SOL Girls' Lacrosse Wrap (4-22-14)

Check out the results for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action on Tuesday. Please visit our gallery to view photos of the Hatboro Horsham vs Wissahickon girls' lacrosse game.

American Conference

 

Hatboro-Horsham 11, Wissahickon 10
It took awhile for Hatboro-Horsham to get going, but once the Lady Hatters found their stride, things went downhill for Wissahickon.
The Lady Hatters remained undefeated in conference play following a come-from-behind 11-10 win over the Lady Trojans in a conference matchup at Wissahickon High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Despite trailing 6-3 at the half, Hatboro-Horsham (4-0 conference) was able to get back in the game midway through the second half, coming all the way back before eventually scoring the game’s final two goals to come out on top.
“It took a lot for us to gain momentum,” Hatboro-Horsham coach Laura Swezey said.  “We started off really slow.  We haven’t really been down like that in our conference, but to Wissahickon’s credit, they did a great job of pressuring us.  It wasn’t until about 15 minutes left in the game that we gained a lot of momentum and the kids were doing better communication-wise.  We capitalized on a few important possessions towards the end of the game.”
After trailing by three goals at the half, the two teams went back and forth in the second half.  The Lady Trojans (2-2 conference) led 10-9 with five minutes to play, but Casey Swezey was able to put one in the back of the cage to tie things up for the Lady Hatters.  With 3 ½ minutes remaining, Rachel Rausa scored her second goal of the game, and this one turned out to be the game-winner.  Hatboro-Horsham gained possession and stalled for the final two minutes to come out on top.
Hatboro-Horsham was led by Maria Guerra, who scored four goals.
“Maria did so well on draw controls, groundballs and scoring,” Coach Swezey said.  “I’d say that she was the main component for our team in gaining that momentum.”
Syd Rausa also scored twice, while Katie McKay and Kaitlyn Wallace each scored once.  Emily Wallace stopped two shots in net for Hatboro-Horsham.
Wissahickon was led by Zoe Gomez and Emily Vervlied, who scored four goals apiece.  Lauren Irvine and Christina Tsiobikas each scored once for the Lady Trojans, while Julia Silverman stopped 11 shots in net.
With the six different goal scorers, Hatboro-Horsham has now had balanced scoring all season long, including 10 different scorers last week and nine the previous.  Coach Swezey credits the Lady Hatters’ undefeated conference record to the ability to get scoring from so many different players.
“There are a lot of girls each week that we get scoring from a I think that’s important,” she said.  “We have a number of players who can score on any given day and the kids keep coming together attack-wise and communication-wise, as well as on defense.”

UPPER MORELAND 10, SPRINGFIELD (MONTCO) 8
Pam Remmey admits that she hasn’t had time to work on her team’s stall game, and the Golden Bears’ coach hadn’t told her team the code name for the stall, but that didn’t keep her players from executing it to perfection to preserve the dramatic come-from-behind win.
“Our field situation has been so weird this year with all the rain and the snow in the beginning, so we never really had a chance to practice a stall or anything,” said senior captain Ashley Duff, who scored the game winner. “It was actually weird how well we were running it because we were being pressured a lot, but we stayed calm under pressure. We kept control and maintained it. We really came together.
“This was our first league win other than Norristown in all the years I’ve played in high school, and just making that jump is really exciting.”
The Golden Bears found themselves staring at an 8-3 deficit midway through the second half but rallied for the upset win.
“I kept telling them – if things go right, it’s going to happen one of these days, and we’d win a game unexpectedly, and it happened today,” Remmey said. “We were losing 4-3 at halftime, and they were very upset and felt they weren’t playing well.
“I was like, ‘This is great – you think you’re playing horrible, but the score is 4-3. I’m so happy you think you can play better than this.’ Then we went out and were playing with them, but the score wasn’t showing it.”
The Golden Bears – sparked by the play of Melanie Wittick and Veronica Baez – began winning the draws and reeled off four straight goals to make it an 8-7 game, and Sydney Bachmayer scored the tying goal with 4:06 left in the game. It was her fifth goal of a standout effort.
The Spartans called a timeout to try and stem the tide.
“They were getting flustered,” Remmey said. “I told our them we needed to keep their poise. We really haven’t had a close game – we either lose by a lot or win by a lot.
“I told them – ‘Keep your cool. We don’t need to score in 10 seconds.’”
Duff scored the game winner on a free position shot with two minutes remaining, setting the stage for a stall.
“I have so many things to work on, and practicing a stall – I don’t have time for that,” Remmey said. “I started yelling out ‘Stall,’ and they played it great.
“They kept the ball moving and ran the stall like they should for two minutes.”
With four seconds remaining, Samara Santry scored for the 10-8 final.
“Defense was key in the win,” said Remmey, whose team held the Spartans scoreless for the final 12 minutes. “Sarah Reice, Melissa Felicetti, Bridgit Meade, Melanie Wittick and Emily Zanine were a team defensively and also took advantage of Springfield’s mistakes to get the ground balls and get the balls out of our defensive end.”
Both Wittick and Baez were credited with three draw controls. Baez also had three ground balls, and Kait Taylor came up big in goal with seven saves.
“Delaney Smith played awesome in the midfield and controlled midfield transition,” Remmey said. “She’s a 10th grader, and in the stall and attack, I wanted her to have the ball because I knew she would be smart with it.”
Smith had one goal, one assist and two draw controls. Maura O’Leary had one goal and two assists and Felicetti added a goal.
“I really think we found a confidence in ourselves,” Duff said. “We were excited, and we felt we had a chance. It kind of put a fire under us, and we came out really aggressive and fought back.”
For the Spartans, Juli Cardamone had four goals and three draw controls. Meg Chandler, Riley Greenleaf and Caroline Pape each had one goal. Greenleaf had two draw controls. Colleen Canavan had one assist.
Springfield           4               4-8
Upper Moreland                 3               7-10

UPPER DUBLIN 15, CHELTENHAM 3
Rachel DiFrangia scored four goals to lead a balanced Flying Cardinal attack. Julie Cross had a hand in seven goals with three goals and four assists. Taylor D’Ginto had two goals and one assist, Anna Trentini had two goals, and Jillian Kenny had one goal and one assist. Contributing single goals were Dom Greene-Coleman, Shannon Reape and Hannah Reape.
For the Lady Panthers, Emily Hawkins had two goals and one assist, and Brittany Hazard had one goal.
Upper Dublin goalie Sarah Gallagher was credited with six saves.
Upper Dublin      12            3               15
Cheltenham        1               2-3

SPRINGFIELD (MONTCO) 16, CARDINAL O’HARA 11 (Monday, April 21)
Juli Cardamone (seven goals, one assist, four draw controls) and Riley Greenleaf (five goals, one assist, four draw controls) turned in huge performances for the Spartans in Monday’s non-league contest. Marley Berger added a pair of goals while Bailey Krewson and Molly Fitzpatrick both added single goals. Caroline Pape was credited with six draw controls and one assist, and Colleen Canavan added an assist.
Goalie Margarethe Leis was credited with six saves.

National Conference

SOUDERTON 18, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 8
In a battle of the lone unbeaten National Conference squads on Tuesday night, it was Indians displaying their prowess, turning what was expected to be a tightly-contested affair into a lopsided win.
"This definitely gives us a little bit of confidence," junior Chessie Rahmer said. "We needed some because even though we have won our previous games, we have things we need to work on. We have done that, and it shows.
"This was so much fun. We even talked about it in the locker room - this was one of the most fun games."
The Indians used an 8-0 tear to seize early control of the game. They took an 11-4 lead into halftime, survived a one-hour delay for lightening and earned the important win.
Controlling the draw was a key part of the Indians' impressive start to Tuesday's game.
“It’s kind of been a theme all season with the change in the structure of the draws that draws will really make a big impact in every game we’ve played,” Souderton coach Kelly Yemm Kelly said. “If a team’s coming up with the draw, they have that momentum going into their attacking game.
“We had that momentum for that eight-goal stretch where the girls were just connecting their passes on the field in transition. We were coming up with the ball every single time, and that can be attributed to us winning the draw.”
The Bucks took a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game on a goal by Jacq Fitzgerald. The remainder of the opening half belonged to the Indians. Nikki Palmer scored the equalizer at the 22:54 mark, and for the next nine minutes, the Indians put on a clinic, scoring eight goals in a stretch that showcased their speed and skills. The 8-0 run was capped with Amber Lambeth scoring a goal after Michelle Goodwin had a takeaway on the defensive end.

With the Indians down a player as the result of a yellow card, the Bucks scored back-to-back goals by Meghan Tillger and Bryn Boylan to make it an 8-3 game, but Rahmer found Rachel Judge for a goal to break that mini-run. A goal by Elena Romesburg, who led the Bucks with four goals, made it a 9-4 game, but a pretty passing sequence from Lambeth to Krista Schneider to Rahmer for the score put the Indians on top by six. Another Palmer goal with eight seconds remaining sent the high octane Indians into halftime with an 11-4 lead.
"Throughout the season and in preseason, one of the main things we focus on is our conditioning so that we can go hard for the full game," Palmer said. "We like to keep up our intensity and our speed throughout the entire game."
“We have been playing together since elementary school, so when we can play all together like this, it really helps to have a team that knows each other so well and how we play. It makes it a lot of fun.”
West won the first two draws of the second half, but junior goalie Kelly Williams stonewalled the Bucks on a pair of shots, and moments later, Lambeth scored for the Indians. A takeaway by Juliana Ofalt set the stage for a Palmer goal that put the Indians on top 13-4 before Boylan won another draw for the Bucks and took it in for the score. Lambeth came up with the ensuing draw, and found Palmer for the score. In a span of one minute and 19 seconds, the two teams combined for three goals.
A delay of close to one hour because of lightening took the teams off the field with 19:47 to play, and not a whole lot changed when they returned.
"They just killed us on draw controls, and they just killed us on speed," West coach Tara Schmucker said. "I have to hand it to them. They showed up to play, and we just did not.

"We showed some bursts, but for the most part we didn't have it. More or less, I would say they just beat us on draw controls and speed."
Palmer had a game-high five goals while Rahmer (four goals, two assists) and Lambeth (four goals, one assist) were equally effective on attack. Lambeth led the Indians with six draw controls while Brittany Roynan, who had a pair of goals, had four draw controls, and Rahmer, three. Emily Hopkins (two draw controls) and Natalie Bulgier (one draw control) also got into the act.
Also contributed scoring were Natalie Bulgier, Tori Bulgier and Rachel Judge with one goal each while Schneider and Ofalt both had assists for the Indians.

Ask Kelly what she was most pleased with about the Indians' performance, and she didn’t point to her team’s high-powered offense. Instead, it was the Indians’ defense that received high praise.
“The girls didn’t let up,” Kelly said. “They didn’t let anybody run all over us, which we had talked about practice. Our defense came, and they were one.”
Leading the defensive charge was senior Michelle Goodwin, who had five caused turnovers.
“She is by far the leader of our defense, and she had a tremendous game,” Kelly said. “She’s my go-to, and I was very pleased with how she ran the defense today."
The Indians upped their record to 4-0 in league play (8-0 overall) while the Bucks are 2-1 in the SOL (8-2 overall).
Central Bucks West           4               4-8
Souderton            11            7-18

NORTH PENN 13, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 12
The Maidens won a thriller on Tuesday when Jen DeLongis – after winning a throw on offsetting calls - scored the game winner on a free position with seven seconds remaining in regulation. It didn’t look as though they would need that late-game heroics after opening up a four-goal lead in the second half, but the young Titans refused to go away, rallying to take a 12-11 lead before the Maidens clawed back to earn the win.
“South is aggressive,” North Penn coach Jami Wilus Behm said. “I thought that they came up with a lot of 50-50 balls.
“We, at times, were really good and then at times were still making sophomore-freshman mistakes all over the field, whether it was a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior. We need to learn how to play with a lead. It seems like after halftime when we go into the second half – we feel like we’ve played a full game, and we let teams come back and then we decide that we’re going to play again.”
Emily Schulze and Kaitlin Suzuki led the Maidens with three goals each while DeLongis and Sydney Lear and Ashley Durham each had a pair of goals. Juliana Hill added a single goal to close out the scoring.
For the Titans, sophomore Sarah Poli led the Titans with four goals and two assists, and sophomore Courtney Dietzel added two goals and two assist. Junior Emily Cliggett and freshman Krysta Reading both had a pair of goals. Senior Devon Dietzel had one goal and one assist, and freshman Kristen Bernsten had one goal. Sophomore Tori Wigand chipped in an assist.
Maiden goalie Michelle Dyck was credited with eight saves while South goalie Erin Putnam had 13.
“Courtney Taylor came up with a key caused turnover at the end of the game,” South coach Janique Craig said of her freshman defender. “Erin Putnam had a stellar game, and sophomore Kelly Senour came up with four draw controls and led our transition game.”
The Maidens improved to 3-1 in league play (7-3 overall) while the Titans are 1-2 in the league (6-4 overall).

COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 14, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 7
Anna Lehman scored four goals and Katy Lehman added the hat trick to lead a balanced Indian attack in Tuesday’s win over archrival Rock South. Anna Lehman also had a pair of assists and Katy Lehman had one assist. Devon Mela and Claire Jarema both added a pair of goals with Mela also adding two assists. Makena Hanson, Laura Kwasnoski and Taylor Campbell each contributed one goal. Kwasnoski had an assist.
For the Golden Hawks, Mollie Sheehy had three goals, and Nikki Boyd had a hand in four, contributing two goals and two assists. Meg Sheehy and Gabi Rosenfeld both had one goal. Katie Rafter added one assist.
In goal, Margaret D’Auria had eight saves for the Indians while her counterpart, Claire Quist, had five saves.

CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 17, PENNRIDGE 12
Maggie Stella led the Patriots with four goals while Betty Wesney, Michaela Daley, Julia Norek and Abby Crowley each had three. Daley also had one assist while Norek had a pair. Katelyn Stout added one goal and two assists. Rounding out the scoring was Lauren Burrell with two assists. Alana Rivas was credited with 11 saves in goal. Coach Kelly White lauded Nicole Delfini for playing an excellent defensive game.
For the Lady Rams, Jess Csaszar led the way with three goals while Jackie Stevens, Jordan Rimmer and Devan Rimmer each had two. Sam Ryder and Jen Rodzewich both added one goal.
The Patriots led 9-7 at halftime and then outscored the Lady Rams 8-5 in the second half. 

COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 29, VILLA JOSEPH MARIE 17 (Monday, April 21)
Mollie Sheehy (10 goals), Gabi Rosenfeld (eight goals) and Nikki Boyd (seven goals) all had huge days, combining for 25 goals to lead the Golden Hawks to Monday’s non-league win. Boyd also had a pair of assists while Sheehy and Rosenfeld each had one. Neena Culleton and Meg Sheehy both added a goal and two assists while Amanda Besselman and MaryKate Simpson each contributed a goal and assist. Anna DiDonata had a pair of assists while Becca Daly, Caroline McGovern and Katie Rafter each had one assist. Claire Quist was credited with 11 saves in goal.

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