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"It was a great day for hockey," said Sting coach Leslie Walker. "All the girls played well and really enjoyed the experience."
The Sting and the Newark girls have met once before this season. The game was a thriller, with the Sting prevailing in the closing seconds. It looked early like today's game would be just the same. It may have been closer, but Molly Brumfield had a banner day notching a hat-trick and leading the Sting to a 6-3 win.
"Someone threw my their hat after the game," said Brumfield with a smile.
Newark opened the scoring with a great individual effort by a player in the high slot. She fired a quick wrister on the ice past sprawling goaltender Emma Titus.
"I was out of position on that first goal," Titus admitted after the game. "I should have had that one, I saw it the whole way. Oh well!" she said as she ran off with her friend and teammate Kaitlin.
The Sting battled back and scored the next 3 goals. Molly, Alex, Madison and Olivia had the goals on the afternoon. It was back and forth with end-to-end action. Newark has a great team.
Enjoy these photos!