Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action Wednesday. North Penn/CB South photos provided by Keith Clemens Photography; Pennsbury/CB East photos provided by John Gleeson. CLICK HERE for a gallery of photos.

SOL National Conference

NORTH PENN 15, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 13
Bri O’Donnell and her Knight teammates had a little score to settle when they faced the Titans in Wednesday’s conference opener. None of them had forgotten last year’s 14-13 loss that saw the Titans’ Kristen Berntsen score the game winner with two seconds remaining.
Throw in the fact that some of the same players did battle in field hockey last fall, a season came to a heartbreaking end for the 11^th-seeded Knights in a 1-0 loss to the 15^th-seeded Titans in a District One 3A playback game.
“I was part of the hockey season, so I knew the bitter taste that left in the players’ mouths,” said North Penn coach Heather Mellow, who is an assistant in field hockey. “There were just so many things – we were like, ‘No, we can’t let this happen again. We can’t let it happen again. We have to step up tonight.’”
And no one stepped up more than O’Donnell – a three-time all-state field hockey player who will continue her career at Penn State. The senior standout – under the weather when the two teams met last fall in field hockey - torched the Titans’ defense for eight goals, including a goal in the closing seconds to put an exclamation point on the emotional win. She also had five draw controls.
“She was ridiculous today,” Mellow said. “I think she was like, ‘No, we’re not losing this game. I’m not letting that happen.’
“That’s Bri right there – she knew she did not have her best game when they played in districts. She had a crazy fever and went to the hospital the next day. She made up for it today, for sure.”
Kelly Macnamara also had a big game for the Knights with four goals and one assist. Kristin Varilla collected a hat trick, and Grace Sacchetti added two assists and two draw controls. Casey Cavanaugh had four draw controls, and Heather Shannon contributed one assist and three draw controls.
Knights goalie Ashley Lambert recorded eight saves in a winning effort.
Mellow, whose team trailed by one at the intermission, credited the defensive effort of Shannon Haedrich on Kasey Dietzel, who will continue her career at the U.S. Naval Academy.
“Shannon did a great job on Kasey,” the Knights’ coach said. “They kept trying to set picks for her, and Shannon stayed with her the entire time.”
Anna Green was a one-woman wrecking crew for the Titans, scoring seven first-half goals and propelling her team to a 9-8 lead at the intermission. The Knights rallied to knot the score 9-9 and went on to open up a 14-11 lead only to watch the Titans – who were down a player – trim that lead to one. The Knights, however, would not be denied.
“This was definitely the boost we needed,” Mellow said. “Bri (O’Donnell) shows up for these big games. In yesterday’s game (a 19-1 win over Cheltenham), she could have easily scored (a lot) of goals, but she’s such an unselfish player. She steps up when the team needs it. It’s awesome.
“Kelly Macnamara did a nice job too.”
North Penn (3-1, 1-0 SOL) will host Abington in a non-league contest on Friday, and Central Bucks South (4-1, 0-1) will host Sacred Heart Academy in a non-league contest Friday.
Central Bucks South   9-4   13
North Penn     8-7   15

CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 16, PENNSBURY 6
The Patriots reeled off their fourth straight win since dropping their season opener. In Wednesday’s conference contest, the Patriots jumped out to a 7-0 lead 10 minutes into the game. They took an 8-2 lead into halftime and added eight more goals in the second half to hand the Falcons their first loss of the young season.
Junior Brigitte Bishop had the hot hand for the Patriots, scoring six goals. Sophomores Quinn Ferry and Riley Forman each added three goals and two assists (five points), and sophomore Kieran Fink contributed two goals and two assists (four points). Senior Erin McGovern had one goal and two assists, and sophomore Katie Powell, one goal and one assist.
For the Falcons, Lily Nolan had a hat trick, and Annie Price had a pair of goals. Emelie Curtis had three assists while Sarah Mac Davis had a goal and an assist.
Junior Maddie Gresko (six saves) and freshman Fiona Henderson (one save) shared time in goal for the Patriots.
Central Bucks East (4-1, 1-0 SOL) will host Notre Dame in a non-league game on Saturday at 1 p.m., and Pennsbury (3-1, 0-1) will travel to Springfield Township on Friday.
Pennsbury       2-4   6
Central Bucks East     8-8   16

SOL American Conference

SOUDERTON 10, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 7
Carlie Doughty scored four goals and assisted on another to lead the Indians to a win in Wednesday’s conference opener. She also had one caused turnover.
Sarah Goodwin added two goals and two assists and was credited with a caused turnover while Liz O’Hara had two goals and a caused turnover. Adding one goal each were Kate Connolly and Anna Anello. Connolly also had a caused turnover, and Anello added an assist. Sydney Rohrbach also had one assist. Earning credit for one caused turnover were Kylie Norbeck and Sophia Lynch. Souderton goalie Lauren Scott recorded nine saves in the win.
Lindsey Smith had a big game for the Spartans, finishing with five goals, five draw controls and one caused turnover. Emily Walsh and Ella Marino each added a goal. Walsh also had four draw controls and two caused turnovers while Marino had four ground balls. Ellie Hamilton and Sophia Perry each chipped in an assist.
Defensively, Molly McGoldrick, Maddie Yoder and Gracie Woron each had one caused turnover. Spartan goalie Annie Ryan was credited with five saves.
Souderton (3-2, 1-0 SOL) will host Neshaminy on Friday at 6:30 p.m., and Springfield Township (3-2, 0-1) will host Pennsbury on Friday.
Springfield Township  2-5   7
Souderton       5-5   10

UPPER DUBLIN 13, HATBORO-HORSHAM 2
Lindsey Schreiber had another big day for the Flying Cardinals, scoring five goals and assisting on three others. She also was credited with six draw controls and five caused turnovers in a contest that saw the Cardinals race to a 10-1 halftime lead.
Also for UD, Mack Moore had a hand in six goals, scoring twice and assisting on four others. Adding two goals each were Caroline Wall and Jackie Rama. Maddie Templeton and Charlotte Smith both had one goal.
For the Hatters, Gabby Liott and Kerryn Macbride each scored.
UD goalie Sarah Herchenroder recorded three saves.
Upper Dublin (6-1, 1-0 SOL) will host West Chester East in a non-league game on Friday, and Hatboro-Horsham (0-5, 0-1) will host Neshaminy on Thursday.
Hatboro-Horsham      1-1   2
Upper Dublin  10-3   13

UPPER MORELAND 16, QUAKERTOWN 3
The Golden Bears stormed out of the gate to an 11-1 halftime lead on their way to a win in Wednesday’s conference opener.
Twelve different players contributed to the scoring for the Bears with Chloe Leiter’s hat trick leading the way. Bryanna Gordon, Emma Meakim and Cassidy Hirsch each had a pair of goals. Gordon and Hirsch each had an assist. Adding single goals were Jess Flanagan, Meghan O’Donnell, AbbyEllen Wood, Kayla Meakim, Erin Slater, Maddy Trzaska and Nicole Callgiuri. O’Donnell and Moira Olexa each had an assist.
UM goalie Cheyanne Grumm had seven saves in a winning effort.
Upper Moreland (6-0, 1-0 SOL) will host Central Bucks West on Thursday, and Quakertown (0-6, 0-1) will travel to Wissahickon on Monday.
Upper Moreland         11-5   16
Quakertown    1-2   3

WISSAHICKON 18, CHELTENHAM 2

Non-league
NESHAMINY 10, ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH 7
Katie Denis continued her torrid offensive production, scoring five goals and assisting on another to lead the Redskins to the non-league win. Kelsey Goetz collected a hat trick, and Mackenzie Foster added a goal and an assist. Elizabeth Bressler contributed a single goal to close out the scoring.
Redskin goalie Stephanie Bennett was credited with 10 saves in a winning effort.
“Our goalie is coming up big for us so far this season,” coach Ashley Belmonte said. “She is keeping us in the game, making great saves.”
Neshaminy (2-2, 0-1 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday.
Academy of the New Church  3-4   7
Neshaminy      6-4   10

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