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Emily Wirth scored two goals in the highest offensive output of the season as the Wilkes University women&#8217;s soccer team earned its fourth straight win with a 5-0 shutout of Eastern.Wilkes moved to 7-4-1 overall and a perfect 4-0 in league play following the road victory. Eastern dropped to 5-8-1 overall and 1-2-1 in conference matches after suffering the home defeat.Jessica Egan struck first for Wilkes taking a pass from her sister Emily from right of the box and kicking home a shot to the left back of the net just 3:49 into the match.Wirth notched the first of her two goals in the 26th minute blasting a shot from outside the right of the box hitting the back top left of the goal to push the Colonels lead to 2-0. Wirth then ended the half with another goal, this time a laser from the left top of the box that beat the Eagles keeper.King&#8217;s 1, Manhattanville 0Anna Lacalamita scored the second goal of her career to lead the Monarchs to an important MA Freedom victory.The Monarchs (5-7-0, 2-2 MAC Freedom) controlled possession for the majority of the match to pick up their sixth consecutive victory over Manhattanville.Jess Schenfeld made four saves to pick up her first shutout of the season and fifth of her career.Misericordia 6, Delaware Valley 0Ashley Edgell got the scoring started with two goals in the 12th minute and the No. 12 Cougars extended their winning streak to five games.MEN&#8217;S SOCCERKing&#8217;s 4, Manhattanville 2August Axtman got the Monarchs on the board with his fourth penalty kick goal of the season and King&#8217;s picked up a very important three points by defeating host Manhattanville.Eastern 5, Wilkes 1Wilkes keeper Tim Gallagher was assessed a red card for taking down an offensive player as the last defender in the 29th minute and the Colonels dropped a game at Eastern.FIELD HOCKEYFDU-Florham 1, Misericordia 0 (2 OT)Kaitlyn Campbell made seven saves in goal, but the Devils scored the only goal of the game on a corner 3:44 into the second extra session to hand Misericordia a heartbreaking loss.Gabriele&#8217;s Hat Trick Lifts Field Hockey to Overtime Win At ManhattanvilleKing&#8217;s 3, Manhatanville 2Kelsey Gabriele scored all three goals for the Monarchs, including a game-winner with 1:03 left in double overtime to lift King&#8217;s to a come-from-behind win.The three goals marked the first hat-trick of the career for Gabriele and was the first hat-trick for King&#8217;s College since Bri DiMaggio scored four goals in a 5-2 win over Delaware Valley University on October 14, 2016.WOMEN&#8217;S VOLLEYBALLHunter 3, King&#8217;s 0King&#8217;s 3, Utica 0Setter Karley May had 84 assists as King&#8217;s split two games on the second day of the MIT Quad Tournament.Olivia Musto led King&#8217;s with eight kills in a 25-12, 25-19, 25-12 loss to Hunter.Rachel Miller, who was named to the all-tournament team, made 18 kills in a 25-13, 25-16, 26-24 win over Utica.Misericordia 3, Farmingdale 0Misericordia 3, Eastern Connecticut State 2The Misericordia University women&#8217;s volleyball team honored seniors Kaitlin Wheeler and Tara Welliver with a sweep on Senior Appreciation Day.Junior setter Karley May had 84 assists on the day to set a new school single-season record with 946 assists.Sarah Pool had 11 kills and Wheeler had 11 digs while May had 34 assists and five aces against Farmingdale.Jassmine Watson had a team-high 18 kills and Pool added 13 kills while May had 50 assists against Eastern Connecticut State.MEN&#8217;S CROSS COUNTRYFitch paces MisericordiaAlex Fitch finished 69th in 26:06 to lead Misericordia at the Inter-Regional Challenge at Rowan.Molina Paces Wilkes Men&#8217;s Cross Country at Inter-Regional Border BattleMolina on the move for WilkesNoah Molina ran the Colonels&#8217; 11th fastest time since 2008 at the Inter-Regional Border Battle hosted by Rowan University.Molina paced the eight Wilkes runners on the 8k course with a career best 27:55.4.WOMEN&#8217;S CROSS COUNTRYSchoen breaks record at MisericordiaClare Schoen shattered the school record on her way to a runner-up finish at the Inter-Regional Cross Country Challenge at Rowan.Schoen (21:05) took 42 seconds off the previous mark while leading the Cougars to a 10th place finish in the 39-team field.Meredith Hartz was 61st and Rowan Pepe was 76th.Season Records Set for WilkesAutumn Pedron improved upon her career best time with a 25:45.1 to place 282nd as the top Colonels finisher at the Inter-Regional Cross Country Challenge.Caroline Rickard set a season best time of 26:04.6 for Wilkes and Sara Ross completed the course in a career best time of 26:21.1.H.S. BOYS SOCCERDallas 2, Lake-Lehman 0Zach Holthaus assisted on the first goal and scored the second as the Mountaineers captured the annual Cleary Cup rivalry game.Ethan Shilanski scored with 19 minutes to play in the game to break a 0-0 tie.Kyle Greenwood made five saves to record the shutout for Dallas, while Jon Raspen stopped seven shots for LehmanH.S. GIRLS SOCCERCrestwood 2, Hazleton Area 0Melissa Herrera scored her 100th career goal to get the Comets on the board, then assisted on Reyla Termini&#8217;s insurance goal in the Comets&#8217; victory. Caitlyn Katchur made 15 saves for the Cougars.Valley West 8, Nanticoke Area 3Kennadi Josefowicz scored five goals as the Spartans stormed to victory.Amiah Lukowski scored two goals for the Trojanettes to even the score at 3-3 in the first half and Kaleah Moran made 24 saves for Nanticoke Area.Lake-Lehman 12, North Pocono 1Madison Brdaric had a hat trick, pacing the Black Knights to victory.Lauren Chapple and Abby Paczewski both hit for two goals in the win.Coughlin 1, Valley West 0 (OT)Esa Mendola registered the only goal to lift the Crusaders in overtime of a game played Friday.Courtney Wartella turned away 12 shots in goal for Coughlin.H.S. FIELD HOCKEYNorthwest 2, Lackawanna Trail 0Sydney Franchella and Irelyn Kishbaugh scored goals, Lauren Okuniewski assisted on both and the Rangers wrapped up the WVC Division 2 title by blanking the Lions.Cassidy Gray made four saves to earn the shutout. Lilly Rejrat made seven saves in goal for Trail.Nanticoke Area 1, Hanover Area 0Katie King scored in the first half and Lexy Nichols made it stand up with eight saves as the Trojanettes strengthened their hold on the eighth and final District 2 Class A playoff seed by beating the Hawkeyes.Crestwood 1, Honesdale 0Abby Davis scored on a feed from Mackenzie Kile with 3:16 remaining to lift the Comets to victory.Dallas 3, Abington Heights 1Emily Farrell scored twice, leading the Mountaineers to victory in a game played Thursday.Hannah Yanovich added a goal and an assist in the victory.MaKenna Thorpe made 11 saves for the Comets.BOYS SOCCERDallas 2, Lake-Lehman 0Dallas`0`2 &#8212; 2Lake-Lehman`0`0 &#8212; 0Second half &#8212; 1. DAL, Ethan Shilanski (Zach Holthaus), 19:00; 2. DAL, Holthaus (Bryce Chopyak), 16:56.Shots &#8212; DAL 19; LL 8. Saves &#8212; DAL 5 (Kyle Greenwood); LL 7 (Jon Raspen). Corner kicks &#8212; DAL 4; LL 2.GIRLS SOCCERCrestwood 2, Hazleton Area 0Hazleton Area`0`0 &#8212; 0Crestwood`2`0 &#8212; 2First half &#8212; 1. CRE, Melissa Herrera, 23:18; 2. CRE, Reyla Termini (Herrera), 22:24.Shots &#8212; HAZ 0; CRE 29. Saves &#8212; HAZ 15 (Caitlyn Katchur); CRE 0 (Courtney Dushanko). Corner kicks &#8212; HAZ 0; CRE 7.Valley West 8, Nanticoke Area 3Nanticoke Area`3`0 &#8212; 3Valley West`3`5 &#8212; 8First half &#8212; 1. WVW, Jessica Shaver (Annabelle Wojciechowski), 5:12; 2. NAN, Amiah Lukowski, 7:04; 3. WVW, Kennadi Josefowicz (Kylee Laudenslager), 14:27; 4. NAN, Taili Ormes, 24:58; 5. WVW, Josefowicz (Aubrey Duesler), 26:48; 6. NAN, Lukowski 29:20. Second half &#8212; 7. WVW, Chloe Chipego, 41:45; 8. WVW, Kylee Laudenslager (Josefowicz), 73:52; 9. WVW, Josefowicz, 74:45; 10. WVW, Josefowicz, 78:16; 11. WVW, Josefowicz, 79:00.Shots &#8212; NAN 6; WVW 34. Saves &#8212; NAN 24 (Kaleah Moran); WVW 3 (Harley Krause). Corner kicks &#8212; NAN 2; WVW 7.Lake-Lehman 12, North Pocono 1Lake-Lehman`8`4 &#8212; 12North Pocono`1`0 &#8212; 1First half &#8212; 1. LL, Lauren Chapple (Chloe Weaver), 36:28; 2. NP, Alexa Stevens, 32:51; 3. LL, Madison Brdaric (Weaver), 27:39; 4. LL, Weaver (Brdaric), 24:03; 5. LL, Abby Paczewski (Sarah Salus), 22:38; 6. LL, Brdaric (Weaver), 16:58; 7. LL, Brdaric (Weaver), 13:01; 8. LL, Paczewski (Weaver), 9:42; 9. LL, Rachel Shook (Weaver), 4:24. Second half &#8212; 10. LL, Chase Prudy (Weaver), 35:55; 11. LL, Purdy (Brdaric), 27:45; 12. LL, Lauren Chapple (Weaver), 14:10; 13. LL, Keera Naugle (Chapple), 3:13.Shots &#8212; LL 28; NP 2. Saves &#8212; LL 1 (Stephanie Ayers); NP 16 (Amber Goffeedo). Corner kicks &#8212; LL 12; NP 0.Coughlin 1, Valley West 0Valley West`0`0`0 &#8212; 0Coughlin`0`0`1 &#8212; 1Overtime &#8212; 1. COU, Esa Mendola, 85:44.Shots &#8212; WVW 14; COU 16. Saves &#8212; WVW 11 (Emma Grimes); COU 12 (Courtney Wartella). Corner kicks &#8212; WVW 2; COU 4.FIELD HOCKEYNorthwest 2, Lackawanna Trail 0Lackawanna Trail`0`0 &#8212; 0Northwest`1`1 &#8212; 2First half &#8212; 1. NW, Sydney Franchella (Lauren Okuniewski), 15:40. Second half &#8212; 2. NW, Irelyn Kishbaugh (Okuniewski), 25:02.Shots &#8212; LT 5; NW 9. Saves &#8212; LT 7 (Lilly Rejrat); NW 4 (Cassidy Gray). Penalty corners &#8212; LT 8; NW 7.Nanticoke Area 1, Hanover Area 0Nanticoke Area`1`0 &#8212; 1Hanover Area`0`0 &#8212; 0First half &#8212; 1. NAN, Katie King, 9:36.Shots &#8212; NAN 8; HAN 8. Saves &#8212; NAN 8 (Lexy Nichols); HAN 7 (Alyssa Wivell). Penalty corners &#8212; NAN 4; HAN 4.Crestwood 1, Honesdale 0Crestwood`0`1 &#8212; 2Honesdale`0`0 &#8212; 0Second half &#8212; 1. CRE, Abby Davis (Mackenzie Kile), 3:16.Shots &#8212; CRE 11; HON 9. Saves &#8212; CRE 9 (Olivia Novrocki); HON 10 (Nicole Miszler). Penalty corners &#8212; CRE 4; HON 7.Dallas 3, Abington Heights 1Dallas`1`2 &#8212; 3North Pocono`0`1 &#8212; 1First half &#8212; 1. DAL, Emily Farrell (Shannon Barrett), 15:35. Second half &#8212; 2. DAL, Hannah Yanovich, 15:27; 3. DAL, Farrell (Yanovich), 14:16; 4. AH, Ellie Smith (Shaelyn Kobrynich), 3:54.Shots &#8212; DAL 14; AH 3. Saves &#8212; DAL 3 (Amanda Puza); AH 11 (MaKenna Thorpe). Penalty corners &#8212; DAL 11; AH 3.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

It’s Wirth the effort for Wilkes women’s soccer team