Gilmour and Wellington, campus to campus, are separated by 57 miles. The Lancers’ display in the attack Oct. 19 during a Division IV sectional final made it feel like double that on the pitch. Carter Richmond had a hand in four goals, Evan Saline and P.J. Kunchik each bagged a brace and Gilmour could not have been more clinical in an 8-1 rout. The Lancers are 12-2-4 and will host Lincoln-West in a D-III Northeast 4 District semifinal at 7 p.m. Oct. 23. On paper, it seemed like a match with potential, as the Dukes came in 13-2-2 and among the most potent D-IV sides in Greater Cleveland. Gilmour rendered it anything but. Gilmour junior midfielder Evan Saline discusses his side's 8-1 D4 sectional final win over visiting WellingtonYoung man had himself a nice 80 – width, off-ball runs, service … the whole 9 yards en route to a brace & a late assistLancers were cooking in the attack tonight pic.twitter.com/i0incfnabY — Chris Lillstrung (@CLillstrungNH) October 20, 2024 “Well, Carter and Evan played fabulous,” Lancers coach Joe Ciuni said. “They read each other. They’re one-touch passes. I don’t think Wellington was used to the pace. We’ve been preaching it all year. Our fitness and our pace, we have to keep it up for 80 minutes. And I think we showed it in the first half.” Amid Wellington operating in a back five with a sweeper, Gilmour found pockets of space in a manner only surpassed by its brilliant, pacey and efficient service. Gilmour 1-0 3rd minEvan Saline cleans up far post on the Carter Richmond touch & turn pic.twitter.com/v7TLr5xUgT — Chris Lillstrung (@CLillstrungNH) October 19, 2024 Saline began the barrage in the third minute, cleaning up at the far post after an initial Richmond strike off a touch-and-turn. Then Kunchik collected Richmond service for a smooth strike from the top of the box in the sixth. Gilmour 2-0PJ Kunchik 6th min pic.twitter.com/AsIC80k57J — Chris Lillstrung (@CLillstrungNH) October 19, 2024 Gilmour 3-0Carter Richmond 19th min pic.twitter.com/7AWu9H5Fwg — Chris Lillstrung (@CLillstrungNH) October 19, 2024 Richmond delivered a slick finish wide after weaving through some traffic in the 19th. Kunchik (22nd), Saline (23rd) and Richmond (38th) notched their respective braces from there, it was 6-0 at half and the match was well in hand. Gilmour 4-0PJ Kunchik 22nd min pic.twitter.com/hpKSnGheYY — Chris Lillstrung (@CLillstrungNH) October 19, 2024 “It’s the whole season combining,” Richmond said. “(In a 4-3 loss at Chardon on Aug. 31,) we weren’t switching it well. We weren’t playing well. And we took it upon ourselves to discuss internally what we need to do better. That has combined in finding Evan, finding David (Kleyner) on the wings, two excellent players. Using our midfield, all combining up top to me. “It’s a whole season worth of work to start picking apart defenses like that.” Wellington got on the board through a lovely outswinger from distance in the 46th minute by senior Zach Barnes. Coming soon For much more from this match, as Richmond discusses his return from a broken nose and Ciuni and Richmond break down Gilmour’s turning point into this district run, check back in the coming days on News-Herald.com and in our print edition.