Published October 24. 2024 10:09AM
The soccer season has come to an end for Salisbury with both the boys and girls teams missing the league and district playoffs.
Over the final week of the season, the Lady Falcons (0-13-1 Colonial, 0-17-2 overall) played two games. The first was a nonleague game at Oley Valley where they fell 6-1 and then they wrapped up the regular season with another nonleague matchup at home as the fell to East Stroudsburg North in a 3-2 contest.
The losses gave Salisbury four losses in a row to end the season after it had gained its second tie of the season against Catasauqua back in early October.
The girls team graduates five seniors, including Ellyana Belletiere Bieber, Scarlet Lang, Izzy Munoz, Gabi Pena, and Ariana Tacuri.
After beating Catasauqua, the boys team lost its final two games of the season as the Falcons fell to Southern Lehigh 5-2 on the road and then were shutout 6-0 by Moravian Academy in the final regular season game at home. The Falcons finished league play with a 1-12 record and went 3-14-0 overall on the season.
This season’s roster had a total of six senior players including William Barndt, Brandon Handwerk, Josh Hudak, Connor Leavy, Jaden Ortega, and Pablo Reyes.
PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZSalisbury goal keeper Julian Makoul and teammates Gerrit Kloosterman (5) and Connor Leavey (15) try to defend a Southern Lehigh shot during last week’s season finale.
PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZWilliam Brandt is one of six seniors on this year’s Salisbury boys soccer team.
PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZSalisbury’s Josh Hudak makes a play on the ball during last week’s game against Southern Lehigh.
PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZSalisbury’s Efstratios Hiotis makes a pass against Southern Lehigh.
PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZSalisbury’s Bradley Lopez tries to keep the ball away from a Southern Lehigh player during last week’s game.
