The top-seeded Winthrop Ramblers defeated the visiting fourth-seeded Boothbay Region Seahawks 4-1 Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31 to advance to the Class C South field hockey championship game.

The semifinal matchup was the second time the teams met this season with Winthrop edging Boothbay 2-1 at BRHS.

Addie Daigle scored twice for the Ramblers. Sophie Shuman gave Winthrop a 1-0 lead with a first quarter goal at 9:17. After Daigle made it 2-0 in the second quarter at 6:31, Boothbay cut the lead in half on a goal by Zuri Smith at 5:47.

With the score 2-1 at the start of the third quarter, Boothbay came out putting pressure on the Winthrop defense, getting four penalty corners in the second half of the quarter. A few shots were stopped by the Winthrop goalie. With just under a minute to play in the quarter, Winthrop got a penalty corner and Grace Folsom scored with eight seconds on the clock to make it 3-1.

Daigle’s second goal came with 3:34 to play and Winthrop kept Boothbay at bay the rest of the way.

Winthrop improved to 14-1 and Boothbay ends the season at 11-5.