Matchup: No. 7 seed Freedom (11-5-1 EPC/12-5-1) vs No. 2 seed Emmaus (15-1/16-2)
When/Where: Tuesday 5 p.m. @ Memorial Field
Coaches: Freedom – Tony Billone (2nd season); Emmaus – Chris Hain (2nd season)
Probable starters – Emmaus: Jr. F Lizzy Bender (20g/32a), Jr. F Hannah Berk (8g/6a), Jr. F Giuliana Meyer (16g/9a), Jr. MF Sofia Isaksson (5g/3a), Jr. MF Sophia Shutkufski (5g), Soph. MF Ella Scharper (12g/11a), Sr. Def. Emma Paradise, Jr. Def. Ella Daly, Soph. Def. Stella Pietrulewicz, Sr. Def. Kyana Deabreu, Sr. GK Sadie Wallace (11 shutouts)
Freedom key players – Fr. Vivian Botros (10g/4a), Jr. Avery Billone (9/9), Jr. Madison Antonis (7/2), Sr. Def. Danni Herman
CORNER KICKS – The Hornets are coming off one of their best regular-seasons in recent history and enter the post-season with a lot of momentum following an emotional 2-1 double overtime win over rival Parkland last week … Emmaus and Freedom are meeting for the second time this season with the Hornets winning the first matchup 5-0 on September 18 … Bender and Paradise were both recently named 1st Team EPC All-Stars, while Wallace was named to the 2nd Team and Dally to the 3rd Team … Emmaus has won its first-round game the past four seasons and reached the finals in 2022 falling to rival Parkland 1-0 in OT.
EPC Tournament (Tuesday, October 14)
#8 Northampton @ #1 Nazareth
#7 Freedom @ #2 Emmaus
#6 Whitehall @ #3 Parkland
#5 Easton @ #4 CCHS
Semis – Thursday, October 16
Finals – Saturday, October 18