The Pennsbury Falcons were on the road again for another away contest. This time they traveled to Bensalem to take on the Owls in a league game set against the backdrop of continued gorgeous weather. Pennsbury got off to a slow start, taking a minute to acclimate to the grass field and getting into a comfortable groove with each other. Senior, Alaina Bird, kicked off the scoring a little more than halfway through the first quarter, slamming a shot by the goalie off of a feed from sophomore, Ryan Burdette who had carried the ball into the circle. "It was a great finish from Alaina in front of the cage and a nice way to open up the scoring," said coach, Traci Curtis. That goal stood alone for the remainder of the first quarter. The orange and black came out strong on offense at the start of the second quarter with Senior, Riley Askey, finding the back of the cage about 5 minutes after the clock started. "We were fighting in the circle and our attack did a good job of transferring the ball around the space, moving it from right to left. Junior, Abby Anderer, passed the ball across from the baseline and Askey was there in front of the goalie and used a quick shot to beat the keeper. It was nice to see so many players having a hand in the success of that goal - it was executed in a way that reflects the internalization and application of practice drills and chalk talk discussions," explains Curtis. Five minutes later the Falcons had an incredible passing sequence up the field which resulted in a well placed cross pass from the right by sophomore, Ava Pinto, and Askey was again in the right place to one time the ball with strength into the cage." The half-time score had the Falcons leading 3-0, but there was still work to be done. "We were not completely satisfied with our performance and needed to sharpen some facets of our game," said Curtis. "Despite some great passing combos and smart decision making, we could not finish during the third quarter until the final minute. We earned a corner, which was one of our discussion pieces at the half. The corner was broken up but we were fighting in the dirt to finish and sophomore, Abby Iacona, played it smart using a quick reaction reverse lift into goal off of a rebound during the scuffle," explained Coach Curtis. "It was a heads up play and deceptive because she had her back to the goal and the keeper never saw it coming. This is the type of offensive push we are really working to master - relentless and gritty and getting those second and third opportunities on every attempt." Iacona's goal made it a 4-0 game and that would remain the score up to the final buzzer. "It was a whole group effort and everyone contributed in some way. We are definitely proud of that aspect of today," Curtis said. "We saw hustle and heart from everyone, which we will carry with us into tomorrow as we prepare for the next step on the ladder. We will work to continue to fine tune, get creative, work smarter, and use our strengths in all the right places." The falcons will host their home opener on Thursday, September 5th against Neshaminy.