Check out the results for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action Monday. CR North/CR South photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Check back for a gallery of action photos.
National Conference
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 6, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 4
The Golden Hawks used a team effort to defeat their neighboring rival, opening up a 5-2 halftime lead and never looking back. The win was South’s first over North since May 9, 2013.
“This means an awful lot to the girls,” assistant coach David Hurwitz said. “Council Rock North is our archrival, and it’s been quite a few years since South beat North.
“I think we’ve only won four times in history over Council Rock North, so it’s a real big win for Council Rock South, and it’s a big win for the coaches because we’re teaching the girls how to play the game of lacrosse, and it’s translating really well out on the field. We look like a team, we’re playing like a team and having an awful lot of fun.”
Defense has been key in the Golden Hawks’ recent wins, and Monday’s win was no exception.
“Our defense is doing really well,” Hurwitz said. “Tonight we scored one goal against ourselves, and they scored two free possessions, so they – like North Penn – only scored one goal against our set defense.
“We held North Penn to three goals, and two of them were free possessions as well. Our defense is playing extremely well, and we’re playing defense as a team, so it’s not any one player. There’s a lot of communication.”
South’s defense is anchored by Tori Wright, Mikayla VanAken, Shannon Lind, Dani Purcell and Faith Turner.
“Tori Wright is our defensive leader, and she kind of runs the defense,” Hurwitz said of his junior captain. “Mikayla Van Aken is a low defender that’s playing in the midfield as well and is really playing under control.
“We have a number of first-time players on the field – Dani Purcell, Shannon Lind and Faith Turner, who are really doing very well. We put a lot of pressure on the attack.
“Our goalie (Chloe Wszolek) is getting some personalized training from Taylor (Hurwitz), who played in college as a goalie. She’s done very well, especially intercepting the ball. She’s playing with a lot of confidence, and most importantly, in her case, when we make a save, we’re very under control. We move the ball from side of the field to side of the field without being in too much of a hurry to get it up the field.”
Six players – Dom Marino, Caitlyn Thornton, Emily Keller, Mikayla Van Aken, Faith Turner and Caroline McGovern – scored one goal each for the Golden Hawks.
“On offense, we’re extremely patient,” Hurwitz said. “We lack speed as a team, but we play very much under control.
“Early in the year, we didn’t get outside to practice, and we lost three games before we ever hit the outside field. Our defense starts on the offensive end so our ride – when our offense plays defense in the offensive end – has become really good as well. We’re forcing a lot of turnovers and playing really well in the midfield, and we’re compensating for the fact that we don’t have a great deal of speed.”
Scoring single goals for North were Eliana Shakt, Megan Haggerty, Anna Lehman and Chloe Ondria.
The Golden Hawks held a 21-9 advantage in shots. Rock North goalie Margaret D’Auria was credited with nine saves while Wszolek had five saves.
Council Rock South (7-5, 4-1 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Wednesday, and Council Rock North (2-11, 1-5) will travel to Neshaminy on Wednesday.
Council Rock North 2-2 4
Council Rock South 5-1 6
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 9, BALWIN SCHOOL 7
The Titans found themselves staring at a 5-1 deficit out of the gate but rallied to pull to within two by halftime and then controlled play in the second half en route to the non-league win.
Anna Green led the Titans with four goals, and Kasey Dietzel had a hat trick. Kristen Berntsen and Molly Sullivan added one goal each.
South goalie Laura Robinson recorded eight saves.
Central Bucks South (11-2, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. contest.
Baldwin School 6-1 7
Central Bucks South 4-5 9
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 16, PENNSBURY 5
The undefeated Bucks – seeded second in the first District One power rankings released Sunday – opened up a 9-2 halftime lead on their way to their 13th win without a loss.
Emelie Curtis had a big game for the Falcons, scoring four goals. Lily Nolan added one.
Central Bucks West (13-0, 5-0 SOL) will host Central Bucks South on Wednesday at 7 p.m., and Pennsbury (1-10, 0-5) will host North Penn on Wednesday.
Pennsbury 2-3 5
Central Bucks West 9-7 16
American Conference
UPPER DUBLIN 10, UPPER MORELAND 7
Kim Frantz – a three-sport standout at Upper Dublin – returned to her alma mater on Monday, and although the Golden Bears came up short on the scoreboard, the Golden Bears’ first-year coach had no complaints about her team’s effort.
“Overall this game was a great game for both teams,” Frantz said. “UM played with heart from the first minute to the last minute.
“With an unfortunate coaching error, which changed the momentum of the game in the beginning of the second half, the girls still fought hard throughout the whole game until the final minute. Like I told the girls, we all make mistakes, even coaches, and sometimes it can change a game, but tomorrow we all come back and prepare for Wednesday and have learned one more lesson. I couldn't be more proud of this team and how they are playing – they are a special group of girls.”
The Flying Cardinals opened up a 5-3 halftime lead and maintained a lead until the final horn. Lindsey Schreiber led the Cards with three goals and three assists. Hannah Reape also had a hat trick. Mack Moore and Becky Browndorf both had one goal and one assist. Jackie Rama had one goal and five draw controls. Caroline Wall added a single goal.
UD goalie Sarah Herchenroder was credited with two saves.
For the Golden Bears, Sydney Bachmayer and Moira Olexa both had a pair of goals. Bachmayer also had four draw controls, and Jessica Flanagan had three draw controls and one goal. Allison Felicetti had one goal and one assist, and Meghan O’Donnell added one goal. Melanie Wittick had one draw control.
Frantz lauded the 15-save effort in goal o Cheyanne Grumm.
Upper Dublin (10-3, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Wissahickon for a 5:30 p.m. game on Wednesday, and Upper Moreland (10-4, 4-2) will host Abington on Wednesday.
Upper Moreland 3-4 7
Upper Dublin 5-5 10
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 12, WISSAHICKON 9
The Colonials have endured the kind of adversity that could have buried them for the season. It began with the loss of junior midfielder Sophie Kolkka, who tore her ACL in PW’s season opener at Radnor. The St. Joseph’s commit was lost for the season.
“Against Radnor, we started out really well,” coach Ellen Reilly said. “It was 6-4 at halftime, and then Sophie went down. It devastated the kids.”
The Colonials fell to Radnor 15-6.
In the team’s one-goal loss to Abington, two more players were injured. Senior Cate Golden, who has signed with American University, broke her hand, and Lily Hanlon suffered a concussion. Hanlon returned to the lineup last week.
“Her return has benefitted us,” Reilly said. “Going down two midfielders at the caliber they were – it hurt us.
“I have three freshmen and three sophomores on the field that don’t have too much experience that have been trying to work hard, understand the game and play at the level we’re expecting them to play.”
After dropping their first eight games, the Colonials have won four straight.
“With the wins comes some confidence and understanding, and it’s benefitting us,” Reilly said.
In Monday’s win, Georgetown commit Ali Diamond had a hand in seven goals, scoring four and assisting on three others. Lexi Petrakis had four goals, and Vic Betterly had two goals and two assists. Hanlon added one goal, and Amanda Fineman had one goal.
“Ali and Vic on offense know the game and are playing in college,” Reilly said. “Vic is a low attack with Ali, but I’ve had her at midfield. At one point, she was at midfield and going back and forth in my defense and playing an important part in my zone.
“Sam Ward, my low defender who is a senior – those three are keeping the team together. I feel bad for the kids because we had high expectations. I had everybody but three kids coming back from last year. If I had all my kids, it would have been a completely different season, but the positive is these freshmen and sophomores are getting experience, and they’ll be back next year, and I’m losing only two seniors. It should do well for next year, but it stinks for our two seniors.”
For the Trojans, Emily Vervlied had another huge game, scoring seven goals and assisting on another.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (4-8, 3-3 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Wednesday, and Wissahickon (4-11, 2-4) will host Upper Dublin on Wednesday.
Wissahickon 5-4 9
Plymouth Whitemarsh 9-3 12
HATBORO-HORSHAM 12, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 8
The two teams battled to a 6-6 tie, but the Hatters had the upper hand in the second half, outscoring the visiting Spartans 6-2.
Lindsey Smith (four goals, four ground balls, eight draw controls) and Ellie Hamilton (three goals, three assists, one draw control) had big games for the Spartans. Ellie Leitzel added a goal and a ground ball while Sophia Perry had one assist and one ground ball. Also contributing were Emily Walsh (two ground balls), Gracie Woron (two ground balls, two interceptions), Charlotte Henry (two ground balls) and Emily Giampietro (one ground ball).
Emily Henry recorded four saves in goal for the Spartans.
Hatboro-Horsham (7-4, 4-2 SOL) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday, and Springfield (4-7, 1-5) will travel to Jenkintown on Tuesday for a non-league contest.
Springfield Township 6-2 8
Hatboro-Horsham 6-6 12
ABINGTON 19, CHELTENHAM 3
Sam Stokes collected a hat trick and one ground ball to lead a balanced Ghost attack. Sam McGee (one assist, one ground ball, one caused turnover), Abby Thomas (one ground ball) and Lindsay Baer each had two goals.
Adding one goal each were Casey McCallister (one assist, one ground ball, one draw control), Jules Greco (one assist, one ground ball, one caused turnover), Kaley Ehnow (three assists, one caused turnover), Cathy Staerk (three ground balls, one caused turnover, three draw controls), Sam Simon (one ground ball, one draw control), Maddie Sjholm (one assist, four ground balls), Hecka Morris (three ground balls), Jam Mashore, Kelly McCallister (one assist, two ground balls) and Rogers (one ground ball).
Also contributing were Jordan Campbell (one ground ball), Anna Joseph (three ground balls, two caused turnovers, two draw controls), Ella Timbers (one ground ball), Jill Poppert (two ground balls), Kiki Brasher (one ground ball, two caused turnovers) and Friel (one ground ball, two caused turnovers).
Grossi had a pair of saves in goal for the Ghosts.
Abington (10-3, 6-0 SOL) will travel to Upper Moreland on Wednesday, and Cheltenham (5-9, 1-5) will host Souderton.
SOUDERTON 28, QUAKERTOWN 0
The Indians received big performances from Carlie Doughty (seven goals, two assists) and Riley McGowan (six goals, one assist). Maddie Knight played a role in seven goals, scoring four times and assisting on three others. Anna Anello had a hat trick while Kaitlyn Mardi and Jenny Ubowski each had two goals. Sarah Goodwin had one goal and two assists. Contributing one goal each were Ceci Puente, Juliana Borisow and Randi Hess.
Souderton (9-5, 4-2 SOL) will travel to Cheltenham on Wednesday, and Quakertown (2-11, 0-6) will host Pennsbury on Thursday.
Non-league
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 13, JENKINTOWN 2
Freshman Riley Forman led the Patriots with four goals, and Brigitte Bishop added three goals. Sara Donnelly had two goals and one assist, and Mackenzie Boyle added one goal and two assists. Whitney Dietz and Maggie Vetter both had one goal and one assist. Quinn Ferry contributed a single goal while Stephanie Ott and Mel Burian each had one assist.
Lauren Maurer recorded eight saves in a winning effort in goal.
Central Bucks East (9-5, 3-2 SOL) will host Council Rock South.
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