Little resistance for Concordia in victory
For the second straight year, Concordia opened play in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference against Saint Vincent Pallotti.
But unlike last year, when host Pallotti lost in overtime, this year’s Concordia squad led from start to finish for a 6-1 triumph in Towson.
The host Saints got three goals and an assist from freshman Phoebe Bannon and three assists from sophomore Bevin Russ.
Sophomore Emily Chamish added a goal and assist, and sophomores Juliana Carriera and Faith Vernarelli also scored for the winners.
Tahlia Brown-Stangherlin’s unassisted tally in the second half was the lone goal for the Panthers.
The win came two days after the Saints lost 2-1 in overtime to IAAM B Conference foe Bryn Mawr.
Bannon’s goal in the first half was the first of her varsity career, but she preferred her assist.
“My assist was better than the goals,” Bannon said.
Apparently, Russ likes to feed her teammates as well as all three of her assists came in the first 10 minutes of the second half, two on crosses to Bannon and one that Vernarelli deposited.
“I like it better then goals. I’d much rather assist than score,” said Russ, who had added motivation. “We wanted to win the first game of the conference and we were at home, so we wanted to win.”
Concordia coach Megan Christian, who lost only two seniors from last season and has just three seniors on this year’s roster, likes the way her younger players have jelled under the leadership of senior captains Sam and Tori Lassahn.
“Internally, I don’t have to do much motivating,” said Christian, whose Saints went 10-0 during the regular season last year but lost to Annapolis Area Christian school in the playoff semifinals.
“Our captains, twin sisters Sam and Tori Lassahn, are fantastic.”
Precision passing and strong finishing ability were the keys against Pallotti.
“The big thing is we connected, we talked today [and] we did a really good job with our passing,” Christian said.
Good Counsel 3, No. 12 Notre Dame Prep 0: The Falcons (1-1) bounced back from Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to No. 1 McDonogh by shutting out the host Blazers (1-2).
Roland Park 2, Glenelg Country 0: The host Reds (1-0) got two second-half goals from Amani Green (66th minute) and Becky Mulcahy (74th minute) to shut out the Dragons (0-1).
Field hockey
Severn 9, Key School 0: Arielle HIllock made four saves to lead the visiting Admirals (1-0) past the Obezags (0-1). Two-goal scorers for Severn included Ally Dixon, Jenna Kantowski and Regan King.
The Admirals led 5-0 at the half.
Girls volleyball
No. 4 Mount de Sales 3, John Carroll 0: Mary Grace Goyena had14 kills, Chidinma Onukwugha had six aces and Grace Wallace had 14 assists to lead the host Sailors (1—0, 1-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) past the Patriots (0-2, 0-2).
Mount de Sales won 25-12, 25-17, 25-11.
Archbishop Spalding 3, Annapolis Area Christian 0: Terra Dzambo went 21-for-21 serving with five aces and Alison Rib had 21 digs as the host Cavaliers (1-0) beat the Eagles (0-2).
Spalding won 24-16, 25-14, 25-19.
Boys golf
Dulaney149, Towson175: The Lions were led by Ryan Choi who shot a 35, followed by Nick Charlow with a 36 and Jack Felt with a 38. Bobby O’Grady (34), David Durmowicz (35) and Joe DiPino (39) had very strong showings.
The Lions’ next match is Tuesday at Rocky Point against Catonsville and Eastern Tech.