The Lady Warriors and Rams played a tight evenly contested game for 36 minutes as the Lady Warriors knocked off Springford 42-39 in overtime.  Sophomore Nicole Timko finished with 13  points, including a clutch three-pointer with 2:40 left in overtime to give the Warriors a 40-38 lead they’d never relinquish in their Liberty win over the two-time defending PAC champion Rams.

Freshmaan Cassidy Kropp added 10 points, Senior Sydney Tornetta chipped in with 8 including the game tying basket with 16.7 seconds left in regulation and Senior Caroline Pellicano hauled in 11 rebounds and made the defensive play of the game – blocking Lucy Olsen’s attempt from beyond the arc with 20 seconds left and Spring-Ford trailing 40-38.

The victory was the first since the 2016-17 season for the Lady Warriors, ending a seven-game losing streak against their archrivals.  The team is now 13-2 overall and 8-2 in the PAC.

Spring-Ford (39) – Engle 0 0-0 0, Boyer 2 0-0 6, Olsen 5 6-6 19, Yuan 2 3-4 7, Alessandroni 1 0-0 2, Maloney 0 1-2 1, Sullivan 1 1-2 3, Hudak 0 1-2 1, Scogna 0 0-0 0, totals 11 12-16 39.

Methacton (42) – Kropp 4 0-0 10, Tornetta 3 2-6 8, Pellicano 2 1-2 5, Hargrove 1 2-2 4, Timko 5 0-1 13, Bockrath 1 0-0 2, Hazlett 0 0-0 0, Totals 16 5-11 42.

Spring-Ford          8   12    4  12   3 – 39

Methacton           13    8    9    6   5 – 42

3-point goals: Olsen 3, Boyer 2, Timko 3, Kropp 2

Game Article

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