Chapel Field defeated Livingston Manor, 4-0, and captured its 10th consecutive Section 9 Class D championship Saturday at Minisink Valley High School.

The Lions have won five state titles.

"I think there is pressure, but it's not overwhelming," Chapel Field coach Bill Spanjer Jr. said. "It's always there in the background, but we've won in several pressure situations."

Chapel Field (22-0) went undefeated during the regular season and junior hurler Alyssa Brognano struck out 12 and gave up three hits for the shutout."It shows that we don't give up," Brognano said. "We do whatever is necessary to win."

Chapel Field put the pressure on early when Michelle Larson scored the first run on a passed ball in the bottom of the first. Kiersten Kuperus had an RBI double in the bottom of the second to put the Lions up 2-0.

Then, Livingston Manor freshman pitcher Marissa Diescher gave up an RBI single to Brognano (1-for-3, RBI) to make it 3-0 in the fifth. Senior catcher Jackie Roebuck had a hit and scored two runs."I'm just really proud we were able to keep the tradition going," Roebuck said.

Livingston Manor (15-4) had an opportunity to crawl back in the top of the sixth when Emily Casey and Christine Babich had back-to-back singles to start the inning. But Brognano struck out Diescher swinging and Valentina Babich went down looking to end the threat.

"I was nervous when Diescher came up," Brognano said. "But I got her with my screwball."Diescher, who is 0-3 versus Chapel Field this season, had seven strikeouts and gave up four hits, but struggled with her command all game.