Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Tuesday.
National Conference
Central Bucks West 11, Souderton 9
Alex Greenspan had 6 points on 2 goals and 4 assists, and Austin Hahn scored a hat trick as Central Bucks West took a 3-goal lead after one quarter, then held on to top Souderton 11-9 in Tuesday’s National Conference game. Joe Perry scored twice for the Bucks.
Matt Jacobsen scored 1 goal and won 14-of-20 face-offs for the Bucks. Aidan Kimberly, Sam Greenberg, and Harrison Brownlow each scored 1 goal, while Sean Kelly picked up an assist.
Will Shandlay made 8 saves in a winning effort in the cage for West, which improves to 2-0 in the National Conference, 6-2 overall.
Seth Grossman led Souderton with 3 goals and 1 assist. John Martin-Vince had 2 goals and 1 assist, Ty Quintos scored twice, Tyson Bui and Sean Landis each had 1 goal, and Gavin Landis and Brody Anderson each picked up an assist. Matt Malanga made 7 saves in goal.
The Bucks will host North Penn at 7 pm Thursday. Souderton (1-2, 4-3) visits Harry S Truman at 4 pm Thursday.
Central Bucks West 5-1-3-2 11
Souderton 2-3-3-1 9
North Penn 7, Neshaminy 4
Caiden Myers powered in 5 goals and Connor Howard was stellar in net, turning aside 15 shots as North Penn pulled away from Neshaminy and earned its first National Conference win of the season with a 7-4 victory on Tuesday.
Colin Ponyi had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Knights, while Ryan Bocklet added 1 goal.
After each team scored twice in the first quarter, North Penn scored the only 2 goals of the second period to take a 4-2 lead into halftime.
The Knights (1-2 National, 4-3 overall) take to the road to visit Central Bucks West at 7 pm Thursday. Neshaminy (0-4, 2-5) will visit William Tennent on Friday at 4 pm.
North Penn 2-2-2-1 7
Neshaminy 2-0-2-0 4
Central Bucks South 17, Harry S Truman 1
Brady Kelly made 4 saves and kept Harry S Truman off the board for the final three quarters as Central Bucks South picked up its first National Conference win of the season.
Liam Goss was 14-of-16 on face-offs and scooped up 11 ground balls, giving the Titans possession throughout the game. Owen Campana was 3-of-4 on draws and grabbed 3 GBs.
Keith Conner led the Titans’ offense with 3 goals and 2 assists, while Alex Fessler scored 3 and added 1 assist. South also got scoring from Jack Auerbach (2G, 2A), Matt Waltrich (2G), Ryan Gordon (1G, 2A), Reese Levinson (1G, 1A), Anthony Depedro (1G), Goss (1G), Mark Etgen (1G), Owen Tyson (1G), Josh Dozier (1G), and Carter Kaplan (2A).
Chris Glover scored Truman’s only goal and added 1 ground ball pickup and 1 caused turnover. Jack Rugarber had 4 GB and 5 CTO, while Logan Malinowski had 2 GB and 1 CTO.
Goalkeeper Tommy Bryson recorded an assist and made 21 saves for the Tigers, who drop to 0-3 National Conference, 0-7 overall.
South (1-1 National, 3-4) is back in action at 7 pm Thursday, hosting Pennridge. Truman hosts Souderton at 4 pm Thursday.
Central Bucks South 5-4-6-2 17
Harry S Truman 1-0-0-0 1
American Conference
Hatboro-Horsham 11, Upper Moreland 7
Hatboro-Horsham returned from spring break as hot as can be.
The Hatters powered in 6 goals in the first quarter, surging to a 6-1 lead after the first period, and cruised to an 11-7 victory over neighborhood rival Upper Moreland.
Alex Cerminara led the Hatters with 6 goals, Max Mariano chipped in with a 5-point effort (2G, 3A, 1 CTO). David Benjamin scored twice and went 9-for-13 on face-offs. Darius Graziani had 1 goal, while Shane Phillips recorded 1 assist and was 4-for-8 on the draw.
Brendan Kirn made 12 saves to earn the victory in the cage for the Hatters, who also received contributions from Kevin Allison (7GB), Tommy Pedicone (3GB, 3 CTO, 1A), Brett Yorko (2GB), Nick Long (2 GB, 2 CTO), and Will McCabe (5GB).
The Hatters (2-1 American Conference, 4-3 overall) host Springfield Twp at 4:45 pm Thursday. Upper Moreland (0-3, 6-5) will visit Wissahickon at 5 pm Thursday.
Hatboro-Horsham 6-1-2-2 11
Upper Moreland 1-2-2-2 7
Upper Dublin 9, New Hope-Solebury 2
Will Bailey was dominant on attack, scorching New Hope-Solebury for 6 goals as Upper Dublin rolled to a 9-2 win.
Ben Guiliardo scored twice for the Cardinals, and Chris Kohlbrenner had a goal and an assist. Cole Pedroso picked up 3 assists and Al Eby had 2 helpers.
Nate Fechter made 8 saves to record the win for the Cardinals, who remain atop the American Conference standings at 3-0 (5-2 overall).
New Hope-Solebury (1-2, 2-2) will host Quakertown at 7 pm Thursday. The Cardinals will play at Abington at 5:30 pm Thursday.
Springfield Twp 13, Quakertown 4
Springfield Twp made its first win of the season one to remember.
The Spartans battled Quakertown to a 3-3 halftime draw in Tuesday’s American Conference matchup. Then the hosts exploded for 10 goals in the second half while holding the Panthers to a lone tally to run away with a 13-4 victory.
Adam Fluehr was unstoppable on the day, ripping home 8 goals to lead the Springfield attack. Matt Capoferri added 2 goals and assisted on 4. Jack Sharpe, Matteo Ringgold, and Peter Schmidt each had 1 goal and 1 assist. Dan Fitzpatrick chipped in with 1 assist.
Carter Weiss made 4 saves to earn the win for the Spartans (1-0 American Conference, 1-4 overall), who will look to continue their winning ways when they visit Hatboro-Horsham at 4:45 pm Thursday.
The Panthers (1-2, 1-4) host Pope John Paul II at 6 pm Wednesday, then return to conference play at New Hope-Solebury at 4 pm Thursday.
Quakertown 1-2-1-0 4
Springfield Twp 1-2-4-6 13
Nonleague
Boyertown 8, Central Bucks East 6
If you want to know how good you really are, you play the best teams around.
Squaring off against undefeated nonleague opponent Boyertown, currently ranked second in the District 1 Class 3A rankings, Central Bucks East took the Bears into halftime with the score knotted at 2-2.
But the Bears took the lead and held on for a tight 8-6 victory over the Patriots in Tuesday’s game.
Thomas Williams scored a pair of fourth-quarter goals and Luke Christmas netted 2 goals to lead the Patriots. Matthew Bowen and Chris Funston each added 1 goal. Williams, Christmas, Zacary Ramey, and Adam Volm each recorded 1 assist.
Patrick Coleman and Funston each caused 4 turnovers and grabbed 3 ground balls for the Pats, who also received contributions from Ben Bridegum (3CTO, 1 GB), Christmas (1 CTO, 2 GB), Bowen (1GB), Ethan Greenlee (1CTO, 4 GB), Volm (1GB), Tristan Smith (1CTO, 4 GB), and Jack Deem (1CTO).
Snyder recorded 14 saves in the cage for the Patriots, who move to 6-2 overall (4-0 National Conference). The Patriots host Souderton at 7:30 pm April 18.
Boyertown 1-1-3-3 8
Central Bucks East 0-2-2-2 6
Abington 10, Methacton 9
Spence Lowery scored five goals while Zach Silverman had a six-point game with four goals and two assists to lead the Ghosts to the hard-fought non-league win.
Matt Miller added a goal and an assist, and Sam Udell chipped in an assist to round out the scoring.
The Ghosts came out strong, opening up a 4-1 lead after one quarter only to see the visiting Warriors trim that lead to one by halftime, 4-3. Abington outscored its visitors 3-2 and then held off the Warriors in the fourth quarter.
Abington (5-2, 0-1 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Methacton 1-2-2-4 9
Abington 4-0-3-3 10
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1, William Tennent 0 (forfeit)
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