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Wilton made it happen quickly. Baxendale sent the ball in from
        the left side after a Lauralton foul. Cunningham got her stick
        on the ball on the right side of the goal box and shifted it
        across to the left. No one was there to deny Ward and she

        easily knocked it past Lauralton goalie Mary-Beth Rudolph
        (two saves).














                                                                 Ward made a run down the right side a couple

                                                                 minutes later, feeding Campbell for an easy goal into
                                                                 an open net.

                                                                 Wilton will face the same scenario against Hand, a

                                                                 team it knocked out in the semifinals last year. Hand
                                                                 (19-2-1), which beat Lauralton in the Southern
                                                                 Connecticut Conference championship, posted a 2-1
        victory over No. 6 Avon in the other semifinal.


        “It’s always a tough game when we play
        them,” Hynes said. “They’re going to come out
        ready to play. It’s a similar story to Lauralton
        Hall. We knocked them out last year, so

        they’re going to want to pay us back.”

        Wilton 2, Lauralton Hall 0 (at Fairfield)
        Second half—Wilton: Bridget Ward (Meg
        Cunningham) ; Katherine Campbell. (Bridget

        Ward);
        Shots—LHA: 12; Wil: 6; Saves—LHA: Mary
        Beth Rudolph 2; Wilton: Amanda Hendry 7;
        Team records—Lauralton Hall 16-4-1; Wilton

        17-3-1.
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