The steadily improving Friends School field hockey team met the steadily fading Seton Keough Gators Thursday afternoon.
The result did nothing to reverse the momentum on either side.
Friends posted a 1-0 victory over Seton Keough in Halethorpe thanks to a goal from freshman forward Rachel Freeman in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference game.
The Quakers overwhelmed Seton Keough (0-2) from the start and held a huge advantage in shots (20-1) and penalty corners (12-0).
"This is the most dominant we have been in a game so far this season," Friends coach Angie Brewer said. "This is the most shots we've probably had in a game in three years."
Friends (2-0) dominated play in the first five minutes and had three penalty corners, but couldn't score.
Officials awarded Friends a penalty stroke about nine minutes into play.
Grace Dellar didn't get as much power into her shot as she had wished and it was easily saved by senior goalie Megan March.
"Whenever a defender from the other team blocks a goal besides the goalie, then it earns a stroke," Brewer said. "I think that's what happened."
But it was just a matter of time before the Quakers broke loose.
With 13:20 remaining in the first half, March (17 saves) rejected Sydney Wilson's shot.
Maren Helmacy jumped on the rebound and quickly found Freeman near the left goal post, where she knocked it in for a 1-0 advantage.
Friends best scoring opportunity in the second half came about 10 minutes into play when Olivia Nengel hit the post.
It was until the middle of the half that Seton Keough forward Anna Holt recorded her team's only shot on goal.
"We are rebuilding right now," Seton Keough second-year coach Kathleen Melvin said. "I have a good amount of players who have never played the game. They are just learning the game."
The Quakers are thinking about a possible championship after playing in the B Conference the past few years.
"This is the strongest team we've had in the five years I have been here," Brewer said. "If we keep playing the way we have, I have the confidence that we can really do something."