What: District XI Class 3A Tournament (Semifinals)
Who: No. 3 seed Emmaus (13-7) vs No. 2 seed Delaware Valley (16-2)
When: Tuesday 5 p.m., Northampton HS
What’s at stake: Winner advances to the finals on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Lehigh University vs winner No.1 Parkland/No.5 Easton
How they got here: Emmaus defeated Freedom 14-2 in the quarterfinals; Del Val had a first-round bye
Coverage: Twitter (@Emmaussports.com), Facebook (Emmaus lacrosse)
Coaches: Emmaus – Desi Gonzalez (2nd year); Del Val – Jeff Krasulski (11th year)
Emmaus – Key players: Emmaus Jr. Michael Leschinsky (42 goals/1st Team EPC), Sr. Bailey O’Connor (33 goals/1st Team EPC), Sr. LSM Devon Boyko (1st Team EPC), Sr. Evan Bhagat (31 goals/2nd Team EPC), Sr. Sam Conway (27 goals), Soph. GK Ben Franco, Soph. Zach Whalen (14 goals), Jr. Grant Hawkins, Sr. Def. Ryan Thomas
Del Val – Jr. attack Shane Roche, Jr. attack Jackson Melnick, Jr. attack Josh Balcarcal, GK Henry Hamill, Sr. LSM Nash Hamill, Jr. def. Seth Croll
About Del Val – Play in the Wyoming Valley Conference….Warriors are very young team …Roche and Melnick, both juniors, scored their 100th career goals earlier this season …. Del Val is in districts for the third straight year. A year ago, the Warriors defeated Freedom 14-4 before falling to Parkland 16-2 in the semis….In 2017, Emmaus defeated Del Val in the semifinals 10-4
Coach Gonzalez: “They have a couple of good offensive guns that we need to look out for. They have a really good record and we’ve been able to see them play once or twice. We’re looking forward to the new challenge and hopefully, we put our best foot forward.”