Check out the results for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Friday.
Boys
Abington 18, Pennsbury 8
Cameron Leech (seven goals, three assists) and Hunter Jones (five goals, four assists) turned in big offensive performances for the Ghosts. John Wink (two goals, one assist) and Joey Lomady (two goals, two assists) also made important contributions. Jack Kurtz and Matt Bross both added one goal, and Jimmy Lomady had one assist.
In goal for the Ghosts, freshman Connor Reed was credited with two saves, and junior Luke Werner had four.
The Ghosts’ defensive effort was led by Brian Nolan and Colin Boetafuer.
Abington 8-8-1-1—18
Pennsbury 1-2-4-1—8
Upper Dublin 19, Norristown 1
Michael Sowers was part of 10 goals, scoring four and assisting on six others. Michael Mullen added four goals. Max Winebrake added two goals and one assist, and Nicholas Vernacchio had one goal and two assist. Evan Scott and Ben Abel both had two goals, and Jack Rapine and Michael Gillin each had one. Jed Hanson had one goal and one assist.
Justin Byrd scored Norristown’s lone goal.
Sean Bowers and Dillon Lojeski each collected one save in goal for the Cardinals. Norristown’s Sean Myers had seven saves.
Upper Dublin 10-2-5-2—19
Norristown 0-0-0-1—1
Central Bucks East 16, Pennridge 5
Central Bucks East hosted Pennridge Friday afternoon at Central Bucks East High School. Ryan Brown scored a goal to put the Patriots on the scoreboard first. East then opened up an 8-0 lead after just one period and cruised to a 16-5 win, improving their record to 9-1.
Matt Vetter led East with five goals and three assists, Ryan Brown had two goals and one assist, Owen Griffin contributed one goal and two assists, and Jeff Circuit had one goal and one assist. Adding single goals were Logan Nelson, Jack Auteri, David Grescott, Chris Ragel, Alec Bracken, Brant Billingsley and Ryan Cimino.
Mike Ott was strong on face offs, winning 10-of-13, Mike Eveland scooped up five ground balls to lead East in that department, while Dustin Buchanan caused had four and also had four caused turnovers. Matt Krumenacker had two caused turnovers. Goalies Sean McGovern (three saves) and Ryan Cataldo combined for five saves.
Pennridge 0-3-0-2–5
Central Bucks East 8-3-3-2–1
Central Bucks South 11, North Penn 2
Upper Merion 16, Cheltenham 0
Wissahickon 11, Springfield (Montco) 2
Thursday, April 16
Hatboro-Horsham 10, Souderton 1
Pierre Armstrong had a pair of goals and two assists, and teammate Chris Hammel had two goals and one assist to lead a balanced attack. Tony Zollo also had a pair of goals, and Logan Eldridge had a goal and two assists. Conor McPoyle had one goal and one assist, and Bryan Remailey added a goal.
Kurt Dick was credited with eight saves in goal in a winning effort.
Girls
North Penn 9, Central Bucks East 8
The Maidens took a 6-5 lead into the intermission only to watch the Patriots score three unanswered goals out of halftime to go on top 8-6 before the Maidens rallied for the win.
“I have to give them credit – they played a good game,” North Penn coach Heather Mellow said of the Patriots. “She (coach Kelly White) has a young team, and they’re going to be good.
“Their goalkeeper (Alana Rivas) had a nice game.
Rivas had 12 saves for the Patriots and also was a factor with her clears.
“She had the most ridiculous goalie clear I’ve ever seen,” Mellow said. “Nobody was putting pressure on her, and she started walking. She tossed it to a girl at the other 12, and they had a two-on-one.”
The Maidens received a standout effort from their goalie as well. Michelle Dyck – on the heels of a 16-save effort in the team’s win over Central Bucks South – had another big day, finishing with 14 saves.
“It was down to Michelle making huge saves for us,” Mellow said. “It wasn’t that my defense played poorly because I don’t think they did.
“I thought they played solid defense, but it was just down to fundamental errors, and it crushed us.”
Offensively, senior Emily Schulze, who finished with five goals, stole the spotlight. It was Schulze saving the day after the Patriots went on top 8-6 with 18 minutes remaining, connecting for a goal a minute later and then scoring the tying goal with 11 minutes remaining. Lauren Moore connected on the go-ahead goal with nine minutes remaining. Neither team scored the rest of the way.
“It was not North Penn caliber of play,” Mellow said. “The team needs to get it together because we’re about to head into a very tough portion of our schedule.
“It’s going to get ugly quick if they can’t pull together as a team.”
Also contributing single goals for the Maidens were Sydney Lear, Bri O’Donnell and Chloe Novak.
For the Patriots, Riley Donnelly had a big game, finishing with four goals. Katelyn Stout added a pair, and Bella Ridolfi and Sara Donnelly each had one goal. Mel Brian had two assists.
North Penn 6-3—9
Central Bucks East 5-3—8
Central Bucks South 14, Upper Dublin 5
The Titans sprinted to an 11-1 halftime lead on their way to the decisive non-league win.
“Our connections were beautiful today, and we played as a team for the entire game,” coach Janique Craig said. “The girls are coming together quite nicely, and they are working very hard on improving and learning from every game.”
Courtney Dietzel had five goals and one assist while Sarah Poli had two goals, six assists and nine draw controls to lead the Titans. Kasey Dietzel added two goals and an assist, and Kristen Berntsen contributed two goals. Adding single goals were Krysta Reading, Tori Wigand and Eva Muzika. Kelly Senour had two assists.
South goalie Erin Putnam had nine saves on 15 shots.
The Flying Cardinals, who were without senior standout Julie Cross (injury), were led by the three-goal effort of Hannah Reape. Paige Lawton and Lindsey Schreiber each had one goal.
Central Bucks South11-3—14
Upper Dublin 1-4—5
Neshaminy 18, Norristown 2
Bridget Carrezola scored five goals while Fran Donato and Lately Denis each added a hat trick to lead the Redskins to the big win. Abigail Geisler and Gabrielle Cautilli both had two goals, and scoring single goals were Mia Sexton, Ashley Nicoletti and Elena Donato.
Upper Moreland 19, Lansdale Catholic 3
Junior Delaney Smith scored six goals and also had six draw controls to lead the Golden Bears to the decisive win. Samara Santry added three goals and dished out two assists. Sydney Bachmayer and Allison Felicetti each scored two goals and each added four assists. Maddy Rafferty and Veronica Baez scored two goals. Amanda Walker had a goal and an assist. Melissa Felicetti and Mel Wittick played well on defense, adding an assist on the offensive end.
Souderton 18, West Chester Henderson 15
The Indians were on the short end of a 10-9 score at halftime but outscored their hosts 9-5 in the second half to earn the non-league win.
“I'm very proud of how the girls played today,” coach Kelly Kelly said. “They went into the game knowing Henderson would be a tough competitor.
“In the second half, the girls really took control of the game by picking up our intensity and speed. The defense stepped up and made the adjustments we discussed in order to defend against the screen plays Henderson was running. Our attack remained composed and moved the ball nicely around the 12.”
Natalie Bulgier led the Indians with seven goals while Krista Schneider and Amber Lambeth each had four. Jess Ziegler, Juliana Ofalt and Carly Doughty each added one goal.
Jenkintown 7, Upper Merion 6
The Vikings lost a non-league heartbreaker on Friday. Julia Reinert and Francesca Lindelow both scored two goals to lead the Vikings. Anna Davis had a goal and an assist, and Lizzy Goernemann added one goal.
Goalie Jordan Cabahug-Almonte turned away 10 of 17 shots she faced.
Upper Merion 4-2—6
Jenkintown 5-2—7
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