Check out the results for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action on Wednesday.
Boys
SOUDERTON 8, PENNSBURY 2
One day after allowing just three goals in a win over Abington, the Indians threw some serious defense at the Falcons, limiting their visitors to just two goals en route to their ninth win without a loss.
“It was a great game by our defense,” coach Mark Princehorn said. “They deserve a lot of credit.”
Walker Martin led the Indians’ attack with four goals while Trent Breneman had one goal and three assists. Stephen Blue and Colin Huggins both had one goal and one assist, and Adam Booz added a single goal. Cole Witoslawski had one assist.
Jake Phaup won 10-of-12 faceoffs in yet another standout effort.
Souderton goalie Axell Beskar recorded seven saves in the win.
Souderton (9-0, 2-0 SOL) will travel to Wissahickon on Friday, and Pennsbury (2-5, 0-1) will host Central Bucks West on Friday.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 6, OWEN J ROBERTS 5
The Patriots hosted Owen J. Roberts on Wednesday afternoon at Patriots Stadium. East got on the scoreboard first when Mike Ott scored an unassisted goal at the10:22 mark of the first quarter. The Wildcats came right back with a goal of their own with 8:36 left in the first quarter. Both teams scored two additional goals, and the score was knotted 3-3 at the end of the first quarter.
East’s defense shut the Wildcats out in the second quarter, and the Patriots added a goal and held a one-point advantage at the half by a score of 4-3. In the third quarter, the Wildcats scored two goals to the Patriots’ one goal and the score was tied again 5-5 at the end of the third quarter. Sophomore attackman Ryan Stout scored the winning goal unassisted with 8:09 remaining in the game. East's stingy defense, led by sophomore goalie Liam Rosenthal (five saves in the fourth quarter and 12 saves for the game), shut the Wildcats out in the fourth quarter to preserve the win.
Senior attackman, Ryan Brown (Salisbury University commit) scored his 200th career point when he assisted on Alec Bracken's goal with 10:26 remaining in the second quarter. Brown then added to that point total when he scored a goal of his own in the third period with an assist from Stout.
Stout’s two goals and one assist led the Patriots. Alec Bracken had a pair of goals while Brown had a goal and an assist. Mike Ott added one goal, and Ryan Schmidt had an assist.
Ott won 8-of-14 faceoffs and led the team with nine ground balls. Joe Thiroway scooped up three and Bracken two. Finishing with one ground ball each were John Galow, Colin Stein, Bryan McIntosh, Ryan Stout, Brant Billingsley and Ryan Brown. McIntosh and Galow both had two caused turnovers while Ott had one.
With the win, East improved to 6-2 (2-0 SOL). The Patriots host North Penn Friday, at 3:30 PM at Patriots Stadium.
Owen J Roberts 3-0-2-0 5
Central Bucks East 3-1-1-1 6
NESHAMINY 20, GEORGE SCHOOL 6
HOLY GHOST PREP 9, WISSAHICKON 6
Girls
National Conference
PENNRIDGE 15, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 11
The visiting Rams opened up a 7-2 halftime lead and then fought off a Titan comeback attempt in the second half to earn the huge conference win.
“We had a great game against CB West, and I think my girls finally realized that if they start working together as a team and we start executing our plays –which we did to a ‘t’ tonight – that we can compete with the number one and number two teams in our league,” Pennridge coach Karen Schnurr said. “CB South won the league last year, and CB West is undefeated, so to be able to compete with them – I think last week (a 16-11 loss to West) was an eye opener to them that they could do this. They just played with lots of passion and lots of heart tonight. They really wanted it.”
The Titans pulled to within three (14-11) late in the second half but would get no closer.
“They definitely started to come back,” Schnurr said. “We called a timeout and tried to regroup.
“We told them – possession and control of the ball was key and just being poised under pressure. They were doubling the ball, and we were just trying to remain poised and controlled.”
The trio of Maddie Dachowski (five goals, two assists), Jen Rodzewich (five goals, one assist) and Grace Loughery (three goals, one assist) led the Rams. Emily Price added a pair of goals, and Kate Ziegler had one assist. Loughery also had six draw controls, Dachowski added five and Loughery, three draw controls.
Pennridge goalie Alexa Machada had 16 saves – 10 in the opening half.
“She definitely kept us in the game,” Schnurr said. “On defense, we knew that Kasey Dietzel and Kristen Berntsen would be the biggest threats, and we were trying to work together as one defensive unit.
“The defense doesn’t really get a lot of stats, but they played great. Avery Meiners and Kira Ozer stepped up big today. I put Avery Meiners on Anna Green at one point, and she was able to shut her down.
“We thought for the first time this season this was a team win. Everybody did their role, everyone did their jobs, and that is why we were successful.”
A bright spot in the loss for the Titans was the four-goal effort of junior Kasey Dietzel, who reached the 100-goal milestone midway through the second half.
“Kasey Dietzel played fantastic today,” South coach Janique Craig said. “We played a hard game without top player Courtney Taylor (injury).
“I am really proud of how the girls played today.”
The Titans were led offensively by Dietzel and Anna Green with four goals each. Green also had three assists. Molly Sullivan had two goals, and Kristen Berntsen, one goal.
South goalie Laura Robinson was credited with eight saves.
Pennridge (6-3, 2-1 SOL) will be on the road at Quakertown on Friday, and Central Bucks South (6-2, 2-1) will travel to Pennsbury on Monday.
Pennridge 7-8 15
Central Bucks South 2-9 11
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 13, NORTH PENN 2
The Bucks controlled play from start to finish on Wednesday, opening up a 7-0 halftime lead and rolling to the decisive win.
Junior Finley Ueland led a balanced West attack with four goals and two assists while Bryn Boylan and Liv Fitzgerald both had a hat trick. Dani Dundas had a hand in five goals, scoring one and assisting on four. Adding single goals were Maddie Maio and Lucy Varner.
“Casey Reichwein had six draws and a good defensive game for us with three caused turnovers and three ground balls,” West coach Tara Schmucker said. “Lucy Varner played a solid defensive game as well, and she added a goal as well as a ground ball and caused turnover.
“Finley Ueland was a big threat on the attack, and Dani saw some great inside feeds. Lauren Devlin had a great performance in goal with nine saves.
Junior Bri O’Donnell accounted for the Knights’ two goals. Kate Winstanley had seven saves in goal.
“CB West simply played better than us today,” North Penn coach Heather Mellow said. “They outhustled and outscored us and shut down our offense.
“Their goalkeeper had a nice game too.”
Central Bucks West (8-0, 2-0 SOL) will be on the road at Abington on Friday for a non-league contest, and North Penn (3-5, 1-2) will host Upper Moreland in a non-league game on Thursday.
Central Bucks West 7-6 13
North Penn 0-2 2
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 14, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 5
Maggie Vetter scored five goals to lead the Patriots’ attack. Teammates Brigitte Bishop and Mel Burian each finished with a hat trick. Burian also had one assist. Mackenzie Boyle added two goals, and Sarah Donnolly had one goal and one assist.
Senior Anna Lehman accounted for all five of the Indians’ goals. Nikki Jackson had an assist.
East goalie Maddie Gresko recorded six saves in the win.
Central Bucks East (5-4, 2-1 SOL) will travel to Souderton on Friday, and Council Rock North (2-6, 1-2) will be on the road Monday at Central Bucks West.
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 11, PENNSBURY 8
The Falcons took a 5-4 lead into halftime, but the Golden Hawks came out of the intermission and outscored their visitors 7-3.
"In the second half, we slowed the ball own and possessed it," Rock South coach Madison Hurwitz said. "We ran through our motions and were patient.
"Our sideline helped us win that game – they were screaming and cheering and so enthused."
Mary Kate Simpson scored five goals in a standout individual effort, and Caroline McGovern had three goals and two assists. Emily Keller added a pair of goals, and Sarah Womer had one goal and one assist. Dom Marino had an assist.
For the Falcons, Emelie Curtis and Lily Nolan both had three goals. Curtis also had an assist. Contributing one goal each were Nell Webber and Amelia Sharp. Kyra Snyder added an assist.
Council Rock South (3-3, 2-0 SOL) will host Cheltenham on Friday, and Pennsbury (1-6, 0-1) will host Central Bucks South on Monday.
Pennsbury 5-3 8
Council Rock South 4-7 11
American Conference
UPPER MORELAND 8, HATBORO-HORSHAM 4
The Golden Bears’ defense stole the spotlight in Wednesday’s big road win, limiting the Hatters to just one goal in the first half en route to a 5-1 lead at the intermission.
“Defense won this game for us,” coach Kim Frantz said. “They played an amazing game and were able to force Hatboro to turn over the ball when they had the ball at their offensive end.”
Senior Mel Wittick anchored a defensive unit that included Maddie Grace Wood, Abby Ellen Wood, Kayla Meakim, Cassidy Hirsch and Meg O’Donnell.
“Together they were able to stop Hatboro,” Frantz said.
Not to be overlooked was the six-save effort of junior goalie Cheyanne Grumm.
Offensively, the Golden Bears were led by Sydney Bachmayer and Jessica Flanagan with three goals each. Both Flanagan and Bachmayer also had three draw controls. Emma Meakim had one goal and one assist while Bryanna Gordon also had one goal. Allison Felicetti had a pair of assists, and both Maddie Grace Wood and Meghan O’Donnell had one assist.
Wittick had three draw controls and, according to Frantz, was very aggressive and led the team in ground balls along with Moira Olexa.
Upper Moreland (8-1, 3-0 SOL) will be on the road at North Penn for a non-league contest on Thursday, and Hatboro-Horsham (3-4, 1-2) will host Lansdale Catholic in a non-league contest on Friday.
Upper Moreland 5-3 8
Hatboro-Horsham 1-3 4
SOUDERTON 19, WISSAHICKON 5
Riley McGowen scored six goals and assisted on two others while Maddie Knight had four goals and one assist to lead the Indians to the no-doubt-about-it win over the visiting Trojans.
Carlie Doughty added a hat trick to go along with three ground balls, two caused turnovers and five draw controls in an all-around performance. Sarah Goodwin also was a force for the Indians, finishing with two goals, five assists, four ground balls, four caused turnovers and one draw control. Megan Walbrandt added one goal, three ground balls and seven draw controls. Adding one goal each were Jenny Ubowski, Kaitlyn Mardi and Allie Trick.
Juliana Borisow was credited with three ground balls and one caused turnover. Goalie Lauren Scott recorded eight saves.
Souderton (6-2, 2-1 SOL) will host Central Bucks East on Friday, and Wissahickon (3-7, 2-1) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Monday.
CHELTENHAM 15, QUAKERTOWN 7
The visiting Panthers raced out of the gate to an 8-3 halftime lead and never looked back on their way to the convincing win.
Senior Liza Becker led Cheltenham with four goals and six ground balls. Dana Shelton and Marycait Dorley both had a hat trick. Shelton also had four ground balls. Tylar Marren had two goals, and Brianna Young had one goal, six ground balls and three draw controls. Ruby Tomasic and Carissa Dorley each added one goal.
“Sadiyah Rashied had a great defensive game along with Jade Turner, Christina Morton and Lydia Walker,” Cheltenham coach Didi Walker said.
Cheltenham goalie Morgan Sloan recorded 11 saves.
Cheltenham (4-5, 1-2 SOL) will travel to Council Rock South on Friday for a non-league game, and Quakertown (2-7, 0-3) will host Pennridge on Friday.
Cheltenham 8-7 15
Quakertown 3-4 7
ABINGTON 16, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 7
The Spartans trailed by just one at halftime (5-4), but the Ghosts closed out the game with an 11-2 second half surge.
Sam McGee led the Ghosts with five goas, one ground ball and five draw controls. Lindsay Baer had a big game with four goals, three assists and three ground balls. Casey McCallister had two goals and one assist. Jules Greco and Kaley Enhow both chipped in one goal and one assist. Enhow also had two draw controls. Van Buren had one goal, and Thomas had one assist and two ground bals. Cathy Staerk had one assist, two ground balls, two caused turnovers and three draw controls. and Simon added one goal and one ground balls. Stokes had one goal and two ground balls. and Rodgers had a pair of assists. Maddie Sjohom conributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers, and Gable had two ground balls.
For the Spartans, Lindsey Smith led the way with three goals, two ground balls and four draw controls. Also contributing to the attack were Ellie Hamilton (one goal, two assists, one draw control), Ellie Leitzel (one goal, one ground ball), Rachel Harmon (one goal), Emily Walsh (one goal, two ground balls) and Sophie Perry (one assist, one ground ball, one draw control). Emily Giampietro had one caused turnover and three ground balls while Gracie Woron and Hannah Grouthusen each had one ground ball. Spartan goalie Emily Henry recorded 10 saves.
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