Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action Monday.
SOL National Conference
Central Bucks West 15, North Penn 10
Central Bucks West came out strong and never let up in Monday’s showdown for the top spot in the conference standings. Both teams entered the game undefeated in conference play. When the final horn sounded, the Bucks were alone atop the standings.
“Tonight really means a lot to the girls,” Central Bucks West coach Rebecca Cartee Haring said.“They have worked and worked to put together a complete game end to end. We knew that North Penn is a solid team and that we would need to be on from the beginning in order to win. The girls came out, and I could tell from their intensity that they were determined.”
The Bucks led 9-3 at halftime en route to the victory. Leading the attack for the Bucks was Paige Gilbert with four goals and three draw controls. Emma Haring (one assist) and McGarry (two assists, five ground balls) contributed three goals apiece while Lindsey Horton, Shelby Hahn (one assist), Tori Albrecht (one assist) and Julia Carey (two assists) had one goal each.
“Paige Gilbert had an amazing game,” Cartee Haring said. “Her speed and drive pumps everyone up.
“Maddy McGarry also had a stellar night. She is really using her speed well and she is seeing the takes she has and the times she needs to dish. For a player who only played defense last year, she certainly has developed into a talented midfielder.”
Casey Reichwein was once again a difference maker in the circle, finishing with 13 draw controls to go along with a goal and an assist.
“Casey Reichwein, and her ability to win draw controls, is the reason West has been so successful this season,” North Penn coach Heather Mellow said. “She is an outstanding center.”
West goalie Lauren Ring recorded eight saves in a winning effort.
“(Goalie) Lauren Ring was solid in the cage,” Cartee Haring said. “She has really been working and working with my assistant Kelli Romano and tonight she came up with some key saves.”
For the Knights, Grace Sacchetti (one assist, six draw controls), Emily Varilla (two draw controls), Lily Szilagyi, and Alli Lindsay each had two goals. Kristin Varilla (one assist) and Casey Cavanaugh had one goal apiece.
“We simply did not play well,” Mellow said. “West came out ready to play, and we were extremely flat. We also had too many turnovers and made poor decisions on both ends of the field.
“We simply need to learn from our mistakes and be ready to play CR South on Wednesday.”
Goalie Ashley Lambert made 10 saves in the loss.
Central Bucks West (9-4, 5-0 SOL) will travel to Council Rock North on Wednesday, and North Penn (7-7, 5-1) will host Council Rock South on Wednesday.
North Penn 3 7 – 10
Central Bucks West 9 6 – 15
Central Bucks East 17, Central Bucks South 5
Riley Forman and Brigitte Bishop combined for nine goals to lift host Central Bucks East past Central Bucks South in a battle of neighboring rivals Monday.
Forman led the way with a team-high five goals to go along with five draw controls, four ground balls and three caused turnovers. Bishop netted four goals, had seven draw controls and one ground ball.
“We needed this win after a few tough losses,” Central Bucks East coach Jordan Sanocki said. “The girls rallied today, played together, played strong and played a complete game from start to finish. Everyone played hard and gave it their all. It was definitely a proud moment for me.”
Quinn Ferry (two assists, two draw controls, six ground balls, one caused turnover), Courtney Mackenzie (three assists, two ground balls), Katie Volans (two ground balls) and Katie Powell each had two goals for the Patriots.
Ava Lisle had one draw control, one ground ball and two caused turnovers for the Patriots while Kiki Fink had three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Morgan Eater had two ground balls and two caused turnovers and Grace Bethke had two ground balls and one caused turnover.
Goalie Fiona Henderson made three saves in the win.
Central Bucks East (9-6, 4-1 SOL) will travel to Pennsbury on Wednesday, and Central Bucks South (7-5) will host Neshaminy on Wednesday.
Central Bucks South 3 2 – 5
Central Bucks East 11 6 – 17
Pennsbury 20, Pennridge 11
Pennsbury overcame a slow start to post a National Conference win over host Pennridge on Monday. The Falcons led by just a 9-8 score at halftime but outscored the Rams 11-3 in the second half.
“Pennridge came out on fire,” Pennsbury coach Shannon MacPherson said. “We started the game off slow – we were down 4-1. Our defense struggled in the beginning with communicating and slowing the ball. Once the defense regrouped and worked as a unit it was a completely different game.
“In the second half we were winning the draw and working as an entire team. Our midfielders, Darrien Furiness, Maggie Golder and Maddy Spratt came up big on the draw controls and worked the transition.”
Golder had a team-high six goals to go along with two assists and 10 draw controls and Spratt added five goals and three assists. Emelie Curtis was next for the Falcons with four goals while Brooke Weaver and Darrien Furiness had two goals apiece. Lexie Snyder also had a goal in the win.
“Our attack played an awesome game,” MacPherson said. “They worked together from start to finish, running plays and setting each other up for goals. And the defense was talking, causing turnovers and moving the ball downfield.
“The girls fought back and played Falcon lacrosse. The second half was a true team effort and a turning point in the game for us.”
Pennsbury (11-2, 4-2 SOL) will host Central Bucks East on Tuesday, and Pennridge (4-10, 2-4) will host Upper Moreland on Friday.
Pennsbury 9 11 – 20
Pennridge 8 3 – 11
SOL American Conference
Upper Moreland 10, Wissahickon 9
Megan O’Donnell scored six goals, including the 100th of her career, to help power host Upper Moreland over Wissahickon in a hard fought American Conference game Monday.
“I could not be more proud of this team and how we are coming together – we just look like a different team this year,” said coach Kim Frantz, whose team was 4-5 in conference play last year. “We are coming together as a unit and we have a team of 18 teammates – no one player is the reason we are having such a successful season so far – everyone is doing their part and job. We have a tough week and a half left of the season, but we are ready to play hard in every game.”
The Golden Bears came out ready to play in Monday’s hard fought win. According to Frantz, they won the first three draws and scored on all three to open up an early 3-0 lead.
O’Donnell put the Golden Bears on the scoreboard 30 seconds into the game when she connected on the milestone goal. 
“Megan is the kind of player you would love to have 20 of on your team,” Frantz said. “She is a 100 percent team player and just overall a great person. The first thing she said after the game to the team was ‘Thank you everyone I would not have been able to do this without each of you.’
“She can be the fire on our team when we start to lose momentum. She works hard every day and is just so coachable – she takes everything we do and tries to learn and gain lacrosse knowledge. She is the player that will work on the mechanics until it is right when she has an extra moment before or after practice. Megan is literally one of the best kids I have coached over the past 10 years. She has been a pleasure to coach, and I am excited to see how she finishes this year and the success she has next year.”
The Golden Bears took an 8-4 lead into halftime, but the Trojans did not go away.
“This was a hard fought game until the very last second,” Frantz said. “Both teams worked so hard for the win and both teams fought for every ball.
“Wissahickon never let down even when we had a four-goal lead in the first half and in the second half we had a six-goal lead at one point (10-4), and then the momentum switched into Wissahickon’s favor and they scored five unanswered goals to make it just a one-goal game. The last goal of the game was scored with five minutes, 44 seconds left. For the next two minutes, it would go back and forth, and Wissahickon had possession for three minutes with a lot of shots, but our defense stayed strong and was able to hold them off.”
In addition to O’Donnell, Upper Moreland received three goals and one assist from Bryanna Gordon and a goal and four draw controls from Cassidy Hirsch. Moira Olexa added one assist and one draw control while AbbyEllen Wood had an assist and Alexis Lamb had a pair of draw controls. Goalie Sarah Pickard made 10 saves in the win.
“Our defense, including AbbyEllen Wood, Kayla Meakim, Alexis Lamb, Kat Morrow, was the reason we won this game, they were really solid tonight,” Frantz said. “Megan O’Donnell came off of being sick the previous week to score six goals. Emma Meakim had five assists which was huge.
“Kat Morrow came up with a huge ground ball near the end of the game to help us have possession of the ball. Sarah Pickard had another huge game with 10 saves on the day. She had key saves when we needed them especially at the end of the game.”
Sam Intrieri led the Trojans with five goals and Sophia Ortiz added a hat trick. Emma Baker also had a goal and Kelly Dickinson added an assist in the loss.
“(We) had seven shots for the tie in the last three minutes,” Trojans’ coach Rob Intrieri said. “That last shot was deflected with two seconds to play.
“The Trojans kept the pressure on until the end in what was a very exciting Suburban One League game.”
Upper Moreland (11-2, 6-0 SOL) will travel to Abington Wednesday for a battle of the conference’s top squads. Wissahickon (9-4, 4-2) will host Cheltenham in Wednesday’s Senior Night game.
Wissahickon 4 5 – 9
Upper Moreland 8 2 – 10
Abington 14, Quakertown 3
Abington used a balanced offense – scoring seven goals in each half – on the way to a non-league win over host Quakertown on Monday.
The Ghosts, who led 7-2 at halftime, received a game-high three goals from Abby Thomas and two each from Grace Hinkle, Maura Cabry, Maddie Hinkle (one assist) and Shea Gormley.
“We had a slow to start today, but we had a nice second half,” Abington coach Mary Elizabeth Klepper said.“Eight out of our 14 goals were assisted and our attackers are really working nicely together. The attack is really connecting, which is important going into the end of regular season, as we have some tough competition coming up.”
Kaley Ehnow and Jamira Mashore each had a goal and an assist in the win while Kelly McCallister had one goal.Abby Johnson contributed two assists and Sam Simon had one.
Goalie Ellie Hughes made a pair of saves in the victory.
Abington (11-2, 5-0 SOL) will host Upper Moreland Wednesday in a battle of the conference’s lone undefeated squads. Quakertown (3-10, 1-5 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday.
Abington 7 7 – 14
Quakertown 2 1 – 3
Non-league
Springfield Township 17, New Hope-Solebury 16
Springfield Township picked up a crucial non-league win over host New Hope-Solebury on Monday.
Both teams compete in Class 2A and the Lions entered the game ranked No. 3 in the district seeding while the Spartans – 13th before the game – moved up to No. 10 with the victory.
“This was huge because in our league we play mostly 3A schools,” Springfield Township coach Maggie Canavan said. “This lifted their spirits and their attitudes up knowing this was a top five district team, going in there knowing we could win and pulling it out – their confidence just skyrocketed.
“We’ve been hanging with teams, but this is kind of a statement win for us – they see they can hang with these teams, and they get frustrated when they can’t finish, so to finally put an exclamation point on it, especially towards the end of the season to keep riding with that energy. This feels good."
With less than two minutes remaining in regulation, sophomore Maddie Yoder broke a 17-17 tie with a goal that turned out to be the game-winner.
Goalie Annie Ryan, who had 10 saves and one caused turnover, delivered a huge stop with time winding down.
“We came up with the draw and we lost the ball – they had an opportunity, but our goalie came up with an amazing interception and that sealed the deal,” Canavan said. “She came up with a save, and they came up with the rebound and they took it behind, and she followed the ball and got it right back with an interception. She played lights out."
Yoder finished with a whopping nine goals (eight draw controls, two ground balls) including the game-winner.
“She’s a killer,” Canavan said of Yoder. “She was a defender last year, and now she transitioned to a midfielder. She takes the draw for us probably 50 percent of the game.
“We were actually down a senior captain (Emily Walsh) due to injury. Emily’s a midfielder for us, and I think Maddie just mentally knew she had to take over. She was on – every shot she took, she capitalized. She’s one of a kind, she really is.”
Also for the Spartans, Ella Marino (one assist, two draw controls, one ground ball) and Emily Smith (three goals, four draw controls) each netted a hat trick.Charlotte Henry and Molly McGoldrick each added one goal and one ground ball for the Spartans.
Jaden Callands had three ground balls for the Spartans while Sophia Perry had two ground balls. Gracie Woron had two ground balls and three caused turnovers and Irene Bui had one ground and one caused turnover. Abby Baughan had one ground ball.
Springfield Township (6-6, 1-5 SOL) will travel to Springfield Township on Wednesday.
Springfield Township 7 10 – 17
New Hope-Solebury 6 10 – 16
Bayard Rustin 17, Council Rock North 5
Council Rock North dropped a non-league decision to Bayard Rustin on Monday.
Morgan McCaffery paced the Indians with three goals while Lucy Breithaupt and Rebecca Ripkin each had one goal.
Council Rock North (1-10, 0-5) will travel to Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday.
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