Liberty’s time in the EPC tournament only lasted one round, as the Hurricanes were unfortunately dealt with taking on top seed Emmaus in Saturday’s first round of the tournament.

The Hornets (19-0) didn’t have trouble putting the Hurricanes (9-9) away en route to an 11-0 win.

Head coach Jill Dorn was disappointed with how the result unfolded, but also hopes the opportunity to play in a postseason contest before districts can help the team next week when the playoffs officially begin.

“The loss to Emmaus was obviously hard because of the infiltration of corner plays we allowed and their impeccable ability to finish,” said Dorn of Emmaus, “but there was no better team to prepare with as we use this time to continue to train for more season to come. We also were able to get many of our young players in to have post season experience.”

Liberty was the only local team to qualify for the postseason, as Freedom (5-12) and Bethlehem Catholic (4-11) fell short of playoff goals.

With the East Penn Conference championship taking place on Thursday, Liberty will have a week to prep for the postseason.

“Heading into this postseason we will focus on the takeaways from our losses and continue to work on those elements to create our practices accordingly,” said Dorn of the plan in the lead up to districts. “The maturity of each player being able to evaluate where they have come from since the start of the season, and where they are now has been important in our growth. We want to focus on more connective passing strategies, and of course finishing on goal. There have been games we’ve come up short by a goal and need to give ourselves opportunities by netting more with higher expectations as we prepare. We will prepare better cutting opportunities on free hitting situations from our defensive end, and above all, continue to be together as a team and enjoy all the time postseason grants us.”