Check out the results of SOL girls’ soccer teams in action.
National Conference
NESHAMINY 8, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 0
The Redskins face their toughest league opponents as they close out the first go round in conference play, and the Indians are one of the top teams in the conference.
Right off the tap, the ‘Skins set the tone as they scored in the first 13 seconds when Gabby Farrell knocked in a Megan Schafer assist.
“The girls had a lot of energy coming into the game because it was senior night,” said Redskins coach Rachel Clemens. “They wanted to establish themselves early for the seniors.”
Maggie Daeche also scored in the first half off an Amy Heller assist, sending the Redskins into halftime with a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, the floodgates opened as the Redskins added six more goals, starting with Sarah Hertenberger’s goal in the 42nd minute (Jess Kelly assist).
“I’m happy because we had eight different goal scorers,” said Clemens.
Half of those scorers were seniors.
“I am really excited for the seniors,” Clemens said. “This group is amazing, and they are the group I started with as freshmen. They are not only fabulous soccer players but amazing young women as well.”
Schafer (3 assists), Katie Suchodolski (1 assist), Stephanie Donahue, Fran Donato and Julia Andreozzi rounded out the scoring in the shutout while Amy Mandia and Katie McCoy registered assists.
The Redskins, who boast a perfect 7-0 record (9-0 overall), continue their challenging stretch of games when they face second place Pennsbury on Thursday.
“We always expect a tough 80-minute soccer game when we are traveling to Pennsbury,” said Clemens. “We need to regroup and focus on making sure we are prepared because they always play a physical match.”
The Indians, whose record fell to 3-2-2 (3-3-3 overall), will face Council Rock South on Thursday.
NESHAMINY 2-6 8
CR NORTH 0-0 0
PENNSBURY 2, ABINGTON 0
The Falcons and Ghosts were deadlocked going into the second half when the Falcons pulled away. Uche Onuoha, one of the Falcons’ most lethal weapons, got on the scoreboard 17 minutes into the second half. Onuoha then set up teammate Alexa Moors to finish the second and final goal in the shutout victory. The Ghosts fell to 2-4 in the league and will square off with Bensalem on Thursday. The Falcons, who are now alone in second place with a 4-0-2 record (7-0-2 overall), host first place Neshaminy for the first time this season in what will surely be a great game of soccer on Thursday.
PENNSBURY 0-2 2
ABINGTON 0-0 0
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 2, WILLIAM TENNENT 0
The Golden Hawks blanked the Panthers on Tuesday. Second half goals were recorded by Nikki Caffey and Lindsay Hirsh while Emily Discavage and Gabi Rosenfeld chipped in assists.
Panthers’ coach Dan Russo noted the play of Alyssa Christiansen, Ashley Swaim, Terry Barker and Rachel McCabe in the loss.
The Hawks upped their record to 4-1-1 (5-1-1 overall) and host their crosstown rival Council Rock North on Thursday. The Panthers, who fell to 0-6 (1-7 overall), will host Truman as the season rounds out its first half of play.
CR SOUTH 0-2 2
WILLIAM TENNENT 0-0 0
BENSALEM 5, TRUMAN 1
The Owls trampled the Tigers on Tuesday, jumping out to a 3-0 lead at halftime. First half goals were scored by Julia Rymarczuk (Amanda Myers assist), Siana Ashford (Christine Cueto assist) and Bree Rock (Kayla Ryan assist). The Owls added two more in the second half from Sid Doherty and Sarah Smith, both off of Rock assists. Truman’s goal was an own-goal scored by the Owls late in the game.
The Owls tallied their second league victory, upping their record to 2-3-1 (2-6-1 overall) and host Abington on Thursday. The Tigers (0-6 SOL, 1-7), although experiencing marked improvement from last year, will try to pick up their first league win on Thursday when they face off against William Tennent.
BENSALEM 3-2 5
TRUMAN 0-1 0
Continental Conference
QUAKERTOWN 3, HATBORO HORSHAM 2 (2 OT)
The Panthers and Hatters found themselves locked in a 93-minute battle before a winner was decided on Tuesday. In the ninth minute, Linzi Wolfe found Marissa King, who put away the first goal of the game to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead that they would maintain throughout the half. The Hatters turned the tide at the start of the second half, and 12 minutes in, Annette Disipio knotted the game 1-1. The Hatters maintained their momentum as Jordan Plummer knocked another ball in the goal (Caitlin Smith assist) to give the Hatters a 2-1 lead.
“It was a game of runs,” said Panthers’ coach Mike Koch. “The first half of the second half was all them, but after they scored, we seemed to wake up a little bit.”
The Panthers wake-up call came just in time as Jamie Soriano served a ball across to Shannon Gibat, who one-timed it out of the air and put the ball in with her right foot for the equalizer that would send the game into overtime.
Midway through the first overtime, Wolfe found herself on a breakaway, but by the time she got within scoring range, the Hatters’ defense was there to stop her. The game-winner came three minutes into the second overtime when Sam Ramsden put a brilliant ball on Wolfe’s foot, which she converted into her 10th assist of the season. Wolfe sent Gibat a high leading pass out of the midfield, creating a breakaway opportunity that Gibat finished by sliding the ball to the opposite corner.
“She’s gold on breakaways,” said Mike Koch. “When she gets those opportunities, she’s hard to stop.”
Panthers’ keeper Erinne Finlayson was credited with eight saves while Brianna Cummins and Miranda Royds each turned away five shots for the Hatters.
“I am happy and we are in a really good spot,” said Koch, whose team is now 3-3 in the league (5-4 overall). “It’s as good as we’ve ever been since realignment.”
Both teams had players shine in the midfield: Katie Crouthamel and Jami Soriano for Quakertown and Sarah Thuerer for Hatboro-Horsham.
The Hatters (1-4-1 SOL, 2-4-2 overall) will face CB West on Wednesday while the Panthers host Souderton under the lights on Thursday.
“We are happy with the win, but we need to make sure we have an effort for the full match,” said Koch. “When everyone fills their role, we are successful.”
QUAKERTOWN 1-1-0-1 3
HATBORO HORSHAM 0-2-0-0 2
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 0, PENNRIDGE 0 (2 OT)
The Patriots and Rams went into Tuesday’s conference matchup with identical records and went home the same way. Both boast 7-0-2 marks on the season, 4-0-2 in the league. The Continental Conference is particularly evenly matched this year, and Tuesday’s hard fought battle is proof positive. The Patriots had the better of the ball possession in regulation and were able to hold a 13-7 advantage in shots on goal, but the Rams had the better chances on goal. Neither team was able to capitalize on their opportunities, sending the scoreless game into overtime.
“It was a fun game,” said Rams’ coach Audrey Anderson. “But East came out so strong, it took us a little bit of time to get into our rhythm. It was fun to see so many girls step up on both teams.”
In overtime, the Rams took the initiative and shifted their play into the next gear, but the two defenses proved to be too hard to infiltrate.
“Julia Rufe definitely saved our defense so many times,” said Anderson. “And our two freshmen on the outside, Dani Meenan and Erin Stevenson, stepped up even though it can be intimidating playing East with their speed.”
It looked like there might be a winner when halfway through the first overtime Shaun Kane played a ball back to Nicole Pannella, who put a solid shot on goal only to have it stopped by Rams’ keeper Amanda O’Hara (8 saves) for what Patriots coach Paul Eisold called the “game-saver.”
“It’s always difficult when you have ball possession, you feel like you got cheated with a tie,” said Eisold. “But Pennridge did good things, and defensively, they did great things. It’s really our own fault for not getting it done.”
“There were good points and bad points,” said Anderson, who also noted the play of Maddie Swartley and Savannah Harrison for the Rams. “Towards the end of the game I told my girls, ‘Just go out and play, there’s not much more we can do.’”
The Rams close out the first half of their season tomorrow when they travel to North Penn to face a Maidens’ squad that also endured a 100-minute battle on Tuesday.
“There’s no clear powerhouse in our conference, the quality of soccer is so great,” said Anderson. “It’s going to be rough, but we are going to hopefully get it done in regulation.”
The Patriots aren’t back on the field until Thursday when they visit Central Bucks South under the lights.
“We are going to go in with a confident game plan,” said Eisold. “We just need to continue to take care of business, control our play and come out and be prepared.”
CB EAST 0-0-0-0 0
PENNRIDGE 0-0-0-0 0
SOUDERTON 0, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 0 (2 OT)
Jackie Parry turned away 13 shots for the Indians in the defensive battle that ended in a 0-0 tie after 100 minutes of play while Titan keeper Emily Polcino saved 7 shots. The Titans, whose record is now 2-3-1 (3-4-1 overall) held a 13-8 advantage in shots on goal. The Indians’ record is 0-4-2 (3-4-2 overall), and they look for their first league victory when they visit Quakertown to close out the first half of the season on Thursday while the Titans host CB East on Wednesday.
SOUDERTON 0-0-0-0 0
CB SOUTH 0-0-0-0 0
NORTH PENN 0, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 0 (2 OT)
American Conference
UPPER DUBLIN 4, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 0
The Cardinals topped the Colonials with a convincing shutout win as the top two teams in the American Conference matched up on Tuesday.
“Today we did a lot of things well that we haven’t been doing the past few games,” said Cardinals’ coach John Topper. “Positionally, we’ve been pretty good, but we’ve been turning the ball over, but today when we got possession, we did a good job sustaining an attack.”
The Cardinals’ attack clicked for the first time with five minutes left in the half when Molly Harpel scored off a corner kick.
“It was a pretty goal,” said Topper. “She is a left back, and she doesn’t get forward that often, so it was nice to see her put that home.”
The Lady Cards went into halftime with a narrow 1-0 lead.
“At halftime, we talked about the fact that whoever has the momentum is going to win this game,” said Topper.
Kendall Couch was the first to score in the half and help ramp up that momentum, making it a 2-0 game. Midway through the second half, Harpel played a ball up the line to Olivia Ness who controlled the ball for more than 50 yards to score the breakaway goal and put the game out of reach for the Colonials. A few minutes later, Couch scored another she buried her well-placed shot in the top corner.
While the Colonials, who saw their record drop to 4-1-1 in league play, will host Springfield on Thursday, the Flying Cardinals (5-2-1 overall, 5-0-1 SOL) will travel to Upper Merion.
“This is a big week,” Topper said. “We haven’t seen them this year, but we know every time we go to their place its always a tough game taking them very seriously.”
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 0-0 0
UPPER DUBLIN 1-3 4
UPPER MORELAND 4, SPRINGFIELD 2
The Spartans struck first when Katelyn Gillinger (Caroline Pape assist) found the net in the 20th minute, but the next sixty minutes would belong to the Golden Bears, in particular Lindsay Walder.
Nine minutes after the Spartans took the lead, Walder turned up the heat and scored the equalizer off a Christina Kane assist. Four minutes later, Walder struck again for the go ahead goal after converting a Morgan Valera corner into a goal. Walder wasn’t finished yet and scored back-to-back goals in the 35th minute and 70th minute to give her team a 4-1 lead before Brianna Littlepage snuck one more in for the Spartans with two seconds remaining. Walder has now jumped into the position of the Bears’ leading scorer, with six goals for the season. The Spartans kept the Bears’ keeper Kim Benge busy as she turned away 15 shots in the victory.
Upper Moreland upped its record to 3-2-1 (3-4-1 overall), and coach Lisa Benvenuto credited Ashley Kleinert and Karli Lynch with solid performances. The Spartans fell to 2-4 (2-5 overall).
UPPER MORELAND 3-1 4
SPRINGFIELD 1-1 2
UPPER MERION 2, CHELTENHAM 1
The Vikings proved they are to be taken seriously as they jumped into a tie for second place in the American Conference behind Upper Dublin after upping their record to 4-1-1 with a victory over the Panthers. Jenna Kelly and Anna Davis scored the goals for the Vikings while Paige Kytsidis added the Panthers’ lone goal. The Panthers are 0-6 in the league (0-8 overall) and visit Norristown on Thursday while the red hot Vikings host the number one team in the conference, Upper Dublin.
WISSAHICKON 6, NORRISTOWN 0
Alyssa Ryan connected for a pair of goals while teammates Madison Elwell, Liz Gregorio, Devon Memis and Emily Vervlied each added single goals. The Trojans led 3-0 at the intermission.
The Trojans (3-3-2 overall) improved to 3-1-2 in league play while the Eagles fell to 0-6.
ABINGTON 6, CHELTENHAM 0 (MON 9/23)
Jamie Gosselin tallied two goals for the Ghosts while Gabby Nolan, Maddy Doyle, Marissa Heath and Julia Guarini each chipped in single goals in the Ghosts’ shutout win over the Panthers. Destiny Walters and Sarah Heintz shared the shutout in goal.
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