WILLOW GROVE — Not much separated Upper Moreland and Cardinal O’Hara in the first round of the PIAA-2A state playoffs Tuesday afternoon at Upper Moreland Senior High School.

The largest lead of the game was two goals and 48 minutes weren’t enough to decide a winner. Fifty-one minutes weren’t enough, either.

In double overtime, Annalise Messina scored her fifth goal of the game to lift (1-3) Upper Moreland to a 7-6 win over (12-1) Cardinal O’Hara and advance the Golden Bears to the quarterfinals Saturday against (2-1) Abington Heights.

Messina’s score came with 1:38 remaining in the second overtime.

“Charlie (Clement) gave me a really good feed,” the senior Rutgers commit said of her game-winning goal. “We played righty goalies all season and this was the first time we’ve seen a lefty

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