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Division 1COUGHLINCoach: Desiree Boris2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 14-1, 1st (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Midd-West 1-0 in PIAA first round. Beat Scranton Prep 2-2 (12-11 PKs) in district championship. Beat Dallas 4-0 in semi. Beat North Pocono 4-0 in quarterfinal. Beat Hanover Area 9-0 in first round.Key returners: Paige Davis, sr.-gk; Skyler Panattieri, sr.-fwd; Megan Gurnari, jr.-mid; Kendall Pearage, jr.-mid; Casey Silanas, jr.-mid; Le&#8217;June Barry, so-fwd; Rosie McGrane, so.-midCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We want to grow as the season progresses and compete for district and league titles.&#8221;CRESTWOODCoach: Russ Kile2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 13-2, 2nd (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Dallas 2-1 (OT) in quarterfinal. Beat Western Wayne 9-1 in first round.Key returners: Lexi Gaetano, Emily Traficante, Lauren Andrews, Nina Atie, Vanessa Atie, Sam Brumagin, Chyanne Cook, Melissa Herrera, Madison Krawontka, Megan Sypniewski, Bella Termini, Taylor Tomalinas, Katelyn WhitestoneCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;Besides a plethora of returning top players, we have several extremely talented and hard-working younger players coming to the team this season. With contributions from coaches Joel and Meg Heintzelman and Sarah Andrews, we are expecting great things from our group for this year and the next few to come.&#8221;DALLAS Coach: Abe Lewis2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 13-2, 3rd (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Coughlin 4-0 in semi. Beat Crestwood 2-1 (OT) in quarterfinal. Beat Wyoming Area 3-0 in first round.Key returners: Megan Miller, sr.-def; Emma Lehman sr.-def; Rachel Maniskas, sr.-mid; Sam Mazula, jr.-mid; Nora Brown, jr.-def; Rachel Nelligan, jr.-gk; Hanna Boyd, jr.-def; Hollie Holthaus, jr.-fwd; Olivia Kimmerle, jr.-mid.Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We have a lot of young talented players entering the program this year, and that will be a nice complement to an already experienced group of returning players. It will take a few games for the team to jell together and form a good understanding on the field.&#8221;HAZLETON AREACoach: Jim Paisley2016 Classification: 4A2015 WVC record/finish: 2-13, 3rd (Div. 1)2015 Postseason: Lost to WVW 8-1 in first round.Key returners: Paige Bonin, jr.-gk; Summer Paisley, sr.-mid; Kaitlyn Beiler, so.-mid; Nancy Cruz, sr.-def.Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We lost only two seniors from last year, and we&#8217;ve added a lot of upcoming talent from our freshman class. I&#8217;m expecting some growing pains to begin the season, but we should settle in nicely in time for playoffs.&#8221;PITTSTON AREACoach: Nicole Tieso2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 8-6-1, 2nd (Div. 1)2015 Postseason: Lost to Wallenpaupack 2-0 in semis. Beat Delaware Valley 5-1 in first round.Key returners: Taryn Ashby, sr.-gk; Mia Barbieri, sr-mid; Kayla Hogan, sr.-mid; Jordan Levandoski sr.-midCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;Our team will depend heavily on our seniors for leadership and guidance through a difficult regular season schedule. We have a younger roster this season, but many of our younger players do have varsity experience from last season. The girls are focused, determined, and they are showing great teamwork and team unity.&#8221;TUNKHANNOCKCoach: Bill Melan2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 3-11-1, 9th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Abington Heights 5-0 in first round.Key returners: Hailey Farr, so.-gk; Jazmine Appel, so.-dwf; Nicole Macko, so.-mid; Lexi Goodwin, sr.-fbCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;As always, we are optimistic, but we have a very young team that is heavy with sophomores and freshmen with seven and 12, respectively.&#8221;WYOMING VALLEY WESTCoach: Deb Stevens2016 Classification: 3A2015 WVC record/finish: 10-5, 1st (Div. 1)2015 Postseason: Lost to Williamsport 3-1 in semis. Beat Hazleton Area 8-1 in first round.Key returners: Lauren Thoryk, Tiffany Michalek, Riley O&#8217;NeilCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a great season with lots of good competition. We are returning several starters and have a few strong freshman as well. We&#8217;ve paid attention to fitness and technical skills during the preseason.&#8221;Division 2BERWICKCoach: Paul DiPippa2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 6-7-2, 7th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Holy Redeemer 6-1 in first round.Key returners: Cassidy Eckert, Lydia Traugh, Amber KoshinskiCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We still have a young team. But we have a couple of seniors that can really help us out. We improved a lot, and hopefully we&#8217;ll go farther in the playoffs.&#8221;GARCoach: Roberto Colin2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 0-15, 11th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Hanover Area 5-1 in play-in game.Key players: Skylar Elmy, so.; Katelyn George, fr.Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing to build our program and look forward to another fun season.&#8221;HANOVER AREACoach: Aimee Bono2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 3-12, 10th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Coughlin 9-0 in first round. Beat GAR 5-1 in play-in game.Key returners: Tanisha Atherton, Jillian Barber, Tiana Davis, Shannon Keating, Nadia LamoreauxCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;My girls are really hard workers. We&#8217;re looking to improve each game.&#8221;HOLY REDEEMERCoach: Robert Hughes2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 12-3, 4th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Abington Heights 3-1 in quarterfinal. Beat Berwick 6-1 in first round.Key returners: Nicole Cavanaugh, sr.-mid; Autumn Kaminski, sr.-mid; Julia Adams, sr.-def.Coach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We lost a number of starters due to graduation, we believe that between our returning players and new players we will gain the experience and chemistry through the course of the season to prepare us for district play.&#8221;LAKE-LEHMANCoach: Kelly Adamshick2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 11-4, 5th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Scranton Prep 5-2 in quarterfinal. Beat Valley View 9-0 in first round.Key returners: Makalie Blazick, sr.-def; Lauren Austin, sr.-def; Lexi Concklin, jr.-def; Hallie Jenkins, jr.-def; Kait Premus jr.-def; Kyra Apaliski, jr.-mid; MacKenzie Love, jr.-fwd; Amanda Ayers, jr.-fwdCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We have a great group of core players returning along with a solid group of up and coming freshman. We look forward to improving with every game as we gain experience playing together. With team commitment we will look at a great run in the post season.&#8221;MEYERSCoach: Brynn Nargoski2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 4-9, 1st (Div. 3)2015 Postseason: Lost to Mountain View 4-0 in semi. Beat Elk Lake 3-2 (OT) in quarterfinal.Key returners: Kayley Nilon, Elise Fellerman, Maria Armbruster, Erin Morris, Devin Keiper, Jordan GivensCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We have a lot of returning players this year after losing only one player to graduation. Going from 14 to 25 players is going to make for a better season. We have a lot of good girls that come to practice every day reading to play.&#8221;NANTICOKECoach: Rich Compton2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 8-7, 6th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to North Pocono 3-1 in first round.Key returners: Liz Mulhern, sr.-fwd; Kayla Aufiero, sr.-fwd; Miranda Dunn, sr.-def; Amiyah Lutkowski, so.-fwd; Katie Butczynski, jr.-mid; Taylor Zabrenski, jr.-def.; Maddie Grilz, jr.-def; Janeen Levandowski, sr.-midCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We should be competing with everyone in our division with the new realignment.&#8221;WYOMING AREACoach: Nikki Sitkowski2016 Classification: 2A2015 WVC record/finish: 5-8-2, 8th (Div. 2)2015 Postseason: Lost to Dallas 3-0 in first round.Key returners: Caitlin Butchko, Erica Gallagher, Aleah KransonCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;I look to go double digits win-wise with the new division. It depends on whether we step up and on our leadership. We have a lot of good freshmen coming in.&#8221;WYOMING SEMINARYCoach: Erin Griffin2016 Classification: 1A2015 WVC record/finish: 3-10, 2nd (Div. 3)2015 Postseason: Lost to Lakeland 3-0 in quarterfinal. Beat Forest City 4-0 in first round.Key players: Alyssa Kristeller, sr.-fwd; Julia Gabriel, jr.-def; Annemaaike Reitsma, so.-def; Katarina Banks, fr.-defCoach&#8217;s Outlook: &#8220;We had a great preseason&#8212;the girls worked hard and we&#8217;ll carry their can-do attitude into the regular season. We have quite a young team, with nine sophomores and seven freshmen, which is great for the future of our team, and we also have some key upperclassmen returning. We are excited to see how things go with the new schedule in place.&#8221;

2016 WVC Girls Soccer Capsules