A battle of two unbeaten Pioneer Athletic Conference girls volleyball teams lived up to its billing Monday.
Boyertown moved alone at the top of the league standings with a 3-1 victory over Methacton, in which all but one set was decided by three or fewer points.
The Bears took the first set 30-28 before the Warriors responded with a 25-22 victory in the second set to tie things up. Boyertown rallied off wins of 25-18 and 25-22 to close out the win
Adrianna Derstine (18 kills, 4 aces, 2 blocks), Emma Ludwig (11 kills, 5 blocks, 11 assists, 4 aces), and Grace Rinehimer (18 assists ,4 kills) helped guide Boyertown to the PAC win.
Melinda Eglinton (8 kills, 5 aces, 6 digs, 1 block), Mandy Baldwin (8 kills, 14 digs), Kayla Ginther (8 kills, 2 aces, 11 digs), Ali Hazlett (8 kills, 1 block), Meghan Haftl (32 assists, 8 digs) and Emma Ginther (7 aces, 10 digs) were statistical standouts for the Warriors.
Perkiomen Valley 3, Owen J. Roberts 0 >> Led by three of their seniors, the Vikings defeated the Wildcats 25-5, 25-21 and 25-9 in straight sets
Jessica Lofton (6 kills, 2 blocks), Allie Haflett (2 aces, 5 kills, 3 blocks) and Abby Souder-(3 aces, 3 digs) were statistical standouts for PV.
Girls Soccer
Owen J. Roberts 2, Spring-Ford 1 >> Avery White found the net with 57 seconds left in regulation to lift the Wildcats to a win over the Rams in a matchup of PAC contenders.
Alexa Vogelman, who scored OJR’s opener in the first half, got under the defense and forced a save from S-F goalkeeper Riley Wallace (8 saves) that was played out for a corner kick. Mo Weaver’s corner kick delivery was headed a few times before falling to White for the decisive shot.
Ally McVey scored in an Emily Higgins cross early in the second half to level it at 1-1 for Spring-Ford.
Sam Hughes made four saves for OJR.
Field hockey
Boyertown 4, Perkiomen Valley 3 >> The Bears improved to 3-1 on the season with Monday’s PAC victory over the Vikings. Boyertown led 3-1 at half time and did not relinquish the lead.
Alyx Morgan scored twice, Katelyn Dulin tallied a goal and an assist, and Lauren Eves chipped in a goal for the Bears. Satarah Yoder saved three shots in front of Nina Caprio, Kelsi McDevitt, Jaz Fink and Mary Catherine Maloney’s tight defense.
Girls tennis
Methacton 7, Pottsgrove 0 >> The Warriors dropped just one game in Monday’s PAC sweep of the Falcons.
Kyla Hutchinson, Paige Lang and Anna Lilliendahl won singles matches with the teams of Caitlyn Carney/Samantha Mohollen, Casey Boyer/Gianna DeFelice and Anna Lilliendahl/Lacey Irvin picking up doubles wins.
Lauren Montgomery won the lone game for the Falcons in the third singles.
Spring-Ford 7, Upper Merion 0 >> The Rams made a clean sweep of Monday’s PAC match with the Vikings.
Spring-Ford won all duels by 6-0, 6-0 scores.