The Pennsbury Falcons have not won a game since September 13th and tonight they fell short once again. They have scored three goals in the last six games and have had 30 goals scored against. The journey through this portion of the season, while very difficult, is where all of the most important learning takes place. Through each setback our team connection becomes stronger and the way in which we breakdown the games and self reflect becomes more fine tuned. It is easy to look at those stats and immediately think negatively, but there is a way to interpret that data differently. Despite filling up the loss column, there are so many more valuable victories weaving their way through our hearts. In those same six games, the Falcons' goalie has saved 75 shots, the defense has had 8 strong defensive saves, they have faced over 60 penalty corners (stopping all but a handful), taken 25 shots on goal, and earned 20 penalty corner opportunities. "We are working on shifting to a growth mindset - flipping the script and looking at the stats and game film for what we are doing well is a big step," explains Traci Curtis. "There are so many small victories that are not recorded on paper - our girls have held really strong teams scoreless for extended periods, come out and caught teams off guard with smart, solid play, and are never giving up every step of the way." One of the winning moments came tonight as Pennsbury went into the second quarter of the game against a fast and furious CB West team down 1-0. "Holding them to one goal is huge for us. They had 6 or 7 penalty corners in a row in the first quarter and did not convert on any of them. Unfortunately, a stroke was called against us and they scored their first goal on that opportunity," said Curtis. The goalie got a piece of it, but it got by her. We were so proud of our girls for staying patient, being smart, and taking their game to the next level against a team that would have intimidated us weeks ago. West scored off the pads six minutes into the second quarter going up 2-0 and then made it 3-0 a minute later sending the Falcons into halftime down by three. The Bucks bookended the third quarter with two more goals and finished the scoring by adding two more in the fourth. "Our passing combinations and individual skills just keep getting better with each game and to perform the way we did tonight proves that our girls are understanding how imperative it is to play with confidence. That growth mindset means not playing to stop the other team from scoring, but instead taking initiative to create offensive pushes so we can score! It sounds simple, but it is a huge piece to the puzzle. CB West is a force and we are grateful for the chance to face competition like we have over the past two weeks. It will only make us better. Pennsbury's senior goalie, Kayla Shaffer, put forth another RAISE THE BAR team honor performance. She made saves of all kind tonight and only worked harder with each ball that hit the back of her cage. Junior, Angelina Kenney also received the team honor because of her overall effort and determination to pick herself up after a slow start. Kenney got her stick on everything and played with pure strength and grit tonight. Senior captain, Riley Henderson notched another amazing defensive save as she owned her role in a new space on the field. Tonight the Falcons partnered with the Pennsbury MiniTHON committee to raise money and awareness for families impacted by childhood cancer. "The GOLD OUT focus is a valuable victory any way you look at it - we lost on the field but not in life, said Curtis. The orange and black will take their season on the road for a stint of away games next week against CB South, Neshaminy, and Hatboro-Horsham.