Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Tuesday.
SOL National Conference
Pennridge 15, Central Bucks South 14 (OT)
Matt Seiler’s lone goal of Tuesday night’s slugfest proved the most important.
Seiler scored in the sudden-victory overtime to hand the Rams a comeback win after they entered the fourth quarter trailing the Titans by a goal. Pennridge forced the extra period with a 4-3 edge in the final period.
“Ben Souder won the faceoff and we got a timeout to settle down the offense and talk to them. The offense had a great possession and waited for a good shot,” Rams coach Chris Pianko said. “Matt Seiler got the ball off the end line after backing up a shot with about 1:30 left in the first overtime. He won his matchup to the middle of the field and scored while falling down.”
There’s was no mistaking the significance of Tuesday’s win.
“This was huge for our team,” Pianko said. “We are very young this year, and the experience to finish out and win these close games will hopefully build a foundation that we can continue to carry through the rest of the year and into next year.”
In regulation, it was South – playing in its sixth OT game of the season – that made the comeback after falling behind 5-1 at the end of the first quarter. Nick Fareno had four goals and four assists for the Titans, Reese Levinson scored four and assisted on another and Keith Conner had two goals and an assist for South.
Ryan Gordon also had a productive game with two goals and two assists, Brady Hinkle and Jon Fitts also scored one goal apiece. John Henson had a goal, two caused turnovers and two ground balls while Anthony Depedro won nine faceoffs and had eight ground balls.
Kevin Friedman stopped seven shots for South. The Titans dropped a second straight overtime decision after falling to CR South in extra time on Monday.
Seiler had the winner for the Rams, but he only got there thanks to significant contributions across the board.
Souder was excellent on the X, winning 19-of-27 faceoffs while Ryan Carickhoff put away six goals for the Rams. Luke Lenox had a hat trick plus an assist as did Drew Ferguson while Frankie Fanelli was in with two goals scored and two assists.
Kieran Banks had nine saves and Tyler Vandermark made four for Pennridge.
“Ben Souder played great at the faceoff X,” Pianko said. “Ryan Carickoff had six goals, which I think might be a career high for him.
“Tyler Vandermark filled in at goalie after Kieran got hurt at the end of the third quarter.”
Central Bucks South (5-9, 1-5 SOL) will host North Penn on Friday, and Pennridge (5-10, 2-5 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Thursday.
PENNRIDGE 5 3 2 4 1 – 15
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 1 5 5 3 0 – 14
Council Rock North 12, Neshaminy 5
Faceoff wins don’t always directly translate to goals, but controlling the X always helps.
Ryan Dellinger did just that for the Indians on Tuesday, taking 13-of-18 draws on the faceoff X to help CR North to a fast start. Coupled with a rambunctious defensive effort that generated a lot of caused turnovers, it was a recipe for a good win.
Timmy Shaffer turned away 10 shots in goal for North, while Erik Urbaniak, Ethan Stanford, Surya Panneer and Noah Epstein turned away Neshaminy’s attack and midfielders in front of him with a tenacious defensive effort.
Dean Scalamandre paced North’s offense with a huge day that included a hat trick plus five assists and five ground balls. Sammy Lewis tallied four goals, Andrew Zazoff had four points with a hat trick and assist and Tyler Rodowicz scored a goal. Dylan Kavanaugh added a goal and three ground balls.
Council Rock North (9-3, 4-2 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday, and Neshaminy (6-8, 1-6 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Friday.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 6 2 2 2 – 12
NESHAMINY 2 0 2 1 – 5
Central Bucks West 12, North Penn 7
After a back-and-forth first half, the Bucks took control in the third quarter to pick up the SOL win.
West went into halftime holding a narrow 6-5 lead but shut out the Knights with a 4-0 third period. Matt Jacobsen helped set the pace for the Bucks, winning 6-of-14 faceoffs and notching a team-best four goals.
Brayden Albrecht bagged a hat trick while Austin Hahn was responsible for four goals, scoring two and assisting on two others. Zach Martine scored twice and Evan Goldrick put away a goal for the Bucks, who got three assists from Alex Greenspan and helpers from Goldrick and Sam Greenberg.
Central Bucks West (6-8, 4-3 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday, and North Penn (6-6, 3-2 SOL) will travel to Harry S Truman on Wednesday.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 4 2 4 2 – 12
NORTH PENN 2 3 0 2 – 7
Central Bucks East 10, Pennsbury 4
The Patriots didn’t score in the fourth quarter, and it didn’t matter.
A resolute defensive effort held the Falcons to a single goal through three quarters while the offense poured it on in the third to back up a solid first half. East, which led 4-0 at intermission, won the third by a 6-1 margin.
Nils Updale gave East plenty of opportunities with a dominant 15-of-17 showing on the faceoff X and even added on a goal as a sweetener for his efforts.
Luke Christmas set the tone offensively for the Patriots with a hat trick and an assist, Nick Knepp had two goals and a helper, Pat Coleman scored twice, Thomas Williams scored one and assisted one and Matt Bowen rounded out East’s scoring. Defensively, Adrian Widdows forced two turnovers.
Pennsbury got two goals each from Will Taylor and Kolby Ranniello. Mike DeZutel, Shane Siegmund and Jack Kalinowski all recorded assists.
Aidan Sheeran made 11 stops in goal for the Falcons.
Central Bucks East (9-4, 8-0 SOL) will host Pennridge on Thursday, and Pennsbury (5-7, 4-3 SOL) will host Holy Ghost in a non-league game on Friday.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 1 3 6 0 – 10
PENNSBURY 0 0 1 3 – 4
Souderton 16, Harry S Truman 0
John Martin-Vince scored three goals and assisted on two others to lead a balanced Souderton attack. Jamison McDevitt and Tyson Bui both also had hat tricks. Sean Landis had a four-point game with two goals and two assists while Tanner Yerton had two goals. Gavin Landis contributed one goal and one assist, and both Jaden Knize and Trey Bui had one goal. Kaden Rhyder contributed three assists while Tanner Weaver, Luca Ferretti and Trey Bui each chipped in with an assist.
Souderton (10-2, 6-1 SOL) will travel to Archbishop Wood on Thursday for a non-league game, and Harry S Truman (0-13, 0-7) will host North Penn lacrosse on Wednesday.
SOL American Conference
Wissahickon 19, Upper Moreland 4
The Trojans did not fall into a trap prior to Friday’s looming showdown with rival Upper Dublin.
Andrew Slackman made sure Wiss would keep its unblemished SOL record heading into the clash with the Cardinals, also unbeaten in SOL play, thanks to seven goals and two assists and a nine-point afternoon. Kyle Lehman was on the distributing end of a few of those goals, with the Penn State recruit chalking up six assists to go with his two goals.
Sam Baker had three goals and three assists, Dean Wolfe registered a hat trick and Nick Donofrio put away two goals. Jimmy Mallot and Gavin Myers also scored for the Trojans.
Ryan Olexa had a hat trick for the Golden Bears, who also received a goal from Alex Emmell.
Wissahickon (8-4, 5-0 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Friday at 5 p.m., and Upper Moreland (8-4, 4-1 SOL) will be on the road at Abington on Friday.
WISSAHICKON 8 5 5 1 – 19
UPPER MORELAND 2 0 0 2 – 4
Hatboro-Horsham 7, Springfield Twp 4
The Hatters defense used a first half shutout to ride out a close win over the Spartans on Tuesday.
Brendan Kim was a wall in goal, making 15 saves and helping Hatboro-Horsham stake a 4-0 advantage at the break. Connor Davis also provided plenty of muscle defensively with six caused turnovers and four ground balls as part of an aggressive Hatters effort.
Will McCabe had two ground balls plus two caused turnovers, Tom Pedicone caused a turnover and gathered a pair of ground balls and Hunter Long was responsible for a caused turnover and ground ball. Justin Chong helped out by grabbing three ground balls and David Benjamin added two caused turnovers to his line on top of a goal, assist and 5-of-12 wins on faceoffs.
Springfield was locked up until the fourth quarter, when the Spartans scored three of their four goals in the period but a goal in the quarter helped the Hatters keep the game out of reach.
Offensively, Alex Cerminara tallied a hat trick for HH, Sam Fink had two goals and Christian Patelmo also found the back of the net.
Matt Capoferri had two goals for Springfield Twp, Jaxon Weiss and Peter Schmidt each scored once. Patrick McMahon made eight saves.
Hatboro-Horsham (8-4, 3-3 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Thursday, and Springfield Township (4-9, 4-1 SOL) will be on the road at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy for a non-league game on Saturday.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 1 3 2 1 – 7
SPRINGFIELD TWP 0 0 1 3 – 4
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 11, ABINGTON 8
On a night dedicated to honoring the team’s seniors and their high school lacrosse careers, Plymouth Whitemarsh’s seniors responded by leading the Colonials to an 11-8 league win over visiting Abington.
Senior captains Luke Wendler (3G) and CJ Petrakis (4G) scored seven total goals between them to lead the Colonials’ offense. Senior defensemen Matt Licwinko and Keith Gallagher led the defensive effort, assisting goalie Nate Mascio in racking up 14 saves.
Junior Captain Justin Bainbridge (2G, 3A, 4 GB, 2 CTO, 16/22 FO) and sophomore Ben Backenstose (2G) rounded out the Colonials scoring with two goals apiece. Bainbridge also went 16 of 22 on faceoffs and added solid defensive midfield play along with senior Luke Weikel (2 GB, 2 CTO), junior Jared Kolsun (1 CTO) and freshman Luke LaViola (1 CTO). Senior LSM Tim Sol (1GB, 1 CTO) and freshman LSM Isaiah Bainbridge (3 GB, 2 CTO) assisted the defensive effort with solid LSM play all night long.
“Tonight was a true team effort,” head coach James Bainbridge said. “The whole team wanted to come out and make this a special night for our seniors, and I feel like they did just that. I couldn’t think of a better way to honor our seniors and their lacrosse careers than the effort I saw on the field tonight.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (3-8, 2-4 SOL) take to the road to play Council Rock North on Wednesday. Abington (5-9, 2-4) will host Upper Moreland on Friday.
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 6, QUAKERTOWN 4
Non-league
Council Rock South 10, Holy Ghost Prep 9 (OT)
On Senior Night, senior attackman Antti Auture scored the game-winning goal in a dramatic come-from-behind win. Sal Mastromarco scored with two seconds to go in regulation to force overtime. It was the second OT win in as many nights for the Golden Hawks.
After a tight first quarter ended with the two teams deadlocked 1-1, the Golden Hawks opened up a 3-1 lead in the second quarter. Holy Ghost answered with three consecutive goals to go into halftime with a 4-3 lead.
For the third straight game, CR South mounted a second half comeback as Luke Brossman and Wes Waninger found the back on the net. The South defense held Holy Ghost to one goal in the third quarter. The fourth quarter began with the scored knotted 5-5. Holy Ghost jumped out to a two-goal lead. Rock South answered as Joey Smith assisted on a goal to Sal Mastromarco and MJ Feeney scored to knot the game at 8-8. Holy Ghost again took the led at 9-8 with a minute remaining, setting the stage for the thrilling finish.
Sal Mastromarco finished the game with four goals and one assist. TJ Shores also had a multi-point game with two goals and one assist. Council Rock South wins its third consecutive overtime contest.
Goaltender Mason Shores came up big all game with 18 saves.
On Friday, Council Rock South (9-4, 4-3 SOL) will make the short trip to Council Rock North (10-3) for a SOL contest. Holy Ghost Prep (6-6) travels to Pennsbury (5-7) this Friday.
HOLY GHOST PREP 1-3-1-4-0 9
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 1-2-2-4-1 10
Monday, May 2
ABINGTON 7, COATESVILLE 6 (2 OTs)
The Ghosts won an overtime thriller when Oscar Hoffman found the net with the game-winner with 1:30 remaining in the second OT. While Hoffman stole the spotlight with his OT goal, the Ghosts’ defenders – Billy Greiner, Pat Fischer and Conor Penderghest with Patch Garry and Mason Glemser at LSM – were unquestionably the unsung heroes and saved the day quite literally for Abington.
“Our defense shut Coatesville out for 30 minutes of play, not allowing a goal in the second half or either OT period,” said Abington coach Michael Duffy, whose team trailed 6-3 at halftime but outscored the Red Raiders 4-0 the rest of the way.
In addition to Hoffman, Ben Markham had two goals and one assist while Benny Suit and Andrew Herman both had two goals. Spence Lowery, Liam Frazier and Sean Lare each contributed an assist.
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