It was a beautiful night for field hockey as the Falcons traveled the long road to Pennridge to face the Rams. After a stellar performance, the JV squad walked away with a 1-0 victory and set the tone for the Varsity team who played the second game of the evening. "The JV game set the tone and our girls were excited and more than ready when they took the field under the lights to face a talented Pennridge team," explains coach, Traci Curtis. It was a very close contest from end-to-end in both the first and second quarters as the score stayed locked at 0-0. "It was amazing to watch our players apply everything we had worked on at practice the night before. We were so impressed and proud of how they were showing up and competing. We had opportunities in the offensive circle, but struggled connecting and getting good shots off. We knew we had to work even harder in the moment." Unfortunately, the Rams went up 1-0 a few minutes into the third quarter after a stroke was called against the Falcons. "Our defenders leave their hearts on the field and in this situation, one of our backs was doing her job beautifully, literally backing up the goalie, when what we thought was a clean defensive save turned into a stroke for a foot call on the line." Those moments are tough to take and bounce back from, but our girls did an amazing job of taking it in stride and just working harder each minute following," said Curtis. Pennsbury held Pennridge scoreless the rest of the quarter and continued to wow the coaches with incredible passing combinations and united effort across the entire field. "We were connecting on give and gos better than we ever have and really succeeding in so many ways including earning a penalty corner as the clock expired at end of the quarter. You get to play the corner out and we did not convert. It was a missed opportunity for sure. We just can't seem to put together a complete game for 60 minutes that allows us to come out on top. In this league, there is not much room for error or missing key chances to possess the ball. "Going into the third quarter down 1-0 was a victory for us and something that we need to continue to build upon." Pennridge turned up the heat in the fourth quarter adding another goal a couple of minutes in, giving the Rams a 2-0 lead. There was plenty of time and the Falcons were not giving up, but sometimes the best laid plans don't work out. Pennridge iced their victory cake with a third goal with 4 minutes left in the game and that's the score that remains in the books, 3-0. "We are walking away with our heads held high, counting our progress since August as a success" said Curtis. Our RAISE THE BAR theme is our guiding light and all we can do it keep raising and reaching." Shout out to the Rylie Borgman, Gabby Darling, Ryan Burdette, and goalie, Kayla Shaffer, for stand out performances. The Falcons will host Souderton on Friday afternoon at Falcon Field Stadium.