Check out the results for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Wednesday. Photos of the CB South/Downingtown East game are provided courtesy of Lisa Henderson. Check back to view a full gallery.
Boys
NORTH PENN 13, HATBORO-HORSHAM 11
With the close of the regular season in sight, the visiting Knights won an important conference game, edging the Hatters to clinch sole possession of second place.
Nick Keim led the Knights with four goals while Reece Udinski had one goal but assisted on five others. Luke Homan had three goals and one assist, and Jake Diamond added three goals as well. Danny Payne and Nic Conroy both had one goal while Matt Dickson had an assist.
Matt Rinck had a big night in goal, finishing with 13 saves in the win.
North Penn (14-3, 9-3 SOL) will close out its regular season at Lansdale Catholic on Friday. Hatboro-Horsham (9-8, 7-4) will travel to Central Bucks West on Thursday in a battle for third place.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 15, SPRINGFIELD 5
The Colonials, who led 4-1 after one quarter, took an 8-3 lead into halftime on their way to the convincing win over the Spartans.
Alex Savarese led a balanced attack with four goals and two assists while Brendan Sullivan added three goals and two assists. Austin Betterly also finished with three goals to go along with one assist. Kenny Diamond and Jake Kelly both contributed two goals with Diamond adding two assists and Kelly, one assist. Colin Kissane had one goal. Zack Zygmunt had three assists, and Vincent Martina had a pair.
Plymouth Whitemarsh closed out its regular season with a 12-4 record (12-2 SOL). Springfield is 4-12 overall (3-9 SOL).
Plymouth Whitemarsh 4-4-2-5 15
Springfield 1-2-0-2 5
QUAKERTOWN 4, PERKIOMEN SCHOOL 3
Chris Brady turned away 10 shots in a strong outing in goal in the Panthers’ non-league win Wednesday. Christian Morano, who also played a key role, came up with eight ground balls. Gavin Hillaert won seven face-offs.
Contributing one goal each were Frank Claus, Scott Keck, Jeffrey Royall and Matt Cicchino. Keck also had an assist.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 17, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 5
The Patriots put an exclamation point on yet another successful regular season with their no-doubt-about-it non-league win over the visiting Cougars. The Patriots held a commanding 6-1 lead after one quarter and went into halftime with a 9-3 advantage. They outscored their visitors 8-2 in the second half.
Owen Griffin (five goals, two assists) and Ryan Brown (four goals, three assists) led the Patriots. Alec Bracken and Logan Nelsen each added a hat trick. Nelsen also had one assist. Contributing one goal were Grant Porter and Ryan Stout. Mike Ott had a pair of assists while Connor Larkin had one helper.
Ott won 20-of-24 face-offs. Liam Rosenthal (four saves) and Ian Mauer (two saves) combined for the win in goal.
Griffin, Brown and Larkin each had five ground balls while Schmidt had four. Adding one ground ball each were Joe Thiroway, Nelsen, Nick Yerkes, Colin Stein, Austin Prime, Cal Tyhansky and Bryan McIntosh. Griffin and Larkin both had three forced turnovers while Brown and Ott both had one each.
Central Bucks East closed out its regular season with a 13-4 record (10-2 SOL).
Downingtown East 1-2-2-0 5
Central Bucks East 6-3-5-3 17
DOWNINGTOWN WEST 10, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 5
In CB South's regular season finale, the Titans fell to Downingtown East 10-5. Dante Poli led the scoring with two goals and one assist. Joe Vitelli had one goal and two assists. Evan Falkowski and Ian Vogt each had a goal.
The Titans scooped up 37 ground balls. Poli lead the way with six and Falkowski with four. Joe Vitelli, Ian Vogt, and Andrew Fisher had three. Mike Dutkiewicz, Dan Mignogna, Noah Mokrynchuk, Rod Palmer, Jake Lautt, Steve Nowelski, Connor Grant, and Brad Ross all had two. Jake Palfryman and Mark Lumb both had one. South went 11-for-17 in the face off category. Mokrynchuk went 7-for-12, and Lumb won 4-of-5. Brad Ross had 12 saves in net.
Central Bucks South closed out the regular season with a 9-9 record (5-7 SOL).
Downingtown East 2-4-1-3 10
Central Bucks South 0-2-2-1 5
NESHAMINY 9, PENNSBURY 8
HARRITON 12, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 5
Girls
WISSAHICKON 13, UPPER MORELAND 12 (2 OT)
The Trojans rallied from a late three-goal deficit to knot the score on a goal by Carolyn Wilde (Emily Vervlied assist) with 57 seconds remaining in regulation, and it was Wilde winning it in the second overtime period, again using a Vervlied assist.
“It was a big turnaround, and we were excited,” coach Patty Kovacs said. “I called them in and just said, ‘This is going to help with playoffs. We need to really work hard and get it together.’ They buckled down, got aggressive and went to the ball.
“Upper Moreland played great – they were really aggressive. Yesterday was a tough loss (to Abington), and coming off that, we really needed this win.”
There was also reason to celebrate for the Golden Bears, who saw senior Delaney Smith score four goals with the final goal vaulting her to the 200-goal milestone.
“I didn’t want her to think about it because I knew she had 196 going into today,” coach Pam Remmey said. “I told her to let the goals come to her because she is such a special player. If she just lets the goals come to her, she can do it.”
Smith’s four-goal effort capped a week that saw her score 16 goals in three games. Her attempt for a fifth in overtime ricocheted off the goal post.
“It was a beautiful shot,” Remmey said. “She’s just a natural athlete.
“She had a fantastic game at both ends of the field. To be playing three games in the row, that’s really tough.”
Although the Golden Bears came up just short on Wednesday, Remmey had nothing but good things to say about her team’s performance in a week that included a big win over Hatboro-Horsham one day earlier.
“I just feel like we really came together in this last week,” the Golden Bears’ coach said. “They’ve been getting better every game.
“They put together 50 minutes today and yesterday, and they haven’t done that before. It was just a great game. We were up by three, and we tried to go into a stall with six minutes left, and we just couldn’t do it. It was tough to stall the ball with six minutes. We really haven’t been in one-goal games, and they got very nervous and made some mistakes.”
Smith finished the game with four goals, one assist and three draw controls. Sydney Bachmayer had four goals and one assist. Jess Flanagan had three goals, and Allison Felicetti had one goal and four draw controls.
Remmey lauded the strong play of Felicetti and Madison Pisut.
“Maddie Pisut is a defender, and she just goes and goes and goes,” the Golden Bears’ coach said. “She goes up on attack, she never needs a break. She just goes.”
“The great thing about today and yesterday was – it wasn’t just three people playing the game. Yesterday was a team win. Everyone was passing the ball to everyone, everyone was trusting each other, and our defense played well, which is why we beat Hatboro.”
Vervlied contributed five goals and three assists to lead the Trojans. Wilde ended the game with three goals. Christina Tsiobikas added two goals and an assist while Sam Intrieri had one goal and Claire Tarzia had one goal and one assist. Vervlied and Intrieri led the Trojans with five ground balls each. Megan DeGroat and Wilde had four each. Talia Abrahams, Tarzia and Marie Dickson earned two each. Vervlied had two draw controls. Intrieri, DeGroat, Tarzia and Wilde each had one draw control.
Wissahickon (10-5, 7-2 SOL) will travel to Perkiomen Valley for a non-league game on Thursday. Upper Moreland closed out its season with an 8-9 mark overall (4-5 SOL)
Wisssahickon 4-8-1 13
Upper Moreland 6-6-0 12
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 14, CHELTENHAM 9
Allison Yoder scored four goals, assisted on another and also was credited with a ground ball to lead a balanced Spartan attack. Ellie Hamilton added three goals, three ground balls and two draw controls. Marley Berger had a hand in five goals – scoring twice and assisting on three others. Meg Chandler added two goals and two assists, and Emily Walsh had two goals to go along with one caused turnover, one ground ball and one draw control. Lindsey Smith had one goal, one caused turnover, one ground ball and one draw control.
Also contributing were Emily Giampietro with two caused turnovers, one interception, two draw controls, Elizabeth Leibfreid with two ground balls, Fiona Tran with one ground ball and Jameson Krewson with one interception.
Margrethe Leis was credited with six saves in goal in the win.
Springfield (5-8, 2-6 SOL) will travel to Upper Merion on Thursday night for its regular season finale. Cheltenham (5-10, 1-8) will travel to Conwell Egan for a non-league game Thursday.
UPPER MERION 17, JENKINTOWN 3
The Lady Vikings jumped out to a commanding lead and went into halftime on top 11-1. They controlled the entire 50 minutes, allowing only three goals.
Haley O'Malley led the offense with four goals and one assist. Quinn O'Malley had three goals and one assist. Francesca Lindelow and Molly Weygand both had two goals, two assists. Anna Davis also scored two goals with one assist. In addition, Lizzy Goernemann, Allison Shuster, Andrea Davis and Camille Martorella each added a goal.
Weygand dominated draw control with seven while Riley O'Malley took control of loose ground balls with five. Quinn O'Malley, Anna Davis, Gabrielle Struckus and Andrea Davis had three ground balls each. Quinn O'Malley also contributed to three caused turnovers.
Upper Merion (9-8, 4-4 SOL) will be Thursday at 7:30pm in Viking Stadium where their seniors will be honored prior to the game.
Jenkintown 1-2 3
Upper Merion 11-6 17
NORTH PENN 11, SOUDERTON 7
Sarah Goodwin scored a quick goal in the opening minute of the game to spot the Indians an early 1-0 lead. The Maidens answered with back-to-back goals. A pattern for the first half had been established.
“We continued to exchange goals and eventually put in a couple unanswered goals to take the lead 7-5 at the half,” coach Heather Mellow said.
The visiting Maidens outscored the Indians 4-2 in the second half.
“We continued to take a lot of time off the clock in the second half, and made Souderton have to pressure us,” Mellow said. “A couple of times Souderton capitalized on some simple mistakes we made in transition.”
Back-to-back goals by Bri O'Donnell, who assisted on another, put the Maidens up 10-6 with four minutes remaining.
“After being pressured, Kaitlyn Phifer put in an insurance goal with 1:40 left to put us up 11-6,” Mellow said.
Souderton’s Riley McGowan found the net with only 25 seconds remaining to close out the scoring.
“My team was hungry tonight,” Mellow said. “It's always a good rivalry game against Souderton. We were still pretty bitter about our loss last year against them and wanted to turn the tables.
“We played a bit sloppy in the first half with overthrown passes and some questionable decisions, but we capitalized on some of Souderton's mistakes in the second half. We are also really starting to play better as a complete unit. I was very proud of my team tonight! There’s no time to rest or celebrate because we have another big game tomorrow night against PW for our Lax for Leukemia game.”
O’Donnell led the Maidens with four goals and two assists while Phifer added a hat trick. Jenn DeLongis had two goals while Julia Keffer and Sam Tossona both had one. Chloe Novak had a pair of assist.
For the Indians, Carlie Doughty had three goals while Sarah Goodwin had two goals and five draw controls. Riley McGowan and Leah Goodwin each had one goal.
Michelle Dyck was credited with eight saves in goal for the Maidens, and senior goalie Hannah Schmidt was credited with seven saves for the Indians.
North Penn (11-6, 6-4 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday, and Souderton (8-9, 6-3) will be on the road at Pennridge on Thursday.
North Penn 7-4 11
Souderton 5-2 7
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 16, NESHAMINY 1
Bryn Boylan, Dani Dundas and Olivia Fitzgerald each connected for a hat trick to lead a balanced West attack. Dundas also had three assists, Boylan added two and Fitzgerald had one. Chloe Miller-Russo added a pair of goals. Adding one goal each were Maura Houk, Maddie Maio, Casey Reichwein, Finley Ueland and Lucy Varner. Reichwein contributed a pair of assists while Houk, Ureland, Maioand O’Callaghan had one each.
Central Bucks West closed out its regular season with a 13-5 record (9-1 SOL). Neshaminy (1-8) will be on the road at Central Bucks South on Thursday.
Central Bucks West 12-4 16
Neshaminy 1-0 1
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 19, HATBORO-HORSHAM 17
Riley Donnelly reached an individual milestone when the sophomore midfielder scored the 100th goal of her young career. She finished the game with five goals and one assist.
Maggie Vetter had a big game with six goals and two assists, and Whitney Dietz added three goals and one assist while Caailey Lever had a pair of goals. Katelyn Stout (one goal, one assist), Kaitlyn Mikalic (one goal), and Katelin Cahill (one goal, one assist) also contributed to the attack.
Central Bucks East (9-8, 4-6 SOL) will host Kennett in a non-league game on Friday to close out its season. Hatboro-Horsham (3-14, 3-6) will travel to Great Valley for a non-league contest on Friday.
HARRITON 11, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 8
The Titans came out on the short end of the score in a battle of team’s ranked fifth and seventh in the latest power rankings. The fifth-seeded Rams opened up an 8-2 halftime lead only to watch the Titans come roaring back with a 6-3 second half.
“We had a slow start but played an amazing second half and held Harriton to three goals,” coach Janique Craig said. “It was unfortunate with a few game calls because CB South had the momentum offensively.
“I am very proud of my girls for not giving up and playing through this physical game.”
According to the Titans’ coach, Harriton received three yellow cards and South, four yellow cards. Harriton was down one player in the second half at 17:32,15:32, and 7:20. CB South was down one player at 11:05 and then down two players with another card at 10:02 – which took the Titans’ goalie and a field player out of the game for a stretch. Harriton scored one goal in that span. It was a pattern that continued throughout the second half. The Titans closed out the game down a player and still won the second half 6-3.
“I couldn't be more proud of the amount of grit and character my girls had to the very end,” Craig said. “We are looking forward to playoffs and hope to see them again.”
Kristen Berntsen led the Titans with three goals, and Kasey Dietzel added two goals and an assist. Adding one goal each were Courtney Dietzel, Anna Green and Courtney Taylor, who also had one assist.
Krysta Reading had three draw controls while Courtney and Kasey Dietzel each had two. Courtney Dietzel and Berntsen both had two caused turnovers. Green added two ground balls.
Central Bucks South (13-2, 9-0 SOL) can clinch sole possession of the SOL National Crown with a win over Neshaminy Thursday.
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