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SOL National Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 16, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 9
The Titans used a balanced attack to notch a win in Monday’s SOL opener.
Grace Gannon’s four-goal, two-assist effort led the Titans. Addy Geary, Kate Victor and Tegan Mullan each added three goals and one assist. Brooke Ceni contributed a pair of goals, and Maddy Flynn had one goal.
“The CB South defensive unit played a solid game,” South coach Janique Craig said. “Rachel Steigerwald, Colby Roach, Anna Shirley and Grace Gannon all had three caused turnovers.”
Gabby Mayo was credited with 13 saves in a winning effort in goal for the Titans.
The Indians were led by the four-goal effort of Morgan McCaffery, who also chipped in an assist.
“Morgan McCaffery had a solid game and has 94 goals to date,” Rock North coach Denise Noseworthy said.
Madeline Mela and Charlotte Ondria both contributed a pair of goals, and Julia Ondria had one goal.
North goalie Rylee Roe-Lipsky was credited with six saves.
Central Bucks South (2-1, 1-0 SOL) will be on the road at Pennsbury on Wednesday, and Council Rock North (4-2, 1-1) will travel to North Penn on Wednesday.
Council Rock North 3-6 9
Central Bucks South 6-10 16
SOL American Conference
UPPER DUBLIN 16, LOWER MORELAND 2
The Flying Cardinals opened league play with a convincing road win.
Tess Reardon had a hand in eight goals to lead the Cardinals’ attack, scoring five goals and assisting on three others. Paige Dinkel also had five goals to go along with five draw controls. Anna DiMartile had three goals, one assist and five draw controls.
Adding one goal and one assist were Cami Rosenthal and Allie Gray. Jaida Dawoud added a goal, and Sophia Sirianni had one assist.
Lower Moreland’s Leila Rosala had two goals, and Kylie Tammaro had an assist.
Upper Dublin (3-0, 1-0 SOL) will host New Hope-Solebury on Wednesday, and Lower Moreland (0-4, 0-1) will be on the road at Upper Moreland on Wednesday.
Upper Dublin 11-5 16
Lower Moreland 2-0 2
Non-league
PENNSBURY 19, ABINGTON 5
Olivia Graebner, Grace Holmes and Darrien Furiness were a triple threat for the Falcons in Monday’s win.
Holmes connected on all five shots she took and added a pair of assists. Graebner also had five goals to go along with one assist, and Furiness was the facilitator, scoring three goals and assisting on six others.
Furiness controlled play at the middle of the field, winning seven draw controls. She also had five ground balls and two caused turnovers. Graebner had three draw controls, a team high six ground balls and one caused turnover while Holmes had five draw controls, three ground balls and one caused turnover.
“We started off flat, but the girls were able to adjust and play our game,” Pennsbury coach Shannon MacPherson said. “We set each other up nicely today with assists, Darrien did a great job at this today. She continues to give her all every game.
“Olivia Graebner is adjusting well to her new position as a midfielder, she really is stepping up and had five goals today. Sophia Curtis has such a presence leading our defense. Grace Holmes took the draw and helped us secure the majority of the draw controls. Kema Brown had some great saves and clears in the cage today. We have some things to work on, but we are looking forward to our league games later this week.”
Also for the Falcons, Mia Popvitch added three goals, and Lily Abraham had two. Caroline Mellon contributed one goal.
Curtis was credited with four ground balls and one caused turnover. Angelina Kenney had three ground balls and one caused turnover.
Brown was credited with eight saves in a winning effort in goal.
For the Ghosts, Piper McGliney had two goals while Haley Hamsher, Mei Mei Chang and Harper McGinley each had one.
“The defense was able to crash on the ball, which was great,” Abington coach Amalie Kreitman said. “Attack was able to draw and dump a few times, which was great.”
Pennsbury (2-1) will host Central Bucks South in Wednesday’s SOL opener. Abington (1-2) will host Cheltenham in Wednesday’s league opener.
Pennsbury 11-8 19
Abington 3-2 5
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 14, VILLA JOSEPH MARIE 7
The Golden Hawks wasted little time before seizing control of Monday’s non-league contest, opening up a 9-3 halftime lead over their neighboring rival on their way to the big win.
Julia Levin led a balanced Rock South attack with three goals and one assist. Meg Rafter, Madison Smith, Elizabeth Hearn, Cailey Hiscox and Amanda Smith each added two goals. Amy Loving contributed a goal and an assist.
“The entire team played well today,” Rock South coach Madison Hurwitz said. “A CR South senior passed away over the weekend, so today was not easy for any one of them.”
Council Rock South (4-0) will travel to Neshaminy for Wednesday’s SOL opener.
Villa Joseph Marie 3-4 7
Council Rock South 9-5 14
QUAKERTOWN 17, LIBERTY 5
Madison Peacher scored five goals and assisted on another and Isabelle Kave had four to lead the Panthers to their first win of the season, a no-doubt-about-it victory over Liberty in a non-league contest. Peacher connected on 5 of 7 shots while Kave scored on 4 of seven shots.
Katelyn Derstine and Cameron Hagerty each added two goals. Hagerty also had an assist. Kylie Frederick and Katie Hagerty both contributed a goal and an assist. Adding one goal each were Katelyn Landis and Kayla Glaeser.
Kiera Shaw had a pair of assists while Livian Stover added one assist.
Quakertown (1-2) will travel to Springfield Township for Wednesday’s SOL opener.
Liberty 2-3 5
Quakertown 8-9 17
SOUDERTON 23, LANSDALE CATHOLIC 4
Reiley Knize scored six goals and Avery Farina contributed four goals and one assist to lead a balanced Indian attack in a rout of the visiting Crusaders.
Yasmin Khatri and Tatum Andrews both had a hat trick with Andrews adding an assist. Peyton Clemmer had a pair of goals. Contributing one goal each were Lily Hassett, Ava Jones, Jess Burns, Angela Borisow and Lauren Hallman. Burns and Hallman also had one assist each. Rachel Schewe added an assist.
Souderton (2-2) will host Central Bucks East in its SOL opener on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
BOYERTOWN 11, NORTH PENN 8
The visiting Knights battled the Bears to a 5-5 halftime tie, and the Knights had a late lead but saw it slip away.
“It was a tough loss,” NP coach Heather Mellow said. “We were leading with seven minutes remaining in the game. We just lost focus and made too many errors at the end of the game.”
Kayla Stressman led the Knights with three goals and three draw controls. Emily Varilla added two goals and two draw controls, and Kerry O’Donnell had two goals, one assist and two draw controls. Jordan Bailey added a goal and an assist, and Riley O’Donnell had an assist.
Goalie Kiera Holt recorded 11 saves and also had three interceptions.
North Penn (1-2) will host Council Rock North in its SOL opener on Wednesday.
North Penn 5-3 8
Boyertown 5-6 11
SPRINGFIELD-DELCO 19, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 10
The Spartans put 10 goals on the board but could not keep up with a Springfield-Delco squad that competes in the powerful Central League.
“We had good draw control throughout the game,” Spartans’ coach Marissa Conover said. “We had a five-goal scoring streak in the second half of the first half where we swung momentum, Tess Talbot with some great saves.”
Talbot was credited with 10 saves for the Spartans.
For the Spartans, Emily Smith and Shannon Silvius both had two goals and one assist while Emma Yoder and Stella Nelson each added a pair of goals. Sam McDevitt had one goal, Amelia Price and Shannon Meder both contributed two assists, and Maddie McDevitt had one assist.
Springfield Township (1-3) will host Quakertown in Wednesday’s SOL opener.
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 8, PENNINGTON SCHOOL 6
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 17, CHELTENHAM 1
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