A reign and run are both done.

Penn Manor, the defending Class AAA champion, had its crown taken away with a 1-0 overtime loss to Lower Dauphin Saturday afternoon in a PIAA Field Hockey Tournament quarterfinal game at Exeter High School.

Later Saturday evening, Hempfield's somewhat surprising postseason sprint was abruptly halted by a 1-0 Central Bucks South defeat at Governor Mifflin High School.

In both cases, the L-L League state tournament entrants had plenty of chances, but couldn't cash in when needed as their seasons came to a close.

"It's taking advantage of opportunities at hand," Hempfield rookie head coach Julianne Bojanic said. Her District Three runner-up Black Knights (16-7) poured in 14 shots off 16 penalty corners but couldn't crack the cage ably defended by CBS goalie Liz Lewallen.

"Their goalie [Lewallen] did a good job of stopping our initial shot, but we didn't do a good job of capitalizing on rebounds and getting second and third shots. You have to be more hungry in the circle; make something happen with those rebounds."

"It doesn't always have to be pretty, you just have to get the job done," said first-year coach Christina Ford, who's guided the District One champion Titans (19-3-2) back to the state semifinals. "We got the job done."

Kayla Kenney scored the game's only goal for CBS 13:22 into the second half, finding a crossing pass in front of the Hempfield cage and slapping in what proved to be the game-winner.

It was the Titans' second of three shots in the game. They had only two corners.

"We didn't end up on the right end of the [score]board," said Bojanic. "We just couldn't get one to drop."

Much of that had to do with Lewallen's stellar play in the cage. She was good on the direct shots and at improvising. Perhaps her best save came with 3:17 left, when she deflected a shot that was over her head with her glove, preserving the shutout. She also went to the ground several times to turn back Hempfield efforts.

The District Three champion Comets (25-1-1), like their Section One neighbor Knights, dominated in the first half of play but put only one shot on goal off six corners.

Again, much of that had to do with LD's defense, especially the stickwork of defender Hunter Bracale. On several occasions, Bracale was able to get just enough of the ball off Jill Witmer's blasts to send the ball over or to the side of the cage.

"I'm so proud of our corner defense," said LD coach Linda Kreiser. [Bracale] did an outstanding job. They really played well together."

"We had a lot of chances," said PM coach Matt Soto. "We were so close. We just missed here, missed there.

"We should have knocked one in."

While only getting that one shot on goal in the first half, Manor peppered the cage with five good chances off eight of its 14 corners after the break. Still, nothing would fall.

However, nothing fell for the Falcons (18-6) either, who had all four of their corners and three of their four shots in regulation in the second half.

That sent the game into a seven-a-side, 15-minute sudden-victory overtime period. LD worked for a penalty corner and fired off a shot that hit PM's Renee Suter about chest-high. The official, though, awarded a second corner to LD, calling the foul on Suter.

Manor goalie Carenna Neely stopped the initial shot, but the ball eventually found its way to Emma Dahmus, who said she just got her stick on the ball and tipped it in with five minutes off the clock.

It was some payback for LD, which lost a 1-0 decision to PM in the district semifinals before falling to Mid-Penn rival Hershey in the district third-place game. Hershey defeated eight-time state champ Emmaus 1-0 in the first game of the doubleheader at GM.

"It was our biggest win of the season," Kreiser said.

"It stinks like crazy," Soto said of losing. "We had a nice long run, but this hurts."

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