Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action Monday. Abington/New Hope-Solebury photos courtesy of Karla Donohoe. Check back for a gallery of photos. All SOS photo galleries for GIRLS’ LACROSSE can be viewed by clicking HERE.
SOL American Conference
UPPER MORELAND 12, UPPER DUBLIN 10
The Golden Bears notched their eighth win of the season and remained perfect in conference play with a hard fought win over the visiting Flying Cardinals.
“This was a great game by both teams,” UM coach Kim Frantz said. “I was really happy with our composure today and our teamwork. We are really coming together and are growing each game we play. The whole team contributed to this win.”
No one contributed more than UM goalie Emma Hurley, who recorded 21 saves in a superb outing.
“Emma Hurley truly ‘saved’ the day for us,” Frantz said. “She was amazing in goal today with 21 saves. A lot of those saves happened in key moments throughout the game.”
The performance of Hurley drew high praise from UD coach Dee Cross as well.
“Their goalie played outstanding today,” the Cardinals’ coach said. “She was the difference in the game. She blocked a lot of our shots in the first half and made us work for every goal we scored. She had a great game.”
The Golden Bears took an 8-4 lead into halftime.
“From the first minute, scoring went back and forth,” Frantz said. “In the last 3 minutes of the first half UM was able to score three unanswered goals to get an 8-4 lead in the first half.”
The Golden Bears upped that lead to 9-4 and then withstood a tenacious Cardinal comeback attempt.
“We were able to keep a lead the rest of the game,” Frantz said.
Olivia Meakim’s four-goal effort led the UM attack. Willow Taylor and Annalise Messina both had two goals. Messina also had four assists and four draw controls while Taylor added three draw controls and an assist. Contributing one goal each were Molly Meakim, Isabel Leiter, Reagan Cummins and Wittick. Leiter and Molly Meakim also each chipped in an assist. Wittick and Cummins both had one draw control.
“Heidi Wittick scored a goal to put us up 10-8 and was solid in the midfield,” Frantz said. “Freshman Annalise Messina had an outstanding game, leading Upper Moreland in draw controls, ground balls, assists, and forced turnovers. She really came out to play hard today.
“Avery Adamski and Allison LaRocco really stepped it up on defense when we needed them the most.”
For the Cardinals, Aditi Foster and Paige Dinkel both had three goals and one assist. Anna DiMartile had two goals while Tess Reardon and Allie Gay each had one goal. Contributing one assist each were Julie Zlotnikoff and Cami Rosenfeld.
“We are learning from every game, win or lose,” Cross said. “I have to keep reminding myself that we have four returning starters from last year’s team.
“We have a lot of inexperience all over the field, and it is exciting when you see things starting to click. We had some great plays today, so now we need to be more consistent. We will get there. This team will never give up, so we go back to the drawing board tomorrow at practice.
Upper Moreland (8-1, 4-0 SOL) will travel to William Tennent on Wednesday, and Upper Dublin (5-4, 2-2) will be on the road at Abington on Wednesday.
Upper Dublin 4-6 10
Upper Moreland 8-4 12
ABINGTON 13, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 6
Mei Mei Cheng didn’t let the inclement weather slow her down, scoring eight goals and assisting on three others to lead the Ghosts to the big win. Avery Sullivan added a hat trick while Haley
Hamsher and Madden Murray had one each. Murray also had three assists and Hamsher had one.
Wren Taylor, Harper McGinley and Caroline Hughes each had a pair of assists.
“We did a fantastic job of assisting our teammates today,” Abington coach Amalie Kreitman said.
Jayden Bagby started in goal for the Ghosts and had a pair of saves, and Marilynn Capps had four saves in the second half.
“Today everyone worked very hard and played together,” Kreitman said. “Luci Scarpello, Jamie Falling, Harper McGinley and Joclyn Pollack played a great game.
“They were able to keep the ball on attack most of the game. Today the team had fun and played so well. I am extremely proud of them.”
Abington (4-3, 3-0 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Wednesday, and New Hope-Solebury (2-6, 1-3) will host Lower Moreland on Wednesday.
Abington 9-4 13
New Hope-Solebury 4-2 6
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 18, CHELTENHAM 1
Emma Yoder scored six goals and teammate Fiona Rizzo also had a hand in six goals – scoring twice and assisting on four goals – to lead the Spartans to the big win.
Emily Smith, Maddie McDevitt and Shannon Meder each had two goals and one assist, and Sam McDevitt added one goal and one assist. Olivia McCormick had two goals – her first varsity goals, and Jess Shapley added one goal – her first varsity goal as a freshman.
“I was very happy with how we played today,” Springfield coach Marissa Conover said.
Springfield Township (6-4, 3-1 SOL) will host Wissahickon on Wednesday, and Cheltenham (0-5, 0-3) will travel to Quakertown on Wednesday.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 17, LOWER MORELAND 3
Brianna Austin scored seven goals and assisted on another to lead the Colonials to the decisive win. Meghan Wendler also had a hand in eight goals, scoring four and assisting on four others.
Sophia Gartland added a pair of goals, Rhianna Gooneratne had a goal and two assists, and Bri Reynolds contributed a goal and an assist. Adding one goal each were Fiona Gooneratne and Lonna Buono.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (5-1, 4-0 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Wednesday, and Lower Moreland (0-7, 0-3) will travel to New Hope-Solebury on Wednsday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 13-4 17
Lower Moreland 0-3 3
WISSAHICKON 21, WILLIAM TENNENT 0
The Trojans received contributions from up and down their lineup.
“We had 13 different goal scorers, eight of our goals were scored off of assists,” Wissahickon coach Nicole Fisher said. “One goal was scored off of a free position, and we had some of our JV able to see varsity time.”
Emma Baker had two interceptions, three draw controls, and two goals. Ellie Stein had three interceptions, two draw controls, and one goal. Emma Greenberg had four draw controls, one ground ball, two goals and one assist. Alexis Hobson had two goals, one assist, two ground balls and one draw control.
Alexa McCabe had four goals and one assist while Maddy Randall and Laura Kane each had two goals. Olivia Bellinzoni, Chloe Acuna, Emma Reily, Amanda Brecher and Gianna Miale each had one goal and one assist. Emmi Gordon added one goal to round out the scoring.
Non-league
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 19, ARCHBISHOP WOOD 2
In yet another game played in inclement weather, it was the Indians rolling to the non-league win over the Vikings
“Morgan McCaffrey dominated the draw,” Rock North coach Denise Noseworthy said. “The Ondria twins (Charlotte and Julie) had some great connections and shots.”
Council Rock North (7-4, 2-3 SOL) will travel to Pennsbury next Monday.
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