Huffer scores 100th goal; Hornets advance
The Emmaus field hockey team finished the regular season with a win last week and opened the postseason with a victory on Saturday as the Hornets head into this week’s East Penn Conference semifinals with an unblemished record.
In a regular season finale between two teams that had not lost in EPC play all season, Emmaus came from behind to beat Parkland 3-1 last week.
The Trojans’ Kamryn Karrat put her team on the board with a first quarter goal before Gracie Huffer and Ella Horner scored goals to give the Hornets a 2-1 lead in a high-scoring opening quarter.
Marissa Gigliotti added the insurance goal in the second quarter.
The Hornets outshot Parkland 14-7 and had nine corners to the Trojans’ six.
Emily Romano made seven saves as the EHS goalie, while Audrina Stewart made nine stops for the Trojans.
The win capped a 13-0 EPC regular season for Emmaus and dropped Parkland to 12-1 in league play. The Hornets headed into the league quarterfinal round Saturday at 18-0 overall, while Parkland was 14-3-1 before Saturday’s playoff opener.
The Hornets rolled to a 13-0 win over Pocono Mountain East Saturday to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals.
Gigliotti scored five goals in the win, while Horner added four goals.
Huffer had a three goals and three assists in the win, with her second goal in the game marking the 100th goal of her high school career. Elena Rosati had one goal against the Cardinals.
Sadie Nawarynski assisted on four goals in against PME, while Madison Lenig assisted on three. Avery Aquino and Avery Rudoi had one assist each.
Emmaus advanced to face Stroudsburg in Tuesday’s semifinals. Stroudsburg is seeded fifth in the eight-team bracket. The Mountaineers beat Nazareth 3-2 in overtime Saturday.
On the other side of the bracket, No. 2 seed Parkland beat Liberty 4-2 and took on No. 3 Easton Tuesday. The Rovers beat Northampton 4-1 Saturday.
The league title game is slated for Thursday. A site and time was yet to be announced.








