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MANCHESTER – Lightning struck frequently Saturday, playing havoc with the playoff schedule at Manchester Memorial’s Chabot-McDonough Field and the Division I girls lacrosse semifinal between second-seeded Souhegan and third seeded Londonderry.

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Waiting nearly three unexpected hours for your game to start would cause lethargy in many athletes, but Petropulos cheap cruises clearly spent the extra time sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, listening to Metallica, watching “Braveheart”, or some other activity athletes use to fire themselves up. The Souhegan junior had a hat trick within 12 minutes, finishing with four goals to lead the Sabers.

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Dobbs, for her part, was a lethal combination of great and lucky. The junior goalie made two brilliant saves immediately, and nine overall, but also benefited from three great Londonderry chances ringing off the goalposts.

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It could have been a totally different game if Londonderry scored on their two early chances, but it hurt worse when Souhegan composed itself and scored the game’s opening three goals.

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Londonderry answered with two quick goals, but the Sabers responded with six of the next eight to give themselves a comfortable 8-4 lead at the half. Another successful start to the half (four unanswered goals) put the game out of reach early in the second.

Souhegan benefited from a balanced scoring attack, aside from Petropulos’ heroics. Tamara Bender had two goals, cheap cruises and Delaney Brault had a goal and two assists, but the Sabers got goals from eight different players. Kayla Green and Dana Boyle led the Lancers with two goals cheap cruises each.