The Cardinals put on a long range shooting clinic, knocking down 14 shots from beyond the arc in blitzing the Lady Warriors 65-30 in the regular season finally for both teams.

The Lady Warriors (14-5), which have dropped two straight and three of four on the heels of a 12-game winning streak, were led by Sophomore Mairi Smith finished with 9 points and Junior Nicole Timko added 8. Trailing 32-20 at the break, the Warriors were unable to make a comeback as UD posted a 33-10 edge in the second half.

All three of the Lady Warriors losses coming down the home stretch have been to Suburban One League teams - CB East, Abington and Upper Dublin. Ironically, the Lady Warriors are slated to open the District 1-6A playoffs as the No. 9 seed on the road against No. 8 Abington Wednesday, looking to avenge a 75-66 setback on 3/2/21.  The game will be Wednesday 3/10 at 7pm at Abington.

Methacton (30) – Kropp 2 4-6 8, Connolly 0 0-0 0, Martino 0 0-0 0, Kaufman 0 0-0 0, Timko 2 3-4 8, Bockrath 1 0-0 3, Smith 3 3-3 9, Hazlett 1 0-0 2, Totals 9 10-13 30.

Upper Dublin (65) – Brenner 1 0-0 2, Bilger 1 0-0 2, Polin 7 3-3 22, Sarnoski 4 2-2 13, Ngo 3 0-0 7, Eskew 2 0-0 6, Elliott 1 2-2 4, Balasa 3 0-0 9, Totals 22 7-7 65.

Methacton        10  10    4    6 - 30

Upper Dublin    16  16  20  13 - 65

3-point goals: Methacton (2) – Timko, Bockrath. Upper Dublin (14) – Polin 5, Samoski 3, Balasa 3, Eskew 2, Ngo

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