Lakeland grabs win with top-scorer sidelined

By Shane Hennigan, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Sept. 30--SCOTT TWP. -- With its leading scorer sidelined with an injury, Lakeland knew it needed to step up its play Monday afternoon.

Freshman Rhiannon Berghauser answered the challenge with an early goal and the rest of the team put in a solid defensive effort, as the

Lady Chiefs remained unbeaten with a 1-0 victory over Montrose in a Lackawanna League Division III girls soccer match.

"From the beginning, the girls worked," Lakeland coach Paul Sotak said. "The girls just worked hard. I'm just thrilled with their effort. They played unbelievable and they just really gave it their all."

Lakeland (5-0) was without junior midfielder Taylor Flynn, the reigning Division III Player of the Year and an All-Region selection last season. Flynn hurt her ankle in practice on Thursday and was a game-time decision on Monday, but ultimately couldn't go.

The Lady Chiefs, however, were still in attack mode and struck in the eighth minute. Berghauser took a cross from Lindsey Domonoski from 10 yards out and knocked it into the bottom right corner of the net to give her team a one-goal advantage.

"Scoring a goal early, especially without Taylor on the field, was huge," Sotak said. "It definitely gave us some confidence and from there, the defense just stayed strong."

From that point, Lakeland's defense played up and made it difficult for Montrose (3-2) to get good opportunities.

The Lady Meteors got their best look in the 48th minute. Hannah Dieck blasted a free kick from 20 yards out but freshman goalkeeper Emily Sashko made the biggest of her four saves to keep the shutout alive.

In the 54th minute, Maria Good fired a shot that was stopped by Churco. That began a string of five shots in five minutes but Churco turned away all of them.

Lakeland appeared to get an insurance goal in the 68th minute. Churco deflected Jessica Beecroft's shot away but Corah Krantz was there in the middle and knocked into the open net. But Krantz was whistled for offsides and the goal was negated.

Berghauser had another opportunity to score in the 75th minute, as she beat her defender and fired a shot from point-blank range. But Churco again came up with a save, knocking it over the top of the net and out of play.

Churco, an All-Region goalkeeper last season, finished with 10 saves.

"She stepped up," Montrose coach John Cherundolo said. "She keeps us in the game, as seen by (Monday's) performance. Overall, I thought we played pretty decent. They snuck one in early and we couldn't answer."

Montrose scrambled for one last chance with a throw-in as time was winding down. But Lakeland defended it well and kicked the ball out of the zone and preserve the victory.

"We knew this was a big game coming in," defender Cassidy Jenkins said. "We knew Montrose was an excellent team. We know that, this late in the season, pulling off wins is big. This gives us great momentum going forward."

Contact the writer: shennigan@timesshamrock.com

Montrose (3-2) 0 0 -- 0 Lakeland (5-0) 1 0 -- 1

LAK: Rhiannon Berghauser (Lindsey Domanoski). 7:34

Shots-corners: MON 4-1, LAK 11-2.

Saves: Anna Churco (MON) 10, Emily Sashko (LAK) 4.

Dunmore 6, Carbondale 4

At Carbondale, Gillian Coar scored four times to lead Dunmore to victory.

Coar had three of her goals in the first half. Then after Carbondale closed to within 4-3 midway through the second half, she notched her fourth goal to help Dunmore regain control.

Mikenna Walsh's second goal with five minutes left pulled Carbondale back within one. But Summer Czekaj netted her second goal one minute later to seal the win for the Lady Bucks.

Dunmore (2-3) 3 3 -- 6 Carbondale (1-3) 1 3 -- 4

DUN -- Gillian Coar (Kathleen Coar</person>) 3:17

DUN -- G. Coar (K. Coar) 4:20

DUN -- G. Coar (Julia Ortiz) 37:45

CAR -- Madeline Kelly 39:13

DUN -- Summer Czekaj 45:54

CAR -- Alex Artone 49:47

CAR -- Mikenna Walsh 61:00

DUN -- G. Coar (Abby Ptaswski) 72:14

CAR -- Walsh 74:48

DUN -- Czekaj 75:48

Shots-corner kicks: DUN 15-4, CARB 16-6.

Saves: Elizabeth Nolen (DUN) 13; Chelsie Jones (CAR) 11.

Mountain View 6, Holy Cross 0

At Mountain View, Ali Virbitsky scored two goals and Makenna Whitaker had four assists to lead the Lady Eagles.

Holy Cross (1-3) 0 0 -- 0 Mountain View (5-0) 4 2 -- 6

MTV -- Ali Showalter (Makenna Whitaker)

MTV -- Ali Virbitsky (Whitaker)

MTV -- Missy Yarrish (Hannah Richner)

MTV -- Yarrish (Whitaker)

MTV -- Virbitsky (Whitaker)

MTV -- Richner

Shots-corners: HC 3-1, MV 23-3.

Saves: Jade Wechner (HC) 6, Courtney June (HC) 6; Hannah Philips (MV) 3.

Forest City 8, Mid Valley 0

At Mid Valley, Jamie Walsh had a hat trick to lead Forest City.

Forest City (3-2) 5 2 -- 7 Mid Valley (0-3) 0 0 -- 0

FC -- Kaitlyn Zembrzycki 15:45

FC -- Jamie Walsh (Madison McGraw) 17:40

FC -- Abbigale Westgate 23:51

FC -- Walsh 25:25

FC -- Mackenzie Hartman 26:58

FC -- McGraw (Madison Gaspar) 29:38

FC -- Zembrzycki 43:35

FC -- Walsh 73:57

Shots-corners: FC 17-6, MV 1-0.

Saves: Heather Agentovich (FC) 1; Shatavia Small (FC) 9.

Valley View 2, North Pocono 1

At Valley View, Kalie Onukiavage score two goals to lead the Cougars to a Division I-II crossover win.

Toni Rubino scored for North Pocono.

North Pocono (4-4) 0 1 -- 1 Valley View (7-2) 0 2 -- 2

VV -- Kalie Onukiavage (Olivia Bartkowski) 46:28

NP -- Toni Rubino (Jenna Schmidt) 52:55

VV -- Onukiavage (Julia Gillow) 69:01

Shots-corners: NP 5-0, VV 17-8.

Saves: Olga Bilardi (NP) 12; Kelly Richter (VV) 3, Paige Durkin (VV) 1.

Delaware Valley 1, Scranton 0

At Memorial Stadium, Sara Burns scored in the first half to give Delaware Valley a win.

Jasmine Moody had 13 saves for Scranton.

Delaware Valley (4-5) 1 0 -- 1 Scranton (1-8) 0 0 -- 0

DV -- Sara Burns 12:15

Shots-corners: DV 14-0; SCR 5-2.

Saves: Jordan Peters (DV) 1; Jasmine Moody (SCR) 13.

Scranton Prep 8, Western Wayne 2

At Scranton Prep, Josie Prinzo scored two goals and Cara Griffith and Eileen Casey each had a goal and an assist to lead the Classics.

Madeline Johnson scored two goals for Western Wayne.

Western Wayne (3-6) 0 2 -- 2 Scranton Prep (9-0) 4 4 -- 8

SP -- Josie Prinzo (Cara Griffith) 4:36

SP -- Maddie Sunday (Mary Kate Caucci) 6:31

SP -- Eileen Casey (Jillian Paulus) 9:38

SP -- Griffith 31:30

SP -- Lydia Lovecchio (Casey) 52:12

SP -- Maeve Seymour (Jess Genco) 53:05

SP -- Liz Shoemaker 56:43

SP -- Prinzo 61:10

WW -- Madeline Johnson (Chayni Carroll) 64:30

WW -- Johnson 67:11

Shots-corners: WW 5-1, SP 29-7.

Saves: Catherine Tuman (WW) 17; Kate Paterson (SP) 1, Megan Purcell (SP) 2.</p>

Abington Heights 10, Honesdale 1

At Abington Heights, Ally Christman scored three goals and Michaelina Holmes had two goals and an assist to lead the Lady Comets.

Honesdale (3-5-1) 1 0 -- 1 Abington Heights (7-1) 3 7 -- 10

AH -- Ally Christman (Michaelina Holmes) :31

AH -- Holmes 10:49

HON -- Lauren O'Dell (Rylee Pahls) 27:08

AH -- Christman 32:29

AH -- Holmes 40:45

AH -- Christman 42:00

AH -- Kelly Seechock (Emma Henzes) 61:41

AH -- Nora Caputo 62:21

AH -- Allyson Derry 67:23

AH -- Ashley Mulherin 76:53

AH -- Mackenzie Machel 79:33

Shots-corners: HON 5-1, AH 24-10.

Saves: Alison Martin (HON) 5; Johanna Show (AH) 1.

Wallenpaupack 11, W. Scranton 0

At Wallenpaupack, Rachel Spewak had three goals and two assists and Sabrina Boyd and Skylar Wirth each had three goals and an assist to lead the Lady Buckhorns.

West Scranton (0-9) 0 0 -- 0 Wallenpaupack (5-3) 6 5 -- 11

WAL -- Skylar Wirth (Sam Killiany) 10:37

WAL -- Killiany (Rachel Spewak) 16:58

WAL -- Wirth (Olivia Brodhead) 22:15

WAL -- Sabrina Boyd (Spewak) 32:47

WAL -- Spewak (Sabrina Boyd) 35:02

WAL -- Spewak (Wirth) 39:46

WAL -- Molly Jansco 42:03

WAL -- Wirth (Angelina Ioppolo) 47:45

WAL -- Boyd (Jansco) 54:30

WAL -- Spewak 63:27

WAL -- Boyd 65:03

Shots-corners: WS 0-0, WAL 45-13.

Saves: Sophie Evans (WS) 10, Sara McCauley (WS) 8; Holli Saar (WAL) 0.

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