Check out the results for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Monday.
BOYS
NORTH PENN 11, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 7
The Knights had a little score to settle when they traveled to CB South on Tuesday. It turns out they hadn’t forgotten their double overtime loss at the hands of the Titans in a game they led by two goals with two minutes remaining in regulation.
“We gave up a fast break goal and then we gave up a man-down goal,” North Penn coach Rick Smith of the March 29 season opener.
In Monday’s rematch, the two teams went into the fourth quarter deadlocked 6-6.
“It was never larger than a one-goal lead for either team until the fourth quarter,” Smith said. “We were neck in neck the entire game.”
The Knights scored five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to go on top 11-6 before the Titans scored with two minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late.
“The guys brought the passion, the fire and the energy, and we really put together a strong fourth quarter,” Smith said. “That was the difference in the game.
“The defense did well once again, and Matt Rinck did a good job in net. Once again, it was the face-offs in the fourth quarter that sparked us. We had some good transition goals in the fourth quarter that really made a difference in the game.”
Reese Udinski led a balanced Knight attack with three goals and two assists, Nick Keim had three goals, and Luke Homan, two goals and two assists. Jake Diamond added one goal and three assists while Eric Diamond and Nic Conroy both had one goal.
As a result of the win, the Knights join Central Bucks East, Central Bucks West and Hatboro-Horsham with just one loss in Continental Conference play.
“This was important,” Smith said. “I’m reminding the guys every day not to worry about the other team but just worry about yourselves. If you do your individual job, the team concept comes together.
“Sometimes as high school players, they want to overlook teams. Just the fact that we lost to them a few weeks ago as a team and we came back and we win – it just showed the character of my players that they never thought that we were down and out. They just came out and kept fighting.”
Smith credited Jake Diamond and Isaiah Lewis-Harris for their strong showings on the face-offs.
“They did a good job at the X,” Smith said. “Once again, it took us a little while. CB South – regardless of records, we battle. For the past couple of years, they had our number. Our kids were very proud to give a strong performance in the fourth quarter.”
For the Titans, Evan Falkowski and Joe Vitelli had two goals and one assist each. Mike Dutkiewicz had a goal and an assist. Austin Novick and Ian Vogt each tallied one goal.
CB South grabbed 32 ground balls, led by Michael Dutkiewicz with five and Vitelli with four, followed by Falkowski and Nowelski with three each. Grant, Lumb, Poli, and Franks all had two, and Surina, Fratangeli, Novick, and Vogt had one each. CB South won 7 out of 13 face-offs with Mark Lumb winning 6-of-7 while Noah Mokrynchuk won 1-of-6. Brad Ross had 13 saves in goal.
North Penn goalie Matt Rinck was credited with 15 saves.
North Penn (5-1, 3-1 SOL) will host Central Bucks East on Thursday, and Central Bucks South will be on the road at Hatboro-Horsham on Friday.
North Penn 2-1-3-5 11
Central Bucks South 1-2-3-1 7
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 14, HARRY S TRUMAN 2
The Golden Hawks opened up an 8-1 halftime lead on their way to the no-doubt-about it win Monday.
Joe Scannapieco led a balanced Rock South attack with four goals while Brian Kerwick and Ryan Gartenmeyer each added two. Contributing one goal each were Jared Gambino, Sam Epstein, Brandon Follis, Brendan Patterson, Evan Gutman and KJ Sweeney.
Council Rock South (4-4, 2-1 SOL) will host Archbishop Wood on Wednesday, and Truman (3-3, 0-3) will host Council Rock North on Thursday.
Council Rock South 4-4-5-1 14
Harry S Truman 1-0-1-0 2
UPPER MORELAND 18, QUAKERTOWN 4
Brendan Costello had himself a day on Monday. The Golden Bears’ junior had a hand in 10 of his team’s goals, scoring four and assisting on six others. Tim Smith also had a huge day, finishing with five goals and two assists. Tim Duff added three goals and one assist, and Matt Sippel contributed two goals and one assist. Ryan McFarland had two goals while Matt Fritz and Brendan Olexa each had one goal.
For the Panthers, Jeffrey Royall scored two goals. Scott Keck and Jacob Barndt had one each while Matt Cicchiono and Scott Keck both added an assist. Christian Morano was credited with five ground balls. Gavin Hillaert won seven face-offs.
Upper Moreland (4-3, 3-3 SOL) will be on the road at Plymouth Whitemarsh on Tuesday, and Quakertown will host Lansdale Catholic on Thursday.
Upper Moreland 7-5-4-2 18
Quakertown 1-0-2-1 4
PENNSBURY 15, ARCHBISHOP RYAN 8
Ryan Kelly scored six goals to lead the Falcons to the convincing non-league win. Mike Montgomery and Ben Abraham both had two goals and two assists while Hunter Lake and Ethan Glynn each added one goal and one assist. Brian Doron and Nick Reitmeyer both added a single goal, and Greg Lichtenstein had a pair of assists. Nate Racagno was credited with one helper.
Doron also led the Falcons with six ground balls, and Tre Raniello had four.
Jack Kelly recorded 10 saves in goal to earn the win.
Pennsbury (3-2, 1-1 SOL) will be on the road at Abington on Tuesday night.
GIRLS
WISSAHICKON 16, UPPER MERION 9
The Vikings took an early 1-0 lead, but the remainder of the half belonged to the Trojans, who reeled off five unanswered goals and went into halftime with a 10-3 lead.
Sam Intieri and Carolyn Wilde led a balanced Trojan attack with four goals each. Intieri also had one assist. Emily Vervlied added three goals and one assist. Shannon Stagliano and Christina Tsiobikas both contributed two goals and one assist. Caty Santucci scored one goal while Mary Matthews and Marie Dickson had one assist each. The Trojans tallied over 20 ground balls, and according to coach Patty Kovacs, winning the draw was key. Vervlied led the Trojans with six draw controls while Intieri and Wilde each had one.
For the Vikings, Haley O’Malley had a big game, leading the attack with four goals and one assist. She also was credited with an interception, two draw controls and three ground balls. Molly Weygand added two goals and one assist and also led the Vikings with six draw controls. Francesca Lindelow contributed a goal and an assist while Allison Shuster and Anna Davis each had one goal. Riley O’Malley added three helpers. Lizzy Goernemann was credited with one caused turnover and three ground balls.
Trojan goalie Kyra Myers recorded six saves and also had two ground balls in a winning effort.
Wissahickon (3-4, 2-1 SOL) will be on the road at Norristown Tuesday, and Upper Merion (3-6, 1-2) will host Cheltenham Tuesday.
Wissahickon 10-6 16
Upper Merion 3-6 9
ABINGTON 14, SOUDERTON 9
The Ghosts took a tenuous 8-7 lead into halftime, and on a hot day, the fact that nine Abington players survived the cuts at the national tournament tryouts on Sunday – resulting in eight hours of lacrosse – may have had something to do with their struggles.
“We were gassed,” said Abington coach Amanda Kammes, who had five players make the national tournament teams.
The second half was another story entirely as the Ghosts gained control, outscoring the Indians 6-2.
“We just decided to play in the second half,” Kammes said. “We had silly turnovers and uncharacteristic poor decisions in the first half.
“We played like us in the second half – hard, gritty and relentless. My kids grind it out even when things aren’t going their way. They have a never-say-die attitude.”
Sam McGee had another big game for the Ghosts, finishing with three goals, five assists, three caused turnovers, two ground balls and six draw controls. Casey McCallister added a hat trick, and Cathy Staerk had two goals, one assist, two caused turnovers and one ground ball. Mikki Raymond had two goals and three draw controls, and Jules Greco contributed two goals and two caused turnovers. Emma Garg finished with one goal, one assist, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Jordan Campbell added one caused turnover and three ground balls, and Rachel Morris closed out the scoring with one goal. Becca Gable was credited with two caused turnovers and two ground balls while Maddie Sjoholm and Kirsten Pedicone both had one ground ball.
For the Indians, Sarah Goodwin, Krista Schneider and Megan Walbrandt each had two goals. Goodwin also had an assist. Leah Goodwin added one goal and two assists, and Carlie Doughty and Riley McGowan each had one goal.
Abington goalie Kiara Brasher was credited with eight saves in a winning performance.
Abington (8-1, 3-0 SOL) will host Norristown on Wednesday, and Souderton (3-4, 3-0) will be on the road at Council Rock North Tuesday.
Souderton 7-2 9
Abington 8-6 14
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 13, JENKINTOWN 5
The Golden Hawks received contributions from players up and down their lineup in Monday’s non-league win. Nine different players contributed goals or assists.
“Overall, we had a nice win and a lot of girls stepped up today,” Rock South coach Ashley Fox said. “We had a lot of girls going to goal, and our defense really came together and worked as a strong unit.”
Mary Kate Simpson had a big day for the Hawks, leading the way with five goals. Neena Culleton and Anna DiDonato both finished with a hat trick while Sarah Womer and Emily Keller each added a single goal. Womer also was credited with an assist. Also contributing assists for the Golden Hawks were Paige Schmid, Katie Rafter, Steph Jin and Tori Wright.
“Tori Wright came up huge on defense with her amazing hustle,” Fox said.
Rock South goalie Chloe Wszolek was credited with 11 saves in the win.
Council Rock South (2-4, 1-2 SOL) will host North Penn on Thursday.
QUAKERTOWN 16, NORRISTOWN 3
Brooklyn Law, Alisa Robinson and Gabby Sullivan each scored four goals to lead the Panthers to the convincing non-league win. Contributing one goal each were Casey Cunnane, Kayla Donnelly, Taylor Kishbaugh and Olivia Maseloff. Donnelly also had three assists while Sarah Townsend had a pair. Morgan Hagerty, Law and Maseloff had one helper each.
Donnelly also had eight caused turnovers, three draw controls and five ground balls in yet another all-around effort. Hagerty had a team-high seven ground balls. Robinson was credited with two caused turnovers and two draw controls while Law recorded two caused turnovers and five ground balls. Kishbaugh also had five ground balls while Bailey Roman also had two draw controls for the Panthers.
Quakertown (2-8, 0-4 SOL) will host Central Bucks South on Tuesday, and Norristown (1-7, 0-2) will host Wissahickon on Tuesday.
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 16, HATBORO-HORSHAM 9
By Kyle Morhardt for Suburbanonesports.com
The Hatboro-Horsham Hatters hosted Notre Dame Academy in an important competition to strengthen their out of league resume. The game was a tale of two halves for the Hatters as Notre Dame stormed out to a 12-1 first half lead. The only score in the first half for Hatboro-Horsham came on Morgan Crostarosa’s goal on a breakaway that resulted from a Gabby Acker pass. The Hatters used the halftime break to rebound and win the second half 8-4, sparked by six goals from Sydney Rausa as well as one each from Carly Daley and Morgan Crosterosa.
Although the Hatters won second half in resounding fashion, it was not enough to overturn their first half deficit and the game finished 16-9 in favor of Notre Dame.
Arielle Hammer finished with five saves in net as well as some time on offense for the Hatters. Gaby Acker finished with three assists on the day.
Hatboro-Horsham (1-6, 1-1 SOL) will travel to Springfield Tuesday in an attempt to get back on the winning track.
Notre Dame 12-4 16
Hatboro-Horsham 1-8 9
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