WORCESTER — In field hockey, penalty corners can be a team’s best friend. The higher-probability set pieces give offenses a leg up in putting the ball in the back of the cage, and come postseason time, any and all advantages must be exploited in the name of victory.

In Friday afternoon’s District 1-3A quarterfinal matchup against visiting No. 5 Souderton, the fourth-seeded Methacton Warriors inundated the Indians with corner after corner right out of the gate in the first quarter. Two of those corners yielded a pair of early goals courtesy of seniors Nicole Walsh and Calie Fisher that would more than hold up for the rest of the game. The Warriors, riding an ultimate 18-1 edge in corners, wore Souderton down with constant pressure near the Indians’ goal to the tune of a 3-1 victory that se

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