Tigers Playoff Hopes Dimmed by Loss to North Hills
By: Bob Orkwis
The North Hills Indians came to Wexford to face North Allegheny in a game with huge playoff implications for both teams in Section 3A-2. The Tigers (1-5) were just behind the Indians (2-4) in section play, with both teams looking for the win. North Hills jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never trailed, on its way to a 20-9 win at Newman Stadium.
Georgia Krogmann, Kaylee Shindler and Madeleine Korbel paced North Hill to that lead before Reagan Riordan scored off a pass from Sarah Harlan to make it a 3-1 game. Goals by Addison Moriconi and Lauren Patsilevas in the first quarter and Krogmann, and Mallory Lutz in the second quarter put North Hills up 7-1. Sophomore Bella Wittenberg netted her second goal in two games and 4th of the season from Addison Burns for North Allegheny, and when Harlan forced a play in front of the North Hills crease that fell out of a basket and into the net, the score was 7-3.
North Hills had multiple players with multi-goal nights in the win.
Krogmann led the way with five goals, and Lutz also scored five goals for the Indians. Zoe Wyman netted a hat-trick, as did Korbel, while Moriconi finished with a pair.
Riordan finished the night with two goals and an assist, and the senior now leads the Tigers with 39 goals for the year. Harlan added her 29th goal of the season to go along with a pair of
helpers. Gracie Lynch notched a hat-trick for the Tigers, with senior Sara Donaldson scoring her eighth of the year in the loss.
North Allegheny (4-9,1-6) has one section game remaining, Friday night at Fox Chapel. But with the tie breakers going against the Tigers, the six-year playoff streak appears to be over. For North Hills (8-5,3-4), the win clinched a playoff spot in the WPIAL postseason for the Indians.
Gracie Lynch, with three-goals and an assist, was chosen as The Wright Automotive Player of the Game. Lynch has now scored goals in eleven of the thirteen games this year and her season total of 21 is a career high.
The Tigers will host 2A Quaker Valley in a non-section game beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in a contest that will be carried on the North Allegheny Sports Network.
GIRLS LACROSSE SUMMARY VS. NORTH HILLS, 4-27-26
| SCORE BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hills | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| North Allegheny | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
