The Saucon Valley varsity girls soccer team extended their already-impressive Colonial League record to 9-0 when they hosted the Salisbury Falcons Monday.
Saucon scored the first goal seven minutes into the game, when senior Allison Martins threaded a pass to a cutting Sophia Riehl (sophomore), who fired a laser into the goal.
With a little over 16 minutes left in the first half, the Panthers added to their lead.
Senior Kiele Riefenstahl crossed the ball into the box and Sophia Riehl finished with a header to the back of the net.
In second half action, Kiele Riefenstahl fought hard to win possession in traffic. She wheeled and passed to junior Caroline Gilbert, who buried the ball into the Salisbury goal. With 32:03 remaining Saucon was in control, 3-0.
Salisbury did get on the scoreboard with 4:06 left to play, but it was too little, too late. With the loss, Salisbury slipped to a 6-2-1 record.
UP NEXT: The Panthers will travel to Pen Argyl Wednesday for a 4 p.m. kickoff with the Green Knights.
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About This Series: Andrew & Sonya Hughes of Hellertown are sponsoring girls soccer coverage on Saucon Source to help recognize the achievements of female high school athletes here in Saucon Valley, and in tribute to their own daughters, who were both stand-out student athletes at their high school, where they played softball, soccer, basketball and field hockey. Between the two of them they earned 14 varsity letters in high school. “Female athletics was a big part of our family life for many years, but that journey ended at the high school level six years ago,” Andrew Hughes says. “Through those amazing experiences we also noticed that females don’t seem to have the same level of exposure and support as their male counterparts. So we are very sensitive to situations where we perceive an imbalance of exposure of female student athlete participation in competitive high school sports. We also like to encourage greater involvement of young people in athletics. We would like to help the girls gain more exposure at your news source by adopting some girls high school teams.” Saucon Source thanks Andrew & Sonya Hughes for their thoughtful and generous support of our local sports coverage.
