2015 Mercury All-Area Selections

FIRST TEAM

Christie Balestra, Perkiomen Valley

Attack … Junior … Second-straight PAC-10 and All-Area First Team selection … Finished season second in PAC-10 in points (97) while leading team in scoring with 74 goals and 23 assists … Accounted for more than 33 percent of PV’s goals … Netted at least three goals in 12 games (nine goals in both an 18-4 win over Coatesville and a 20-0 win over Quakertown) … Committed to Lehigh University.

Harley Barrett, Perkiomen Valley

Goalie … Senior … All-Area and All-PAC-10 First Team selection … All-Area Second Team last season … Finished with 236 saves in 19 games … Season-high 23 saves against Southern Lehigh and Pennridge … Saved 64 percent of shots faced on the season … Posted two shutouts (versus Quakertown and Norristown) … Committed to Coastal Carolina University.

Zoe Bullotta, Phoenixville

Attack … Senior … Third-straight PAC-10 First Team selection … Finished season with league-highs in points (108) as well as goals (101) … Scored a season-high nine goals in a 19-6 win over Coatesville … Tallied four goals in the Phantoms’ 14-11 loss in PAC-10 Final Four … Accounted for nearly 40 percent of team’s goals on the season … Has been the team’s primary scorer over the past four seasons.

Jackie Cerchio, Methacton

Midfield … Sophomore … All-Area and All-PAC-10 First Team selection … Finished sixth in PAC-10 in points (72) with 47 goals and 25 assists … First on team in assists and second in scoring … Registered at least three goals in nine games (season-high five goals in loss to Unionville, win over Avon Grove and district opener loss to Hatboro-Horsham).

Emily Coyne, Spring-Ford

Midfield … Senior … All-PAC-10 and All-Area First Team selection for second straight season … Notched 24 goals and 13 assists for Spring-Ford … Netted four goals in 13-11 win over Boyertown … Committed to Penn State University.

Steph Falcone, Perkiomen School

Attack … Junior … All-Area First Team … All-Area Honorable Mention last season … Scored a team-high 88 goals and added 29 assists. Had eight goals and two assists in Perk’s title game.

Maddie Gebert, Owen J. Roberts

Midfield … Junior … Mercury All-Area Player of the Year and PAC-10 First Team selection … All-Area Honorable Mention last season … Second in league in goals (83) and fourth in points (94) to help lead OJR to undefeated PAC-10 title … Registered at least three goals in 14 games … Scored in each OJR game (season-high nine goals in a 19-10 win over Boyertown) … Averaged nearly four goals per game … Committed to Temple University.

Courtney Gerber, Owen J. Roberts

Defense … Junior … All-Area and All-PAC-10 First Team selection … All-Area Honorable Mention last season … Spearheaded an OJR defense which allowed a league-low 154 goals against (7.3 goals per game) this past season … Committed to Saint Joseph’s University.

Makena Hanson, Hill School

Midfield … Sophomore … All-Area and All-MAPL First Team selection … Played a crucial role on offense, defense and led the team in draw controls (41) … Finished season with 35 goals and nine assists.

Sara Hughes, Methacton

Attack … Junior … All-Area and PAC-10 First Team selection … All-Area Second Team last season … Led team in goals (74) and was second in assists (22) … Averaged over three goals per game on the season … Scored five goals in 14-11 win over Phoenixville in PAC-10 semifinals and three in 11-10 loss to OJR for the championship.

Kerry Huzzard, Owen J. Roberts

Midfield … Junior … Three-time All-Area and PAC-10 First Team selection … Second on team in scoring (77) to go along with 15 assists to help lead OJR to undefeated PAC-10 season … Scored at least three goals in 16 games (season-high seven in 16-8 win over Pope John Paul II PAC-10 semifinals) … Boasts a career total of 162 goals … Committed to George Mason University.

Jacy Sterritt, Phoenixville

Defense … Junior … All-Area and All-PAC-10 First Team selection … Led team in caused turnovers and played a key role on a defense that allowed under 10 goals against per game this past season.

Morgan Stone, Owen J. Roberts

Attack … Senior … All-Area and All-PAC-10 First Team selection … All-Area First Team last season … Finished sixth in PAC-10 in scoring (55) and eighth in points (59) … Scored a team-high six goals in OJR’s 11-10 PAC-10 championship win against Methacton … Scored at least three goals in nine games (season-high seven goals in 20-5 win over Pottstown) … Committed to Shippensburg University.

SECOND TEAM

Attack: Hailey Heimbach, Boyertown

Attack: Monica Rapchinski, Pope John Paul II

Attack: Aubrey Wilcox, Upper Perkiomen

Attack: Camryn Jones, Spring-Ford

Midfield: Hannah Wentzel, Boyertown

Midfield: Kat Connolly, Spring-Ford

Midfield: Kate Cressman, Pope John Paul II

Midfield: Daria Lucchesi, Methacton

Midfield: TJ Jefferis, Phoenixville

Defense: Madeline Alderfer, Methacton

Defense: Nathalie Sell, Perkiomen Valley

Defense: Bridget Rauh, Pope John Paul II

Defense: Danike Swech, Owen J. Roberts

Goalie: Sara Maute, Owen J. Roberts

Goalie: Annie Carroll, Hill School

HONORABLE MENTION

Boyertown: Karli Gilbert, Hannah Jaskuta, Maddie Siejk

Daniel Boone: Ashley Bonetz

Methacton: Casey Reid, Deb Peifer

Owen J. Roberts: Anna Dempsey

Perkiomen School: Madeline Ferdock

Perkiomen Valley: Emma Britton, Laura Dunne, Anna Koniencki

Phoenixville: Ellie Wentz, Megan Nemeth, Kylie Crovetti

Pope John Paul II: Angela McMonagle, Meghan Haffey

Pottsgrove: Cheyenne Owens, Courtney Petrucelli

Pottstown: Ebony Reddick, Julia Pearson

Spring-Ford: Lauren Mensch, Brianna Cirino, Kali Gill

Upper Perkiomen: Regan McComb, Morgan Rynn, Samantha Dingler

COACH OF THE YEAR

Joe Tornetta, Owen J. Roberts

In his first season at the helm, guided Owen J. Roberts to an undefeated PAC-10 record as well as the program’s first Conference title in the past 14 seasons … OJR outscored opponents 299-154 on the season.

 

— Compiled by Thomas Nash

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