Radnor High School | Archive | November, 2021

RADNOR — In Ivy Chaskelson’s striking dreams, she’d struggle to draw it up better than what transpired in the 55th minute Tuesday night.

The inside-outing of a defender. The chip over her. The way the ball waited for her on the other side. The perfect pocket of space, behind a beaten defender and in front of a stock-still goalie, to stride into. The left-footed shot, the finish past a forlorn keeper, the celebration.

It broke a tied game in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A girls soccer tournament, which made it just perfect for the Radnor freshman.

“I’ve tried it before,” Chaskelson said, “and this time it worked. For a goal.”

It also furnished the perfect states return for Radnor after a 21-year hiatus, a 2-1 win over District 3 third seed Greencastle-Antrim. The Raptors (18-4) head for a second-round meeting with Northwestern Lehigh. The District 11 champ upended District 2 winner Dallas, 1-0, at its place. That game is Saturday at a neutral site to be determined.

Chaskelson’s goal, like the own goal that staked the Raptors a lead in the eighth minute, started with service by Edy McKenzie. It was one of several instances in which the speed of the Radnor front line unlatched the Blue Devils’ defense.

One, in which Chaskelson had only goalie Alexis Nelson to beat, looked like a handball and a certain red card on Nelson when she charged 35 yards off her line, but the three referees didn’t see it that way. In the decisive moment, though, Chaskelson finished another big chance.

The effort only held up, though, because of someone who was relatively little used in districts. Goalie Mallory Toomey didn’t have much do to in Radnor’s climb to a District 1 title, such was the way that Radnor defended effectively with the ball and kept opponents pinned back in not allowing a goal over three wins.

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Radnor’s Ivy Chaskelson, heading the ball in a regular-season game against Garnet Valley, scored the game-winning goal in the second

half to lead Radnor to a 2-1 win over Greencastle-Antrim Tuesday in the first round of the PIAA class 3A tournament. (Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group)

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NETHER PROVIDENCE – When Selah Koleth headed to the bench with eight minutes to play Thursday night, the dog pile on the Radnor sideline offered important practice.

The sophomore midfielder had done her part, with two authoritative finishes inside the box. All that remained, as the Radnor reserves subbed in to get young players a taste of a District 1 final, was the anticipation of the celebrations after the final whistle on the turf at Strath Haven’s George L. King Field.

Koleth scored twice, and the freshman-to-freshman connection of Ivy Chaskelson to Olivia Jacobs put the icing on the cake as the top-seeded Raptors upended perennial powerhouse Villa Joseph Marie, 3-0.

“It’s kind of like the reward,” Koleth said of the joyous mob that awaited her at the bench. “It’s a really, really great feeling. It makes me feel so accomplished. There’s just so much happiness.”

The district title is the first for Radnor (17-4) since 2000. Both finalists qualify for the PIAA Class 3A tournament starting next Tuesday, with Radnor awaiting the third seed from District 3.

Radnor’s recipe was the same as ever: Stoutness down the middle of the pitch and flair up top. Like in the semifinal, the central midfield pair of Kate Boujoukos and Emily Daiutolo dictated the game. Where that game was scoreless for nearly 70 minutes until Jacobs scored, Koleth struck in the ninth minute in the final.

Jane Daiutolo played a perfectly weighted ball into the left channel to spring Koleth and cut out two defenders. Koleth hit a shot hard and low with her left foot toward the far post, leaving goalie Mackenzie Van Arsdale no chance.

“We’ve been practicing through balls a lot at practice, and so Jane just played me a really nice ball through,” Koleth said. “I took a couple of touches and shot back post.”

Jane Daiutolo was the architect of the second goal as well, Koleth finding the ball in a sea of legs in the box, taking the extra touch with her superb close control and technique and lashing a high shot into the back of the net.

For those keeping track, that’s four goals in two games from sophomores and freshmen, reflecting a dynamic that has been at the heart of Radnor’s success.

“I think it is our tight-knit bond,” senior left back Julie Breedveld said. “We all trust each other, and they know ever if they mess up, the seniors are here for them. I think it’s everything that we’re such good friends. It’s not a seniority thing. I think we all fit together on the team.”

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Villa Joseph’s Adriana Houtz, left, and Radnor’s Selah Koleth battle

for a ball in the first half of the District 1 Class 3A final at Strath

Haven Thursday evening. (PETE BANNAN – DAILY TIMES)

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RADNOR — With 10 minutes to play in a win-or-go-home District 1 semifinal Tuesday night, there weren’t many freshmen on the field at Radnor. Even for veterans, the pressure of the moment weighed heavy.

And for Radnor freshman forward Olivia Jacobs?

“I love it,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity and I’m really happy I got to play.”

Jacobs made the most of it, scoring the only goal of the game in the 71st minute to send Radnor to a 1-0 victory over Villa Maria in the District 1 Class 3A tournament.

The win sends Radnor (16-4) to Thursday’s final against perennial power Villa Joseph Marie, the No. 2 seed that survived Upper Perkiomen, 3-2. Kickoff at Strath Haven is at 5 p.m. The top seed in the district tournament also qualifies for states for the first time since 2000.

Jacobs supplied the only goal with a bit of patience and nerve. Jane Daiutolo played a perfect ball to split the center backs and give Jacobs a chance to beat them with pace. Jacobs took a touch, shot into the gap in the Villa defense, got a step and fired home on her left foot low and hard across the grain.

“I was out wide and I saw these two defenders and they were flat,” Jacobs said. “I saw Jane had the ball and I was like, ‘Jane, play me through.’ There was like a little spot that I could go through. And so right when she played that ball, there was a defender that was about to get it, but I took a touch around and then it was just 1-v-1 against the goalie.”

“I’m so unbelievably proud of her,” Emily Daiutolo said. “She’s been working so hard all season and I could not be more proud of her.”

Jacobs’ run cashed in the Raptors’ biggest advantage. Throughout the game, the Daiutolo sisters pinged balls at will at the defense. More often than not, despite the speed of Ivy Chaskelson up front and the shiftiness and technique of Selah Koleth on the left wing, Villa was equal to the task.

But all it took was one connection to make up for all the near-misses.

“I think it increases our drive a lot because everyone in their head is like, we’re right there, just one more, just one more,” Emily Daiutolo said. “Eventually, if we keep shooting, one’s going to go in.”

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PETE BANNAN – MEDIANEWS GROUP Radnor’s Jane Daiutolo, right

in this shot from a game against Garnet Valley, set up Olivia Jacobs’ goal

that went for a 1-0 win over Villa Maria Tuesday

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