Emmaus 8, Easton 7 (Girls)
At Easton, senior Rylie Poll scored the game-winning goal with three seconds left in regulation as the Hornets won an early-season showdown over the Red Rovers.
Poll had a big day in leading Emmaus scoring a game-high four goals, to go along with six draw controls and five ground balls.
Senior Sarah Gross added a pair of goals in the win, while classmate Taylor Younker and sophomore Avery Aquino each added a goal and an assist for the Hornets who improved to 2-0. In goal, junior Kate Rainford was credited with five stops.
Easton was led by junior Rowan Krieger who had a hat trick. Freshman Anabelle Ialeggio added two goals for the Red Rovers who dropped their second straight game in falling to 2-2 (2-1 EPC).
The Hornets will be back in action at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday as they host Northampton.
Em – 3-0-4-1 – 8
Ea – 2-3-2-0 – 7
Scoring:
Em – Rylie Poll 4g, Sarah Gross 2g, Taylor Younker 1g/1a, Avery Aquino 1g/1a, Kate Rainford 5 saves
Ea – Rowan Krieger 3g, Anabelle Ialeggio 2g/1a, Ashley Yih 1g, Adi McLean 1g, Lily Nash 1a, Madison Yih 5 saves
Easton 10, Emmaus 7 (Boys)
At Memorial Field, Emmaus gave Easton, the three-time defending EPC champs, all they could handle in a early-season matchup between 2-0 teams.
The Hornets got off to a quick start outscoring the Red Rovers 3-1 and even heading into the half, despite being outscored by that same 3-1 margin, Emmaus was still all even at four, but Easton took over halftime as they used a 5-0 third quarter to pull away for the win.
Junior Evan Placotoris had a game-high four goals to lead the Red Rovers, who remained unbeaten in both the league and overall (3-0).
Another junior, Peter Assise added a hat trick while classmate Sean McPeek added a pair of goals.
Emmaus (2-1/2-2) was led by sophomores Alex Younker and Sam Pechulis along with junior Athony Attar who all scored two goals.
Senior Colin Garrett dominated at the faceoff X winning 14 of 18.
The Hornets will return to action on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. as they travel to Northampton.
Ea – 1-3-5-1 – 10
Em – 3-1-0-3 – 7
Scoring
Ea – Evan Placotoris 4g, Peter Asisse 3g, Sean McPeek 2g, Oran Prentice 1g
Em – Alex Younker 2g, Anthony Attar 2g/1a, Sam Pechulis 2g/1a, Eli Burrell 1g, Colin Garrett 2a, Dylan Maloney 1a, Liam Lewis 12 saves