CB East, CR South, Abington & Bensalem were winners in SOL field hockey action on Tuesday. Photos of the CB East/Neshaminy game provided courtesy of John Gleeson, and photos of the CR South/Hatboro-Horsham game courtesy of Diana Leferovich. Check back for a gallery of photos.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 1, NESHAMINY 0
In a battle of SOL heavyweights, Cailey Lever deflected a corner shot by Riley Donnelly into the cage, giving the visiting Patriots a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the contest. That lead held the rest of the way.
“I feel like the girls on the team are starting to work together,” East coach Michelle Finegan said. “We’re really working on communicating on the field, hustling and intensity, making possession passes – just a lot of the things that we normally work on, but they’re starting to execute them.
“Neshaminy is a great team with speed and fight. It was a tough game for both teams at the beginning of the year.”
For Lever, it was her fourth goal in two games, and although the Patriots scored just one goal, they had their share of opportunities in the circle, holding an advantage in both shots (18-6) and corners (18-2).
“I’m a little disappointed in the number of goals that we had when you see the number of shots,” Finegan said. “Their goalie (Maddie Tiemann) had a great game, but it was us. We were really struggling on the grass.
“I was happy to get out of it with a 1-0 win on grass. I was most pleased with our team defense.”
Anchoring the Patriots’ defensive backfield were Isobel Mannino, Mackenzie Boyle, Tara Harper and Elizabeth Philipp.
“(They) led the defense with excellent communication and decision making in the backfield,” Finegan said. “It wasn’t just those defenders, but it was the team defense overall.
“The backfield did a nice job, but the whole team recovered back quickly, got to the ball – all of the things you try to get them to do.”
Central Bucks East (2-0) will host North Penn in Wednesday’s SOL opener, and Neshaminy (1-1) is off until Friday when the Redskins will host Bensalem.
Central Bucks East 1-0 1
Neshaminy 0-0 0
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 8, HATBORO-HORSHAM 0
Six different players contributed goals for the Golden Hawks. Katelyn Cocco led the balanced attack with two 
goals and two assists while Tori Wright had a pair of goals and one assist.
Shannon Lind put the Hawks on the board with a goal 12 minutes into the contest, and eight minutes later, Cocco turned a Wright pass into a goal, sending the Hawks into halftime with a 2-0 lead.
Caitlyn Thornton (Mikayla VanAken assist) scored five minutes into the second half, opening the floodgates. Back-to-back goals by Wright in a one-minute span – the second with a Thornton assist – gave the Hawks a 5-0 lead. A minute later, VanAken (Cocco) found the cage, and goals by Lauren Mitchell (Cocco assist) and Cocco closed out the scoring.
The Hawks sent 30 shots on goal, negating the stellar 22-save effort of Hatter goalie Liz Wilburn.
Council Rock South (1-1) will be on the road at Abington and Hatboro-Horsham (0-1) will host Springfield Township in Wednesday’s SOL openers.
Council Rock South 2-6 8
Hatboro-Horsham 0-0 0
ABINGTON 5, LANSDALE CATHOLIC 1
Paige Doyle connected for the hat trick and assisted on a fourth goal to lead the visiting Ghosts to the no-doubt-about-it non-league win. Georgia Wasekanes added a goal and two assists while Natalie McNamara had a goal and an assist. Aileen Hughes also chipped in an assist.
“It was a great team effort today,” coach Katie Small said. “Everyone was able to see playing time and really contribute to the win.”
Abington (2-0) will host Council Rock South in Wednesday’s SOL opener.
Abington 3-2 5
Lansdale Catholic 0-1 1
BENSALEM 2, NORRISTOWN 0
Angie Lee found the cage with her second goal in as many games to send the visiting Owls into halftime with a 1-0 lead. Kaylee Jackson added an insurance goal in the second half for the 2-0 final.
Bensalem (1-1) will host Pennsbury in Wednesday’s SOL opener.
Bensalem 1-1 2
Norristown 0-0 0
Saturday, Sept. 2
NESHAMINY 5, MUHLENBERG 0
The Redskins exploded for four first-half goals on their way to the convincing non-league win.
Caroline Angerer (Abby Geisler assist) put the ‘Skins on the board less than three minutes into the game, and a minute later, Anna Skrot turned a Sophie Schardt pass into a goal. Geisler connected for a goal with a Hope Cahill assist, and then it was Peyton Ritchey finding the cage with an assist from Sophie Schardt to send the Redskins into halftime with a 4-0 lead.
Skrot tacked on her second goal of the day with 12 minutes remaining for the 5-0 final.
Muhlenberg 0-0 0
Neshaminy 4-1 5
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