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Wilkes handed Misericordia its first MAC Freedom Conference loss on Wednesday, winning a battle of regionally ranked women&#8217;s soccer teams 1-0.The Lady Colonels&#8217; Nicolette Towlen scored the lone goal in the 29th minute, and Courtney Stanley made five saves for the shutout.Misericordia had a 16-4 shot advantage and a 7-3 edge in corner kicks.Eastern 2, King&#8217;s 0King&#8217;s goalkeeper Jess Schenfeld made four saves in goal.Eastern scored one goal in each half, outshooting the Lady Monarchs 9-4.FIELD HOCKEYWilkes 2, King&#8217;s 1Wilkes&#8217; Hayley Gayoski scored two goals, including the game-winner on a penalty stroke with 1:44 remaining in the game. Dallas Kendra made three saves.King&#8217;s Anna Morgan scored the first goal of the game, and Kayla Nailor saves six shots.Misericordia 3, Eastern 2Colby Eldridge scored the winning goal for Misericordia in overtime to tally her 100th goal, which makes her the seventh Lady Cougar to do so.Haley Gruber and Madisyn Granoski scored one goal each, and Katelyn Campbell made six saves.HIGH SCHOOLSPittston Area 3, Hazleton Area 2The Piatriots came back to win the fourth and fifth sets against Hazleton Area to earn a 25-19, 19-25, 26-28, 25-19, 15-11 victory.Pittston Area&#8217;s Liz Charney had 14 service points, five aces and eight kills, Portia Weidlich added 10 kills and three aces and Emily O&#8217;Brien had six kills, two aces and 35 assists.Hazleton Area&#8217;s Maddison Plesh had 12 service points, five aces, 17 digs and three kills.Wyoming Valley West 3, Meyers 0Wyoming Valley West defeated Meyers 25-13, 25-19, 25-17.The Spartans&#8217; Grace Giza had 11 kills, nine service points, four aces and three blocks. Andi Blaski had seven kills, 10 service points and four aces and Tessa Johns added 23 assists, five service points and two aces.Meyers&#8217; Chloe Delp had 15 assists while Ashley Gutierrez added 21 digs.Wyoming Area 3, Coughlin 0Wyoming Area swept Coughlin 25-11, 25-17, 25-9.Brandi Sorokin had three aces, 12 kills and two blocks, Monica Henderson added five aces and four kills and Jenna Chackan had 11 assists for the Warriors.Coughlin&#8217;s Karissa Wondoloski had eight digs, two kills, one ace and seven service points and Pilar Cantoran added five digs and five service points.BOYS SOCCERTunkhannock 3, Hazleton Area 1Tunkhannock&#8217;s Hunter Whytashek, Matt Goodwin and Sean Harder each scored one goal and Goodwin and Whytashek saved a combined four shots.Hazleton Area&#8217;s Gabe Fabian scored one goal, and Jeremy Aquino made 10 saves.GIRLS SOCCERPittston Area 7, Hazleton Area 1Pittston Area&#8217;s Brooklyn Pedana scored three goals to lead the Patriots, and Grace Mimnaugh had three assists and added one goal.Hazleton Area&#8217;s Kyra Antolick scored the lone goal and Holly Buchman saved eight shots.BOYS SOCCERTunkhannock 3, Hazleton Area 1Tunkhannock`2`1 &#8212;`3Hazleton Area`0`1 &#8212;`1First half &#8212; 1. TUN, Hunter Whytashek, 19:00; 2. TUN, Matt Goodwin (Paul DeMarco), 38:00. Second half &#8212; 3. TUN, Sean Harder (Mike Casey), 58:00; 4. HAZ, Gabe Fabian (Joseph Rosero), 63:00.Shots &#8212; TUN 14; HAZ 5. Saves &#8212; TUN 4 (Goodwin/Whytashek); HAZ 10 (Jeremy Aquino). Corner kicks &#8212; TUN 7; HAZ 2.GIRLS SOCCERPittston Area 7, Hazleton Area 1Pittston Area`3`4 &#8212;`7Hazleton Area`0`1 &#8212;`1First half &#8212; 1. PIT, Brooklyn Pedana (Grace Mimnaugh), 33:29; 2. PIT, Kyleigh Shupp (Mimnaugh), 18:59; 3. PIT, Pedana, 11:53. Second half &#8212; 4. PIT, Pedana (Mimnaugh), 27:22; 5. PIT, Brynne McGoff (Mia Snyder), 26:01; 6. HAZ, Kyra Antolick, 25:25; 7. PIT, Anjelica Singer, 15:36; 8. PIT, Mimnaugh, 5:27.Shots &#8212; PIT 17; HAZ 9. Saves &#8212; PIT 5 (Alysha Smigiel/Caroline Wesp); HAZ 8 (Holly Buchman). Corner kicks &#8212; PIT 5; HAZ 1.<style>
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Local roundup: Wilkes women’s soccer tops Misericordia in key match