The Falcons kicked off the week with a trip to Upper Moreland to face the Golden Bears. Just about 48 hours after a tough 1-0 loss on Saturday to Quakertown, PHS was ready to get down to business and get the job done. They dominated possession from the start and set the tone with patient passing and solid connections. Four minutes into the first quarter, Abby Iacona sent a perfect pass to the stroke where Regan Rodriguez was waiting - Rodriguez beat the goalie with a well timed shot before the keeper could get back to center and meet the ball to make it a 1-0 game. "Abby Iacona is a play maker and has so many tools in her pocket. It is fun to watch her do the work to set up goals like the first one today. Her ability to feed and assist contributes greatly to our offense," said coach, Traci Curtis. "Rodriguez navigates the right side with confidence and works so well with Iacona and midfielder, Ava Pinto. That first goal happened using total teamwork and that's what we love to see," explained Curtis. The second quarter was dominated by Pennsbury as they earned a dozen penalty corners so far in the game and had even more shots on goal. Iacona connected to score her first of the game with five minutes left in the second quarter. Cailyn Reilly took a rocket shot on goal off of a corner play and Iacona collected the rebound off pads and put the ball into the corner with a reverse lift. PHS was ahead 2-0 going into the half, but statistically speaking, they weren't finishing nearly enough. Despite the Falcons disallowing UM to cross the 50 yd line offensively, they were still struggling to find the cage until the final three minutes of the third quarter. During penalty corner play, Regan Rodriguez sent the ball across cage where Nandi Ntshalintshali protected the post and poked it past the UM goalie just in time. PHS went up 3-0. "The Upper Moreland goalie is beyond talented. She is agile, quick, smart, and has an eye for the ball. She denied so many scoring opportunities. The only way to get around her was to move the ball at mock speed and use lifts if possible," stated Coach Curtis. "The Golden Bear players packed themselves in the circle so it was very difficult to navigate our scoring opportunities with precision - that is where all the penalty corners came into play because there were so many feet in the way," explained Curtis. Two of the first three goals were off of corner play. "It was frustrating to have 17 corners and almost 30 shots on cage and only have 3 goals, but it was forcing us to get creative, try a ton of different things, and think outside the box," said Curtis. "Fighting through all of the traffic in the circle was helping us to hone our skills, keep the ball on our stick, and take more shots from the outside," added Curtis. Pennsbury didn't wait as long to add to the score in the fourth quarter. Three minutes in, the orange and black earned a penalty corner - it was their 18th. Cailyn Reilly adjusted when the play got derailed and she made a pass down low to Allie Fouss. Fouss sent it to goal and Nandi Ntshalintshali collected the pass, spun, and hit the back corner. That was Ntshalintshali's second goal in a row, stretching the lead to 4-0. Iacona scored her second goal of the game six minutes later on a pass from Rodriguez that she received and put straight to goal and squeaked it through the keeper's attempt at a split save. The Falcons led 5-0 with six minutes left to play. As the final seconds ticked down, the orange and black took advantage of implementing quick decision making on a long hit opportunity. Iacona put the ball on cage from outside the circle and Ryan Burdette was there for the rebound off of the pads. Burdette pulled back and lifted the ball on cage for the sixth goal of the game. The buzzer rang right as the ball crossed the white line. "The final play was a great example of being aware and knowing the clock. Burdette choosing to lift was a response to our needing to be super creative with their stellar goalie. It was a great way to finish and put an exclamation point on the day," said Curtis. Pennsbury will travel again on Thursday for a league match up with Harry S Truman, their second meeting of the season.