Mozeleski in celebration of Mozeleski&#8217;s goal against Greenwood in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday night at Central Columbia High School. </caption0><photoCredit0>Fred Adams | for Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g2_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski (right) hugs Julia Christan in celebration of the second goal against Greenwood in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday night at Central Columbia High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g2_faa.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski (right) hugs Julia Christan in celebration of the second goal against Greenwood in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday night at Central Columbia High School. </caption1><photoCredit1>Fred Adams | for Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g3_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Aubrey Mytych works the ball in front of the goal as Greenwood midfielder Abby Weger defends. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g3_faa.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Aubrey Mytych works the ball in front of the goal as Greenwood midfielder Abby Weger defends. </caption2><photoCredit2>Fred Adams | for Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g4_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Aubrey Mytych dives for the ball as Greenwood midfielder Abby Weger takes control Tuesday in the second half. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g4_faa.jpg</photo3><caption3>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Aubrey Mytych dives for the ball as Greenwood midfielder Abby Weger takes control Tuesday in the second half. </caption3><photoCredit3>Fred Adams | for Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g5_faa.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski celebrates with goalie Mia Magnotta after defeating defending state champion Greenwood 4-0 in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday at Central Columbia High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_wys_g5_faa.jpg</photo4><caption4>Wyoming Seminary&#8217;s Alex Wesneski celebrates with goalie Mia Magnotta after defeating defending state champion Greenwood 4-0 in the PIAA Class A semifinals Tuesday at Central Columbia High School. </caption4><photoCredit4>Fred Adams | for Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Blue Knights avenge loss to Greenwood</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By John Erzar</p><p>jerzar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</p></shirttailMeta></div>

H.S. Field Hockey: Wyoming Seminary defeats Greenwood, advance to title game