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For Grace Waldeck, one time is not enough.

The junior sniper scored two goals in the first half and scored three goals for a hat trick in the second quarter. The third-ranked Concord-Carlisle hockey team eliminated the 14th seed 3-0 in the second round of Division 1. Chelmsford State Championship.

"It's great," Waldeck said. "It's so fun, so exciting. I hope we can go all the way."

At 5:30 pm on November 11th, Chelmsford won the home sixth seed Wellesley in the quarter-finals of the 1st Division.

According to Concord Carlisle coach Jackie Turner, her team works seamlessly in all three areas, from forwards to defense to goalkeepers. "I'm proud of them," Turner said. "This is a great team victory. These girls deserve to be owned. I'm glad they can put it together tonight."

For Chelmsford coach Susan D'Agostino, this is a difficult way out.

"I don't want to make any excuses," D'Agostino said. "Due to injuries, our recent lineup has undergone some changes, so we have to make a lot of adjustments. We are also a team, if someone goes out, we will strengthen. I think the team did a great job in strengthening tonight."

"I really don't know what went wrong because we put it all there," D'Agostino added. "Concord Carlisle is an amazing team with great passing and very good technique. Many of their players play the club together. As a hockey enthusiast, watching the game is a wonderful thing."

Concord Carlisle was like a well-functioning machine for most of the first quarter, beating the Lions 5-0. Waldeck was the first to attack, taking full advantage of the excellent organizational skills of senior four-man captains Mia McKennitt and Bailey McIntyre. The power trio proved to be the record of winning the game at only 3:23 at the start of the game.

"I think it really came from a big cross in the right lane, I just did it for it," Waldeck said. "They sent it to the right, I just gave it, so that's all they have."

Waldeck extended the lead to the second quarter with 1 minute and 17 seconds, using the same type of game plan, but this time with assists by juniors Kate Lyons and McIntyre.

"The second goal was almost exactly the same," Waldeck admitted. "It appeared on the right. I tipped it."

Driven by goalkeeper Celia Lupoli (24 saves), Chelmsford seemed to regroup late in the second half. With 4:20 left in the first half, the veteran network administrator sent off the Concord Carlisle four-man captain Tori Postler with a free throw, which gave her team reason to believe. From there, the Lions started buzzing in the Patriots net in the last two minutes of the half, but to no avail. Concord-Carlisle goalkeeper Lorena Neptune (7 saves) rejected a few sparkling opportunities and pulled the Lions off the scoreboard.

"I think our kids have done a good job of fighting and cutting off passes," D'Agostino said. "But when you can't get the ball into the net, you can't win the game, the bottom line. That's just one of those difficult things. If you can't get it online, you have no chance of winning. This is what happened tonight. Thing."

Waldeck eliminated the idea of ​​Chelmsford coming back to hit the ball in the final moments of the game. She scored the third point from another McKennett game and finished it with 2:04 left in the game. hat trick.

"Grace is great," Turner said. "The best thing about Grace is that she is very humble and works very hard, but so are the others. We were able to put it all together tonight.

Preventing a strong attack by a team like Chelmsford has also brought dividends for the Patriots' mentality to move forward.

"This is very helpful to our confidence," Turner said. "We worked very hard to execute the pass and Chelmsford did a great job of maintaining pressure. This is not a game that we can sit back and watch, so I am very happy to score the third goal."

Although disappointed with the defeat, D'Agostino did not regret her Lions club.

"I think we played very hard and I am proud of them," she said. "They did a great job and I am very excited about next year."

Concord Carlisle advanced to the next round with a score against Wellesley.

"They are our only loss in the regular season," Turner said. "So we look forward to seeing them again."