Mercury All-Area Field Hockey Teams
FIRST TEAM
Kelsey Giese, Perkiomen Valley
Senior … Forward … Second consecutive All-Area First Team honoree … Led PAC-10 in goals (28) … Recorded a point in 17 of 20 games she appeared in … Had a part in 41 of PV’s 70 goals … Scored four goals in win over Pottstown … Registered three hat tricks on the season including a three-goal showing in PAC-10 semifinal win over Phoenixville … Finished tied for third in PAC with 13 assists … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Makena Aberle, Owen J. Roberts
Senior … Forward … Second in PAC-10 in goals (25), seventh in assists (11) … Registered at least one goal in 13 of OJR’s games … Scored four goals in two games and finished with two hat tricks on the season … Competed in the PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star game … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Olivia Hoover, Methacton
Sophomore … Forward … All-Area Honorable Mention last season … Scored 18 goals on the season along with eight assists to help send Warriors to state playoffs … Registered at least one point in 16 games … Scored multiple goals in five games including a hat trick and an assist in win over Pottsgrove … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Nettie Montes, Owen J. Roberts
Senior … Defense … Second consecutive All-Area First Team selection … All-Area Player of the Year … Leader of a stout Wildcat defense that allowed just 29 goals against in 26 games in capturing the PAC-10 Championship and advancing to states … Scored three goals and added 12 assists on the season … OJR defense limited area’s leading scorer (Giese) to just a goal and an assist throughout all three meetings … Named PhilaFieldHockey.com’s Defender of the Week during Week 3 … Competed in the PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star game … Played on Puerto Rico’s National Field Hockey Team the past two summers … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Jackie Lerro, Pope John Paul II
Junior … Forward … Finished second in PAC-10 in points (38) … Registered team-high 21 goals and 17 assists … Registered two four-goal, two-assist games (vs. Pottsgrove, Conwell-Egan) … Registered at least a point in 15 of PJP’s 17 games … Posted nine multi-point games … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Madeline Alderfer, Methacton
Senior … Midfield … All-Area Second Team last season … Tallied nine goals and seven assists … Competed in the PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star game … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Corinne Gerber, Owen J. Roberts
Senior … Swing … Second consecutive All-Area First Team honoree … Finished third in PAC-10 in goals (23) and led Wildcats with 13 assists … Registered at least one point in 18 OJR games including two goals, one assist in PAC-10 Final against PV … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Laura Shelton, Perkiomen Valley
Senior … Midfield … All-Area Second Team selection last season … Led PAC-10 in assists (19) and scored eight goals of her own … Named PhilaFieldHockey.com’s Defender of the Week during Week 5 … Scored PV’s lone goal in a 3-1 loss to OJR in PAC-10 Final … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Claire Kraft, Spring-Ford
Senior … Goalie … Made 239 saves with only 35 goals allowed on the season … Only allowed more than four goals in a game once (10/3 against state-champion Unionville) … Posted three shutouts … Competed in the PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star game … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Rose Moore, Phoenixville
Senior … Forward … All-Area Second Team selection last season … Led team with 12 goals scored as Phantoms earned trip to PAC-10 semifinals … Registered five multi-point games including a hat trick vs. Pope John Paul II … Competed in PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star game … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Ebony Reddick, Pottstown
Sophomore … Goalie … Second consecutive All-Area First Team selection … Racked up an area-best 274 saves along with three shutouts in the cage … Let up 52 goals on the year … Finished with 30-plus saves three times on the season, including a season high 36 against Methacton … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Courtney Gerber, Owen J. Roberts
Senior … Midfield … All-Area Second Team last season … Finished with 12 goals and two assists … Controlled midfield as OJR outscored opponents 95-29 … Registered three multi-goal games including two goals in OJR’s district second round win over Bishop Shanahan … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Katie McErlean, Phoenixville
Senior … Midfield … All-Area Second Team selection last season … Led Phoenixville with eight assists … Scored seven goals on the season … Registered three multi-point games including a two-goal, two assist showing vs. Pottsgrove … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
Hope Flack, Upper Perkiomen
Sophomore … Midfield … Led the Tribe in goals scored (12) while adding five assists as UP earned PAC-10 Final Fourth berth … Finished with a hat trick and an assist in October win over Pottsgrove … All-PAC-10 First Team selection.
SECOND TEAM
Jen Rees, senior, Methacton
Alexis Grippo, junior, Hill School
Emily Owens, sophomore, Methacton
Sydney Fox, sophomore, Boyertown
Erin Kelly, junior, Hill School
Alexis Nugent, junior, Spring-Ford
Emily Sayre, senior, Methacton
Allie Little, senior, Phoenixville
Karly Conway, senior, Spring-Ford
Julia Duemler, senior, Upper Perkiomen
Amanda Lamb, senior, Owen J. Roberts
Katie Lockbaum, senior, Pope John Paul II
Imanye Delay, senior, Pottsgrove
Mara Wrzesniewski, senior, Perkiomen Valley
Michaela Swenk, junior, Upper Perkiomen
HONORABLE MENTION
Boyertown: Hannah Wentzel, Allison Bardman, Kaitlyn Berger, Katie Markle
Daniel Boone: Cara Shackleford, Sydney Hayes, Ashley Bonetz, Abbie Reina
Hill School: Eileen Carmichael
Methacton: Sarah Park, Sara Sterchak
Owen J. Roberts: Maddie Gebert, Maddie Schaeffer, Bridget Guinan, Keeley White
Phoenixville: Brogan Heisey
Perkiomen Valley: Natalie Johnston, Gabby Martina, Jenna Dickey
Perkiomen School: Steph Falcone
Pope John Paul II: Stephanie Petery, Abbie Togno, Katherine Martin
Pottsgrove: Alyssa O’Neill, Brooke Toennies
Pottstown: Trinity Miller, Mardaije Pearson
Spring-Ford: Milka Lopez, Michaela Haney, Clare Kennedy
Upper Perkiomen: Abriana Gatto, Liz Fox, Kaylie Siwy
COACH OF THE YEAR
Amy Hoffman,
Owen J. Roberts
After serving as an assistant to longtime head coach Clarence Jenelle, Hoffman relished her chance to take the reins this season … First-year head coach led OJR to its first PAC-10 title since 2011, as the Wildcats also earned their first state playoff berth since 2013 … OJR outscored opponents 95-29 on the season.
— Compiled by Thomas Nash; tnash@21st-centurymedia.com