Mercury All-Area Teams

First Team

Gabby Binando, Boyertown

Senior … Swing Player … Finished with four goals and two assists. … Was named defensive player of the week for philafieldhockey.com (honorable mention).

Taylor Brennan, Spring-Ford

Senior … Defense … Scored seven goals and was Rams’ top defender. … Committed to Wake Forest University.

Sam Dingler, Upper Perkiomen

Senior … Defense … Two-time All-Area First Team selection … All-State Honorable Mention … Recorded seven goals, eight assists and 10 defensive saves. … She scored the winning goal with 1:07 remaining in the first round of district play against Upper Moreland. … Finished with five saves in loss to New Hope-Solebury in District 1-AA playoffs.

Corinne Gerber, Owen J. Roberts

Junior … Attack … Led OJR with 13 goals and 13 assists. Finished with four goals against Boyertown while registering three assists against Garden Spot and Spring-Ford. … Verbal commit to St. Joseph’s.

Kelsey Giese, Perkiomen Valley

Junior … Attack … All-State First Team selection. … A first-time All-Area First Team honoree after being on the second team in 2013. … Led team with 15 goals for Vikings including two goals in District 1-AAA playoff game against Ridley. … Registered hat trick in victory over Pottsgrove. … Finished season with eight assists.

Graceton Griffith, Owen J. Roberts

Senior … Defense … Registered six goals as Wildcats advanced to PAC-10 title game. … First All-Area selection.

Annie Himsworth, Perkiomen Valley

Senior … Midfield … All-State First Team selection. … Mercury All-Area Honorable Mention a season ago. … Committed to Louisville. … Helped lead Vikings to first PAC-10 title since 2007. … Finished season with 12 goals and team-high 13 assists. … Scored twice in team’s PAC-10 semifinal victory over Upper Perkiomen before registering game-changing assist in PAC-10 championship vs. Owen J. Roberts.

TJ Jefferis, Phoenixville

Senior … Midfield … Helped lead Phoenixville to first PIAA berth since 2001. … Finished season with nine goals and nine assists. … Will attend East Stroudsburg for Lacrosse.

Nettie Montes, Owen J. Roberts

Junior … Midfield … First All-Area First Team selection. … Filled in nicely at midfield as OJR went to PAC-10 final before falling to Perkiomen Valley. … Registered four goals and four assists … Played for Puerto Rico at Women’s FIH Hockey World League back in September.

Bailey Quinn, Phoenixville

Senior … Attack … All-Area Player of the Year. … First Team selection in 2012 and led area with 41 goals. Registered eight assists on the year. … Scored game-deciding penalty stroke markers in victory against Quakertown and Perkiomen Valley. … Led team to first state berth since 2001. … Had 11 games with at least two goals. … Committed to Old Dominion.

Ebony Reddick, Pottstown

Freshman … Goalie … First year playing goalie and racked up area-best 353 saves. … Had three games of 30-plus saves including game where she stopped 39 against Perkiomen Valley.

Nathalie Sell, Perkiomen Valley

Senior … Defense … Key catalyst to Vikings’ PAC-10 championship. … Finished with one assist. … Primarily was tasked for shutting down opponent’s top scorer. … Committed to Millersville to play lacrosse.

Steph Sievers, Daniel Boone

Senior … Midfield … All-State Second Team selection … Recently selected to All-Berks team. …Led Daniel Boone to first district playoff berth since 2006. .. Scored the game-winning goal on a stroke in OT versus Cedar Crest in the District 3-AAA preliminary round. … Finished season with four goals and seven assists.

Sammi Steele, Methacton

Senior … Goalie … All-State First Team selection. … All-Area First Team selection in 2013 … Finished season with area-best 91.4 save percentage and 10 shutouts. … National U-19 member. … Committed to Duke.

Second Team

Madeline Alderfer, junior, Methacton

Katherine Bartkowski, senior, Perkiomen Valley

Gabby Duda, senior, Phoenixville

Sam Garritano, senior, Owen J. Roberts

Courtney Gerber, junior, Owen J. Roberts

Katie McErlean, junior, Phoenixville

Rose Moore, junior, Phoenixville

Kim Rutherford, senior, Phoenixville

Emily Sayre, junior, Methacton

Laura Shelton, junior, Perkiomen Valley

Allison Trafford, senior, Phoenixville

Keeley White, junior, Owen J. Roberts

Aubrey Wilcox, senior, Upper Perkiomen

Honorable Mention

Boyertown: Sydney Fox

Daniel Boone: Ashley Bonetz, Kirsten Gabbett

Hill School: Alex Grippo, Lauren Selwyn

Methacton: Brittany Dickinson, Olivia Hoover, Katie Markle, Jen Rees

Owen J. Roberts: Caroline Rajtik, Morgan Stone

Perkiomen School: Madelyn Ferdock

Perkiomen Valley: Emily Nagle

Phoenixville: Caroyln Groener

Pope John Paul II: Katherine Martin, Steph Petery

Pottsgrove: Alyssa O’Neill

Pottstown: Breana Bodnar, Amiyah Hudson

Spring-Ford: Lexie Nugent

Upper Perkiomen: Julia Duemler, Michaela Swenk

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