Check out Wednesday’s girls and boys lacrosse results for SOL teams in action. To view photos of the CB South/North Penn boys’ game, please visit the Photo Gallery.
Girls
SOUDERTON 11, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 10
The Patriots gave the Indians all they could handle in Wednesday’s SOL contest, opening up an early 5-2 lead and battling to a 7-7 halftime tie before the Indians rallied for the hard-fought win.
According to Souderton coach Kelly Yemm Kelly, this is a vastly different East team than the one that was winless in the SOL last season.
“Having seen them last year compared to this year, they’re just much more aggressive than they’ve been in the past, and they don’t let down,” Kelly said. “They’re a team – you can’t count them out if they’re down a couple of goals.
“Their transition in the midfield was absolutely tremendous today. They have fast girls that move with such purpose. Before, it was a slower paced game for them, but now it’s a lot faster. They’ve picked up their passing ability and their transition, and they have two players that are just solid – Schwartz and Norek.”
Schwartz accounted for six of East’s goals while Norek had one goal, and Kat Miller had a goal and an assist. Marissa Glatt and Lauren Burrell each had assists for the Patriots, who one night earlier battled defending conference champion Hatboro-Horsham tough.
“We know all the changes that have happened in the league – teams losing girls, teams getting different coaches,” Kelly said. “What we really try to focus on is that this is an open conference right now. There are so many changes, and everybody is right at each other’s level, and it can go one way or the other.
“My girls knew East played a solid game against Hatboro, and we know the level Hatboro can play at. I think they were prepared going in knowing East is a team that is out to prove something.”
The Indians were led by the five-point effort of Amber Lambeth, who had three goals and two assists. Natalie Bulger added three goals and an assist, and Tori Bulger and Alyssa Ziegler both had two goals. Chessie Rehmer closed out the scoring with a goal and an assist.
“We were actually down 5-2 right before I called a timeout to try and regroup the girls and pull them back together,” Kelly said. “Our transition, which we’ve really tried to work on since our scrimmage, wasn’t where it should be.
“After that timeout, the girls completely changed the way we were moving in the midfield, and I was extremely proud of our offensive attack in the transition coming down into our attacking end. We had quick ball movement going down the field, which was really great to see.
“A lot of younger girls stepped up to kind of take control of the midfield. Natalie Bolger stepped up and had an extremely positive game. She played really well in the midfield as well as Amber Lambeth.”
Jen Bergey was credited with 12 saves in goal for the Indians while her counterpart, East’s Alana Rivas, had 15 saves.
The Indians are 1-0 in the SOL while the Patriots fell to 0-2 (1-2 overall).
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 17, PENNRIDGE 8
The duo of Amanda Gundlach and Sarah Gebre combined for 10 points in Wednesday’s win with both players contributing four goals and an assist. Elena Romesburg and Jane Savard both added three goals with Romesburg also contributing an assist. Jacq Fitzgerald also had a four-point night, chipping in two goals and two assists. 
Meghan Tillger had one goal while Paige Savard had an assist for the Bucks, who led 5-3 at the half but exploded for 12 second-half goals.
“Both goalies were doing a good job to keep the score low, and Pennridge dominated draw controls,” West coach Tara Schmucker said. “But once (we) picked up some more draw controls and controlled their passing, (we) pulled away.
“The whole team did a great job implementing what we worked on in practice.”
Pennridge goalie Danielle Nichols turned away 20 shots in a busy night while West’s Kyra Bergere had eight saves.
“Kyra Bergere stepped it up in the first half and really gave our defense confidence,” Schmucker said. “In the second half, Jacq Fitzgerald, Sarah Gebre and Elena Romesburg really picked up their groundballs and draw controls to help (us) take a commanding lead.”
Jordan Rimmer and Leah Alcott each scored a pair of goals to lead the Rams while Taylor Dachowski, Aerin McHugh, Maddie Maher and Jess Csaszar each added single goals. Maddie Maher and Sam Ryder both contributed assists.
While the Rams fell to 0-2 in league play, the Bucks are 1-0 (1-1 overall).
NORTH PENN 13, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 4
The Maidens jumped out to an 8-1 halftime lead on their way to the decisive win. Junior Kaitlin Suzuki led the Maidens with five goals and one assist, and teammate Lauren Green added the hat trick. Hannah Young had a pair of goals, Sydney Lear had a goal and an assist, and Chloe Novak and Julianna Hill both added single goals to close out the scoring for the Maidens.
Senior Jenna Stover was credited with 10 saves in goal for the Maidens, who are 1-0 in the league (2-0 overall). The Titans fell to 1-1 in league play (1-2 overall).
CHELTENHAM 21, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 15
Gabby Szczepanek, bound for Temple on a lacrosse scholarship, was unstoppable in Wednesday’s league opener. The senior standout scored 10 goals and assisted on two others to lead the Lady Panthers to the win. Teammates Allison Hawkins (five goals, two assists) and Sammie McManus (four goals) also had big days for Cheltenham. Milly Hawkins and Annie McGoldrick each added one goal.
The Colonials, who trailed by just a 10-8 score at halftime, were led by the five-goal effort of Morgan Nagy. Kayla Wisniewski and Kirsten Monte both added the hat trick, and Monica Dresnin had two goals and one assist. Maddie Berman and Sarah Naylor both had single goals. Naylor also had an assist.
PW coach Ellen Reilly credited Cassie Ward, who had two blocks and three takeaways, for turning in a strong defensive effort.
Cheltenham is 1-0 in league play while PW is 0-1 (1-1 overall).
Boys
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 7, NORTH PENN 3
The Titans sprinted to a 6-0 halftime lead and never looked back on their way to Wednesday’s SOL win.
“The kids were working together as a team,” South coach Mike Sharman said of his team’s impressive first half showing. “They were catching and throwing, they were fundamentally sound, and they looked really good.
“The defense was playing patiently, basically waiting for the other team to make a mistake. They did really, really well.”
The Knights outscored the Titans 3-1 in the second half.
“I don’t know what happened,” Sharman said. “We played Kennett last Friday, and the same happened. We were up 7-4 at halftime, and we lost 9-8, and we scored one goal in the second half.
“We have to figure out how to play four quarters of lacrosse. In the first half, the kids played great. Everything we practiced, they executed. In the second half, another team showed up that I didn’t recognize.
“One of the things that hurt us in the second half was we had nine penalties versus North Penn had zero That’s a challenge for us not to commit so many penalties and be man-down for so long. For us to have nine penalties and to let up three goals, I was really proud of my defense. Ryan Kelly, our goalie, is just lights-out amazing.”
Kelly was credited with 10 saves in goal, and North Penn’s Chris Barr also had 10 saves.
Tyler Strayline led the Titans with the hat trick while Anthony Paone, Tim McCrudden, Brendan McGrath and Willie Pendleton added single goals. Jake Henze had a pair of assists, and Pendleton, McGrath and Matt Mignogna each had one assist.
“Offensively, Tyler Strayline played really, really well at the attack position,” Sharman said. “Tyler, Jacob Snavely, Tom DiBrino and Willie Pendleton – those four individuals did a really nice job.”
North Penn received single goals from Kyle Heinig, Luke Homan and Zack McKelvie. Alex Kopcho and Matt Brady had assists.
The Titans are 1-0 in the SOL (1-1 overall) while the Knights fell to 0-2 in the league (1-2 overall).
To read Joe Fite’s complete game story, please click on the following PhillyBurbs.com link: http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/north_penn/quick-start-helps-cb-south-top-north-penn/article_e1a36d97-4ca5-59b1-9cbf-74886ad6e5fc.html
UPPER DUBLIN 15, NORRISTOWN 0
Michael Sowers had a five-point day to lead the Flying Cardinals, contributing four goals and one assist. Ryan Siwinski added two goals and two assists, and Ben Winebrake had two goals and one assist. Drew Potts had two goals and Michael Rama had two assists. Contributing single goals were Nicholas Vernacchio, Fortune, Scott and Minehart.
The Flying Cardinals opened up an 8-0 lead at the end of one quarter and extended that to 13-0 by halftime.
Goalies Jack Deragon, McPeake and Day combined to make five saves for the Flying Cardinals. Norristown’s Sean Myers had nine saves.
The Flying Cardinals are 2-0 in league play (2-1 overall) while the Eagles fell to 0-2 in the league.
UPPER MERION 13, UPPER MORELAND 9
The Vikings picked up their second win in as many days on Wednesday. They were sparked by the standout efforts of Trevor Kupecky (two goals, four assists, five groundballs) and Mikey Zadroga (four goals, two assists, five groundballs). Joe Mintzer had three goals and one assist, and Jack Rosenfeld added two goals and two assists. Tyler Thornton had two goals, and Chris Jordan had one assist. Nick Shendge led the defense with eight groundballs.
Troy Minnich was credited with 23 saves in a strong effort in goal for the Vikings, who upped their record to 2-0 in league play.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 18, CHELTENHAM 0
Alex Bilodeau and Jake Brown each had four-point days to lead a balanced PW attack. Bilodeau had a team-high four goals while Brown had three goals and one assist. Deqwan Phillips also had three goals, and Shane Hickey (two goals, one assist) and Ryan Kelly (one goal, two assists) also had three-point games. Corey Kelly, John Walker, Andrew Jones and Perry Sopinsky each added one goal, and Bryan Shaffer had one assist. Kaplan and Corey Kelley both won 7-of-9 face-offs. Riley White (five saves) and Jake Boyer (two saves) combined for seven saves in goal for the Colonials.
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