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Recap

St. Anthony Village, making its second consecutive appearance in the state tournament, reached a new program milestone by earning a spot in the Class A championship game. The No. 4-seeded Huskies did so in an impressive manner by defeating top seeded Providence Academy 4-2 in the semifinals that featured five penalty kicks. St. Anthony Village was the recipient of three of them and the Huskies gladly turned them into goals en route to its eighth consecutive victory.

Junior midfielder Meghan Przybilla had two of the penalty kick goals and senior midfielder Eileen Cardona had the other.

St. Anthony Village built a 2-0 lead in the first half, but in a span of 33 seconds, Providence Academy (17-4-0) tied the score on two goals by freshman forward Maddyn Greenway. She drew the Lions to within 2-1 when she made a free kick from 25 yards, a shot that sailed into the left side. It was her 57^th goal of the season. No. 58 came a moment later when she made a penalty kick.

Cardona snapped the deadlock on a penalty kick with 1:09 left in the first half to give the Huskies a 3-2 edge.

Greenway had a chance to tie the score, again by a penalty kick, but her shot caromed off the right post. Four minutes later, Greenway was injured on a play in the right side of the penalty area and had to be helped off the field. She did not return to the game.

The Huskies pushed the lead to 4-2 when Pryzbilla made a penalty kick. That goal was needed because the Lions pulled to within 4-3 on a one-timer by freshman forward Elizabeth Hughes with 1:46 remaining in regulation.