WRIGHT TWP. At 4-f0ot-11 and a half (dont forget the half), Daniella Callaghan admits most opponents arent particularly intimidated by her when she steps onto the field.

They dont expect me to do anything, the senior forward said. And then I just wiggle around them.

And scores goals.

Callaghan struck twice to help lead Crestwood into the District II Class AA Field Hockey Tournament final after topping Holy Redeemer 5-1 on Thursday afternoon.

The Comets will face Lake-Lehman, 1-0 winners over Wyoming Seminary, the defending state champions, on Oct. 28 as they look to defend their district title.

Crestwoods potent offense took a while to get going as the Redeemer defense, led by Alexis Lewis, blocked off passing lanes and jammed up passing opportunities.

It was the kind of Herculean effort that would be tough to last a full 60 minutes. It didnt. Elizabeth Dessoye broke through on a cross-body shot, assisted by Hannah Ackers, to the left-side of the box to give Crestwood an early 1-0 lead.

Callaghan scored the Comets second goal of the game off a corner at 5:52.

It seems like weve had a hard time defending corners all year long, especially here at the very end, Holy Redeemer head coach Juliann DeFalco said. In the Lehman game and here. It was a big deal. I thought we did a lot of nice things, however I think we had a hard time stopping them in the circle.

Trailing 2-0 heading into the second half, Redeemers Jen Ringsdorf looked to cut into the lead. On a breakaway down the left-side of the field, Ringsdorf had her eyes on a play at the box. But the speedy Crestwood defenders chased her down to add just enough pressure to disrupt her shot on goal.

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