Spring-Ford downs Boyertown to stay unbeaten in PAC

It’s still early, but Spring-Ford is off to one of its best starts in recent memory.

The Rams stayed undefeated in Pioneer Athletic Conference play, their latest result a 3-0 win over Boyertown on Wednesday afternoon.

The win improves Spring-Ford to 4-0 in conference play (4-3 overall). But hey, who’s counting?

“This is definitely one of the best starts I’ve been a part of here,” said SpringFord forward Lexie Nugent, “but that’s nothing for us to celebrate yet. We’ve got to play the entire season this way.”

“We’re taking it one game at a time,” said Rams’ head coach Jennie Anderson. “Obviously we’re excited about the way the season has started, but we’ve got a long way to go from here.”

The Rams’ unscathed start in the league marks the team’s best since the 2012 season when SpringFord finished 13-0 in conference play and eventually went on to win the PAC title with a 3-1 win over Upper Perkiomen.

That year, Nugent — one of the current team’s three seniors — was only in eighth grade.

“There’s something about this team ... there’s so much energy,” she said. “A lot of players are stepping up and stepping into their roles.”

Nugent scored the game’s opening goal, knocking in a corner try fresh off the stick of MaryPat McKenna. McKenna added a goal fiveminutes into the second half off a rebound from Katelyn Crist’s shot.

Crist then iced the game, scoring off a feed fromErin Wilson with a shade under nine minutes left in regulation to give Spring-Ford its final goal. On the play, Erin Wilson dribbled the ball on her stick, fought through two defenders then laid a sharp pass to Crist.