Check out the results for SOL Girls Lacrosse teams in action Tuesday.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 12, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 11 (OT)
The Colonials pulled off an overtime stunner, rallying from a three-goal deficit with three minutes remaining to send the game into overtime. They won it when Sarah Putsch forced a turnover that Monica Dresnin turned into the game winner.
“We’ve been working on this pressure defense, and my kids have been tentative – they’re nervous about doing it,” PW coach Ellen Reilly said. “We double teamed the girl with the ball, and the ball came out.
“My kids fought and picked it up, and pass, pass, pass, shot, score. It was beautiful.”
For the Colonials, the win avenged an 11-4 loss at the hands of the Titans last year.
“I didn’t have Monica last year,” Reilly said. “I have some young kids who are good and know how to play the game, but Monica is our leader.
“When she’s on the field, she creates stuff. Teams will double her, but my younger kids stepped up.”
Reilly lauded the efforts of a pair of defenders.
“Sarah Putsch gives me 100 percent, and twice when we were down, we tied up the game because she came from the restraining line on defense to get two draws and took it down to attack and gave it to our attack where we were able to score,” the PW coach said. “Cate Golden is an anchor of my defense. She plays the game, she knows the game, and she takes a lead on my defense.”
Reilly also credited the performance of goalie Meghan Ely.
“I don’t know exactly how many saves she had total, but she kept us in the game,” the Colonials’ coach said. “She made some crucial saves in both the first and second half that helped us.
“Possession of the draw was key for us. My three midfielders – Ali Diamond, Monica Dresnin and Sophie Kolkka – did an amazing job. They went at it.”
Diamond led the Colonials with five goals and three assists, and Kolkka added three goals and one assist. Maddie Berman found the net for a pair of goals. In addition to scoring the game winner, Dresnin had three assists. Victoria Betterly and Aurora Mills each had one goal.
For the Titans, Courtney Dietzel and Sarah Poli each had three goals while Kristin Berntsen and Kasey Dietzel both had two. Courtney Taylor added a single goal.
The game was a back and forth affair as the two teams battled to a 6-6 halftime tie. The Colonials led 7-6, but the Titans responded with four straight goals to go on top 10-7. Down but not out, the Colonials rallied to go on top 11-10 with 1:36 remaining. The Titans capitalized on a late turnover to knot the score in the closing seconds, setting the stage for overtime.
“We had opportunities to take control of the game, and my kids turned it over,” Reilly said. “We knew CB South was going to be good. We did some really nice defensive stuff and then we turned it over in transition three times in a row, and that gave them opportunities to score.
“If we had held onto those possessions, we would have been up without a problem. My kids recognize that. We did it to ourselves, and we need to correct it, and if we do, we could be good. They have got to be able to do it and believe. It’s learn from this and move on to tomorrow.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (1-0) will travel to Souderton on Wednesday for a non-league contest at 6:30 p.m. Central Bucks South (0-1) will be on the road at Wissahickon on Thursday.
Central Bucks South 6-5-0 11
Plymouth Whitemarsh 6-5-1 12
QUAKERTOWN 12, CHELTENHAM 11
The host Panthers found themselves staring at an 8-4 halftime deficit and appeared to be down for the count, but they rose from the ashes to earn a dramatic win, outscoring the Lady Panthers 8-3 in the second half.
“My girls dug deep,” coach Nicole Donnelly. “They were so excited.
“They worked really hard because they saw it step by step coming back. They fought through it. Defensively, they buckled down hard.”
A key to the second half turnaround, according to Donnelly, was her team’s ability to control the draw. Kayla Donnelly led the Panthers with six draw controls while Brooklyn Law had four.
“Bailey Roman started taking the draw,” Donnelly said. “Defensively, we changed. (Mary Kate) Dorley scored four goals in the first half.
“Defensively, I put Kayla on Dorley in the second half, and she forced turnovers, and we went the other way with it.”
Donnelly finished with six caused turnovers to go along with a pair of goals and four assists in a stellar performance. Alisa Robinson led the Panthers with six goals while Law added a hat trick and Oliva Maseloff one goal and three assists.
Quakertown knotted the score 11-11 with 1:32 remaining. The play began with a caused turnover by Donnelly in the defensive end.
“She cleared it to the midfield to Taylor Kishbaugh and Alisa Robinson, and Liv Maseloff got open and scored the tying goal,” coach Donnelly said. “We won the draw, and somebody was fouled behind the net, and they left Robinson open up top on the restart. It was just a quick pass and step and shoot.”
Robinson’s game winner came with 38 seconds remaining. Donnelly won the ensuing draw.
“She literally ran around the field with five Cheltenham players chasing her,” Donnelly said. “It was truly awesome.
“I knew we could make it close, but we dug deep to come back.”
Donnelly credited the performance of sophomore Mackenzie Hadfield on defense.
“Obviously, it was Law getting back on defense, Robinson getting back on defense and the midfield getting back on defense,” the Panthers’ coach said. “They put a lot of pressure on the ball.”
Goalie Morgan Craighead was credited with 13 saves in a winning effort.
Quakertown (1-1) will host Upper Moreland on Thursday, and Cheltenham (0-1) will host Franklin Towne Charter.
Cheltenham 8-3 11
Quakertown 4-8 12
PENNRIDGE 15, UPPER MORELAND 10
Twenty-eight seconds after the Lady Rams – who trailed by as many as four – knotted the score 8-8 early in the second half, junior Maddie Dachowski found the net for her fifth goal of a productive afternoon to give Pennridge its first lead of the game.
Pam Remmey had seen enough and shouted to one her defenders, “I want you on 10. You’re face guarding 10.”
Dachowski was held to just two goals over the final 18:33 after scoring five in a deadly 18-minute span that forever turned the tide of Tuesday’s non-league opener.
While Dachowski finished with seven goals, she had plenty of help. Teammate Jennifer Rodzewich added five goals and one assist.
“Those two girls work so well together,” Pennridge coach Karen Schnurr said. “They’re always looking for each other. Jennifer – being a lefthander, Maddie knows that and she can feed it to her. Their performance together is what makes them special.”
The visiting Rams outscored the Golden Bears 9-2 in the second half, recuperating nicely from a first half that saw Upper Moreland – behind the five-goal effort of Sydney Bachmayer – open up an 8-4 lead.
A free position goal by Rodzewich was followed by Grace Loughery finding Dachowski for a goal to make it an 8-6 game by halftime.
“We definitely came in thinking we would be right on top, but we started out rough,” Rodzewich said. “The second half we came back, and it felt so good.”
“We were letting them take control when the game should have been ours,” Dachowski added. “Playing them in the first game, I don’t know if it was first-game jitters for some of the new girls.
“A lot of us older ones had to get the momentum going – tell someone if they didn’t get a ground ball to shake it off and just get the next one, don’t get down on yourself. We have high goals. We’ve been working since the last game last year.”
While Dachowski and Rodzewich stole the spotlight, Loughery also had a strong performance, contributing two goals and three assists. Casey Hefner had a goal and two assists, and Kate Ziegler had an assist.
“We started slow, and I’m not sure if we underestimated them, but we definitely weren’t there in the first half,” Schnurr said. “I’ve put a lot of pressure on them.
“We just missed the playoffs last year, so our goal is the playoffs this year. We’ve been working since last June, and when I called them in after the first half, I said, ‘Forget the first half. Let’s go out there and play Pennridge lacrosse.’ I can be nothing but proud of them because that’s what they did in the second half.”
Bachmayer finished the game with five goals.
“Sydney Bachmayer was very strong, and I think she surprised them,” UM coach Pam Remmey said.
Allison Felicetti added three goals and three assists and Delaney Smith had two goals and two assists.
“We have three prominent shooters on our team, and it’s been tough,” Smith said. “We are filling in the spots, and everyone is doing really well, but they learned to shut us down more and did a really (good) job with that.”
Despite the outcome, Remmey liked some of the things she saw.
“We’re just coming off of spring vacation, so I didn’t even know who my starting lineup would be because some people have been away and injured,” the Golden Bears’ coach said. “I also have some ninth graders that are showing potential, but they don’t have confidence yet, so I wanted to make sure I got them in for a few minutes to see how they would do.
“I was just pleasantly surprised at how they played like a team and how they played so aggressively. I was happy with how they came out.”
“We weren’t sure how today would turn out,” Bachmayer said. “The way we came out was a positive way to start the season.”
A key to the first half was the Golden Bears’ ability to control the draw, and for the game, Smith had a team-high six draw controls while Melanie Wittick had three.
“I thought the draw was big,” Remmey said. “We only scored two goals in the second half, and I think we kind of died.
“It was our first game, and we still need to get in game shape. I was happy with how the defense played together. Melanie Wittick was so strong out there, and she’s such a leader.
“I thought Madison Pisut played well and also Maura O’Leary, one of my captains. She is such a leader out there on defense and just helps all the younger kids. Emily Zanine played well too, and I just thought the defense played as a unit. I was trying some ninth graders at midfield and defense, so they were helping them along.”
Pennridge (1-0) will travel to Southern Lehigh for a non-league game on Thursday while Upper Moreland (0-1) will be on the road at Quakertown.
Pennridge 6-9 15
Upper Moreland 8-2 10
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 11, WISSAHICKON 8
In a battle of last year’s conference champions, it was the Bucks opening up a 6-4 halftime lead on their way to the non-league win in the season opener for both teams. The win avenged last year’s 11-7 loss at the hands of the Trojans.
“Early on, we had some trouble getting into a groove and capitalizing on our shots, but toward the end of the first half, we started getting more draws, seeing each other and finding the net,” coach Tara Schmucker said. “We had some issues with turnovers and not recognizing when we should settle and possess, but we are young and still need to work on different situations.
“Ultimately, I am proud of the girls for connecting and working together on both ends of the field; it was not all game, but they never stopped fighting.”
Bryn Boylan and Finley Ueland led the Bucks’ attack with four goals each. Dani Dundas added two goals, and Maddie Maio had a goal and an assist. Casey Reichwein added an assist.
“Bryn’s speed and presence all over the field helped ignite the team at key times,” Schmucker said. “Casey Reichwein was big on draws and had some great caused turnovers when we needed it.
“I also thought Liv Fitzgerald did a lot of little things that made a big difference like speed on re-defending, cutting in transition and clearing space on attack.”
Emily Vervlied led the Trojans with three goals and one assist. The Trojans, who took an early 2-0 lead on back-to-back goals by Vervlied, also received a pair of goals from Christina Tsibiokas. Claire Tarzi and Caty Santucci added single goals. Kyra Myers was credited with nine saves in goal. Coach Patty Kovacs credited the defensive effort of Talia Abrahams.
"She was immensely aggressive and quick on defense," the Trojans' coach said.
Central Bucks West (1-0) will host Abington on Thursday night, and Wissahickon (0-1) will host Central Bucks South.
Wissahickon 4-4 8
Central Bucks West 6-5 11
ABINGTON 17, HAVERFORD 13
The Ghosts raced to an 11-5 lead over the visiting Fords and never looked back.
“We’re just starting to play together,” coach Amanda Kammes said. “The kids are starting to understand – give it up to get it back.
“We had multiple goal scorers, we had contributions from a lot of new faces. I think they’re starting to trust one another and believe in our system. It showed early on today.”
The Ghosts led 16-8 before the Fords had a late surge, benefitting from a yellow card.
“We were very consistent throughout most of the game until around seven minutes were left and we got a yellow card,” Kammes said. “They scored four goals in the two minutes while we had a yellow card.”
Sam McGee and Rachel Morris once again came up big for the Ghosts. Both players scored five goals, and McGee also had five draw controls while Morris had four. Casey McCallister added three goals and two assists while Juliana Greco had two goals, two assists and one draw control.
Mikki Raymond and Cathy Staerk added a goal and assist and four draw controls. Staerk also was credited with a caused turnover. Jordan Campbell and Emma Garg both had two caused turnovers while Kristen Sparhawk had one caused turnover. Becca Gable added three draw controls.
Kiki Brasher was credited with seven saves in goal for the Ghosts.
“This is a confidence builder,” Kammes said. “Anytime you beat a Central League team, you feel good about it.”
Haverford was led by the seven-goal effort of Jess Mellon, who also had four draw controls.
Abington (2-0) will travel to Central Bucks West for a non-league game on Thursday night.
Haverford 5-8 13
Abington 11-6 17
SPRING-FORD 10, NORTH PENN 7
The Maidens and Rams found themselves deadlocked 1-1 midway through the first half when the Rams exploded for four goals in a one-minute span. The Maidens scored a pair of goals in the final five minutes and trailed by just one at halftime (5-4).
The Rams, according to Maiden coach Heather Mellow, controlled the draw and scored four unanswered goals to go on top 9-4 at the 18-minute mark. The Rams scored just one goal the rest of the way, but the Maidens never could make up the ground they lost.
“The defense made some adjustments, and we slowly chipped away, but it wasn’t enough,” Mellow said. “As a team, we have had some momentary lapses in judgment, both offensive and defensively in our last two games that have put us in difficult situations.
“We need to work on getting and keeping possession of the ball. We are a young team and trying to work out the kinks. We have another tough game tomorrow against Hatboro, so no time to overthink things. We just need to put together a full game of good lacrosse, and we will be successful.”
Jenn DeLongis led the Maidens with two goals and one assist while Bri O’Donnell had a pair of goals. Julia Keffer, Chloe Novak and Kaitlyn Phifer each had one goal. Phifer also had an assist.
Camryn Jones (three goals, two assists) led the Rams with three goals and two assists.
North Penn (0-2) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Wednesday.
North Penn 4-3 7
Spring-Ford 5-5 10
UPPER PERK 6, UPPER MERION 5
The Vikings lost a non-league heartbreaker, falling to the Tribe by one. Francesca Lindelow, Haley O’Malley, Molly Weygand, Anna Davis and Quinn O’Malley each scored a goal for the Vikings.
Jordan Cabahug-Almonte was credited with five saves on 11 shots.
Upper Merion (0-1) will host West Chester Rustin on Saturday.
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 14, SPRINGFIELD MONTCO 4
The Spartans didn’t score a lot of goals but battled hard in Tuesday’s loss to a strong Cougar squad. Lindsey Smith finished with a team-high six ground balls while Emily Giampietro had two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Meg Chandler accounted for two of her team’s goals and also had two ground balls. Meredith Giodano had a goal and one draw control. Emily Walsh also scored a goal while Ellie Hamilton had one assist.
Jameson Krewson and Gracie Woron each had one ground ball and one caused turnover. Goalie Margarethe Leis was credited with nine saves.
Springfield will be on the road at New Hope-Solebury on Monday for a non-league contest.
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