Lady Billies a win away from finals appearance

Williamsville South's Blair Pembleon, right, and West Seneca East's Melanie Sterlace vie for a loose ball during the Lady Billies' 4-1 Section VI Class B prequarterfinal win last Wednesday. South beat Starpoint, 2-1, in double overtime on Friday to advance them to the semifinals. Photo by Joe Eberle Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com

Williamsville South's field hockey team is one game away from an appearance in the Section VI Class B finals.

South, seeded seventh, defeated 10th-seed West Seneca East, 4-1, last Wednesday, in a prequarterfinal home game and upset second seed Starpoint, 2-1, in double overtime on Friday.

South, 8-8-2, played third-seed Amherst (10-6-2) at Amherst on Tuesday, but the result was unavailable before The Bee went to press.

Kate Kurzanski scored a beautiful goal off a corner situation with Ali Ferenczy to put South up 1-0 on West Seneca East. Ten minutes before the half, Darragh Kerr assisted on Blair Pembleton's goal. Pembleton, a freshman, was called up from JV.

In the second half, Ali Ferenczy centered the ball for a goal by Lauren Falzone, and Sarah Hunt had the assist on Kelly Klapper's goal. West Seneca East scored once past goalie Megan Hull.

Starpoint scored first to go up 1-0 at halftime. In the second half, Ashley Ferenczy scored with Kerr assisting.

In the second overtime, Ashley Ferenczy passed the ball to Kurzanski, who scored.