Check out the recaps for SOL girls’ lacrosse teams in action Monday.
SOL National Conference
NORTH PENN 13, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 6
Monday’s “Lax 4 Leukemia” contest took on special meaning to the Knights, who played in honor of former North Penn player Alyssa Oxenford, who lost her battle with leukemia in August of 2015.
The game didn’t start on a promising note for the Knights as the visiting Patriots raced out of the gate to a 4-0 lead. The Knights rallied to knot the score 6-6 at halftime and did not allow a goal in the second half of a contest that was halted with 4:30 remaining in regulation due to heavy rain.
“CB East started the game off strong and quickly jumped to a 4-0 lead,” NP coach Heather Mellow said. “Our offense got a spark with a goal from defender Caroline Hoy to get us started.
“Our defense played a strong second half, and Kiera (Holt) made some great saves that kept East scoreless. Our offense played a much more composed second half with so many different players finding the net. It was a hard fought game by both sides.”
Holt was credited with nine saves in the win.
Mellow credited the play of Laynie Doran, Ella Burget, Hannah Mallitz, Caroline Hoy and Grace Macnamara for anchoring the Knights’ defensive effort.
On attack, Lily Szilagyi’s four-goal effort led the Knights while Alli Lindsay and Emily Varilla both added a pair of goals. Lindsay also had four draw controls while Varilla had three. Kayla Stressman contributed a goal and an assist as well as four draw controls. Kerry O’Donnell had one goal and one assist, and scoring one goal each were Hoy, Jordan Baily and Danielle Preston.
North Penn (7-3, 6-1 SOL) will host Pennridge next Monday, and Central Bucks East (4-8, 2-5) will host Neshaminy on Wednesday.
Central Bucks East 6-0 6
North Penn 6-7 13
PENNSBURY 20, SOUDERTON 12
The Falcons opened up a 13-6 halftime lead over the visiting Indians and never looked back on their way to their 10th win in 11 games.
Four players – Lexie Snyder, Darrien Furiness, Maggie Golder and Maddy Spratt – scored four goals. Sarah Walcott added a hat trick while Olivia Walcott had one goal. Golder also had six assists, Spratt had five, Furiness had two assists and Snyder had one.
“The girls continue to work well with each other and played a great game,” Pennsbury coach Shannon MacPherson said. “They are fun to watch and have been working hard. Attack had some beautiful assists today and ran the plays well. Souderton gave us some competition on the draw today but we were able to adjust.”
Also for the Falcons, Furiness had seven draw controls to go along with nine ground balls and one caused turnover. Spratt also had seven draw controls and added three ground balls and one caused turnover. Golder had five draw controls, six ground balls and three caused turnovers. Snyder contributed four ground balls and one draw control while Ava Ricciardi added three ground balls.
For the Indians, Clark Trowbridge led the way with four goals and one assist. Lauren Hallman had a hat trick while Avery Farina added a pair of goals. Reiley Knize had one goal and one assist. Isabel John and Lexi Krebs both had one assist.
Pennsbury (10-1, 6-1 SOL) will travel to Bensalem on Wednesday, and Souderton (8-5, 4-4) will host Pennridge on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for its Senior Night contest.
Souderton 6-6 12
Pennsbury 13-7 20
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 20, BENSALEM 5
Morgan McCaffrey made contributions all over the field, leading the Indians to the decisive win with seven goals, four ground balls, six draw controls and four caused turnovers.
Ally Carpentier (one ground ball) and Julie Ondria (one draw control) both had two goals and one assist. Grace Vliet add one goal, three assists, one ground ball and two draw controls). Adding one goal each were Emma Sadovy (one draw control), Maddy McNulty (one assist), Sarah Lewis (two assists, three ground balls), Maddie Mealia (one assist, one ground ball, one caused turnover), Mia Rolli (one draw control), Caitlyn Forsyth, Bridget Walstrum and Lindsey O’Brien. Jillian Hopkins contributed one assist, one ground ball and one draw control.
Council Rock North (5-7, 3-6 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Wednesday, and Bensalem (2-10, 0-7) will host Pennsbury on Wednesday.
Bensalem 3-2 5
Council Rock North 15-5 20
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 17, NESHAMINY 0
The Titans, who opened up an 11-0 halftime lead, received contributions up and down their lineup.
Janessa Watson’s hat trick led the balanced attack while Kate Victor, Tegan Mullan, Emalee Day and Grace Gannon each had a pair of goals. Contributing one goal each were Bridget Curtis, Emily Klunk, Maddy Connell, Brooke Cenci, Maddy Flynn and Kaitlyn Spicer.
South goalie Gabby Mayo was credited with six saves in the win.
Central Bucks South (6-8, 6-1 SOL) will host Council Rock South in an important conference contest. Neshaminy (1-11, 1-6) will travel to Central Bucks East on Wednesday.
Central Bucks South 11-6 17
Neshaminy 0-0 0
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 11, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 9
Carley Irvin scored five goals, and Cailey Hiscox added three as the Golden Hawks – who led 7-6 at halftime – edged the Bucks in a tightly contested game to remain perfect in conference play.
Rianna Shields added a pair of goals, and Julia Levin handed out four assists. Amy Loving had one assists.
“Our defense – Emma Franchini, Lauren Smith, Karissa Smedley, Amy Loving and Montanna Chambers – played as a solid unit,” said Rock South coach Madison Hurwitz of her team’s first win over CB West in recent memory. “Sophia Kutsaya had a clutch save (in goal) late in the game to keep it 11-9 as opposed to 11-10.”
Council Rock South (10-2, 6-0 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks South on Wednesday for a key conference game. Central Bucks West (3-7, 3-5) will host Council Rock North in Wednesday’s Senior Night game at 7 p.m.
Central Bucks West 6-3 9
Council Rock South 7-4 11
SOL American Conference
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 13, ABINGTON 12 (OT)
Freshman Meghan Wendler turned a pass from teammate Brianna Austin into the golden goal, propelling the Colonials to the heartstopping win in Monday’s overtime thriller.
“We got the draw in overtime,” PW coach Ellen Reilly said of the game-winning sequence. “Max (Leszczynski) won a good majority of the draws for us today. She took it down, and we had a really good shot off an 8-meter and the goalie made a nice save.
“Abington started transitioning the ball, and my offense re-defended, caught the girl on the sidelines and gave us possession back. We went down and Megan Whendler and Brianna Austin did a two-man game. Megan went around the goal cage and won the game for us with 45 seconds remaining in overtime after tying the game for us at the end of regulation.”
The Ghosts, who led 6-4 at halftime after trailing 4-2 early, led by three late in the second half, but the Colonials reeled of three straight goals to even the score when Wendler scored with 23 seconds remaining in regulation.
“My kids just slowly worked hard at winning the draw and keeping possession, and we’ve been trying to do that,” Reilly said. “They get a little too excited and force things, and finally, they got the win because the past couple of games we’d do some really nice things and we’d either throw it away or give the lead up. You can see they get frustrated with themselves, and they can’t push it over the top, but today they did. One goal at a time they caught up.”
Leszczynski led the Colonials with four goals, one assist and eight draw controls. Austin also had four goals while Wendler had a hat trick. Fiona Gooneratne had one goal and one assist, and Elle Clark had one goal, two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
“It was back and forth and back and forth,” Reilly said. “They’re a good team. They have some good players, and they worked hard just like we did to get the draw, get possession.
“We each made our own individual turnovers, but each team fought back. It was a total team effort. My offense did a really good job re-defending. They work hard trying to stop the other team’s transition. On defense, we’re really trying to work to play as a unit, to slide and help each other out.”
Reilly credited her goalie, Clancey Lynch, for making a big save late in the game, giving the Colonials possession and the opportunity to go down and knot the score.
“That was key to in our win,” Reilly said.
Abington coach Amalie Kreitman had no complaints about her team’s effort.
“It was another great game,” she said. “We played very well today, but they had us on free positions.
“Our defense played very well – Lilly Alessandro, Audrey Silverman and Zoe Freedman were solid down there.”
Maddie Hinkle’s five goals and one assist led the Ghosts. Lesha Karaba added four goals while Shea Gormley, Abby Johnson and Mei Mei Cheng each had one goal. Cheng also had two assists and Gormley had one helper.
“Mei Mei was great in transition, and she was leading in draw controls,” Kreitman said.
The efforts of Cheng were not lost on Reilly.
“That little girl hustles all over the place, and she does nice things for their team,” the PW coach said. “She works hard. She stands out just because of all the little things she does.
“It could have been either team winning or losing. I’m just glad my kids won one of these for themselves because they deserved it.”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (6-7, 6-2 SOL) will travel to New Hope-Solebury on Wednesday, and Abington (2-4, 1-3) will host Upper Moreland on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Abington 6-6-0 12
Plymouth Whitemarsh 4-8-1 13
WISSAHICKON 15, UPPER MORELAND 1
Emma Baker had another big game for the streaking Trojans, contributing eight goals, two assists, five ground balls, one caused turnover and seven draw controls. Lexi Hobson had three goals, six caused turnovers and three ground balls. Scoring one goal each were Abby DeGroat (four draw controls), Quinn Gaffey (three assists, one caused turnover, one ground ball), Nora Ryan (one assist, two ground balls, one interception) and Sophia Chiodo Ortiz (one draw control). Amanda Brecher had two ground balls, one interception and one caused turnover, and Chloe Acuna had one ground ball on defense.
Wissahickon goalie Madeline Murphy had seven saves and one interception.
Olivia Meakim scored the Golden Bears’ lone goal with a Willow Taylor assist. Goalie Emma Hurley was credited with 15 saves.
Wissahickon (14-0, 9-0 SOL) will host Upper Dublin on Wednesday, and Upper Moreland (7-7, 4-5) will be on the road at Abington on Wednesday.
Wissahickon 9-6 15
Upper Moreland 1-0 1
UPPER DUBLIN 15, CHELTENHAM 1
Senior Jenn McCarry’s four goals led a balanced UD attack, and Tess Reardon added a hat trick. Freshman Aditi Foster had two goals and three assists, and Ellie Eby had a pair. Ella Lyon scored one goal and assisted on two others. Allie Rock, Paige Dinkel and Lauren Dartely each had one goal.
Abby Leighton accounted for the Lady Panthers’ lone goal.
Upper Dublin (6-5, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Wissahickon Wednesday for a key conference battle, and Cheltenham (0-7, 0-6) will host William Tennent on Wednesday.
Cheltenham 1-0 1
Upper Dublin 11-4 15
HATBORO-HORSHAM 20, WILLIAM TENNENT 6
Abby Roesing scored 10 goals and also dished off an assist in a glittering offensive performance, and Sophia Liott had a hand in seven goals, scoring three and assisting on four others to lead the Hatters to the no-doubt-about-it win.
Caitlyn Carpenter added a hat trick, and Emma Levin contributed a pair of goals. Scoring one goal each were Natalie Tocci and Gianna Carr. Carr also had an assist.
Hatboro-Horsham (3-2 SOL) will host Springfield Township on Wednesday, and William Tennent (0-7) will be on the road at Cheltenham on Wednesday.
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 17, QUAKERTOWN 5
The visiting Lions improved to 5-2 in conference play with Monday’s win.
For the Panthers, Madison Peacher and Mya Hibsman both scored a pair of goals while Natalie Reilly added one goal. Morgan Sipprell and Kyla Frederick each contributed an assist.
New Hope-Solebury (9-4, 5-2 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday, and Quakertown (3-6, 0-4) will travel to Lower Moreland on Wednesday.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 20, LOWER MORELAND 0
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