Lanzalotto stands tall, ND punishes Penn Charter
Jackie Lanzalotto wasn’t too busy Friday, but when she needed to be, she came up big for Notre Dame.
Lanzalotto made eight saves in net, posting a firsthalf shutout as Notre Dame topped Penn Charter, 12-4, Friday in an Inter-Ac contests.
Notre Dame led the break and never back.
Makenzie Irvine paced the offense with four goals 5-0 at looked and an assist. Claire Nappi added a hat trick, while Kelly Coyle paired two goals with a helper.
In nonleague action: EPISCOPAL ACADEMY 15, ABINGTON 3 >> Olivia Dirks and Katie Crager tucked away two goals apiece, Dirks adding an assist as the Churchwomen rolled.
Taylor Lucey added three assists, and Rachel Yackel and Devon Whitaker scored twice each for EA. PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 14, RIDLEY 11 >> Emily Johnston scored four goals, and Hannah Crowley added three goals and an assist, but an 8-2 halftime deficit was too much to surmount.
Haley Adam and Sydney Zimmerman tallied twice each for Ridley.
Boys Tennis
High school tournaments aren’t always the most likely places to spot upsets on the tennis court. Apparently no one told Cahlin Pragada and Carson Lortz that on Friday.
The eighth-seeded duo from Conestoga tipped top seed Max Safanov and Robert Frigerio of Radnor in a classic quarterfinal at the Central League doubles tournament.
Pragada and Lortz prevailed in a three-set thriller, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6) to book passage to the semis, which will be played Saturday at the Healthplex along with the finals.
The only Delco representative among the semifinalists is third-seeded Xandy Hammitt and Clay Gaieski of Strath Haven, who comfortably made the semis to await Pragada and Lortz. After a first-round bye, Hammitt and Gaieski handled Conestoga’s Matt Walton and Kai CzurbrytOgino, 6-1, 6-2, in the second round before sweeping Radnor’s Alex Weiss and Jonathan Davis, 6-0, 6-2, in the quarters.
Also in the semifinals is second seed Sesan Adebamgbe and Jared Robinson of Lower Merion and Harriton’s Isaac Goldenberg and Samarth Gowda. Goldenberg and Gowda prevailed in the quarters at the expense of Strath Haven’s Phinneas L’Armand and George Steinke, 6-2, 6-4.