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<p>LEHMAN TWP. &#8211; Lampeter-Strasburg won its first district girls lacrosse playoff game last season in Claudia Ovchinnikoff&#8217;s first season as a head coach.</p><p>For the encore under the former NCAA Division I Offensive Player of the Year, the Pioneers went a significant step further.</p><p>Penn State recruit Kelsey Kimmel scored eight goals and Lampeter-Strasburg rode a fast start to a 15-10 victory over Wyoming Seminary in a PIAA Class 2A girls lacrosse state tournament opener Tuesday.</p><p>While the Pioneers were winning their state debut, the Blue Knights were falling to 1-9 on the state level by losing in the first round for the sixth straight year.</p><p>The game, however, represented progress as Wyoming Seminary put together a much more competitive game than in losing the last four years by a combined 66-15.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of the progress,&#8221; said Wyoming Seminary coach Catie Kersey, who hopes the strong finish will boost the confidence of the Blue Knights in potential future state games. &#8220;I don&#8217;t regret anything.</p><p>&#8220; &#8230; If there&#8217;s one thing about this team, it&#8217;s that they&#8217;re incredibly mentally tough. They pulled it together as a team.&#8221;</p><p>Lampeter-Strasburg scored the game&#8217;s first six goals, but Wyoming Seminary surged back into more competitive situations three times.</p><p>The Blue Knights got within 7-4 at halftime. They cut a 10-5, second-half deficit to 10-7 and 11-8. Then, they scored the game&#8217;s last two goals to reduce the game&#8217;s biggest lead to five with 3:07 left.</p><p>&#8220;I think it took us about 10 minutes to believe that we actually could hang with this team,&#8221; Wyoming Seminary coach Catie Kersey said. &#8220;Once we started working hard out there and more than going through the motions, it made a huge difference.&#8221;</p><p>Lampeter-Strasburg was able to possess the ball from there, keeping Wyoming Seminary from managing any shots at getting any closer.</p><p>Christina Kilyanek had three goals and an assist while Grace Parsons had two goals and an assist. Emily Matthews and Paige Parsons each had a goal and an assist. Parker Callahan scored the other goal.</p><p>&#8220;Similar to other days when we&#8217;ve had success, a lot of our goals came off of assists,&#8221; Kersey said. &#8220;I think when we were doing that, we were far more successful moving the ball, forcing them to play defense on all seven players as opposed to just one.&#8221;</p><p>Mia Raineri, a four-year starter in goal, made 18 saves to finish her career with more than 600.</p><p>&#8220;Their goalie played a phenomenal game,&#8221; Ovchinnikoff said. &#8220;She definitely kept them in the game.&#8221;</p><p>McKenna Conklin added four goals for Lampeter-Strasburg, the District 3 fourth-place team, which improved to 15-6.</p><p>Kimmel, a four-year starter, leads the way for the state quarterfinalist with more than 100 goals this season.</p><p>&#8220;Hands down, she&#8217;s the best player our program has ever had,&#8221; Ovchinnikoff said.</p><p>Ovchinnikoff, a former U.S. National Team player, is a Temple University Hall of Famer, who moved back to Lancaster County after serving as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina.</p><p>&#8220;We have the talent to go pretty far,&#8221; Ovchinnikoff said.</p><p>The Wyoming Valley Conference and District 2 Class 2A champion Blue Knights finished their season 17-4.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Robinson</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

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