A streak that span 70 games in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference came to an end on a hot and steamy night at Memorial Field on Wednesday as the Emmaus girls’ soccer team registered one of its biggest wins in recent history as they knocked off rival Parkland 2-1.
Junior defender Grace Eisenhard and senior forward Kellie Reith both scored their first goals of the season in the first half, and those two scores stood up the rest of the way as the Hornets defeated the Trojans for the first time since a 1-0 win back on September 17, 2013.
With the victory, Emmaus improves to 2-0 on the season, while Parkland, which has won the past four EPC championships, drops to 1-1.
Emmaus jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half before Parkland was able to cut the deficit to 2-1 on a goal from senior Louise Gottwald with four minutes left. But that would be as close as the Trojans would get as the Hornets ‘D’ stood tall in the second half.
The Hornets made the most of their opportunities on offense as they scored on two of their three shots on goal. Emmaus also won despite playing without one of its co-captains, senior Maddie Fey, who missed the game with strep throat.
Emmaus will look to carry the momentum from tonight’s game into its first road contest of the season at 3:30 p.m. on Friday as they travel to Nazareth.
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Parkland – 1 – 0 – 1
Emmaus – 2 – 0 – 2
Pa goals – Louise Gottwald (36′ 1st half)
Em goals – Grace Eisenhard (8′ 1st half), Kellie Reith (25′ 1st half)
Em starters – Alexa Ryan GK, Liz Andronis, Lindsay Phillips, Sarah Smith, Lily Schmitt, Gianna Albanese, Grace Eisenhard, Kellie Reith, Maddie McWhinney, Isabella Ingato, Jada Tha
JV score – Emmaus 1-0