Girls soccer

Megan Woodward

Gerstell 5, Catholic 0: Junior Emily Messinese praised the “wall” that was the Falcons’ defense as she exited the field with her teammates.

Messinese netted a hat trick, and two of those goals came 50 seconds apart to help the Falcons shut out Catholic 5-0 at Gerstell on Tuesday. Teammates Kennedy Major and Haley Polk each added a goal and an assist for the Falcons (3-2).

“We did a very good job of keeping our space, so spreading out when we passed it back to our goalie and we dropped it back to the defense so we could get the passes wide and up the sideline,” Messiness said. “We also did a very good job of pushing up with our offense so we made sure we had people in the middle if they needed help to pass back.”

The Falcons, decked out in pink jerseys in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, controlled possession of the game early against Catholic. Messinese kept her patience as she sent a shot toward the goal that curved off her right foot and through the top right corner of the net to give the Falcons a 1-0 lead with 25 minutes, 50 seconds left in the first half.

Messinese scored on a low shot about 50 seconds later to put the host team up 2-0 — 3 minutes, 14 seconds after that, Major took a point blank shot that connected with the back of the goal and Gerstell led 3-0 with 20 minutes still to play.

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Mount de Sales 3, John Carroll 1: Grace Gower had two goals and an assist to lead the host Sailors (9-1, 5-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) over the Patriots (5-5, 1-3).

Field hockey

No. 2 Archbishop Spalding 2, No. 6 Notre Dame Prep 0: Becca Lawn and Jules Ramey each scored as the visitiing Cavaliers (13-2-1, 4-1 IAAM A Conference) shut out the Blazers (5-6-2, 2-3-1).

Severn 7, Annapolis Area Christian 1: Jenna Kantowski scored twice to lead the host Admirals (8-3) over the Eagles (6-4-1). Six players scored for Severn.