Quakers hit stride after slow start

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2008 | by Kate Fagan Inquirer Staff Writer

WEST LONG BRANCH - At the top of the crease, four Moorestown players stood shoulder to shoulder, waiting for their teammate Bridget Callahan. Callahan curled around and her teammates split, two to the right, two to the left, creating a gap wide enough for only one. Callahan squeezed past as if slipping, just in time, through the doors of a closing elevator.

She darted to the goal, took a pass from Annie McGinley, and scored. Callahan's first-half goal capped a decisive run by top-seeded Moorestown (23-1). The Quakers defeated fourth-seeded Cherokee, 20-5, in the semifinals of the NJSIAA Girls' Lacrosse Tournament of Champions at Monmouth University's Kessler Field. Moorestown, the South Jersey Group III and eight-time defending tournament champion, will play Chatham...