Check out the recaps for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Thursday.
Boys
Non-league
PENNRIDGE 10, SHIPLEY 6
Nicholas Fanelli – who had one goal and two assists – reached a personal milestone in the Rams non-league win when he reached the 250-point milestone of a stellar career.
“Nicholas is one of the hardest working players I’ve had the pleasure to coach,” coach JP Banks said. “He spends a ton of his off time putting in the work with his five brothers, always trying to make himself a better player and teammate.”
Logan Lazasz led a balanced attack with three goals and one assist. Also contributing for the Rams, who opened up a 6-2 halftime lead, were Ryan Garner and Kevin Britner with two goals each. Adding one goal each were Matt Nevells and Chris Fanelli. Jack Garner had three assists.
Austin Swartley recorded nine saves in goal.
Pennridge (4-10, 2-4 SOL) will travel to Neshaminy on Friday.
Pennridge 2-4-2-2 10
Shipley 1-1-2-2 6
Upper Dublin 12, Academy of the New Church 11
Jason Williams and Colin Asper had hat tricks to help lead host Upper Dublin past Academy of the New Church in a non-league game Thursday.
The win helped solidify the Cardinals’ spot in the upcoming PIAA District One Class 3A playoffs as they’re now seeded 19th in the latest district “power points” rankings. The top 24 teams qualify for the tournament.
Brian McCarry had two goals and two assists in the win while Jason Scott had a pair of goals. Zach Young and Lucas Roselli each had one goal and Andrew Sowers had an assist.
Goalie Sam Hoffman made seven saves in the victory.
Upper Dublin (7-6, 4-1 SOL) will travel to Souderton on Friday.
HOLY GHOST PREP 13, HATBORO-HORSHAM 3
The Hatters received one goal each from Kyle Rudolph, Sam Fink and Michael Brown. Sam Fink added an assist. CJ Grier recorded nine saves in goal.
Hatboro-Horsham (2-11, 1-3 SOL) will travel to Springfield Township Friday.
ABINGTON 9, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 8
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 11, UPPER MORELAND 8
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 12, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 3 (Wednesday, May 1)
Ryan Stout scored six goals to lead the Patriots to the conference win Wednesday. He also had three ground balls and three caused turnovers in a strong all-around effort.
Jimmy Knepp had two goals and two assists while Ryan Eife had two goals. Ryan Gray added a goal and an assist, and Matt Melendez had two assists and one ground ball. Evan Bullotta had one goal as well as three face-off wins, a team high nine ground balls and two caused turnovers. Joey Beahan had one assist, six ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Nils Updale had nine face-off-wins as well as two ground balls. Connor Martin, Jake Kueny (two caused turnovers), Drew Bethke (two caused turnovers) and Mark Lapioli (one caused turnover) also had two ground balls each. Jake Parker and Ryan McCauley each had one ground ball.
Liam Rosenthal was credited with two saves in goal.
Central Bucks East (7-7, 4-2 SOL) will travel to Pennsbury on Friday, and Council Rock South (7-7, 3-3) will travel to Council Rock North on Friday.
Central Bucks East 6-2-3-1 12
Council Rock South 0-1-1-1 3
Girls
SOL American Conference
SOUDERTON 15, UPPER DUBLIN 13
Riley McGowan turned in a monster performance for the Indians. The senior standout had a hand in 10 of her team’s 13 goals, scoring eight goals and contributing a pair of assists. While McGowan sparked the offense, goalie Lauren Scott recorded 14 saves.
“Riley McGowan was hard to contain around goal tonight,” coach Nancy Offner said. “And Lauren Scott continues with another strong performance in goal.”
The Indians took an 8-7 lead into halftime but never could pull away from the Flying Cardinals.
“Once again we matched up with another talented Upper Dublin team,” Offner said. “I am proud of our girls and how they persevered throughout the game.
“UD was very good at anticipating our passes and was able to capitalize on our mistakes, but our team worked together and kept moving forward. We were able to improve on gaining control off the draw, which made a difference for us in this game versus some of our previous games.”
In addition to McGowan, Sophia Sclafani had three goals while Randi Hess had two goals and one assist. Clark Trowbridge added a goal and two assists, and Sydney Rohrback had one goal and one assist. Kylie Norbeck had one assist.
For the Cardinals, Julia Reardon had five goals and Mack Moore had four. Becky Browndorf had three goals and three assists. Michelle Wright had one goal, and Jenn McCarry had three assists.
UD goalie Riley Brady had 11 saves.
Souderton (8-6, 4-3 SOL) will host Perkiomen Valley in a non-league game Saturday, and Upper Dublin (9-5, 5-2) will host Methacton in a non-league game Saturday.
Souderton 8-7 15
Upper Dublin 7-6 13
Non-league
WISSAHICKON 18, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 6
The Trojans raced out to a 12-2 halftime lead and never looked back. Abby Degroat, according to coach Rob Intrieri, was excellent in the circle, winning almost every draw. The defense was solid all day led by Madeleine Murphy in goal and Lauren Donofrio, Naomi Bram, Haley Reed and Lexi Hobson. Offensively, the Trojans were led by Sam Intrieri’s five goals and two assists. Sophia Chiodo Ortiz also had five goals. Kelly Dickson added two goals and two assists. Emma Baker recorded her first career hat trick, scoring three goals. Quinn Gaffey added one goal and one assist, and Abby Degroat and Brooke Berry each had one goal.
For the Indians, freshman Morgan McCaffrey had two goals while senior Lucy Breithaupt and junior Chloe Ondria each had a goal and an assist. Sophomore Rebecca Ripans and senior Lily Ries each had one goal while sophomore Grace Vliet had an assist.
Wissahickon (11-4, 5-2 SOL) will travel to Hatboro-Horsham on Monday, and Council Rock North (1-13, 0-6) will be on the road at Neshaminy on Monday.
Council Rock North 2-4 6
Wissahickon 12-6 18
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 20, JENKINTOWN 11
The Spartans took a 12-7 lead into halftime and added to their lead in the second half.
Maddie Yoder and Emily Smith combined for 13 goals and 16 draw controls. Yoder led the Spartans with seven goals, one assist, seven draw controls and three ground balls while Smith had six goals, nine draw controls and one ground ball. Emily Walsh (two assists, one ground ball) and Ella Marino (one assist, one draw control) each had three goals. Sophia Perry had one goal and one assist.
Also contributing were Molly McGoldrick (one ground ball, two caused turnovers), Ellie Lynch (three ground balls), Gracie Woron (two ground balls), Irene Bui (two draw controls) and Raya Davis (one ground ball).
Annie Ryan recorded 11 saves and also had two ground balls.
Springfield Township (7-7 1-6 SOL) will host Quakertown on Monday.
Jenkintown 7-4 11
Springfield Township 12-8 20
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 14, BENSALEM 2
Eleven players contributed to the scoring in the Bucks’ non-league win. Julia Carey had two goals and two assists while Kristen Rice had two goals and one assist. Adding two goals each were Darcy Concannon, Shelby Hahn and Liv Eckhardt while Alexa Vail, Ryan Kelly and Paige Gilbert (one assist) each had one goal. Emma Haring had two assists, and Lindsey Horton chipped in one assist.
Central Bucks West (11-4, 6-0 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Monday.
ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC 18, QUAKERTOWN 7
Haley Hangey scored two goals while Kyla Frederick Morgan Siprell, Kayla Hillaert, Liv Williams and Jordan Law each added one goal. Cori Pursel contributed an assist.
Quakertown (3-12, 1-6 SOL) will travel to Springfield Township on Monday.
ST. HUBERT 12, NESHAMINY 7
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