BALTIMORE--Third-seeded Chestnut Hill used a 7-2 scoring run over 15 minutes of the second half to post a 17-11 upset of No. 2 Hood in the semifinals of the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference Tournament Saturday at College of Notre Dame of Maryland's Alumnae Field.

The Griffins (4-10), who avenged a 16-12 regular-season loss to the Blazers, advance to the AWCC championship game to play No. 1 seed and host Notre Dame tomorrow at noon. The Gators downed No. 4 Wells 15-2 in Saturday's first semifinal and seek their 11th straight AWCC title.

Hood (3-10) took a 1-0 lead just 34 seconds into action on the first of freshman Liz Rakowski's game-high six goals, but it would be the No. 2 seed's only advantage of the game.

Chestnut Hill scored the next two goals to move in front, and the game was tied three more times before the Griffins tallied three straight goals over an eight-minute span to build a 7-4 with 8:42 left in the half.

Laura Pitts brought Hood to within two just 26 seconds later, and the teams exchanged goals in the closing minutes of the period as Chestnut Hill took an 8-6 advantage at the break.

The Griffins extended their lead to 9-6 just over five minutes into the second half before the Blazers pulled to within 9-8 on a free position goal by Rakowski and an unassisted tally by Burrier.

Chestnut Hill, however, scored seven of the next nine goals to build an advantage that would not be overcome. Morgan Nichols scored two of her team-high tying four goals to spark the run.

Donovan and Stephanie Carlyle also tallied four goals for the Griffins, who outshot the Blazers 22-12 in the second half. Chestnut Hill also held a 42-23 advantage in ground balls.

Rakowski added a game-high seven ground balls to go along with her six goals. Burrier had two goals and two assists, while Annie Lavery had two goals and one assist. Burrier and Lavery tied for game-high honors with five draw controls each.

Lauren Lieb made 12 saves for Hood. Ashley Pacifico had 10 stops for Chestnut Hill.