11/12 2A Finals: Glenelg 3 Poolesville 0
The Glenelg Gladiators of Howard County, ranked as everyone's #1 all year long, completed their anticipated repeat as MD 2A state champions, and brought to an end one of the most storied HS player's careers ever (UMd recruit Alyssa Parker) but not without a fight put up by the Poolesville Falcons. Let's be honest, Glenelg is built for offense, behind WaPo POTY Alyssa Parker, who is a lock to repeat. Their attack on the goal is as relentless as the everlasting waves on shore. This was essentially a 2-0 game that was well played between the 25's. But Glenelg's play inside PV's end was the clear difference. Glenelg's third goal came against a tired and deflated Pv defense with 4:00 remaining, and pretty much after Poolesville's last gasp attack had withered away. Poolesville's only strategy in this game was to know that Glenelg would eventuually score, and the Falcons needed desperately to respond with something, anything, that might keep the game in sight. Instead, the Falcons offense simply could not penetrate past the Glenelg 25-yd line time and time again, except for a few occasional corners that gave the smallest glimmer of hope. But the game could have been 0-7 save for four oustanding saves by super goalie Amy Defnet, and maybe 0-8 or worse if any mere mortal goalie was in goal. Defnet stopped four advances when Glenelg had what would have been a sure goal against lesser teams: a point-blank shot from a scrum in front of the goal, a magnificant sliding save of a 1-on-1 breakaway by Parker, another sliding save of a 4-on-1 attack with Parker no-less leading the fastbreak charge and no Pv defenders in sight, and a save of a superior-struck, high-to-the-corner stroke that would have been good 99 of 100 times except that Defnet somehow reached it. Each of those saves, and more, gave Poolesville hope to keep battling, even wiith the outcome becoming more inevitable as time slipped away. Defnet even executed a soccer-goalie-style "punt" of the ball on a re-start, something the Pv faithful may have seen but I bet not many other FH fans have ever witnessed. . . This is Glenelg's second-ever and second-consecutive title in 14 trips to state. Pv now has one title (a 1-1 co-title result with Rising Sun in 2002, before penalty strokes were allowed to break a tie after 2 overtimes), four other final appearances (2003, 2004, 2007 and 2011), and seven other semi-final trips.
11/9 2A semi-finals: Glenelg 7 Queen Anne's 1; Poolesville 2 Century 1
Presumptive All-Met repeat POTY Alyssa Parker (MD recruit) had 4 goals as Glenelg moved quickly to score 3 goals in the opening 6 minutes to get back into the state final to try and defend their title last year. Glenelg was up 5-0 with 12 minutes still remaining in the first half, forcing a running clock from thereon. QA was making their first-ever trip to the states. . . . Meanwhile, Poolesville survived Century in a double-OT game, with Allie Greene getting the game winner with 3:11 left in the second sudden-death OT. Kelsey Carnahan got the game-tieing goal for Pv at 8:51 in regulation. Amy Defnet had 11 saves, including 4 in the two overtimes, to help secure the victory. Century mostly held the edge in play during regulation but couldn't find the goal but once. . . . Poolesville is making their 12th visit to states since records began (circa 1970) and has one title, in 2002. Century is now a four-time visitor to states, losing in the final all three previous times in 2007, 2009 and last year (to Glenelg). This is Glenelg's 14th trip to states: one title (last year), four losses in the final, and 8 previous losses in the SF's.
11/7 4A semi-finals: B-CC 2 Dulaney 1; Severna Park 4 Springbrook 1
Madisson Tully and Lizzie Orr scored their most important goals to-date, and Kiley Goodwin recorded six saves, in enabling B-CC to move back to the 4A FH final versus Severna Park. The 13-time state champion Barons denied Dulaney's 10th visit to the state's without coming home the victor. Meanwhile, 19-time champion Severna Park reached their 25th final in 29 trips to state, by beating Springbrook 4-1. The two storied programs will meet on Saturday at 4:00 pm at Washington College in the 4A final.
11/2 2A West Region Final Poolesville 3 Damascus 0
Pv goals by Allie Dahlen, Kelly Hughes and Lindsay Poss. Assists by Kristina Dalton and Allie Greene. Poolesville will face Century in one semi-final in 2A. The lucky winner will probably face Glenelg, which is heavily favored in the other semi-final.
11/2 4A West Region Final B-CC 4 Churchill 3
Lizzie Orr scored two goals while Zoe Ibson and Lucy Leahy added one apiece to lead B-CC past #1 seed Winston Churchill 4-2. Kiley Goodwin had 10 saves including two at point blank range in the last 4:45. Cristina Shoffner, Sofia Shoffner, Ibson and Amy Barrett all had assists. Kiley Goodwin received solid support defensively from Laila Shehata, Kaela Goodwin, Madisson Tully and Grace Reingruber. B-CC will face Dulaney Monday at Broadneck HS 7pm
11/2 4A South Region Final Springbrook 4 Blake 1
Springbrook goalie Brittany Lambert was money, with two highlight point-blank saves in the second half, and two more of some quality Blake shots, in leading the Lady Blue Devils to a 4-1 win in the 4A South region final. The Springbrook defense bent but didn't break but once all game long. While ball control tilted Springbrook's way perhaps, Blake still managed several opportunities on transitions where they had numbers, but were turned away by the Springbrool defense. Micah Brown, Colleen Connolly, Dee Dee Akpaete and Cassidy O'Hearn had key takeaways, and the Springbrook offense made the most of their opportunities. SHS Goals: Connolly, Diaz, Ingeholm, O'Hearn. SHS assists: Akpaete, Kittleberger, Spiller. JHBHS goal: Wannen. JHBHS assist: Hagan. SHS goalie saves: 4. JHBHS goalie saves: 9. Springbrook moves on to play Severna Park in one state 4A semi-final.
10/31 2A West SF Poolesville 1 Middletown 0
10/31 2A West SF Damascus 1 Walkersville 1
Allie Greene scored an unassisted goal, which turned out to be the game winner, as #1 seed Poolesville beat the determined #4 seed Middletown, a .500 team. The Falcons controlled play much of the game and kept pushing forward but just couldn't get any more goals past the Knights. Poolesville moves on to face MCPS Damascus for the 2A West region title. #2 Damascus beat #3 Walkersville 2-1 on goals by Michaela Bass and Morgan Parker.
10/31 4A South SF Blake 2 Paint Branch 1
10/31 4A South SF Springbrook 4 Sherwood 0
note correction per Blake Coach Blake, the only team to defeat Paint Branch this season, did it again, as the Bengals defeated the Panthers for a second time behind strong defensive play by Lane Flynn, who matched up against PB's Heather Jenney most of the afternoon. Flynn also scored the first Blake goal, assisted by Julie Lopatka. The 2nd Blake goal was deflected in by Lopatka, assisted by Sarah Hagan. Courtney Cristaldi's impressive late-game save sealed the victory for the Bengals. Lindsey Janoskie scored for Paint Branch, assisted by Jessie Ford. . . . . Piper Spiller opened the scoring midway in the first half, and Cassidy O'Hearn had three re-directed goals as Springbrook won 4-0 over Sherwood. The Lady Blue Devils controlled the ball in Sherwood's territory for much of the game. Props to Dee Dee Akpaete and Micah Brown, as well as Springbrook's defensive backs and sweeper, which snuffed out many of Sherwood's advances into Springbrook territory. Sherwood's best chances came on a couple of transitions and/or corners. Springbrook won the corner battle 14-6. Sherwood had 15 goalie saves and Springbrook 6. [Assists: Spiller (2), Colleen Connolly (2), Dee Dee Akpaete, and Colette Colburn.]
10/31 4A West SF B-CC 1 at Walter Johnson 0
10/31 4A West SF Churchill 3 Wootton 1
Madisson Tully sent a rocket into the circle that Carly Silver re-directed into the goal with 3:40 left and B-CC stopped 4 WJ corners in the last 2:40, including one with no time on the clock to win 1-0. Kiley Goodwin had 9 saves for B-CC. This was a game in which both teams had a few good looks at the goal -- maybe more-so for WJ -- but the ball just wouldn't go in for the Wildcats. . . . The Churchill defense and GK Kristina Roberts stopped the Wootton offense, which saw several good chances go by without a result. The Barons move on to play #1 region seed Churchill, who beat Wootton 3-1.
10/27 4A West QF -- at B-CC 4 Gaithersburg 0
B-CC goals: Barrett, Ibson, Leahy, Rosenstiel. Assists: Ibson, Leahy, S. Shoffner, Silver, Webster
10/27 4A South QF -- at Springbrook 6 Blair 1
Favored Springbrook struggled to put the ball near the goal, much less shoot at the goal, for most of the first half, finally getting late first half goals from Erin Ingeholm, and then Piper Spiller. In the first half, both teams had six corners. The second half was all Springbrook; Blair got no corners and few balls into Springbrook's end, while Springbrook took advantage of seven corners. Cheyenne Adler (2), Cassidy O'Hearn and Colleen Connolly added goals for the Lady B-Dev's in the second half. Assists: Spiller (3), Carolyn Kittleberger, Gisel Diaz, DeeDee Akpaete, Micah Brown, Connolly (2) and O'Hearn. Brittany Lambert had eight saves for the Blue Dev's and Molly Flannagan had 21 for Blair. Jenny Beech scored Blair's goal inside of two minutes left in the game.
10/27 2A West QF -- at Damascus 14 Wheaton 0
Goals: Alysa Billeter 3; Katie Culbertson 3; Claire Reilly 2; Morgan Parker 2; Kathryn Semuskie 1; Kelsey D'Ascoli 1; Annie Apgar 1; Jessica Slingluff 1. Assists:Michaela Bass 2; Claire Reilly 2; Alysa Billeter 1; Jessica Slingluff 1; Kelsey D'Ascoli 1; Morgan Parker 1
10/24 --Outside MCPS -- South River 3 Glenelg 2
In the most dramatic finish possible, South River upended everyone's #1 team Glenelg on the last shot of the game with no time remaining. With the District V title game (which matches the Howard and Anne Arundel champions) tied at 2-2, and overtime looming, South River managed one last attack with 30 seconds left. Glenelg had little choice but to sweep it out of their own end line, causing a corner. South River inserted the ball, there was a scrum, and the ball hit a Glenelg defender's foot with 2.5 seconds remaining. On South River's second corner try, Madelyn Santa's insert found Stacey Macintosh, who's shot was true and the Seahawks ended Glenelg's undefeated season. The Gladiators had outscored their opponents 128-4 and had never trailed in a game this year. However, South River came out strong and took a 2-0 halftime lead. Glenelg fought back valiantly, tieing the game in the first eight minutes of the second half on two Stephanie Asher goals. Glenelg mostly dominated the second half and had four excellent scoring chances, the best of which was when Alyssa Parker's semi-breakaway was glove-stopped point blank by SR GK Shannon Flannagan with 14 minutes remaining. The Seahawks finished the regular season with only one loss, coming in the their season-opening tournament. Glenelg's last loss was 31 games ago -- to South River -- in early 2010. Note: Alyssa Parker, who now has 107 goals and 103 assists in her HS career, is only the second girl in national HS federation history to surpass 100G-100A for her career. Congrats to Alyssa, who is commited to U of MD.
10/24 B-CC 3 at Blake 2
In the last MCPS regular season game of the year, the B-CC Barons defeated the Blake Bengals 3-2. Carly Silver scored on a pass from Amy Barrett with 3:13 remaining to seal the back and forth game. Earlier, Zoe Ibsen had scored her 7th and 8th goals of the season. Laila Shehata and Grace Reingruber were solid in defense for the Barons. Christina and Sofia Shoffner added assists for B-CC.
10/22 at Seneca Valley 3 Wheaton 0
Home field advantage for Seneca Valley proved just enough for the Sreaming Eagles, and worked against Wheaton in the Knight's bid to keep from going winless. Senior Jennifer Aruda had two goals and Freshman Megan Geibel scored the third to keep Wheaton 0'-fer the season; a tough campaign for the Knights, who managed only three goals all season and gave up an average of 6.2 per game. Meanwhile, SV doubled their win total and almost doubled their goals-this season as a result of this game.
10/20 Howard 2 B-CC 0
In a game that was moved to Blake's field b/c B-CC's field was unplayable, B-CC lost to a "gritty" Howard team that earned top seed in 3A East. B-CC could not capitalize on 18 corners (13 in the second half), nor could they put any of their 24 shots (18 saves on-goal by Howard's goalie Lani Sasser) into the cage.
10/20 Paint Branch 4 Churchill 2
In a well played game between 10-1 teams, Paint Branch got off to a quick 1-0 lead in the first couple of minutes, then grew the lead to 3-0 early in the second half, and held on for a 4-2 victory. The senior-day game for PB was played at Springbrook, as the Panthers' home field was unplayable. Lindsey Janoskie had three assists. Heather Jenney had one goal and two assists. Other PB stats: goals-Jessie Thitherington, Christina Neil and Michelle Talley. Assist--Jessie Ford. GK saves- Kat Chlumsky (5). Mairin Hall and Roshan Promisel had the goals for Churchill.
10/20 Poolesville 2 Quince Orchard 0
Pv goals by Kara Scott and Kelly Hughes, with two assists by Allyson Dahlen. Amy Defnet had 6 saves in goal, and Kelly Hughes had a defensive save.
10/18 Paint Branch 9 at Northwood 0
Heather Jenney took over the county scoring lead from Piper Spiller (Springbrook) with her 15th, 16th and 17th goals of the season and Lindsey Janoskie moved into a tie with Spiller for second in the county assist lead (at 15, one behind Churchill's Alex Fox) in leading the Panthers to their 10th win, 9-0 over Northwood. Jessie Thitherington, Michelle Talley, Kendra Osei, Molly Fers, Kemi Akinnola, and Janoskie all got into the scoring column too.
10/18 B-CC 1 Poolesville 0 (2OT)
Madisson Tully scored in double overtime to give the B-CC Barons a heart-stopping win over the previously undefeated Poolesville Falcons. B-CC was stymied by Pv goalie Amy Defnet (14 saves) again and again until Tully finally broke the ice, while PV was stymied by B-CC defenders and mids -- PV had no shots directly on goal. (Note: this game was played at RM's turf field b/c B-CC's field was unplayable following football)
10/18 at Walter Johnson 3 Springbrook 0
In a battle of 8-1 teams, WJ proved 3 goals better than Springbrook. WJ goals were by Anna Rowthorn-Apel in the first half, and two by Hannah Flesch in the second half. Springbrook's latent offense had no answer penetrating WJ's defense, getting off very few quality shots. WJ had 12 corners for the game and SHS had 4. However, Springbrook actually picked up a win today when Quince Orchard forfeited a match that was rescheduled for Friday; one day after the playoff draw.
10/18 at Churchill 4 Whitman 2
The Bulldogs, along with Paint Branch tonight, became one of the county's two 10-win teams with a 4-2 victory over Whitman. Alex Fox had a goal and an assist to lead Churchill. Other CHS goals were by Hall, Michaels, and Promisel. Three Churchill goalies contributed to the win.
10/17 at Paint Branch 6 Kennedy 0
After being injured for most of the last two years, senior Michelle Talley scored her first goal of the season to help Paint Branch to its 7th consecutive win. Other goals were scored by Heather Jenney (2), Lindsey Janoskie, Christina Neil and Molly Fers. Kat Chumlsky had two saves in goal for PB. Also, congrats to Jenney for commiting to Towson! So next year, the Panther becomes a Tiger!
10/15 at Damascus 1 Clarksburg 0
DHS goal: Morgan Parker. Assist: Annie Apgar. The Swarmin' Hornets will get one last shot in the reg-season to beat a team with a winning record when they visit Blake on Monday. The Bengals are on a three game losing skid after starting the season 6-0.
10/12 Paint Branch 2 at Richard Montgomery 1
Paint Branch won their 6th straight game but it took an outstanding play by one of their best players. Heather Jenney netted an unassisted game-winning goal off a restart with seven seconds remaining in the game to give the Panthers a 2-1 squeaker over the RM Rockets. PB got on the board first when sophomore Jessie Titherington redirected Lindsey Janoski's on-target shot. In the driving rain, PB put continuous pressure on the Rocket "D" which stood up to 21 penalty corners by PB, whereas PB's goalie Kat Chlumsky had but one recorded save, which led to a RM corner and subsequent goal by Tailia Soorenko, assisted by Katrina Longest, thus eventually setting up the last-minute heroics by Jenney. With the victory, the Panthers win the 4A East division title. They share a 6-1 division record with Springbrook but win the division based on the head-to-head tiebreaker.
10/12 B-CC 6 at Wootton 3
With this victory, B-CC ties Walter Johnson and Churchill with identical 6-1 division records. Each team beat one of the others, so the three teams will share the 4A West division title. There is no second- or third-tier tiebreaker. B-CC goals were by Amy Barret, Zoe Ibsen (2), Lizzi Orr, Grace Reingruber, and Helen Webster. B-CC's midfield of Reingruber, Webster, and Madisson Tully were key in controlling the game more and more as it wore on in the wet conditions. Seniors Barrett and Carly Silver were key subs off the bench in the second half. Wootton goals were by Band, Lish, and Yokley.
10/11 Whitman 1 at Blair 0 (OT)
The Vikings simply could not solve Blair's defense and especially Blair's outstanding goalie Molly Flannagan, who almost single-handidly kept the Blazers in the game. The first half was played mostly in Blair's territory, with Flannagan making several highlight saves. In the second half the Blair offense got a few more chances, including a couple of breakaways and/or shots on goal, but the game ended scoreless after regulation. In the 7v7 OT, Whitman managed to slip one past Flannagan for the game winner. Flannagan had ten saves on the day.
10/11 at Poolesville 8 Einstein 0
Pv goals: K. Carnahan, A. Dahlen, K. Dalton, M. Flick, A. Greene (2), K. Hughes, D. Purdy. Assists: Carnahan (2), Dahlen (2), K. Danna (2). Einstein: no shots on goal. Poolesville finishes the reg-season against three quality teams -- WJ, BCC, & QO -- that have a combined W/L percentage of 0.720.
10/11 at Springbrook 3 Blake 2
Springbrook goals: Cassidy O'Hearn, Erin Ingeholm, Piper Spiller. Assists: Spiller, Colleen Connolly, DeeDee Akpaete (2). Blake goals: Sarah Hagan (unassisted), Caroline Wannen. Assist: Hagan. The Lady Bengals jumped out to a 1-0 lead (Hagan) and shortly thereafter the Lady Blue Devils responded (O'Hearn and Ingeholm) in the first half. In the second half, Spiller scored for the home team to make it 3-1 and Wannen added Blake's goal to narrow it, but the B-Dev's held on for the win. The Lady Blue Dev's must hope that Richard Montgomery upsets favored Paint Branch tomorrow in order to claim the 4A East division title. Otherwise, if PB wins, they will share a 6-1 division record with SHS but will win the title, as they hold the head-to-head tie-break win over Springbrook.
10/10 at Poolesville 5 Damascus 1
The Falcons wrapped up the 3A/2A West division title with a clean sweep of the other four division teams (Damas', WM, SV & R'ville) by beating the Damascus Swarmin' Hornets 5-1. The lone Damascus goal was scored by Michaela Bass (her 2nd of the year) assisted by Jessie Slingluff (8th assist/yr). Pv goals were by Kelsey Carnahan, Allie Dahlen, Kristina Dalton, Kyria Danna, and Megan Flick, with assists recorded by Jocelyn Bodmer, Carnahan, Dalton, and Allie Greene (2). Amy Defnet had 3 GK saves for Pv.
10/10 at B-CC 2 Walter Johnson 1
Lizzi Orr (assist, Christina Shoffner) scored the game's first goal five minutes into the game in the first half. WJ's Anna Rowthorn-Apel tied it for WJ roughly 5 minutes into the second half. Six minutes later, B-CC scored the go-ahead and game winner when Zoe Ibsen finished a pass from Grace Reingruber. The Wildcats suffered their first loss against eight wins, and are now 6-1 in the 4A West, with no more division games remaining in their final two matches. B-CC moves to 6-2 (5-1) and has one division game remaining (out of 4 total) vs Wootton to try and match WJ and Churchill with 6-1 division records. If so, there will be a 3-way tie, since each team has beaten one of the others. However, if Wootton beats B-CC on Wednesday, then WJ would earn the title over Churchill based on their head-to-head win over the Bulldogs.
10/5 at Walter Johnson 5 Churchill 1
(Adapted from Gazette.net) In a highly anticipated game of unbeatens, WJ jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on in the second half to beat Churchill 5-1. This up-and-back game was as-advertised, with both teams getting good looks at the goal. WJ's Hanna Flesch broke the scoring open about 10 minutes-in when she scored on a corner opportunity, assisted by Anna Rowthorn-Apel. A few minutes later Mackenzie Early added goal-2 on a transition attack. Charlotte Kirwin scored a third goal in the first half, assisted by Flesch. The Bulldogs found life with a goal by Roshan Promisel, but it was all they could muster, as WJ added two more goals in the second half (Ashley Sawers, assisted by Kirwin, and Karen Mata, assisted by Rowthorn-Apel) to secure the victory. Neither team has it easy down the stretch. Walter Johnson closes out the season vs. rival and annual powerhouse B-CC in a game that will help decide the 4A West title, plus undefeated Poolesville, plus a strong Springbrook squad. Churchill closes it out vs. Watkins Mill (6-1-1), Whitman, and then Paint Branch.
10/5 B-CC 4 at Whitman 1
B-CC scored three goals in the first half and never looked back en-route to a 4-1 win over their in-town rival the Walt Whitman Vikings. Senior co-captain Grace Reingruber lead the Barons (6-3, 5-1) to their fourth consecutive win with five defensive takeaways, five corners forced and her third assist of the season. Senior co-captain Sofia Shoffner found fellow senior Carly Silver planted in front of the right post for the opening goal of the game. It was Silver’s second goal of the season. Lizzi Orr scored her first of her two goals of the night on a corner (assist from junior Madisson Tully – her fifth of the year.) Zoe Ibson struck next on a corner (assist by soph' Helen Webster) at the 8:13 mark of the first half. Orr struck again at the 14:00 mark of the 2nd half (assist by Reingruber) to seal the game for coach Amy Wood's Barons. Orr now has 10 goals on the season; all coming in the last four games. The Barons defense played takeaway all night, led by senior co-captains Laila Shehata and Sofia Shoffner, and juniors Lucy Leahy and Kaela Goodwin. Sophomore GK Kiley Goodwin had 7 saves for B-CC.
10/4 at Richard Montgomery 5 Rockville 1
RM goals: Talia Soorenko (2), Mary Muha, Casey Hughes, Maddie Barnes. RM assists: Anna Kluever (2).
10/4 Springbrook 9 at Blair 0
Blair's goalie Molly Flannagan did all she could do to stop Springbrook's onslaught, including keeping county-leading scorer Piper Spiller to just one tally. Unfortunately for the Blazers and Flannagan, Springbrook's offense found six other capable scorers. SHS goals: Dee Dee Akpaete (2), Gisel Diaz (2), Colleen Connolly, Cassidy O'Hearn, Caroline Kittleberger, Cheyenne Adler, Piper Spiller. Assists: Spiller (4), Akpaete (3), Connolly (2), O'Hearn (2), Kittleberger, Adler, Diaz. Saves: SHS (Lambert) 5, BHS (Flannagan) 33.
10/4 at Paint Branch 1 Sherwood 0
The Panthers moved to within one game of the 4A East division title. Heather Jenney scored the game's only goal off an assist by Lindsey Janoskie. The Panthers (7-1) are 5-1 in the division and need only to beat RM (3-5) to go 6-1 in the division. Springbrook can go 6-1 too but would need to knock off a good Blake team, but PB has already won the head-to-head vs the Lady Blue Dev's.
10/4 Northwest 2 at Clarksburg 0
Congrats to Northwest on their first win of the season!
10/3 Seneca Valley 3 at Northwood 1
Congrats to SV on their first win of the season!
10/3 Whitman 3 at Blake 2
The Lady Bengals suffer their second defeat in a row after starting 6-0. Whitman moves to > .500 for the second time this season.
10/3 at Churchill 3 Wootton 2
The Bulldog's amazing season continues as Churchill goes to 8-0 with a win over Wootton (4-3) and stops the Patriot's win streak at four. Churchill goals: Abby Dodson, Roshan Promisel, and Jennifer Shim. Assists by Maddy Flax and Alex Fox. Kristina Roberts had 10 saves in goal. Wootton goals by Allie Band and Chloe Morakis, with assists coming from Nina Lish and Kalli Mays. (No report of Wootton goalie's saves.) Churchill will face Walter Johnson on Wednesday for the MoCo 4A West division title. Churchill could claim the title outright with a win, but should WJ win, the Wildcats would still have to beat B-CC, which has two division games remaining. But those two division wins by B-CC, and a Churchill-loss to WJ, could result in a three-way tie for that division crown.
10/1 at Sherwood 4 Blake 1
The Lady Warriors got one goal each from Casey Anderson, Emily Kendal, Courtney Martin and Alex Mazzeo in upending the previously undefeated Lady Bengals. (Blake stats not reported)
10/1 at Paint Branch 1 Clarksburg 0
Paint Branch applied constant pressure on the Clarksburg defense but the persistent drizzle and muddy field made scoring a premium. Molly Fehrs scored on an assist by Heather Jenney & Lindsey Janoskie on a corner in the first two minutes of the game, then the two teams played slip-n-slide for the remaining 58 minutes, and Paint Branch held on for a 1-0 victory.
9/30 Good Counsel 2 at Quince Orchard 1
GC goals: Rebecca Mitrione, Gabriell Yore. GC assists: none reported. QO stats: not reported
9/30 Poolesville 9 at Seneca Valley 0
PHS goals: Allie Greene (3), Kelsey Carnahan (2), Jocelyn Bodmer, Alyson Dahlen, Kyria Danna, Anna Murgia. PHS assists: Bodmer, Carnahan, Dahlen, and Kelly Hughes
9/30 Springbrook 5 at Magruder 0
The Lady Blue Devils controlled much of the match. They led 3-0 at halftime on two unassisted goals by DeeDee Akpaete and one by Erin Ingeholm (Piper Spiller assisting). In the second half, Spiller added her 12th and 13th goals of the season, each one assisted by Gisel Diaz. Kudos to the Blue Devs' mids and backs who kept the ball forward, with special shout outs to F-Caroline Kittleberger, Def-Colleen Connolly, Def-Catherine Smith, and Def-Micah Brown, who also suffered a knee contusion, but came back in the second half to play a strong game. Corners: SHS (7 1st half, 7 second); MHS (2 + 0). Shots: SHS (15), MHS (1). Goalie saves: SHS (2); MHS (10)
9/27 at Wootton 4 Damascus 0
After starting the season off with two losses, albeit to two good teams, WJ and QO (in overtime), the Patriots have now won four straight, scoring 23 goals in those wins and allowing 0.
9/27 Watkins Mill 5 at Seneca Valley 0
The Wolverines continue to have a terrific season, moving to 5-1-1, with a 5-0 victory over Seneca Valley. WM goals: Jane Campbell (2), Jordan Stephenson (2), and Emily Siok.
9/26 Paint Branch 3 at Springbrook 2 (2OT+strokes, 3-1)
The Panthers made a major statement by beating the previously undefeated Lady Blue Devils in a back-and-forth game that saw both teams exhausted by game's end, and both teams rueing botched scoring chances (read: breakaways) that could've ended this game earlier. Heather Jenney got the scoring going first, assisted by Molly Fers and Lindsey Janoskie. Springbrook's Colleen Connolly tied it with an unassisted one-timer. Jessie Titherington gave PB a 2-1 halftime lead (Jenny and Janoskie assisting). SHS's Erin Ingeholm (Piper Spiller and DeeDee Akpaee assisting) tied it up again at 2-2, where it stayed 'til the end, and through two exciting overtimes. PB prevailed 3-1 on strokes by Jenney, Janoskie and Fers, while only Springbrook's Cassidy O'Hearn found the back of the goal. Not including the game-ending strokes, PB's Kat Chlumsky had 10 saves in goal and the B-Devs' Brittany Lambert had 12. Springbrook had 14 total corners (5 in 1st half, 7 in 2nd, and 2 in the OT's) and PB had 10 corners (2, 3, and 5, respectively). Gazette story
9/26 at Damascus 6 Rockville 0
DHS goals: Claire Reilly (2), Alysa Billeter (2), Jessie Slingluff, Morgan Parker. Assists: Slingluff (3), Leigh Gatons
9/22 Paint Branch 3 at Whitman 0
Behind a concerted defensive effort Paint Branch went on the road and shut out Whitman, 3-0. The defensive unit, led by back Lindsey Janoskie, goalkeeper Kat Chlumsky (3 saves), and defenders Erin French, Ashley Saunders and Kimberly Marshall, withstood everything Whitman could muster. Whitman goalie, Melissa Kantor, played another outstanding game, which included double digit saves but she alone could not keep Paint Branch out of the goal. Janoskie had the Panthers' first goal and an assist, and Heather Jenney also had a goal and an assist. Christina Neil added the Panthers' final goal.
9/21 Richard Montgomery 2 at Blair 1
RM goals: Talia Soorenko (assist: Mary Muha) and Anna Kluever (off a corner opportunity).
9/21 Poolesville 2 at Whitman 0
(Adapted from Gazette.net) Allie Greene finally ended Poolesville's first-half-long frustrations of knocking, knocking, but never busting down the goal-door, with an early second-half goal (assist: Jocelyn Bodmer). The Falcons did not put the match away until 2:38 remaining when Lindsay Poss cleaned up a save by Whit' goalie Melissa Kantor, who was money in the goal all game long, considering that Poolesville far led the game in time of possession and shots on goal. Whitman has displayed solid defense in their 2-2 record, keeping Springbrook to 3 goals, blanking Sherwood, yielding only 1 to RM, and now holding Poolesville to 2, but needs their offense to step it up if they want to regain their mojo from recent years.
9/21 at Damascus 7 Seneca Valley 0
Dam' goals: Alysa Billeter (2), Claire Reilly (2), Morgan Parker, Katie Culbertson, Kelsey D'Ascoli
9/21 Special Report -- FH realingment tried in Anne Arundel County
(Adapted from WaPo) AACo is piloting a new format; "unbalanced scheduling". Previously, in the regular season, the twelve teams in the county played every other team ([plus some outside-county games; for example, B-CC vs Broadneck) but that created a "have" and "have not" system of good teams and bad. This is a county that has produced state powers Severna Park (19 state titles, 28 appearances in states since 1979), South River (5 state apperances, 3 titles in the '00's) and Broadneck, but also Meade, Old Mill, and Glen Burnie, which have combined for one state visit -- ever. So this year the big three above will form one top tier and the latter three will form the bottom tier of three tiers. The teams in the top- and bottom tiers will play their peers twice but none in their extreme opposite tier. Meanwhile, the middle tier (Annapolis, Arundel, Chesapeake, North County, Northeast and Southern) will play everybody in their tier plus the one above them and below them. Presumably (if the system stays) teams could slide up or down from year-to-year amongst the tiers. The system has gotten mixed reviews. The top teams (read: coaches) worry that their post season seedings may be affected. Doubling up to play tougher teams may prepare them for the playoffs, but exposes them to potential losses too, that could earn a lower seed in the region -- and an away game vs a H playoff game.
9/20 Walter Johnson 3 at Clarksburg 1
Parvathy Panakkai had 15 saves but couldn't stave off WJ completely by herself, as the Coyotes dropped one to to the Wildcats. Strong CHS effort was also displayed by Shalom Sabwa, Jessica O'Brien (who had the Coyotes lone goal, assisted by Ashley Wong), Bria Smith, and Miranda Steinbeck.
9/20 at Blake 6 Magruder 0
In a game dominated by Blake from the outset, the Lady Bengals scored 4 first-half goals and never looked back. Defense has been superb in helping Blake to its 5-0 record, allowing only one goal all season (to Paint Branch) and today was no different. Blake's midfield, halfbacks and fullbacks controlled play, enabling numerous upfield attacks by the forwards. Senior GK Courtney Cristaldi had two saves vs. the Colonels. Senior captains Lane Flynn and Melina Latona (2 of the goals vs. Magr.) were especially big today. Defensive stalwarts include Victoria Wolsh, Nicole Lertora, Lucy Harrelson, and Meredith Mathis; the whole team limited Magruder to only three shots. Note: Blake's stiffest challenge aims to begin in two weeks (three games from now) when they will line up to play Whitman, Springbrook, and B-CC in successive games.
9/20 --Outside MCPS-- Wakefield (VA) stuns . . everyone!
(Adapted from WaPo) Think you've had a bad luck streak? Wakefield (1-10) upset Jefferson (5-5) to win its first game in, well, no one seems to know how long. The Warrior's winless streak dates back to at least the 2007 season, prior to the current coaching staff. Whatever . . Wakefield's 2-1 OT victory sparked a home-field celebration the likes of which no current player had ever taken part in, that's for sure. The Warrior's had been outscored 44-0 this season before managing one goal each in their two games leading up to this one. Senior Jessica Valerezo scored both the equalizer (with 8 minutes remaining in regulation) and the winner eight minutes into OT; both on breakaways. "The girls were absolutely ecstatic, running on the field, crying, screaming, etc." said fourth year coach Stephanie Dickel. (Y'a think?!) Notes: other than Stone Bridge, which doesn't offer FH, Wakefield is the only Northern Region school to not have at least one sub-varsity program (i.e., JV) to help develop players for varsity. . . . "The Simpsons" movie was released in 2007, and so was the final Harry Potter book, ' . . Deathly Hallows'." . . assuming 12 games per year, that would be a losing streak of close to 58 games.
9/20 Watkins Mill 1 at Gaithersburg 0
G: Sara Jane Campbell
9/20 at Springbrook 7 Sherwood 2
The Lady Blue Devils controlled time of possession for the game and had eleven corners in each half, but could not put the determined Sherwood Warriors to bed until 1/3 of the way through the second half. Springbrook led only 1-0 at half (Anna Hisnanick punched in a ball late in the first half, assisted by Cheyenne Adler and Gisel Diaz) despite getting several good looks at the front door. Sherwood's goalie had 15 saves, many from point blank range in the first half. The Lady B-Dev's finally found the back of the goal with six second-half scores: G's--Carolyn Kittelberger (assists: Cassidy O'Hearn and Piper Spiller); DeeDee Akpaete (unassisted beauty); Hisnanick again (Spiller assisting); and then Spiller getting the last three (the first assisted by Colleen Connolly, then the last two on penalty strokes). Sherwood did not give in, mounting several second-half attacks and making the most of them, scoring twice, including one off a corner. G's -- Casey Anderson and Courtney Martin. Notes: the two Sherwood goals were the first Springbrook has yielded this year . . . Springbrook's mid's and defenders played terrific games in keeping the ball upfield. Kudos especially to Connolly, Akpaete, O'Hearn, and Micah Brown . . GK Brittany Lambert had 3 saves.
9/19 Wootton 7 at Northwest 0
(Adapted from The Gazette.net) In their coach's first victory at Wootton after 11 years at Springbrook, the Patriots broke open a tight game with six goals in the second half to beat Northwest 7-0. Five different players scored for Wootton, which tallied 20 shots on goal and 18 corners. Northwest had no shots on goal. N'west's GK Taylor Brooks had six initial saves before Wootton scored with 6:15 remaining in the first half, and then the flood gates opened in the second. . . . Goals: Kyla Kaplan (2), Jessica Yarvin (2), Allie Band, Alex Yokley, and Steph Weissenburger. Assists: Chloe Morakis, Carly Pascal.
9/19 at Paint Branch 3 Blair 0
Paint Branch matched their win total from last year with their 3rd victory (in 4 MCPS games), limiting Blair to one shot, which senior Jessie Ford turned away late in the second half. Heather Jenney got the Panthers on the board in the first half with an assist from Lindsey Janoskie. Jessie Titherington followed with a deflected goal with an assist by Jenney. Jenney (Janoskie assisting again) finished the scoring for Pt Branch. Note: this was Ford's first appearance in goal for PB this season.
9/19 Damascus 1 at Watkins Mill 1 (2OT + strokes: 2 for 5 for each team)
Dam' goal: Morgan Parker. Saves: Kim Hahr 10
9/16 Damascus 2 at Northwest 1
Dam' goals: Michela Bass, Kelsey D'Ascoli. Assists: Morgan Parker.
9/16 at Springbrook 6 Richard Montgomery 0
The Blue Devils were workman-like in applying constant pressure to RM's defense, eventually capitalizing on the many scoring opportunites. Piper Spiller led the Lady B-Dev's with three goals (and cracked one ball that split into 3 pieces shortly thereafter). Carolyn Kittleberger added two goals and DeeDee Akpaete had the game's last goal. Akpaete had three assists, and Cassidy O'Hearn and Colleen Connolly had one apiece. RM's goalie had 13 saves and Springbrook's GK Brittany Lambert had 2. Halftime: SHS 3 RM 0. Springbrook moved to 4-0.
9/15 Magruder 2 at Blair 1
(Adapted from Silver Chips Online) Blair scored their first goal of the season but needed more, eventually falling to Magruder 2-1. The Blazer's Zoe McCarthy scored seven minutes into the game, but Magruder answered with two goals before halftime. The Blair defense and GK Molly Flannagan did their part in the second half to keep Magruder from scoring any more, but the Blair offense couldn't get the equalizer to take the game to OT.
9/16 at Rockville 10 Wheaton 0
Rv goals: Korbyn Carleton (5), Danee Fitzgerald (2), Amber Durham, Megan Lang, Vasalia Hangemanole. Rv assists: Angela Dols (2), Fitzgerald (2), Hangemanole.
9/14 Springbrook 11 at Northwood 0
Five Blue Devil girls whose name begins with "C" almost made a perfect sweep of the goal scoring today, spoiled only by one "P". Springbrook struck for eight first half goals and three in the second. Goals were scored by Carolyn Kittleberger (2), Colleen Connolly, Cassidy O'Hearn, Colette Colburn, Cheyenne Adler (2), . . . and Piper Spiller (4). Assists were recorded by Connolly, DeeDee Akpaete (4), O'Hearn (4), Catherine Smith, Kittleberger, Spiller (3) and Micah Brown. SHS had 12 first half- and 13 second half corners and pretty much held possession during the full time clock-running second half. While outgunned by a more experienced team, Northwood played hard and fair all game and did make several strikes into B-Dev territory. but could not release a shot on goal. Note: assists add up to more than the goals due to that fact that some were recorded as primary assists, and some as secondary assists.
9/14 at Watkins Mill 1 Einstein 0
WM goal scored by Alexis Rusnak as the Wolverines join Springbrook and WJ as the only 3-0 teams.
9/13 Paint Branch 6 at Magruder 0
(Adapted from The Gazette.net) The return of talented veterans Heather Jenny and Lindsey Janoskie have paid dividends to the tune of four straight wins this season (two were in an extracurricular tournament). Meanwhile, Magruder graduated Gazette POTY Emily Harwood and 12 other seniors, leaving the Colonels, last year's 4A West region champion, in a rebuilding year. The Panthers struck early -- in the first minute -- when Jenny redirected a shot and rebound from Christina Neil. Shortly thereafter, Molly Fers cleaned up a Janoskie shot/rebound and only 30 seconds later Jenny hit again on a Panther jailbreak when 3 PB players were free in front of Magruder's goal. The rout was on. Click here for the full Gazette story about how PB and Magr' have switched roles from being the best (PB two years ago was a state-qualifying team; the Colonels were last season's breakout team) to sitting on hard times (PB had only 3 wins last year; Magruder has been outscored 13-0 in two games already.) Now PB seems to be "up" again. Magruder veteran coach Kathy Mulholland is too good of a coach such that the MCPS shouldn't expect that her team too won't eventually coalesce (SAT word!) and be competitive soon enough.
9/13 Churchill 2 B-CC 0
For years B-CC has claimed FH dominance over local rivals Churchill, Whitman, and (to a lesser extent lately) Walter Johnson, but Churchill put all that aside to claim a 2-0 win at home over the perennially-strong Barons' program (13 state titles, 8 appearances in states in the previous decade, 22 overall dating to 1981). As is their habit, B-CC began the season at the tough Sally Nyborg tournament, splitting close games against powerhouses St. Stephens/St. Agnes and Severna Park, whereas Churchill (their only appearance in states since 1997 was to "show" in 2005) began their season with a 5-0 rout of Wheaton.
9/13 Springbrook 3 at Whitman 0
A back-and-forth first half was highlighted by long, hard strikes from Springbrook's Piper Spiller and either equal-to-the-task lightning saves by Whitman GK Melissa Kantor (5+ saves in the game) or inches-wide misses, until finally late in the half the Lady Blue Devils forced a scrum in front of the Whitman goal and were awarded a penalty stroke. Spiller converted for a 1-0 Springbrook lead. The second half saw Springbrook's time of possession improve to about a 2:1 advantage, whereupon Anna Hisnanick finally pushed one in (Spiller assisting) and later DeeDee Akpaete added the third goal (Hisnanick assisting). Carolyn Kittleberger had a couple of fine solo attacks up the right side, and Micah Brown and Colleen Connolly anchored a defense that repeatedly foiled some Whitman advances, and dodged some excellent chances by the Vikings' Caroline Seibel and Krishna Jaitly.For the game, SHS had 11 corners against 3 for Whitman. Brittany Lambert had 4 saves for the B-Dev's.
9/13 at Watkins Mill 8 Northwood 0
WM goals by Emily Sperling (3), Sarah Crews (2), Amy Vasquez, Emily Siok, and Jordan Stephenson
9/12 Paint Branch 7 at Wheaton 0
The Paint Branch offense dominated, scoring seven first half goals, then the Panthers played possession for the second half. Wheaton had no shots on goal. G: Christina Neil (2), Molly Fers (2), Jesse Titherington, Brittany Chavez, and Lindsey Janoskie.
9/12 Poolesville 7 at Magruder 0
In a total team effort, Pooleville controlled Magruder for most of the game. Pv goals were scored by Kyria Danna, Allyson Dahlen (2), Kelsey Carnahan, Kelly Hughes, Allie Greene and Danielle Purdy. Greene, Kristina Dalton, Meg Flick and Kara Scott each recorded an assist. Poolesville's stout mid's and defenders kept Magruder at bay, allowing only a few advances on goal, and leaving GK Amy Defnet to record two saves in the shutout victory.
9/12 at Blake 1 Blair 0
The Blair defense and goalie Molly Flanagan did everything and more to stifle the Blake offense, which controlled almost the entire game. The Bengals had 28 shots. Hayley Glanz's tap in off a corner-set was the only ball that got past Flanagan. Halfway through the 2nd half the Blazers nearly tied the game, getting their one and only shot on goal. Note: Blake beat Blair 4-1 in a mid-August scrimmage; the Blazer's goal stands as their only tally in three pre-season games and two regular-season games.
9/12 at Damascus 9 Kennedy 1
Damascus goals: Morgan Parker (2), Katie Culbertson, Leigh Gatons, Kelsey D'Ascoli, Claire Reilly, Elaine Athey, Annie Apgar, Alysa Billeter; Assists: Jessie Slingluff (3), Morgan Parker, Michaela Bass
9/10 --Outside MCPS-- Severna Park 2 Westminster 0; Severna Park 3 B-CC 0
In the Sally Nyborg tournament, Severna Park avenged last year's 4A semi-final loss to eventual 4A champion Westminster, and also took care of B-CC in a non-MCPS match. Severna Park is ranked #2 in the Balt' Sun poll.
9/10 --Outside MCPS-- Glenelg 6 Holy Cross 0; Glenelg 4 Bryn Mawr 0
(Adapted from Balt' Sun) Last year's All-Met POTY Alyssa Parker and her Glenelg Gladiators sent a strong message in the South River Invitational, beating last year's WCAC champion Holy Cross 6-0, and also shutting out Balt's #5 team Bryn Mawr 4-0. In beating HC, Glenelg, last year's 2A state champions, pushed six goals past WaPo All-Met GK Jill Genovese. Parker had five goals on the day plus three assists. The UMd recruit is on pace to become only the second player nationally(!) to finish her HS career with 100 goals and 100 assists. Bryn Mawr reached the final after beating Roland Park 2-1 and then tieing South River 0-0 in regulation and winning a shootout after a scoreless OT. South River won the consolation game 5-0 over Holy Cross.
9/3 Paint Branch 3 Sherwood 1 Paint Branch 3 Long Reach 0
Reservoir 1 Sherwood 0
In the Paint Branch Invitational tournament (PtBr, Sherwood, Long Reach, Reservoir) Pt Branch finally broke through with 2:00 remaining in the first half of their opening game vs Sherwood. Heather Jenney scored. In a back and forth game, Sherwood fought back to tie in the 2nd half on a corner goal by Emily Kenul. PB stepped it up and slowly gained control and had multiple opportunities before clinching the game with goals by Jessie Titherington and another by Jenney. In the championship game, Lindsey Janoskie and Erin French controlled the defensive end and Paint Branch led the whole way. Molly Fers scored five minutes into the game (Janoskie assisting) and Heather Jenney converted a penalty stroke after being tripped up on a breakaway. In the second half Christina Neil scored, assisted by Janoskie.
9/3 Rockville 8 at Northwood 0
Korbyn Carleton, Danee Fitzgerald and Megan Lang each had 2 goals, and Angela Dols and Amber Durham each had one in a 8-0 opening-game win at Northwood. Dols added 2 assists. Fitzgerald and Durham each had one assist. The game was called in the mid-2nd half due to lightning but was considered a complete game.Congrats to Coach Caitlin Ulmer's first V victory!
9/3 Walter Johnson 7 at Blair 0
(Adapted from Blair "Silver Chips Online") WJ scored in the seventh minute and added four more in the first half to sit comfortably at 5-0 at the break on Blair's field-turf field. Lightning halted the game seven minutes into the second half, but not before WJ had added two more goals.
9/3 Springbrook 4 at Kennedy 0
Kennedy goalie Addie Diaz was superb in goal -- she and the Kennedy grass combined to limit Springbrook to only four goals despite a decidedly one-sided game. Diaz had either 22 or 17 saves, depending on the home or visiting scorebook, respectively. In addition to Diaz, the long grass and Springbrook's dominant possession were the stories. Regarding the former, spectators couldn't see a resting ball; the ball would die after rolling just a few feet -- they might as well have been playing on sand. Regarding the latter, Springbrook had 32 corners to none (they could not get the ball through the grass on the inserts in time to take advantage) and except for the goal restarts and the 2nd half start, Kennedy only crossed the 50 twice for a total of 28 seconds. Goals: DeeDee Akpaete(2), Anna Hisnanick, Gisel Diaz. Assists: Hisnanick (1), Erin Ingeholm (1), Colleen Connonlly (1), Carolyn Kittleberger (1), and Piper Spiller (2). The game was called in mid-2nd half due to lightning but was official. Congrats to Coach Kelly Massino's first coaching victory!
9/2 Watkins Mill 3 at Northwest 1
WM goals scored by Emily Sperling, Alexis Rusnak, and Emily Siok
9/2 Quince Orchard 5 at Damascus 1
(Gazette.net) Alex Ritchie, Alexandra Jamison and Kelly Baick combined to score or assist on all five of Quince Orchard’s goals en route to a 5-1 victory in what was also the season-opening game for the Swarmin’ Hornets. Jamison, a first team All-Gazette performer a year ago with 16 assists, scored on two the game’s first three goals and assisted on Baick’s in the first 16-plus minutes of the first half to stake the Cougars to a 3-0 lead. After a goal by Damascus’s Michaela Bass, Ritchie, who assisted on Jamison’s first-goal score, set up Shayna Ascher for the score and a 4-1 halftime lead. Ritchie scored the assist hat trick about 11 minutes into the second half with a pass to Macy McCabe for the final four-goal margin.
9/2 Blake 9 at Einstein 0
The grass was long but that didn't deter the Blake offense from scoring 8 first half goals and then playing possession in the 2nd half. Einstein had no shots on goal. Sarah Hagan had 4 goals, Courtney McKenna had 2, and Caroline Wannen, Julie Lopatka and Anna Galeano had one apiece as Blake cruised to a 9-0 opening-season win. Assists: Wannen, Melina Latona (2), and Lertora.
