Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/19/11
Kelly Cross collected five goals and four assists and Brooke Callahan had five goals as visiting Upper Dublin earned a 13-9 victory over North Penn today in a District 1 girls’ second-round game.
The ninth-seeded Cardinals (16-4) advanced to the quarterfinals to meet top-seeded Downingtown East Saturday at West Chester East at noon.
The eighth-seeded Maidens finished at 18-2.
The Cards took a 4-0 lead early on and never trailed. Emily Hitchings had two goals and an assist and and Kaley Weinstein scored once.
“It was the biggest win since I’ve been coaching Upper Dublin,” said fifth-year coach Dee Cross. “As far as I know, Upper Dublin has not gone this far in at least 10 years.
“The effort was unbelievable. The girls just decided today was not going to be their last day. It was a great team effort and a great win.”
Rachel Shaw scored four goals for the Maidens while Macie Houck had three goals and two assists and Brenda McDermott had three goals.
Upper Dublin 13, North Penn 9
North Penn 3 6 – 9
Upper Dublin 6 7 – 13
Upper Dublin
Kelly Cross 5g 4a
Brooke Callahan 5g
Emily Hitchings 2g 1a
Kaley Weinstein 1g
Taylor D’Ginto 1a
Anna Lauer 3 saves
North Penn
Rachel Shaw 4 goals
Macie Hacuk 3 goals 2 assists
Brenda McDermott 3 goals
Garrie Grenfell 1 goal
:Jenna Stover 3 saves
