ROYERSFORD — In Lower Merion’s second-round district matchup against Perkiomen Valley on Thursday, Harper Gust watched helplessly from the sideline with bursitis in her right knee as senior teammate Dylan Steinberg willed the Aces to victory with the game’s only goal.

In Saturday’s semifinals with a determined Steinberg and the rest of her team needing a win at No. 4 Spring-Ford to punch the program’s ticket to the state tournament, there was no way that Gust was missing this one, too.

With regulation ending in a scoreless tie, Lower Merion knew it had to dig deep. Deep in their own zone following a Rams corner kick, LM’s Ryan Cromer cleared the ball toward the sideline that housed the team benches, simply trying to get her team out of harm’s way. With the ball racing toward the end line

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