Friday, October 11, 2019
Hatboro Horsham 2, Pennsbury 1

There is heartbreak in almost every story and today was the second time this season it was woven into Pennsbury’s book. Hatboro-Horsham set the tone and it took the Falcons a little while to adjust to the fast-paced, frantic playing style the Hatters had to offer. Early in the first half HH made the score 1-0 and that was the catalyst for Pennsbury to use a timeout right away. We needed to focus on our game and drown out all of the other distractions. After the timeout, the girls came together and found ways to win many small moments and it paid off as they tied the game 1-1 with 3:14 left until the half. Sophia Hitchingham tipped in a strong corner shot from Casey Glynn and that spark fueled the Falcons going into halftime. It was a very back and forth game with big hits and strong stops on both sides. Pennsbury had some breakaway opportunities that weren’t finished, which is somewhat of a repeat story for them this season. The high energy continued throughout the entire second half and it looked as though over time was inevitable. With 47 seconds left, the Hatters had possession and called a timeout giving Pennsbury an opportunity to formulate a defensive plan. We went into that moment very confident we could hold them and take it into overtime, but unfortunately due to much confusion surrounding the events of the final seconds, Hatboro Horsham earned a penalty corner and a scuffle in front of the keeper ended up with them scoring the winning goal about 2 seconds before the final buzzer blew. Overtime vanished in front of our eyes in those seconds and even though we will never know if we would have won the 7v7, the heartbreaking part is that we didn’t get that chance. There are many, many reasons for that and some of the big reasons were out of our control. Pennsbury will host Neshaminy on Tuesday and then travel on Wednesday to face New Hope Solebury.