Behind a match-low 69 by Ben Wilson, the Pioneer golfers improved to 20-0 with another 5-0 sweep, this one at Fox Chase last Wednesday, Sept. 14.

Jason Long (78), Addison Rosa (80) and Morgan Smith (82) rounded out the counters with Drew Wilson (83) and Kenny Finn (85) challenging.

L-S finished with a 309 total, 40 strokes ahead of Elco, who sits in second place at 15-5.

FIELD HOCKEY

Looking to regroup after a disappointing loss to Warwick, the Lady Pioneers hosted Conestoga Valley Thursday, Sept. 8 and looked to get back on track. Kara Scranton found the back of the net on Lampeter's first trip into the circle just under a minute into the game, but it was not enough. CV tied the game in the second quarter, fell behind 3-2 in the third and dominated the fourth with three unanswered goals and a 5-3 victory.

Marissa Rice scored twice in that third quarter, on a redirect and a determined scramble in front of the goal, to give L-S momentum but a stroke early in the fourth quarter seemed to be the turning point. CV broke the 3-3 tie with a pair of goals scored in less than two minutes.

"We did convert two of our four corners," said head coach Katrina Swarr. "And we played better than we did at Warwick, but we are still lacking offensive finishing."

On Saturday, the girls bounced back with a 2-0 shutout at Cocalico. The visitors racked up 17 corners and 23 shots en route to the win. Ally Raub's first quarter goal gave L-S some early momentum while Tori Heiserman, assisted by Maggie Swarr, made it 2-zip in the second.

Brooke Zuber collected 13 saves and Swarr added one defensive save to preserve the shutout.

Monday, Sept. 12, the Pioneers came home from Neffsville with a rain-shortened loss. After holding the Streaks scoreless in the first quarter, L-S gave up two second quarter scores before the weather determined the early outcome.

"We hit one off the post," said Swarr. "I think we could have come back. We played well."

Down 2-1 at the half last Wednesday, the Pioneers gave up six second half goals en route to an 8-3 loss to Section One favorite Penn Manor. Heiserman, Rice and Horner scored for the hosts.

VOLLEYBALL

The volleyball team competed in the Ephrata Classic on Saturday, September 10 where their day ended with a quarterfinals loss to N. Lebanon. Playing in Pool C, the Pioneers finished 6-2 with wins over Milton Hershey, Lancaster Catholic and Lebanon but fell to undefeated CV (8-0).

Senior Emily Mullin was one of eight players voted to the All-Tournament team.

In league play on Thursday, Sept. 8, L-S suffered a 3-0 loss to Elizabethtown. The undefeated Bears won 25-13, 25-15, 25-16. Mullin dished out 13 assists with sophomore Megan Platt converting for seven kills. Jenna Hoover chipped in with a pair of aces and three blocks and Natalie Holland hustled for nine digs.

Tuesday the girls slipped to 1-2 overall with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-18 loss to Manheim Central. Megan Platt's 8 kill, 13 dig night led the stat leaders. Chloe Nolt put up 8 blocks, Sachi Singh served 4 aces and Mullin dished 15 assists.

In a schedule change coming up, L-S will host Lebanon on Monday, Sept. 26, and travel to Lebanon Tuesday, the 27th.

BOYS' SOCCER

After two solid wins, the boys' soccer team dropped a tightly contested 2-1 outing against Cocalico Saturday, Sept. 10. Ian Meyer's goal just before the half knotted the score while a Cocalico goal midway through the second half proved to be the difference.

Three days later, L-S exploded for a season-high six goals in a shutout win over Cedar Crest. Dan Marcroft's hat trick fueled the attack. Kunj Savani (2 assists), Jack Frego and Peter Fiorello also found the back of the net as L-S improved to 2-0 in Section Two.

FOOTBALL

Carson Coleman ran 138-yards on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns to help lead the Pioneers past Kennard-Dale a lopsided 54-7 Friday, Sept. 9.

L-S raced to a 20-0 first quarter lead and never looked back. Coleman opened the scoring with a 12-yard TD and Hunter Hildenbrand (5 receptions for 63 yards) followed, catching a 3-yard strike from Trent Wagner (9-16 for 98 yards), and then snagging a 47-yard interception.

The Rams interrupted Lampeter's momentum with a second quarter touchdown but L-S regrouped and scored five straight to quickly pull away. Coleman led the balanced attack with his second score of the day, a nine-yard carry to paydirt. Drexton Frank's 18-yard TD catch from Wagner opened the second half scoring. Jonathan Mellinger (77 yards on 14 carries) added a nine-yard TD run later in the third while Louis Malatesta (17-yard scamper) and Caileb Howse (14-yard run) both reached the end zone in the fourth quarter.

L-S finished with 371 total yards and held the Rams to 84, with 48 of those coming through the air.

Peter Fiorello booted six successful PATs, Jackson Heeter led the way with 11 total tackles and Luke Hines followed with six, including three for a loss. Heeter, Hines and Ezechiel Lukusa each recorded one sack.

TENNIS

After racking up six straight wins, the Pioneer girls' tennis team suffered its first loss of the season. The 6-1 loss to visiting Manheim Central Thursday, Sept. 8 halted a string of three straight shutouts.

"We knew they were going to be a handful," said head coach Mark Trach. "We just came up flat in the doubles and you can't win a match dropping all three doubles."

Kylie Gerhardt, playing No. 1, was Lampeter's only point-getter. She defeated Samantha Williams 6-3, 6-2. She teamed with Katie Finn in No. 1 doubles as well, but they lost 8-2. Rowan Kimmel and Laura Leaman along with Eve Miller and Jess Salgado also lost 8-2.

The Pioneers put up competitive numbers in singles but just fell short. Kimmel lost 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2, Leaman fell short 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 and Finn dropped a 6-4, 6-1 No. 4 set.

Last Tuesday the team suffered a 5-0 defeat at Manheim Township, dropping their record to 6-2 overall.

GIRLS' SOCCER

On the pitch last Tuesday, the girls' soccer team fell to 0-3 with a 4-0 shutout loss at Section Two favorite Solanco, who improved to 6-0 overall.

CROSS COUNTRY

At Manheim Central last Tuesday, Sept. 13, the boys' team secured the first five places and the girls the top four as they ran away from the Barons.

Luke Smith, Parker Stoner, Ben Devine, Colin Whitaker, and Andrew Cramer made it a clean sweep for the boys in a 15-45 final. Owen Witmer (8th), Michel Colosi (10th), Jacob McCLune (11th) and William Johnston-McCormack (12th) added top 15 finishes as L-S improves to 3-0.

Merin Kauffman, Keira Smecker, Morgan Wright and Jaclyn Martin placed in front of Manheim's top three runners while Olivia Magagna and Mikayla Coe followed in 8th and 9th place. Jocelyn Wolff (11th), Abby Welchans (12th) and Jenna Guyer (15th) rounded out the top 15. L-S currently sits at 2-1.