Gebhardt takes next step for Bloom
Mackenzie Gebhardt had a big freshman season with the Bloomsburg women’s soccer team, but she’s doing even better this season.
Gebhardt, an Upper Perkiomen grad, has scored four goals and added an assist to help the Huskies post a 12-2-1 overall record and a 11-2-1 mark in PSAC play. The team, ranked 15th in Division II, has won eight straight.
Not only has Gebhardt scored goals but she had back-to-back game-winners and she scored early in one and late in the other. On Oct. 12, she scored 91 seconds into the game to give the Huskies a 1-0 league victory over Seton Hill in Bloomsburg. Then on Oct. 14 she tallied the only goal in a 1-0 league triumph over East Stroudsburg in East Stroudsburg, Gebhardt hitting the back of the net at the 85:31 mark.
As a freshman, she started all 18 games and had five goals and an assist for 11 points.
“Mackenzie had an immediate impact on our team as a freshman and has not rested on those laurels,” coach Matt Haney said. “She dedicated herself to learning the nuances of her position and understood the fitness it takes to play in wide spaces.”
The coach feels that her hard work is paying off for the Huskies.
“She has played a huge role for us down the stretch.” Haney said. “The other great thing about MacKenzie is that she works equally hard in the classroom.”
MARK FORREST (THE HILL SCHOOL) >> The Lehigh senior has been named one of just 10 finalists in the nation for the Senior CLASS Award (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School), winner to be announced in December. Forrest, from Douglassville, is the top scorer on the 7-6-2 Mountain Cats’ men’s soccer team with 15 points on five goals and five assists. A team captain, he has scored 43 goals with 26 assists for 106 points in his fouryear career. In the class room, he’s in Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics. Forrest is interning at EnerSys in Reading and did a one-day shadowing experience with Merrill Lynch. JACKIE LERRO (POPE JOHN PAUL II) >> The sophomore was named National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 15 for a big effort for the Lynchburg field hockey team. On the same day, she also earned Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player the Week after she scored five goals in three games the previous week. She had two goals in a 4-1 victory over Stevenson, two goals in a 4-1 triumph over Shenandoah and a goal in a 5-1 win over Dickinson. Lerro has a team-high 38 points on 15 goals and eight assists and had a goal in a 4-0 victory over Bridgewater last Saturday to help the Hornets go to 9-5 overall and 4-0 in league play. MADELINE ALDERFER (METHACTON) >>
The 5-foot-6 junior has started all 15 games for the Holy Cross field hockey team, the Crusaders 3-12 overall and 2-3 in the Patriot League after a 3-1 league loss to Bucknell last Saturday in Worcester, Mass. Alderfer has a goal and two assists and picked up her goal in a 4-1 loss to Fairfield in a non-league test Sept. 7 in Fairfield, Conn. She has started all 52 games that Holy Cross has played since she’s joined the program and has four goals and eight assists for 16 points. EMILY GILBERT (BOYERTOWN) >> The senior was named MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week on Oct. 15 for another solid effort for the Alvernia women’s golf team. She shot a round of 80 to finish third out of 40 golfers at the Alvernia Invitational on Oct. 9 at the Ledgerock Golf Club in Mohnton. She was the top Division III finisher. It was Gilbert’s second MAC honor this season. She was also named on Sept. 17 after she posted a round of 84 and was the top Division III finisher at the East Stroudsburg Invitational on Sept. 16. VINNY TASCA (METHACTON) >> The senior was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 15 after leading the Wilmington (Del) men’s soccer team to victories over LIU Post (2-1) and Bloomfield (2-0) the previous week. The 6-foot-5, 190-pounder has played all but 14:35 minutes in front of the net for the Wildcats who are 11-1-4 overall and lead the CACC with an 8-1-2 record after a 2-1 overtime loss to Dominican last Saturday in Orangeburg, N.Y. Tasca has given up 15 goals and has 45 saves with five shutouts. COURTNEY VIDOVICH (DANIEL BOONE) >> The Rochester women’s volleyball team defeated city rival Nazareth 3-1 in a non-league match on Oct. 17 in Rochester, N.Y. to give the Yellowjackets 20 victories on the season. The 5-foot-11 defensive specialist had 10 digs in that match and had a season-high 14 digs in a 3-0 loss to Case Western Reserve at the University Athletic Association Round-Robin Tournament Oct. 14 in Pittsburgh. Vidovich leads the team with 222 digs. She also has 46 kills, 35 assists, 28 service aces and 8.0 total blocks. Rochester is 20-9 overall and 1-6 in UAA play after the Nazareth victory. GABBY KANE (SPRING-FORD) >> The freshman has played in 15 games with eight starts for the Kutztown women’s soccer team, the Golden Bears 13-3 overall and 11-3 in PSAC play after a 1-0 league loss to Seton Hill last Saturday in Greensburg. The 5-foot-1 midfielder scored her first collegiate goal and picked up her first collegiate assist in a 7-0 victory over Mansfield on Oct. 12 in Kutztown. She followed that up by scoring the first goal in a 2-1 league victory over East Stroudsburg on Oct. 17 in Kutztown. Fellow freshman Molly McHarg (Spring-Ford) also features for on defense – nine starts in 12 games, including four straight – for the No. 8 ranked team in NCAA Division II. KIRK CHERNESKIE (THE HILL SCHOOL) >> The 5-foot-8, 185-pound senior from Pottstown is doing the kicking for the Ursinus football team, the Bears 6-4 overall and 5-4 in the Centennial Conference after a 41-35 overtime league loss to Susquehanna last Saturday in Collegeville. Cherneskie has hit 21 of 25 extra points and failed in his only field goal try. He was 6-for-6 in a 42-7 victory over Gettysburg on Sept. 8 in Collegeville and 5-for-5 in a 3514 triumph over Juniata on Sept. 15 in Huntingdon. KAITLYN CASIANO (PHOENIXVILLE) >> The sophomore has played in 13 games with 11 starts on defense for the Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) women’s soccer team, the Ducks 11-2 overall and 7-0 in the Empire 8 Conference after a 5-0 league game against Elmira last Saturday in Elmira, N.Y. Casiano has also picked up an assist. Freshman Brynn Budka (Spring-Ford) has played in 13 games with 12 starts on defense and the two athletes have helped Stevens give up just eight goals with eight shutouts.