Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
D- West, U’ville reach D1 tennis semis
Downingtown West defeated Central Bucks East, 4- 1, in the District 1 Class 3A girls tennis team quarterfinal Saturday, sweeping the singles matches. At first singles, Sophia Koons defeated Kavena Ponamgi 6- 2, 6- 0; at second singles; Alyssa Dehart defeated Sanjana Samudrala 6- 1, 6-1; and at third singles Siya Sehgal defeated Elizabeth Wilson 6-1, 7- 5. In first doubles, the Whippet duo of Kaitlyn Pacheco and Payton Beaver defeated Ariel Chen and Samantha Saks 6- 4, 6- 2. The Whippets will play at second seeded Wissahickon on Monday.
Spring- Ford 3, West Chester Henderson 2 >> West Chester
Henderson lost to Spring- Ford Saturday. For the Warriors, Sophia Ming defeated Isabel Mejia at second singles, 6- 4, 1- 6, 10- 8, and at first doubles Nancy McSwain and Anna Dinacci defeated Lucy Olsen and Emily Tiffan 6- 2, 4- 6, 6- 4. Spring- Fordwill face top- seeded Unionville Monday.
Boys Soccer
UNIONVILLE 6, OXFORD 1 » Parker Wyatt and Kyle Ketterer each scored two goals for Unionville, and Anthony Zucchero dished out two assists in the win Saturday. Fisher Berkowich tallied an unassisted goal for Oxford. WEST CHESTER EAST 2, COATESVILLE 1 » The Vikings ( 4- 0) earned an overtime victory Saturday against Coatesville ( 0- 3). Ryan Cogill scored on a penalty kick to give East a 1- 0 lead, Adam Bradley tied the game up for Coatesville, then East scored with three minutes to go in the first overtime on an own goal. Julio Romero~ Montes had seven saves for Coatesville, while John Regester had four for East. GREAT VALLEY 4, SUN VALLEY 0 » Great Valley opened the scoring mid- way through the first half when Gavin Palmer converted a Matthew Wellener corner kick. Wellener made it 2- 0 midway through the second half; Sean Lock headed a Wellener corner for the third goal; and Rikin Rakesh hit a shot from the top of the 18 for the final score. Quintin Wrabley earned the shutout in goal.
Girls’ Soccer
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 4, BISHOPSHANAHAN1 »
The Cougars got two goals from Karly Murless in this Friday victory. East opened the scoring with a goal by Murless off an assist by team captain Taylor Weist 18 minutes into the match. After Shanahan tied the score five minutes before halftime, Molly Walsh scored with less than two minutes to go before halftime to put East ahead for good. In the second half, Murless scored her second goal off an assist by Bridget Riley. With 15 minutes left, Eileen Hewitt scored off an assist from Olivia Binns.
Field Hockey
OXFORD 2, UNIONVILLE 1 » For the Hornets, goalie Kirsten Brennan posted 18 saves in the Saturday victory. Oxford scored first in the second quarter with a corner goal from Abby Johnson. Unionville tied the score 30 seconds lefore halftime, and freshman Reese Dolinger put the Hornets ahead in the third period with a reverse stick shot. Kennett 2, West Chester Rustin 0 >> Megan Ward ( unassisted) and Lucy Myers ( asisted by Bridget Wells) scored goals for the Blue Demons, while Kennett goalie Maddi Sears recorded three saves in the victory Friday. WESTCHESTER EAST 1, COATESVILLE 1 » In this overtime matchup Friday, Audrey Argonish scored the Vikings’ goal, assisted by Anna Capelli. Coatesville scored on a corner with no time left to send the game into overtime.
CONESTOGA8, STRATHHAVEN0 » In the Pioneers’ season opener Saturdaymorning, Caroline Wisch, Carly Hynd, and Kate Galica each scored twice. Wisch opened up the scoring inthe secondhalf by netting her two goals in the first five minutes. Sofia Ries and Lily Jamison would also tally en route to the Conestoga win. Sarah Krapels recorded her first career point with an assist and freshman goalie Alex Lepore recorded her first start, win, and shutout in the effort.
Girls Volleyball
DOWNINGTOWN WEST3, AVONGROVE 0 » The Whippets posted scores of 25- 14, 25- 10,25- 17 for the victory Friday. Standouts for West included Jenna Schuda ( six aces, five kills, 10 assists, six digs), Maddie Weller ( seven kills, two aces, seven digs), Grace Poluch ( four kills, two blocks), Lea Filidore ( 13 digs), Lilly Kendall (12 assists) and Maureen Hammond( three kills, two aces ).
DOWNINGTOWN EAST 3, COATESVILLE 0 » The Cougars won on Senior Night Friday, led by Lizzie Carr ( 12 kills and four aces). Evie Vigilio ( six kills and 10 digs), MG Kerns ( six kills, 13 digs, two aces), Elliet Manning ( 31 assists) and Alexa Mork ( five kills and 10 digs). UNIONVILLE3, OXFORD0 » Unionville posted scores of 25- 12, 25- 17, and 2518 in its victory Friday. The winning team was led by Sophie Brenner with nine kills, Genna Weeber with six kills, and Rae Ann Dowling with 22 assists and four aces. The Hornets were led by junior Emily Griffin ( five digs, three kills), senior Madeline Stancil ( two aces) and junior Maura Hill ( six assists, two blocks).