Patriots nab volleyball title

Great Valley clinched its second straight Ches-Mont League American Division volleyball championship Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Sun Valley by scores of 25-10, 25-11, 25-17.

Great Valley clinched its second straight Ches-Mont League American Division volleyball championship Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Sun Valley by scores of 25-10, 25-11, 25-17.

The Patriots finished at 9-4, one game ahead of West Chester Rustin.

Seniors Aimee Christen, Abby Daniels, Julia Stilwell, Haley Murphy, Danielle DiSciullo and Mackenzie Farrelly played well to contribute to the victory.

AVON GROVE 3, WEST CHESTER EAST 0 >> Julia Crabtree had 11 kills and 11 digs as the Red Devils (11-2, 202) won the Ches-Mont National match, 25-10, 25-19. Chloee Kleespies added 14 kills, Liz Hadly had four kills and three blocks. Emily McCann registered 13 assists and Ayanna Turner notched four aces and seven digs.

For the Vikings, Ali Ward had seven kills and five digs and Taylor Crawford dished out 12 assists.

BISHOP SHANAHAN 3, SUN VALLEY 0 >> The Eagles finished the regular season a perfect 13-0 in the ChesMont and 18-0 overall with a 25-11, 25-19, 25-18 Ches-Mont victory. Seniors Alexa Marcum had eight Kills, three aces and 13 digs, Logan Wybranski had seven digs and Jenna Losito recorded 15 digs.

VILLA MARIA 3, MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 2 >> The Hurricanes (13-7) eked out a five-set victory in the AACA final for its fourth straight league cham- pionship. They won, 30-28, 14-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12. Shannon Thomas led Villa with 50 assists, 18 digs and three aces. Erin Zimmerman and Carly Ostrowski had 18 kills each. Molly Dunfee added 28 digs.

DOWNINGTOWN EAST 3, WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 1>> Jasmine Ferrence had 17 kills and 16 digs as the Cougars (11-2, 17-5) captured the Ches-Mont National match, 28-8, 25-17, 17-25, 25-19. 288. Christine Layden added one kill, one dig and five aces, Kelly Cherry two assists, one kill, one ace and 22 digs, Clare Long six kills, 10 digs, five aces and one block and Shannon Frank had nine digs, seven assists and one assist.

For the Warriord, Fiona Pyfer had 18 kills, Allie Tench added 11 kills and 20 digs and Allie Deabreu dished out 34 assists.

OXFORD 3, PENN WOOD 0 >> The Hornets captured the nonleague match, 25-16, 2511, 25-9 as Julianna Huggard had nine kills, Logan Wolfe had four blocks and 16 digs, Nicole Scott had five aces and Maddie Hamilton notched 15 assists.

Field Hockey

WEST CHESTER EAST 2, AVON GROVE 0 >> Kelly Conlon and Maggie Gallagher netted first-half goals as the Vikings (9-4, 11-7) earned the Ches-Mont National victory. Nikki Bentley had six saves for the shutout.

CONESTOGA 5, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 0 >> Meredith Ross scored five times as the Pioneers (17-1) rolled to the nonleague victory.

WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 4, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 0 >> Isabelle Harleins and Lexie Dunleavy had two goals each as the Warriors rolled to the Ches-Mont National win. OCTORARA 3, COATESVILLE 2,OT>> Page Lowery scored twice as the Braves posted the Ches-Mont victory. Lowery scored with 15 seconds left in overtime for the win.

Stephanie Oleykowski and Brooke Cieless tallied for the Red Raiders.

KENNETT 1, GREAT VALLEY 0,

OT >> Taylor Cullen scored the game’s lone goal in overtime to give the Blue Demons the Ches-Mont American win. Claire Borman recorded 18 saves for the shutout.

Kate Rosecky and Nicole Allen had nine shots each. UNIONVILLE 2, DOWNINGTOWN WEST 0 >> Katie Anderson had a goal and an assist as the Indians handed the Whippets their first ChesMont defeat. Maddie McDonough also scored for Unionville. Lizzie Gaebel made six saves, while Carly Hewes, Caroline Fisher, Rebecca Peakes and Kailey Mannello were standouts on defense.

Girls Soccer

OCTORARA 3, COATESVILLE 2>> Astoria Ferrera, Emily Walton and Jessica Brewer scored for the Braves (4-9) in the Ches-Mont finale.

Kallie Bullock and Amaya Douglass tallied for the Red Raiders (1-11-1). WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 1, BISHOP SHANAHAN 0 >> Kendall Ammerman scored in the first half as the Golden Knights (10-3, 11-7) posted the Ches-Mont victory. Nicole Cousens made five saves for Rustin. GREAT VALLEY 3, KENNETT 0>> Emily Unterkoefler, Emma Gray and Kaitlyn Toal scored as the Patriots (7-6) posted the Ches-Mont win. The goals for Unterkoefler and Toal were both their first of the season.

WEST CHESTER EAST 1, AVON

GROVE 0, OT >> Julianna Bell scored with five minutes left in the first overtime to give the Vikings (7-6) the ChesMont National victory.

Madi Geis made nine saves for the Red Devils (58).

Water Polo

MALVERN PREP 13, FRIENDS CENTRAL 0 >> Jack Layden 14 saves Adam Yalonski Jack Barnes three goals each, Stephen O’Meara two goals Nick Calvaresy five steals and one block shot and one goal 14-4 .

College Women’s Soccer

WEST CHESTER 2, LOCK HAVEN 0 >> West Chester (140, 14-0 PSAC) remains undefeated in their 2016 campaign, while Lock Haven drops to (5-9, 4-9 PSAC). Senior Haley Mangiaruga put the Golden Rams ahead late in the first half to capture a 1-0 heading into halftime. Wolfe logged the assist on the play. Senior goalkeeper Alex Srolis made one save, while also recording the shutout. She now has 32 career shutouts, tying the school record held by Lyndsie Bernardini (2009-10).

IMMACULATA 1, GWYNEDD MERCY 0 >> Paulina Rucci scored a second-half goal as the Mighty Macs (6-9, 6-3 CSAC) picked up a crucial 1-0 victory over Gwynedd Mercy (7-5-2, 5-3 CSAC). With a win or tie on Saturday or a loss or tie by Keystone, the Macs will clinch the program’s first playoff berth.

Field Hockey

IMMACULATA 14, NOTRE DAME (MD.) 1 >> Megan Donegan set a school record for most points in a game as Immaculata (6-11, 2-3 CSAC) routed Notre Dame of Maryland (111, 0-5 CSAC). Donegan tied a school mark with five goals and added three assists.

Men’s Soccer

WEST CHESTER 3, LOCK HAVEN 2 >> West Chester registered three unanswered goals in the second half to eclipse a two-goal deficit. Colin Hester setup teammate Tim French, who knocked in what proved to be the game-winner with less than five minutes remaining. West Chester (10-3-2, 7-1-1 PSAC) got on the scoreboard first by junior midfielder Brett Glasco firing a shot into the far corner off of a Miguel Ross penalty kick. Giovanni Mowrey evened the game at two apiece, gathering the rebound and knocking the ball into an empty net. James Wood made three saves in the win.

Athletics

LINCOLN HIRES NEW SID >> The Lincoln University Athletic Department and interim Athletic Director Anthony Pla´ are excited to announce the hiring of Robert “Bob” Heller as the department’s next Sports Information Director.

“We are excited to have Bob on board here in our athletic department,’ said Pla´. “With his experience and knowledge in the field of sports information, he will help promote all of our athletic teams at the local, regional and national level. His knowledge of the media in the local area will help elevate the exposure of our teams. He is a major asset to us and we are happy to have him be a part of our family.”

Heller comes to Lincoln from University of the Sciences where he served as the department’s Director of Athletic Communications and Sports Information Director from 1997 until December of last year.

A graduate of Villanova University, Heller was USciences’ first ever fulltime sports information director and oversaw all aspects of the athletic department’s public relations efforts. He was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in 2005. In addition to his media relations duties, Heller also served as the institution’s men’s and women’s head cross country coach for 18 seasons and as assistant women’s basketball coach for seven.