Mercury Roundup (Aug. 30): Upper Perkiomen field hockey drops defending PIAA 2A champion

Field Hockey

Upper Perkiomen 3, Twin Valley 1

Highlights: Upper Perk knocked off the reigning PIAA Class 2A champions through goals from Jade Traynor, Regan Fiorito and Jess Traynor, who also had an assist, on Tuesday.

Emma Lajeunesse recorded five saves and Mia Schneider had a defensive save for Upper Perk.

Wilson 4, Spring-Ford 3

Highlights: Mia Riccitelli had two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist to lift the Bulldogs over the Rams in non-league play Tuesday.
Nina Scott scored S-F’s opener (assisted by Jackie Fissell) before setting up Julia Corropolese’s score. Maddie Friend rounded out the scoring for Spring-Ford.

Boys Golf

Boyertown 209, Upper Perkiomen 216

At Macoby Run (par 36)
Boyertown (209): Chase Dillman 37, Josh Bardsley 43, Kyle Reigner 43, Will Swartley 43, Deven Bhatia 43.
Upper Perk (216): Branden Rozanski 41, Justin Engle 43, Zack Silver 44, Blake German 44, Joe Carnesi 44

Perkiomen Valley 195, Pottsgrove 233

At Landis Creek (par 36)
Perkiomen Valley (195): Ayush Patel 31, Clayton Raynan 39, Brady Colyer 41, Andrew Brendlinger 42, Shea Fusco 42.
Pottsgrove (233): Cooper Simon 41, Kada Browne 44, Carter Burg 46, Ethan Kelly 47, Jack Silvestri 55.

Girls Golf

Spring-Ford 160, Perkiomen Valley 173

At Spring Hollow (par 35)

Perk Valley (173): Abigail McCorkell 36, Brianna King 44, Meredith Imes 46, Grace Bruno 47.
Spring-Ford (160): Morgan Kunze 39, Alie Adams 39, Cierra Griffth 39, Audrey Cummings 44.

Boys Soccer

Owen J. Roberts 2, Perkiomen Valley 0

Highlights: Dan Damon struck for two second-half goals to lift the Wildcats to a Liberty Division win over the Vikings in their PAC opener. Damon scored off a scrum from a corner kick on the opener, then added an insurance goal when Damon found a ball lost by the PV backline and took a 20-yard right-footed shot that deflected off a defender and squirted into the goal.

Perkiomen Valley 0 0 -0
Owen J. Roberts 0 2 – 2

Goals: OJR-Dan Damon (2)
Saves: PV-Angelo 3; OJR-Keddie 3
Shots: PV 3, OJR 5
Corners: PV 4, OJR 3

Faith Christian 2, Boyertown 0

Highlights: Faith netted goals in each half and blanked the host Bears Tuesday.

Bishop Shanahan 2, Pope John Paul II 0

Highlights: The Eagles scored twice in the second half to get by the Golden Panthers in a non-league match Tuesday, Adam Shirker’s header of a Joey Castello service opened the scoring and Conal Bonass added an insurance tally.

PJP’s Jason Krum made four saves in goal.

Girls Soccer

Upper Perkiomen 2, Archbishop Carroll 0

Highlights: The Tribe scored twice in the first 26 minutes and saw out the two-goal win on Tuesday.
Sara Edwards pounced on a defensive error for the opener before Sarah Fisher (assisted by Sarah Straup) doubled the tally in the 26th minute. Ava Long made two saves in the shutout, the first of her career.

Archbishop Carroll 0 0 – 0
Upper Perkiomen 2 0 – 2

Scoring
UP-Sara Edwards (unassisted), 16th min
UP-Sarah Fisher (Sarah Straup), 26th min
Shots: UP 5, ABC 2
Saves: Bridget Robinson (AbC) 3, Ava Long (UP) 2

Boyertown 4, Daniel Boone 0

Highlights: Sam Devlin, Alina Friz, Harper Glennon and Ava Leatherman were on the scoresheet as the Bears won a weather-shortened non-league matchup with the Blazers Tuesday night.

Girls Tennis

Spring-Ford 7, Owen J. Roberts 0

Highlights: In a rematch of last year’s PAC singles final, Rams’ No. 1 Mia Matriccino, the two-time Mercury Player of the Year, won over OJR’s Allison Root, 7-5, 6-0.

The five first-set games in Root’s favor were more than she took in the 2021 final.

Singles: Mia Matriccino (SF) def. Allison Root, 7-5, 6-0; Evelyn Mejia (SF) def. Alexis Withers 6-1, 6-0; Cady Krause (SF) def. Isabel Withers 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Alexis Luo/Chloe Moore (SF) def. Maya Evans/Sophia Vu, 6-1, 6-0; Katie Tiffan/Ayushi Jain (SF) def. Lauren Koster/Ava Sellers 6-2, 6-1; Brooke McPike/Kacie Rohn (SF) def. Katie Balazano/Silja Bauwe 6-0, 6-0; Bryn Frankhouser/Alexis Grotell (SF) def. Olivia Hoffanel/Olivia Seuffert 6-0, 6-0.

Pope John Paul II 7, Pottsgrove 0

Singles: Mia Zernick (PJP) def. Rachel Lilliendahl, 6-4, 6-3; Claire Schiele (PJP) def. Alaina Hathaway, 0-6, 6-2, 10-4 (TB); Alana Swartz (PJP) def. Vianna Le 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: Bailey Finkelmeier/Ally Mooney (PJP) def. Abby McDonald/Bella Nagy 6-0, 6-1; Maddied Ward/Olivia Butera (PJP) def. Samantha Mohellen/Vanees Latshaw 6-2, 6-2; Molly Houchins/Victoria Wagner (PJP) def. Sydney Kothe/Nyae Mason 6-0, 6-0; Maddie Magasich/Karly Brescia (PJP) def. Rebecca Hoffman/Paige Petersen, 6-3, 6-1.

Upper Perkiomen 4, Upper Merion 3

Singles: Hope Thompson (UP) def. Chloe Doan, 6-3, 6-3; Madalyn Dyer (UP) def. M Evitts 6-2, 6-0; Adele Eaton (UM) def. Emily Vogel 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Rennells/Sensinger (UM) def. Greenberg/Puglisi, 6-0, 6-3; Egan/Singh (UM) def. Frantz/Clemens, 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 (TB); Leidy/Philips (UP) def. Hernandez/Mokotem, 6-0, 6-0; B Ryan/M Singh (UM) def. Weber/Heiser, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 (TB)

Methacton 7, Phoenixville 0

Singles: Hana Nouaime (M) def. Vivona Xu, 6-0, 6-1; Alice Liang (M) def. Elise Pham 6-0, 6-2; Lauren Montgomery (M) def. Rachel Wascoe 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Anika Suresh/Morgan Coupe (M) def. Madeline Kerry/Megan Schulz 6-1, 6-2; Dru O’Brien/Carlee Dellose (M) def. Allison Slifer/Gwen Natale 6-2, 6-1. Julia Miccoli/Shannon O’Leary (M) def. Ava Demutis/Ella Pietrzykowski 6-3, 6-1; Olivia Schneier/Sol Martin (M) def. Addison Graver/Lindsay Richter, 6-0, 4-6, 10-6 (TB).

Pope John Paul II 7, Archbishop Carroll 0

Highlights: The Golden Panthers won via sweep. Mia Zernick rallied from down a set to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles while Claire Schiele and Alana Swartz cruised at Nos. 2 and 3 singles.
Straight-set wins were turned in by doubles duos Bailey Finkelmaier/Ally Mooney, Olivia Butera/Maddie Ward and Molly Houchins/Victoria Wagner.

Girls volleyball

Upper Perkiomen 3, Pottstown 0

Highlights: In the inaugural game for both programs at the varsity level, Upper Perk swept Pottstown 25-6, 25-2, 25-13.

Perkiomen Valley 3, Downingtown East 1

Highlights: PV won in four sets, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-22. Lola Coulter had 19 kils and 13 digs to lead PV while Naomi Clauhs had 18 kills and nine digs. Freshman Talulah Homolya had seven kills and two blocks.