Check out the results for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action. Photos of the CB South/Souderton game are provided courtesy of Lisa Henderson. Check back for a gallery.
SOL National Conference
PENNRIDGE 10, NORTH PENN 8
Proud.
That’s how coach Karen Schnurr summed up her feelings after the Rams defeated the Maidens for the first time in more than a decade.
“This is the team that we have been coaching all season, and they came and performed,” the Rams’ coach said. “Every single person played with passion and determination. They worked as a team like I have never seen them work before.
“Even with the rain delay, Pennridge wanted the win, and they deserved it. I am extremely proud of their performance today.”
Jennifer Rodzewich led the Lady Rams with five goals, one assist and two draw controls, and Grace Loughery added three goals and three draw controls. Her third goal at the 11:13 mark in the second half was the 100th of her career. Casey Hefner added a pair of goals, and Maddie Dachowski had two assists.
Alex Machado led a standout defensive effort with 12 saves.
“Defense worked together as one solid unit,” Schnurr said. “Kira Ozer, Kelly McNally, Hannah Cressman and Emily Wentz came up with some great defensive stops.
“Machado had a fantastic game in net. On attack, the girls worked together and showed their control and patience. We have been working all season to use each other and wait for the best goal. They executed this plan to a ‘t’ and I couldn’t be more proud to call myself their coach.”
In a contest that was delayed for a half hour because of the weather and halted for good with 1:30 remaining, the visiting Rams opened up a 6-3 halftime lead on their way to the big win.
“Pennridge played a nice game and was clearly hungrier for the win today,” North Penn coach Heather Mellow said. “We came out slow again. With 12 minutes left in the game, we finally decided to show up, scoring five goals between the 12-minute and five-minute mark.
“Unfortunately, we put ourselves into foul trouble with two yellow cards back to back with four minutes remaining, which killed our momentum. With all the draw controls we won, we should have controlled this game, but we completely let it slip away.”
Chloe Novak dominated play in the circle, finishing with eight draw controls. The Maidens won 13 as a team.
Bri O’Donnell led the Maidens with three goals while Julia Keffer added two. Jenn DeLongis, Mikayla Barrow and Kaitlyn Phifer each scored one. Novak and Sam Tossona both had one assist.
Pennridge (8-5, 4-3 SOL) will travel to Springfield on Friday, and North Penn (6-5, 3-3) will host Council Rock North on Thursday.
Pennridge 6-4 10
North Penn 3-5 8
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 8, SOUDERTON 7
The Titans got a taste of adversity on Monday night when they received word that senior co-captain Sarah Poli, a four-year varsity mainstay, was lost for the season to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
They responded by pulling together and earning their biggest win of the season, edging the defending co-champion Indians in a battle of the conference’s only unbeaten squads.
“She’s one of our key players, and we know we have to step up and play without her,” senior goalie Erin Putnam said of Poli. “We just want to win for her because she’s so dedicated to this team, and we knew we had to step up and do our best without her.”
Putnam certainly did her part, recording 12 saves and stuffing would-be Indian attackers on several occasions.
“In games like this, I know I have to step it up, and I mentally know how important it is to win,” Putnam said. “So I try to step it up as much as I can, and that just comes out in my play.”
Goals were at a premium for both sides in a first half that saw Courtney Dietzel put the Titans on the scoreboard at the 12:43 mark, sparking a three-goal run in a two-minute span. Kasey Dietzel followed with a free position goal to spot the Titans a 2-0 lead, but freshman Megan Walbrandt cut that lead in half with a goal. The Titans added a goal by Krysta Reading to go into halftime with a 3-1 advantage.
“We haven’t really had that much practice between the time Sarah got hurt, and it’s definitely hard to adjust,” Courtney Dietzel said. “She’s a huge part of our attack, obviously, so we have to change up plays.
“More people have to step up, and this game really showed that we do need those people to step up. Same with me, I definitely need to step up and take a bigger role on the attack. This game only showed that. They were undefeated in the league and so were we, so this was huge for us.”
In the opening minute of the second half, Kristen Berntsen scored to give the Titans a 4-1 lead. Souderton’s Leah Goodwin scored her first of three goals and then found Krista Schneider for a goal that pulled the Indians to within one. Anna Green scored on a crease roll to give the Titans a two-goal edge, but a Walbrandt takeaway set up a goal by Riley McGowan. Back-to-back Goodwin goals put the Indians on top 6-5.
“The defense was playing amazing the entire game, but we stopped moving our feet, and we were standing straight up,” Courtney Dietzel said. “We brought the ‘D’ together and said, ‘Let’s go, this is pretty much unacceptable.’ Everyone knows what they should be doing.”
Tori Wigand scored off the ensuing draw, and the Titans were off and running. Back-to-back free position goals by Berntsen and Courtney Dietzel put the Titans on top 8-6 before Katie Halteman connected on a free position goal with 6:48 remaining. Neither team scored the rest of the way.
“We had to change a lot of our offense, which is fine because we have a lot of contributors on attack,” South coach Janique Craig said. “It’s unfortunate with Sarah – that’s a huge loss for our team, but we have a lot of different scorers that can contribute.
“We’ll have some walk-throughs tomorrow, and I already re-did all of our offense, so we’ll go through that tomorrow.”
The Titans’ coach was especially pleased with her team’s defensive effort.
“We just played great, clean defense,” Craig said.
On the other side of the field, Lindsay Walbrandt had good things to say about her team’s defensive effort as well.
“They played phenomenally,” the Indians’ coach said. “We worked yesterday – we knew they would set some picks and screens on the ball, and they were going to want to drive righthanded.
“We talked about what we wanted to do, and they executed it phenomenally. (Goalie) Hannah Schmidt came up with some incredible saves. She blows my mind every day, and she kept us in it.
“We were getting opportunities, but we just weren’t finishing. That’s kind of been the story of Souderton lacrosse’s 2016 season – just the little things.”
As a result of the win, the Titans are alone atop the SOL National Conference standings.
“This was a huge game,” senior defender Jenny Haas said. “We knew if we didn’t win we basically wouldn’t win the conference because they were tied with us with no losses. Now we have to look forward to our next games and focus on those.”
Central Bucks South (9-1, 6-0 SOL) will host Neshaminy on Thursday, and Souderton (6-5, 5-1) will host Pennsbury on Thursday.
Souderton 1-6 7
Central Bucks South 3-5 8
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 19, QUAKERTOWN 3
Bryn Boylan scored three goals and assisted on four others to lead a balanced West attack. Olivia Fitzgerald added three goals and one assist, and Casey Reichwein also added a hat trick. Meghan Darcy, Dani Dundas and Maddie Maio each added two goals. Dundas and Maio both had an assist. Scoring one goal each were Chloe Miller-Russo, Finley Ueland, Lucy Varner and Cam Albrecht. Kelly O’Callaghan had a pair of assists while Ueland and Maura Houk both chipped in with one assist.
West goalie Lauren Devlin turned away three shots in the win.
Central Bucks West (8-4, 5-1 SOL) will host Council Rock South on Thursday, and Quakertown (2-11, 0-6) will travel to Central Bucks East on Thursday.
Central Bucks West 9-10 19
Quakertown 2-1 3
American Conference
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 14, HATBORO-HORSHAM 9
By Kyle Morhardt for Suburbanonesports.com
The Hatboro Horsham Hatters hosted Plymouth Whitemarsh in a special pink game for the Hatters. Hatboro-Horsham jumped out to an early 4-0 lead off of impressive draw controls by Sydney Rausa as well as goals from Carly Daley and Gabby Acker. The Hatters still led 6-2 with eight minutes remaining in the first half.
PW stormed back, winning a long streak of draws and receiving a dominant first half performance from Ali Diamond, who had three goals and two assists. The score at the half was 9-6 in favor of PW. PW continued its first half effort into the second as the Colonials closed out the game 14-9.
Arielle Hammer made eight saves in goal for the Hatters as Meghan Ely made two saves for PW.
The Hatters were led offensively by Carly Daley with four goals and Sydney Rausa, who had three goals and two assists. Gabby Acker and Gwyn Acker both added a goal.
PW was led offensively by Ali Diamond (three goals, two assists), Monica Dresnin (two goals, three assists), and Lilly Hanlon and Maddie Berman with three goals each. Sophie Kolkka added two goals and one assist, and Victoria Betterly had one goal.
“Every player on the team contributed to the win,” PW coach Ellen Reilly said. “Whether it was a ground ball, interception, draw, positive turnover or a defensive stop.
“Monica Dresnin, Sophie Kolkka and Ali Diamond showed excellent hustle and fight in the midfield. Defensively, Sam Ward, Cate Golden and Sarah Putsch came up with great defense. (We) held Hatboro to three goals in the second half. Meghan Ely had several crucial saves, and Lilly Hanlon and Maddie Berman had good offensive goals.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-2, 5-0 SOL) will host Abington on Thursday, and Hatboro-Horsham (2-8, 2-3) travel to Cheltenham in its next league match Thursday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 9-5 14
Hatboro-Horsham 6-3 9
UPPER DUBLIN 10, UPPER MORELAND 8
The Lady Cardinals rode an 8-5 halftime lead late into the second half before the game was finally called due to thunderstorms, as Upper Dublin got past visiting Upper Moreland in a conference meeting which was called with 8:56 remaining on the clock.
Hannah Reape and Lindsey Schreiber each scored three goals for Upper Dublin (6-5, 3-2), while Reape added three assists and one ground ball and Schreiber had five draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Jess Grodsky, Caroline Wall, Elizabeth Barber and Maddie Templeton each scored one goal for the Lady Cardinals, while Paige Lawton and Becky Browndorf each drew a pair of assists.
Grodsy added one ground ball while Wall had one caused turnover and two ground balls. Barber had three draw controls and two ground balls, and Templeton had one ground ball. Lawson had two ground balls and Browndorf, two caused turnovers and one ground ball.
Upper Dublin goalkeeper Sarah Herchenroder stopped five shots in net to earn the win.
The game was called with the Golden Bears on a tear after scoring three straight goals to pull to within two.
“(We) had momentum,” UM coach Pam Remmey said.
Sydney Bachmayer led the Golden Bears with three goals and two assists while Delaney Smith and Jess Flanagan had two goals. Madison Pisut added a single goal while Allison Felicetti had two assists. Cait Corr also chipped in an assist.
Remmey lauded the play of Mel Wittick on defense – the junior defender had two forced turnovers, and Cait Corr had four ground balls.
Upper Dublin (6-5, 3-2 SOL) will host Springfield on Thursday, and Upper Moreland (5-5, 2-2) will host Wissahickon on Thursday.
Upper Moreland 5-3—8
Upper Dublin 8-2—10
ABINGTON 21, CHELTENHAM 2
The Lady Ghosts welcomed their neighborhood rival in and sent them home packing following a 21-2 defeat in a conference meeting at Abington High School.
Abington led 16-0 at the half and cleared the bench, but not before Sam McGee was able to net five goals while also adding an assist, a caused turnover and three draw controls. Cathy Staerk added two goals, two assists, one ground ball and four draw controls, while Lindsay Baer recorded two goals and three assists. Rachel Morris scored twice and assisted on another goal and also had one draw control, while Kaley Enhow finished with a goal, two assists and two draw controls.
Abby Thomas scored twice and had three draw controls and Sam Stokes scored once and drew a pair of assists, while Jules Greco, Emma Garg and Mikki Raymond tallied a goal and an assist each. Raymond also had one ground ball and five draw controls while Garg added two caused turnovers and one draw control. Sam Simon and Becca Gable each caused a pair of turnovers for Abington, while Kiara Brasher made one save to earn the win. Maddie Sjoholm also caused one turnover and tallied a pair of groundballs. Lauren Van Buren had one ground ball and one draw control, and Haley Turner had one ground ball.
Abington (10-2, 5-0 SOL) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh Thursday for a showdown of the conference’s top two squads. Cheltenham (4-7, 0-5) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday.
Cheltenham 0-2–2
Abington 16-5—21
UPPER MERION 8, POTTSTOWN 6
Allison Shuster contributed two goals and one assist and Anna Davis had two goals. Riley O’Malley added one goal and two assists, and Francesca Lindelow and Molly Weygand both had one goal and one assist. Quinn O’Malley had a single goal to round out the scoring.
UM goalkeeper Jordan Cabahug-Almonte was credited with 10 saves on 16 shots.
Upper Merion (6-6, 3-2 SOL) will host Pottsgrove on Thursday.
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