Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Monday.
AVON GROVE 8, UPPER DUBLIN 5
The Flying Cardinals are second only to Avon Grove in the latest District One 3A rankings, and they proved that they could play with the Red Devils, trailing by just one midway through the third quarter, 5-4.
Many coaches would have been satisfied to simply stay with the defending state champions. UD coach Dave Sowers is not in that group.
“We didn’t come here to hang,” the Flying Cardinals’ coach said. “We came here to win, and we didn’t make good decisions.
“We made mistakes that absolutely you can’t make against a really good team like that. We didn’t come here to hang. We came here to beat them, and there’s no doubt – we believe if we play hard enough we could have. We went down 3-0, and part of it is because, I think, we didn’t believe. We were believing, ‘Oh, they’re the state champs, and they have nine Division I players,’ and this and that. We finally said, ‘No, we can,’ but down the stretch, it was just making bad decisions.”
The Flying Cardinals – who fell behind 3-0 – clawed their way back in the game. Trailing 5-4, they won the ensuing draw but turned the ball over. The Red Devils capitalized.
“You cannot make those kinds of mistakes against a team like that,” Sowers said.
It was a 6-4 when – in the closing seconds of the third quarter – the Cards were stonewalled on a shot in close.
The Red Devils went up 7-4, but the Cards pulled to within two when Brian McCarry found the net. That’s as close as they would get the rest of the way.
“That last play – we’re a man up, and we’re shooting the ball and not having a backup,” Sowers said of a play with time winding down. “They were the things that really bit us in the tail end today. We just didn’t play well enough to beat a team of that caliber.”
Despite the outcome, Sowers knows that his team can only benefit from playing a team of Avon Grove’s caliber.
“We needed this,” the Cardinals’ coach said. “I still believe we have the will to play with a team like that and beat a team like that, but you have to play smart, and we didn’t today, so that’s the outcome.”
Max Winebrake led the Cardinals with two goals and one assist while Jed Hanson, Carey Romig and McCarry had one goal each. Jerry Bardol added an assist.
UD goalie Dillon Lojeski recorded 14 saves, including some brilliant stops on shots at point blank range.
Anthony Cerminara and Nick Sowers both had four ground balls to lead the Cards in that category. Romig and Bardol both had three ground balls while McCarry, Jake DiMartile and Luke Roselli each had two ground balls. DiMartile also had a caused turnover.
Avon Grove’s Nate Hammond won 13-of-17 face-offs. Zach Augustine and Joey Borcky both had two goals and one assist to lead the Red Devils.
Upper Dublin (11-1, 5-0 SOL) will host Upper Moreland on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Avon Grove 3-1-2-2 8
Upper Dublin 0-2-2-1 5
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 11, ROMAN CATHOLIC 1
The Spartans dominated play in Monday’s non-league contest, opening up a 5-0 halftime lead and keeping Roman off the scoreboard until the final quarter.
Brennan Fluehr led the Spartans with four goals while Paul Richardson also had a four-point game with two goals and two assists. Richardson also had three ground balls. Justin Smith added a pair of goals, and contributing one goal each were Nic Pugliese, Zach Coppol and Wilson Krewson. Trey DuBose and Ryan Wilsbach both had one assist. Brian Maienshein had three ground balls.
Paul Asman recorded five saves for the Spartans in a winning effort in goal.
Springfield Township (8-5, 2-2 SOL) will be on the road at Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday.
Springfield Township 3-2-3-3 11
Roman Catholic 0-0-0-1 1
SOUDERTON 10, LANSDALE CATHOLIC 4
Eight players contributed to the scoring in Monday’s non-league win. Stephen Blue had a hand in six of his team’s 10 goals, scoring a pair and assisting on four others. Adam Booz had two goals and one assist while Walker Martin and Dylan Anderson both added two goals. Adding one goal each were Cole Witoslawski and Stevie Harp. Kain Turner and Rory Sinkinson both had an assist.
Goalie Axell Beskar was credited with eight saves in the win.
Souderton (9-4, 3-2 SOL) will host Quakertown on Tuesday night.
PENNCREST 9, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 7
Brendan Sullivan’s five-point game led the Colonials. Sullivan scored four goals and assisted on another. Kenny Diamond added a goal and two assists while Chris Ward and Christian Ziernicki each had one goal. Mike Iannarelli chipped in an assist. Griffin Kolkka had 9 saves.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (4-6, 2-1 SOL) will host Wissahickon on Tuesday.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 5, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3
Joe Brophy turned away 14 shots in a stellar outing in goal, propelling the Hatters to the win in Monday's low-scoring contest. Andrew McPoyle scored two goals while Will Riemenschneider, Jason Kleintz and Ian Reilley each added one goal. Reilley also had an assist.
Eddie Masterson led the defense with eight ground balls.
Hatboro-Horsham (3-8, 1-2 SOL) will host Springfield Township at 3:45 on Tuesday, and Council Rock South (6-5, 2-3) will be on the road at Neshaminy on Tuesday.
INTERBORO 15, UPPER MORELAND 6
ARCHBISHOP RYAN 8, ABINGTON 5
BOYERTOWN 18, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3
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