BETHEL —Sacopee Valley had a taste of the relentless style of play by teams from the Mountain Valley Conference in its quarterfinal victory over Lisbon.

That game, though, was just a nibble compared to the buzz-saw attack the Western Maine Conference club faced against top-ranked Telstar in Saturday’s Western Class C semifinals. 

“These teams up here are very aggressive,” Sacopee Valley coach Teresa Mosson said. “We saw that against Lisbon. They attack the ball. Our league is more of a dodge-and-finesse league. We seemed to hold back.”

With the Rebels aggressively attacking every loose ball from the outset, Sacopee Valley quickly found itself on its heels and never got comfortable. Dictating the pace, Telstar scored once in each half en route to a 2-0 triumph over the fourth-ranked Hawks.

Katie Sumner scored an unassisted goal in the first half and Kallie Brown added a key insurance goal early in the second half off a penalty corner.

It was the 14th consecutive victory for the Rebels (15-1), who meet two-time defending champion North Yarmouth for the Western Class C championship Wednesday in Scarborough. It is a rematch of last year’s regional final.

Telstar set the tempo early and kept the ball in Sacopee Valley’s end of the field for nearly the entire opening half. 

The Rebels were especially effective along the right wing in the first half with midfielder Victoria Forkus and forward Jamie Steven controlling the sideline.

Telstar’s defense, meanwhile, kept the middle of the field clogged up, which further stymied Sacopee Valley’s attack. Top scorer Justine Ruhlin never got on track against Telstar’s sweepers Hunter Verrill, Emma Davis and Gail Lavorgna. Verrill’s long hits were especially effective at blunting any Hawks threat.

It also didn’t help, according to Mosson, that Sacopee Valley (12-4) has rarely played well in the first half all season. Telstar’s pressure continued that trend.

“I don’t think that we have ever played them,” Sumner said. “We didn’t know what to expect from them. We just had to keep our intensity up.”

Despite a 14-2 advantage in shots in the opening 30 minutes, the Rebels only led 1-0.

“We had the shots. The ball just wouldn’t go in,” Telstar coach Gail Wight said. “The players said there were too many feet in front of the goal.”

The one goal that Telstar did score came on a break when Sumner’s shot deflected off the stick of the opposition and eluded Hawks goalie Ashley Pingree.

Sacopee Valley played much better to start the second half and pressured the Telstar goal, forcing four penalty corners in the opening 10 minutes. Those opportunities, however, led to few shots as the Rebel defenders repeatedly cleared the ball from the zone. The few shots that did get through were harmlessly kicked away by goalie Hali Barter.

During this surge, Telstar struck back to dent some of the Hawks’ momentum. Brown took a penalty corner from the left of the goal and passed the ball to Lyndsay Merrill, who fired a shot on goal.  Brown, who had moved to the left post, deflected the ball into the upper corner for a 2-0 advantage.

Telstar finished with a 23-7 advantage in shots.