Ward Melville Patriots prevail

Ward Melville Patriots prevail

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Patriots score. Photo by Bill Landon
Patriots score. Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Grace Balocca looks for an opening in a road game against Floyd. Bill Landon photo
Emilia Retzlaff scores.
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Ward Melville midfielder Emilia Retzlaff blasts one of her four goals in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville midfielder Emilia Retzlaff blasts one of her four goals in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Kate Spinks rounds the back of the cage in a road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville attack Emilia Retzlaff changes direction in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Grace Mulham defends in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville attack Emilia Retzlaff looks for a cutter in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Kate Spinks fires at the cage in a road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville co-captain Courtney Quinn looks down field in a road game against Floyd. Bill Landon photo
Ward Melville midfielder Emilia Retzlaff scores one of her four goals in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville co-captain Courtney Quinn grabs a loose ball in a road game against Floyd. Bill Landon photo
Ward Melville’s Ava Simonton pushes up-field in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon
Patriots score. Bill Landon
Ward Melville midfielder Emilia Retzlaff scores one of her four goals in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Grace Balocca passes behind the cage in a road game against Floyd. Bill Landon photo
Ward Melville co-captain Courtney Quinn looks up-field in a road game against Floyd. Bill Landon photo
Ward Melville midfielder Emilia Retzlaff looks for a cutter in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd. Credit: Bill Landon
Ward Melville’s Kate Spinks breaks to the outside in a road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon
Olivia Comerford collides with a Floyd defender in an away game Apr. 4. Bill Landon photo
Ward Melville’s Ava Simonton scoops up a ground ball in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon
Ward Melville goalie Ava Carrillo clears the ball in a Div I road game against Wm Floyd Apr. 4. Photo by Bill Landon

It was a one-goal game most of the way when Ward Melville’s Grace Balocca’s stick stretched the net to edge ahead, 6-5, with just under four minutes left in regulation. William Floyd was unable to answer when Emilia Retzlaff scored the insurance goal for the Patriots at the 2:36 mark, and Grace Mulham split the pipes in the final minute for the 8-5 victory.  

Retzlaff led the way for the Patriots with four goals. Balocca had two, and teammates Mulham and Ava Simonton both scored in the Division I road game April 4.  Ava Carrillo had seven saves on the day.  

The win lifts Ward Melville to 4-0 in league, 6-0 overall, to sit atop the Division I leaderboard.

The Patriots retake the field April 8 where they’ll host Half Hollow Hills. Game time is 4:15 p.m.

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