Who:
What: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
When: Tuesday, May 10, 7 pm., Northampton HS
What’s at stake: A berth in Thursday’s championship vs winner No.2 Easton/No.3 Pleasant Valley
Coverage: Twitter (@Emmaussports.com), Facebook (Emmaus girls lacrosse)
Head-to-Head: Emmaus won 10-4 (May 4)
Coaches – Emmaus – Roxann Betz (6th year), Parkland – Brittany Costigan (1st)
Emmaus – Key players: Emmaus – Sr. attack Julia Cote (64g/30a), junior attack Emily Hollinger (52g/18a), sophomore MF Jordyn Poll (50g/18a),, Sr. MF Mikayla Viola (30g/10a), Sr. Def. Marybeth Smith, Sr. Def. Kam Watkins, Soph. GK Alani Shotwell
Parkland – Soph. MF Gigi Leonzi (64g/23a), Sr. MF Nikki Boyer (46g/8a), Sr. MF Kaz Kennedy (9g/8a), Jr. attack Hannah Carr (19g/4a), Sr. Def. Morgan Napolitano, Jr. Def. Morgan Dobil, Jr. GK Kayla McNevin
NOTES: Rivals Emmaus and Parkland meet for the second time in six days with the Hornets winning 10-4 last Thursday. Senior Julia Cote led the way with five goals and teammate junior Emily Hollinger added four … Emmaus reached the EPC finals last year falling to Easton 10-5 … The Hornets last league title came back in 2011 when they defeated Nazareth under then head coach Allison Moxey. In that same year, Emmaus alson won the District XI championship …The last five EPC champs have been: Easton (2021), none (2020), Parkland (2019), Easton (2018), Parkland (2017) ….Emmaus had six players named to the EPC All-Star squad: Cote (MVP), Mikayla Viola, Marybeth Smith, Kam Watkins (1st Team); Emily Hollinger, Jordyn Poll (2nd Team)