Ward Melville beat host Sachem East, 2-1, in a Suffolk field hockey match on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kiera Alventosa (23) blocks the drive down the sideline by Sachem East's Renee Salerno (7) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Sachem East goalkeeper Marissa Cuevas (92) and Kelly McKevney (11) try to block a shot by Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) in the second half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Lexi Reinhardt's (9) score was disallowed because it touched her foot on a pass in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Lexi Reinhardt (9) and Sachem East's Kayla Lopez (22) battle for the ball at the end of the field in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) celebrates her score against Sachem East's goalkeeper Marissa Cuevas (92) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kelly Quinn (5) brings the ball upfield in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) drives the ball between the feet of Sachem East's Isabella Jimenez (17) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) dribbles the ball against Sachem East's Gabriella Pluchino (21) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Sachem East's Kristen Shanahan (26) and Ward Melville's Kelly Quinn (5) battle for possession at midfield in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kaitlin Thornton (25) takes a long shot on goal in the second half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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After a furious scrum, the ball sits on the goal line before being cleared by Sachem East in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Members of the Ward Melville field hockey team rush the ball together in front of the goal in the second half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) misses a pass from Kassidy Rogers-Healion (3) off a shot on goal in the second half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Hannah Lorenzen (13) with the pass against Sachem East's Renee Salerno (7) and Kayla Miranda (6) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Sachem East girls varsity field hockey head coach Tina Moon before the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Members of the Sachem East varsity field hockey team line up in the goal on a corner in the scond half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton's (12) shot on goal against Marissa Cuevas (92) hits the right upright of the cage in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's goalkeeper Bella Nelin (99) follows the flight of the shot on goal taken by Sachem East's Kelly McKevney (11) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Sachem East's Emily Allen (28) and Isabella Jimenez (17) celebrate a score by Maria Esguerra in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville girls varsity field hockey head coach Shannon Sioss before the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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Ward Melville's Kerri Thornton (12) with the low shot for the game's first score against Sachem East's goalkeeper Marissa Cuevas (92) in the first half of the game at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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In the middle of several Sachem East defenders, Ward Melville's Lexi Reinhardt (9) scores the second goal of the game in the first half at Sachem East High School on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

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