GV’s Clark finds a silver lining in loss to Shanahan
Doing his due diligence Friday night, Garnet Valley volleyball coach Mark Clark called in to eulogize his team’s 3-0 loss to Bishop Shanahan.
“That’s the No. 1 ranked team in the state,” Clark said after the Downingtown school had posted wins of 25-21, 25-11 and 25-22 on his Jaguars. “They are solid all around. It’s crazy.”
Actually, Clark was reminded, it was a little crazy what his team did last season — winning a state championship match against Parkland after scoring three other victories in its first trip to states. This after Parkland had ousted District 1 champion Bishop Shanahan in the state semifinals.
“That’s right, they were ranked No. 1 for much of the season last year,” Clark said. “Thanks for cheering me up.”
Trying to do that earlier were Garnet Valley’s Erin Patterson (eight kills), Ally Hartney (six kills, seven blocks), Amber Goldberg (22 digs) and Rachel Cain (21 assists). The Jags suffered just their third defeat in 13 overall outings and are 8-0 in Central League play.
In another nonleague match: UPPER DARBY 3, CONWELL-EGAN 0» Mary Kate Gilligan had six kills, two service aces and 10 set assists and sophomore Tara Gilligan added 13 assists and 10 digs as the Royals won by 28-26, 25-20 and 25-21.
Senior Byelle Monroe digs.
In an Inter-Ac match: NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 3, AGNES IRWIN1» Riley Shaak had 17 kills and three blocks at the net as the Irish won by scores of 25-21, 25-19, 2325 and 25-14. Maddie Donaphon posted 16 digs and two service aces and Elise Butler had 16 kills, nine digs and five aces. That enabled the Irish to improve to 13-0 on the season wth a 4-0 league mark.
Girls Soccer
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Alyssa Saito scored two goals, which were more than enough for goalkeeper Kayleigh Saboja (three saves) as Garnet Valley rung up a 6-0 victory over nonleague foe Kennett.
Nicole Barnes, Camryn Faith, Linda Zamrowski and Grace Brennana also scored for the Jaguars. WESTTOWN 7, ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 0 » Sara Oswald paced Westtown with three goals.
In a Central League match: LOWER MERION 4, SPRINGFIELD 0 » Springfield’s Shannon Cutcliff made four saves and teammate Molly Ryan stopped three shots but the Aces were dominant in this one. Maya Masotti, Lily Elman, Aviva Kosto and Ella Braunfeld scored for Lower Merion. Bridget McCann stopped five shots to post a shutout.
Field Hockey
Romea Riccardo scored in overtime as Downingtown West nipped Notre Dame Academy 2-1.
Lauren Curran, off an assist by Meghan Mitchell, scored the lone goal for the Irish (10-1-2). Ciana Riccardo also scored for Downingtown West, which handed Notre Dame its first loss of the season despite 13 saves by Irish goalkeeper Katie Liebeskind.
In other nonleague games: MARPLE NEWTOWN 9, ACADEMY PARK 0 » All Tigers, as they got three goals within six minutes of the first half by Gia DeAngelis. Morgan Battista assisted on two of them.
Also scoring for Marple (3-8) were Sarah Cristello, Piper Martin, Felicia Morrow, Kylie Gioia, Maggie McGrenra and Ava Abatangelo.
HAVERFORD 3, RUSTIN 1 » It was a day for the underclassmen as sophomores Caroline Boormazian and Katie Redding, and junior Arden Guilfoil paced the Fords (12-2, 7-1 Central League. with one goal each.
In the Catholic League: ARCHBISHOP CARROLL 7, LITTLE FLOWER 1 » Alex Almonte scored twice as the Patriots downed LF. Also scoring for Carroll were Keri Daly, Carly Bateman, Kadi Dekovitch and Maeve Riehman. Mary Kate Kearney turned away four Little Flower shots.
Boys Soccer
Romario Sterling and Andrew Nmah each scored second-half goals to enable Penn Wood to earn a 2-2 draw with Oxford. Penn Wood goalkeeper Goodwill Agaabadam posted six saves. CARDINAL O’HARA 8, CHICHESTER 0 » Rylee Nugent and Erica Braunlinger scored two goals each as the Lions beat the Eagles. Julia Mirarchi, Kerry Patterson, Sara Buinno and Maura Hendrixson were the other goal scorers. Chi keeper Kamilah Bradley made 23 saves. PHOENIXVILLE 5, ACADEMY PARK 2 » Lansana Doumbouya and Murphy Harmon each scored a goal but Academy Park dropped a nonleague game to Phoenixville. Knights goalkeeper Amadou Fofana had six saves.
Girls Tennis
Sacred Heart Academy went out in style Friday, shutting down home team Stuart Country Day School 6-0 in a match in Princeton, N.J.
Winners for Sacred Heart were singles players Marcella Marino, Caroline Lewers and Natasha Szipszky. All won in straight sets.
In doubles, the teams of Mya Lockings and Glenna Gobeil, Lindsey Dowd and Mary Dooner and Clara Hocking and Julia Shavo (alternating with Molly Murphy) also swept to victory as Sacred Heart finished its campaign at 10-8.