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K-Kid field hockey falls to Parkland

Parkland scored the first goal of their EPC quarterfinal contest just 49 seconds into the game when Rosella Birns drove home a shot off a corner that beat the Northampton keeper inside the near post. The Trojans never looked back as they tallied twice more in the first period on the way to a 5-2 win over the Konkrete Kids last Saturday.

For Northampton, there was a sense of déjà vu after having surrendered a first minute goal to Whitehall in their regular-season finale. The K-Kids were able to rally to win that battle in overtime, but there was no threat of comeback against the Trojans.

Olivia Esteban scored the prettiest goal of the match as she knocked a ball out of the air and into the Northampton cage at the 3:28 mark to put Parkland up 2-0.

Anna Sensinger scored what proved to be the winning goal with 26 seconds left in the first period when she helped the Trojans convert on their third corner of the quarter.

A scoreless second period sent the teams into the halftime break with Parkland holding a 3-0 lead.

Jenna Mayer scored a shorthanded goal at the 8:23 mark of the third period and notched her second 61 seconds later, assisted by Sensinger.

The K-Kids broke up the shutout with a pair of goals in the final period. Mackenzie Connell scored with 7:23 left in the game and Julia Behnke got her goal four minutes later. Lauren Reznick assisted on both goals.

Both teams will see their next action on Wednesday in the District XI 3A quarterfinals. Parkland got knocked out of the EPC tournament following a 4-0 loss to Emmaus on Tuesday in the semis. The Trojans will host Stroudsburg, who they beat 2-0 on October 2.

Northampton will travel to Easton unless the Rovers upset Emmaus for the EPC title tonight. Easton won the regular season matchup 3-0 on the day after Labor Day.

Press photo by Don HerbNorthampton’s Kacee Medei and the rest of the field hockey team had a tough task against Parkland in the EPC playoffs.