North Allegheny Falls to Quaker Valley in Non-Section Clash
By: Bob Orkwis
Quaker Valley paid a visit to Wexford to take on North Allegheny in a 2A vs. 3A non-section matchup at Newman Stadium. The Quakers jumped out to an early lead and coasted to a 20-9 victory.
Grace Keisel, Tess Krotine, Liz York, and Anna Campbell staked the Quakers to a 4-0 lead. Gracie Lynch and Reagan Riordan scored back-to-back goals to bring the Tigers within two. Keisel and Lucy Roig scored before Riordan netted her second goal to make the score 6-3 after the first quarter.
Katharine Miller got into the act for the Quakers with a pair of goals, and when Keisel scored her hat-trick goal, Quaker Valley led 9-3. Lynch scored her second and 23rd goal of the season, and Sarah Harlan scored two goals in a row to bring North Allegheny to within 9-6.
Miller added three more tallies, Campbell and Roig got their second goals of the night. Alexa Westwood, who also had seven assists, found the net, as did Mia Floro, for a 16-6 Quaker Valley lead.
Miller finished with six goals, Floro netted her second and Meredith Fallgren added two scores for Quaker Valley.
Riordan scored two more goals for North Allegheny for a four-goal night, bringing her team-leading total to 43 goals.
The highlight of the night for North Allegheny came in the third quarter. Junior defender Emery Anderson picked up a ground ball near midfield and raced toward the Quaker Valley goal. She used her speed to beat a Quaker defender and fired a shot into the net for her first goal of the season, and her first-ever varsity tally. That play was good enough to earn Anderson the Wright Automotive Player of the Game.
North Allegheny (4-10,1-6) travels to Fox Chapel on Friday night for its final Section 3A-2 contest of the season.
GIRLS LACROSSE SUMMARY VS. QUAKER VALLEY, 4-29-26
| SCORE BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker Valley | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| North Allegheny | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
