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Boys Soccer: Wyoming Seminary looks to bounce back in states

<p>The Back Mountain will be the stage for a pair of fresh faces to the PIAA girls soccer tournament</p><p>Less than six miles will separate two playoff games featuring the last two remaining Wyoming Valley Conference Tuesday afternoon.</p><p>At Lake-Lehman, Crestwood makes its first appearance in the state championships when it welcomes District 3 runner-up Northern York. Meanwhile, at Dallas, Lake-Lehman will be playing for the first time since its runner-up bid in 1998 when it faces District 4 runner-up Loyalsock.</p><p>Both games kick off at 4 p.m.</p><p><strong>Scouting Lake-Lehman</strong></p><p>The Black Knights (19-1) staved off a very talented Holy Redeemer team twice in the playoffs to win the WVC title and pave a way to beat Dunmore for the district title.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of funny because after the final we were going to have a fun, awesome practice,&#8221; said coach Kelly Adamshick, who played on Lehman&#8217;s last states trip. &#8220;It turned out we were on our seventh day because we had to take the day off.&#8221;</p><p>League-leading scorer MacKenzie Love is one point shy of the century mark for this season. Love scored 43 goals with 13 assists. On her birthday, Love put away the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over the Bucks to seal the championship.</p><p>She&#8217;s helped by a supporting cast that posted some of the top scoring numbers in the division. Amanda Ayers found the net 17 times. Abby Paczewski led the WVC with 24 assists. Lately, the Black Knights received scoring aid from Sarah Salus (12g-6a), Kyla Apalinski (9g-9a), Chloe Weaver (6g-8a) and Lexi Concklin (1g-2a), among others.</p><p>Winners of 17 straight. Lake-Lehman only gave up five goals in 16 regular season games, as well as allowing five in four playoff games. The Black Knights have 13 clean sheets.</p><p>Lake-Lehman will be looking to advance to the quarterfinals &#8211; something just one WVC team (Dallas) has done so far since the 2012 fall season switch.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all new to this team, even to be involved at this,&#8221; Adamshick said. &#8220;Even with their passing and focus, we have a good shot of doing what we have to do. I told them to take it all in like a regular soccer game. I&#8217;m excited to see what happens, actually.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Scouting Loyalsock</strong></p><p>The Lancers (17-3-1) lost to Montoursville 2-1 in the district championship. Loyalsock was the PIAA Class A runner-up last season, losing to Trinity (Camp Hill) before being bumped up a class.</p><p>Loyalsock plays tough on defense, allowing four or five shots on goal per game. It mostly runs a two-headed offensive attack led by Rhiallie Jessell (18g-15a) and Myriah Saar (14g).</p><p><strong>Scouting Crestwood</strong></p><p>The Comets (14-2) claimed their first title as a No. 4 seed. Crestwood edged Wallenpaupack 3-2 in overtime during the quarterfinal. Russ Kile&#8217;s squad avenged both of its regular season losses with a 2-1 upset victory over top-seeded Dallas. Crestwood ravaged Abington Heights 5-1 to punch its ticket.</p><p>Crestwood boasts one of the most talent-deep teams the WVC produced in the past five seasons.</p><p>Melissa Herrera is coming off of a hat trick effort against Abington in the final. She is tied with Bella Termini for the team lead with 19 goals. Nina Atie is among one of the top players in the league, and Vanessa Atie has a team-leading 12 assists.</p><p>On the defensive end, Lexi Gaetano and Sam Brumagin provide leadership. If the Comets don&#8217;t play for offsides traps, it will be tricky to find holes.</p><p><strong>Scouting Northern York</strong></p><p>It did not work out so well for the Polar Bears the last time they played a WVC team. In 2013, heavily favored Northern York was sent packing by Dallas 1-1 (4-3) in penalty kicks.</p><p>This time around, Northern York (20-2) suffered its only two losses of the season in its conference and district finals to Central Dauphin and Manheim Center, respectively. The Polar Bears are led by three senior all-stars in Emily Munkittrick at forward, Abby Monko at midfield, and Maddie Waits at defender.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Mackenzie Love, left, and the rest of the Black Knights will be looking for something to shout about when the PIAA girls soccer playoffs open Tuesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_Lehman-DunmoreGirlsSoc_2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Mackenzie Love, left, and the rest of the Black Knights will be looking for something to shout about when the PIAA girls soccer playoffs open Tuesday. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jay Monahan</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Lake-Lehman looking to continue 17-game winning streak in PIAA girls soccer opener