Check out the recaps for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Friday. Abington/New Hope-Solebury photos courtesy of Tracy Valko. Check back for a gallery of photos.
Boys
SOL National Conference
Souderton 8, Pennsbury 6
This one was for Manny Puente.
Played on the one-year anniversary of the passing of Puente’s father Jason, Souderton rode a wave of emotion and a stellar effort from Puente to an 8-6 victory over Pennsbury in Friday’s National Conference game.
“Emotions were running high tonight,” Souderton coach Mark Cornes said. “Nobody was going to let Manny down. He’s a long stick middie, and everybody played for him tonight.
“Manny played lights out. It wasn’t just the team playing for Manny – Manny played the best game I’ve ever seen him play. He got probably 10 ground balls, he strip checked the other team numerous times. He was rock solid tonight.”
The Indians jumped out early and never trailed, leading 6-4 at halftime and 8-4 after three quarters en route to handing the Falcons (3-1 National, 5-2 overall) their first league defeat of the season.
“This was big – we needed it,” Cornes said. “We thought we had a good game plan going in to stop their middies – their middies are the source of their offense, and we thought we had a good plan for that.
“In the end, emotion won the day, and I think the better part is they kept their emotions under control. We’ve gotten up and we played all the CBs close in the first half and we’d fall apart in the second. Tonight they finally put four quarters together, and they got to realize what that means.”
Souderton’s first-year coach pointed to the defense – which kept the Falcons off the scoreboard in the second and third periods – as a key to the win.
“It was team defense,” Cornes said. “Pennsbury is dangerous, and we had to have a good team concept around the defense, and it finally came together.
“Our close defense – Tommy Goshow played a (heck) of a game, and Lance Pelych was superb tonight as well.”
Kobi Bui led the Souderton offense with three goals and one assist. Ty Quintos added two goals. Tyson Bui had one goal and one assist, Seth Grossman and Jamison McDivitt each scored once, and defenseman Nick Curotto earned an assist on a full-field pass.
“This is what we knew we were capable of playing like as a team, but we hadn’t put it together yet,” Cornes said. “In the three-game stretch against the CBs, we weren’t doing that, and that’s why we lost all three of those games.
“So tonight was kind of a spark. I think the team now realizes how good they can be and what kind of damage we can do for the rest of the year.”
For the Falcons, Avery Dysart led the way with four goals. Jack Kalinowski and Kolby Rannielo both had one goal while Michael DeZutel and Shane Siegmund each had an assist.
Pennsbury goalie Nico Cione was credited with 12 saves.
Souderton (5-3, 2-3 SOL) will return to action for a 7:30 pm game Tuesday at Pennridge. Pennsbury will look to bounce right back with an 11 am nonleague game today hosting American Conference frontrunner Plymouth Whitemarsh.
Pennsbury 4-0-0-2 6
Souderton 4-2-2-0 8
Central Bucks South 12, Neshaminy 4
The Titans raced out of the gate to a 7-0 halftime lead and never looked back, earning their fourth conference win in five games.
Logan Dunn (four goals, two assists) and Cole Cenci (three goals, two assists) led a balanced Titan attack. Liam Brittin added a pair of goals while Nick Farena added a goal and an assist. John Fitts and Chris Moore both had one goal while Evan Jacobsen had a pair of assists and Reese Levinson had one assist.
Moore also had a big day at the face-off X, winning 12 of 18 face-offs. He also had eight ground balls.
Christian Manibo (one caused turnover, two ground balls), Seth Gibson (two caused turnovers, one ground ball) and Owen McCrory (two ground balls) also made important contributions.
Gavin Ostroff was credited with five saves in goal for the Titans.
Central Bucks South (4-2, 4-1 SOL) will travel to West Chester Rustin for a non-league game Monday, and Neshaminy (2-8, 1-6) will be on the road at Holy Ghost Prep for a non-league game Monday.
Neshaminy 0-0-2-2 4
Central Bucks South 2-5-3-2 12
Pennridge 16, Harry S Truman 3
Paced by five-point efforts from Chris Fanelli and Jack Lenox, Pennridge burst out to a 5-1 lead after one quarter and a 9-1 lead at halftime en route to a dominant 16-3 victory over Harry S Truman in Friday’s National Conference matchup.
Fanelli and Lenox each recorded four goals and one assist for the Rams, who improve to 2-2 in league play (4-4 overall). Ryan Carickhoff had three goals and one assist, Frankie Fanelli chipped in two goals and two assists, and Tom Hart had two helpers to go along with one goal.
The Rams received solo goals from Matt Fleisch and Matt Seiler, while Adam Fantaskey, Riley Craig, Matt Kriney, Drew Ferguson, and Sam Kuhns were each credited with one assist. Ben Souder won 12 of 14 faceoffs, and Sean Gereaghty (3 saves) and Tyler Vandermark (1 save) combined in goal to earn the win.
With the loss, Truman (1-4, 0-3 SOL) will visit North Penn at 3:30 pm Tuesday, while Pennridge hosts Souderton for an evening game at 7:30 pm Tuesday.
Pennridge 5-4-1-6 16
Harry S Truman 1-0-0-2 3
Central Bucks East 5, North Penn 1
SOL American Conference
Wissahickon 20, William Tennent 1
Abington 10, New Hope-Solebury 4
Benny Suit’s four-goal, one-assist effort led the Ghosts in Friday’s conference win. Ryan Tobin and Alex Woll both had one goal and one assist while Colin Vivian, Pacer Hoffman, Spence Lowery and Jaiden Jones each contributed one goal.
Abington (2-4, 2-1 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Tuesday, and New Hope-Solebury (2-4, 1-3) will travel to Upper Dublin on Monday.
Non-league
Council Rock North 13, Springfield Township 6
Girls
Non-league
Quakertown 10, Neshaminy 7
Madison Peacher scored three goals and Mya Hibsman and Callie Abel each added two as Quakertown edged Neshaminy 10-7 in Friday’s nonleague matchup.
Tessa O’Donnell, Katie Hagerty and Isabelle Kave each chipped in with 1 goal for the Panthers. Katelyn Derstine, Jordana Law and Livian Stover each registered 1 assist.
Goalie Leah Mestayer recorded four saves to earn the victory.
The Panthers led Neshaminy 4-3 at halftime.
Quakertown (3-3, 0-1 SOL) returns to the field for a 6 pm Monday game hosting Hatboro-Horsham, while Neshaminy (0-6, 0-3) hosts Villa Joseph Marie at 6 pm Monday.
Neshaminy 3-4 7
Quakertown 4-6 10
Springfield Township 13, Pennridge 9
Ella Marina and Maddie Yoder combined for nine goals and three assists to lead the Spartans to the non-league win Friday night. Marina scored five goals and assisted on two others while Yoder had four goals and one assist.
The two teams were deadlocked 5-5 at halftime, but the Spartans had the better of play in the second half, outscoring the Rams 8-4.
“A true even match and back and forth game – I’m so happy that my girls were able to gain control of the game in the second half and come out on top,” Springfield coach Marissa Conove said. “During the first half, Pennridge was able to gain control of the draw and maintain pressure on us. In the second half, we were able to gain control of the draw.
“We played a relaxed, spread out attack to maintain possession and give our cutters more room to work. This strategy worked and allowed more teamwork and cohesive play. Our defense was able to maintain and defend our eight for most plays that Pennridge ran on us.”
Also for the Spartans, Shannon Meder had a pair of goals, Lauren Corrado contributed a goal and an assist while Fiona Rizzo added one goal.
Springfield goalie Tess Talbot was credited with eight saves in a winning effort.
Springfield Township (3-2, 1-1 SOL) will host Cheltenham on Monday, and Pennridge (3-4, 2-1) will host Pennsbury on Monday.
Springfield Township 5-8 13
Pennridge 5-4 9
West Chester Henderson 16, Souderton 13
Souderton battled to an 8-5 lead at halftime, but a surging West Chester Henderson scored 11 goals in the second half and pulled out a 16-13 victory in Friday’s nonleague matchup.
“We learned the importance of playing a whole 50 minutes today,” said Souderton coach Claudia LaMarca of the team’s first setback of the season. “The Souderton that finished the game was not the Souderton that started the game. Henderson capitalized on a lot of opportunities from the draw, which was an area we struggled with in the second half. We’re excited to get back to work tomorrow to refine some of the things we struggled with today.
“It was a competitive game, and both teams fought hard, but at the end of the day, we lost our momentum and Henderson found it.”
Souderton received 6 goals in a strong all-around effort from Lauren Hallman.
“Lauren had a great game,” LaMarca said. “She won important draws and scored at important times in the game. She’s a great asset all over the field.”
Reiley Knize and Clark Trowbridge each scored three for Souderton, Isabel John added one goal, and Caroline Kelly and Avery Farina each notched an assist.
The Indians (5-1, 3-0 SOL) look to return to their winning ways when they host North Penn Monday at 3:45 pm.
Souderton 8-5 13
WC Henderson 5-11 16
Strath Haven 16, North Penn 4
Strath Haven pulled away in the second half and rolled to a 16-4 victory in Friday’s nonleague contest. The Panthers outscored the Knights 8-1 in the second half to earn the win.
Lily Szilagyi led North Penn with three goals. Kayla Stressman scored once and notched four draw controls, Kerry O’Donnell scored one, and Emily Varilla earned four draw controls.
Keira Holt made eight saves in the goal for the Knights (4-2, 3-0 SOL) who will host Souderton at 3:45 pm Monday.
Strath Haven 8-8 16
North Penn 4-1 5
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