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BEDFORD — A team that was 8 seconds away from elimination on Halloween is now the New Hampshire Division 2 state champions.

Top-seeded Windham defeated sixth-seeded Merrimack Valley 2-1 last night, once again waiting until overtime to decide the result.

Windham had whipped St. Thomas 5-0 and 3-0 in the regular season but yesterday was a much different story.

STA seemingly had their Division 2 semifinal field hockey matchup well in hand ... until Nikki Croteau pulled a rabbit out of the hat. The junior forward scored with a mere eight seconds left in regulation. Then Courtney Sweeny tallied her school record 27th goal of the fall and the Jags had an improbable 3-2 win.

Courtney Sweeny scored her 24th and 25th goals this season, both came in the second half, as top-seeded Windham field hockey won 2-0 over Plymouth in the Division II tournament.

The Jaguars advanced to play No. 5 seed St. Thomas Aquinas in the semifinals Thursday at 7 p.m. at Bill Ball Stadium.

The Windham field hockey team recorded its fifth straight shutout and 10th of the year in a 5-0 win over St. Thomas. Courtny Sweeney scored twice for the Jaguars (12-1) and Kelsey Federico had six saves.

Justine Levesque and Courtney Sweeny each scored twice and Kelsey Federico (3 saves) earned the shutout as Windham field hockey blitzed Portsmouth 5-0.

Rachel Lanouette scored one goal and added three assists to lead Windham field hockey 4-0 over ConVal. She had seven points in her past three games. 

Courtney Sweeny had the hat trick, Rachel Rogers added two goals and Natalie Boyd and Fallon Golden starred on defense as Windham field hockey ripped Bow 6-0.

Five first-half goals powered the Windham field hockey to a convincing 8-0 win over Bishop Brady. Courtney Sweeny, Nikki Croteau, and Rachel Rogers all had two goals. Rachel Lanouette had five assists.

Windham junior Courtney Sweeney had a hat trick, giving her nine goals on the year, as the Jaguars ripped Hollis-Brookline 5-0 in field hockey.

Junior Maddy Joanis scored her first varsity goal and Courtney Sweeny added two goals and an assist as Windham field hockey rolled 3-0 St. Thomas Aquinas.