The Falcons hosted Upper Dublin under dark, threatening skies that seemed to cast an aura of mystery across the field. The mystery did not end there. Despite having faced the Cardinals just last season (PHS won 2-1 in OT), Pennsbury knew little about this team and planned to just play the game the way they know how. The turf was wet causing the ball to respond a bit different than usual, but the Falcons adjusted to that and quickly took control of possession in the first quarter. "Our passing was strong as we connected and shared the ball all over the field, but we were getting pulled out of position for some reason and it held us back from succeeding a little," explained head coach, Traci Curtis. It took the orange and black four minutes to find their way onto the scoreboard with a feed into the circle from Abby Iacona and a great clean up off pads, by Ryan Burdette making it a 1-0 game early on. The rest of the quarter was back and forth with neither team cashing in on opportunities in the circle. "It was a frustrating start as we did not capitalize on our possessions and were missing the fire that we typically have," shared Curtis. It was still a 1-0 game at the start of the second quarter, but that did not last long as PHS found their groove and connected on goal number two 5 minutes after the starting whistle. "After a beautiful, patient passing combo, Regan Rodriguez placed a perfect cross pass to Abby Iacona waiting at the stroke. Iacona one timed it past the Cardinal's goalie with precision and strength," said Coach Curtis. The score was 2-0, but you could feel Pennsbury's temperature rising and wanting more. But they didn't get more until there were 0.4 seconds left in the second quarter. Abby Iacona struck again unassisted off the pads, stretching the lead to 3-0 taking them into halftime. And then the rains came like cats and dogs, but it did not slow the Falcons who notched another goal four minutes into the soggy third quarter. "Cailyn Reilly sent a beautifully placed aerial upfield, which started the offensive push in the middle then leading out to Rodriguez who fed it to the post where Allie Fouss was waiting with great positioning and deflected it in. The Falcons led 4-0 with a lot of hockey left to play, but that goal stood alone in the third quarter. And the rains kept falling. The final 15 minutes was rainy off and on, but the orange and black were not finished and continued to work together as a solid unit to possess with patience and make great passing decisions. Halfway through the quarter, sophomore, Lily Fanini assisted Ryan Burdette and the Falcons took a five goal lead. Two minutes later, Pennsbury earned a penalty corner and tallied their sixth goal when Abby Anderer assisted Nandi Ntshalintshali on a really well executed low angle, deflection from the baseline. "Although it was not the corner play we called, it was great to see them get creative and finish strong in the moment," said Curtis. "Upper Dublin had really great hits throughout the entire game - very powerful and when they connected they pressured us pretty well," stated Curtis. "It was another awesome team win with contributions from everyone across the board. Goalies, Abby McCole and Amelia Fernades shared the shut out." Pennsbury will host Quakertown on Saturday morning, Sept. 20th at Falcon Field. This win puts PHS at 7-1 overall.