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Francesca Varela-Seri captured a singles title for the third consecutive year, leading five Wilkes women who won finals at the MAC Individual Singles Championships on Sunday at the Ralston Athletic Complex.Varela-Seri won 6-1, 6-0 to take the No. 3 singles flight, while Erin Volutz won 6-2, 6-0 earn the No. 4 singles title.Rachel Thomas at No. 5, Sarah Malone at No. 6 and freshman Alexa Cieri at No. 7 also won singles championships for Wilkes.The showing followed a big Saturday for Wilkes when Jordan Vasarkovy and Dana Saliyev won the top doubles championship, 8-3 and Varela-Seri teamed with Dasha Yakhnis for an 8-4 win at No. 2 as all four Wilkes entrants swept their doubles flights.Dagney Markle and Erin Volutza at No. 3 and Nicole Agetani and Rachel Thomas at No. 4 completed the MAC doubles championship sweep for the Colonels.FOOTBALLLackawanna College 62, Hocking 6Marques DeShields ran for two touchdowns, Shane McLaughlin threw for two more and the Falcons flew past Hocking.DeShields scored his first touchdown on a 13-yard run early in the second quarter, then McLaughline threw scoring strikes of 17 yards to James Stanley and 75 yards to Javon Turner to turn a seven-point lead into a 34-6 bulge late in the first half.DeShields added an eight-yard scoring run to cap the opening drive of the second half and boost Lackawanna College&#8217;s advantage to 48-6.WOMEN&#8217;S SOCCERMisericordai 4, FDU-Florham 1The 12th-ranked Misericordia University women&#8217;s soccer team clinched the top seed in the MAC Freedom tournament Saturday night at Mangelsdorf Field.Senior Hannah Larkin scored twice as she and classmates Alexa Alchevsky, Ashley Edgell, Evelyn Logie, Kristen Ritter and Kate Yurenda improved their all-time record at Mangelsdorf Field to 34-3-3.Jeanna Orfanos and Kaylee Sturans added goals while Kendall Pearage had two assists.MEN&#8217;S SWIMMINGWilkes 153, Mount St. Mary 46Jared Byrne won the 200 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay while breaking his own school record (5:09:58) in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:08:08 as the Colonels posted a dominating victory Saturday. Joseph Antolick and Trey Harloff were also triple winner for Wilkes.WOMEN&#8217;S SWIMMINGMount St. Mary 122, Wilkes 73Abby Keating was the standout for the Colonels, winning three events in a defeat Saturday.Keating started the day by winning the 200 medley relay and continued the day by taking the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke.HS Field HockeyHonesdale 6, Pittston Area 0Katy Corcoran and Nicole Longman each scored twice to pace the Hornets in a Saturday victory.Honesdale 3, Abington Heights 2Nicole Longman scored 4:30 into overtime as the Hornets captured a thriller Friday.Honesdale 1, Coughlin 0Nicole Longman scored the lone goal as the Hornets snuck by the Crusaders on Thursday.Northwest 1, Hanover Area 1Sydney Franchella scored in the first half for Northwest, Abby Korba tied it with a goal in the second half for Hanover Area and the teams battled to a deadlock Wednesday.Honesdale 6, Pittston Area 0Pittston Area`0`0 &#8212; 0Honesdale`2`4 &#8212; 6First half &#8212; 1. HON, Chloe Nicolini, 27:32; 2. HON, Katy Corcoran (Mandy Gunuskey), 12:19. Second half &#8212; 3. HON, Corcoran (Nicolini), 28:35; 4. HON, Nicole Longman, 24:30; 5. HON, Megan O&#8217;Neill (Nicolini), 23:02; 6. HON, Longman (Katie Grund), 18:55.Shots &#8212; PA 3; HON 21. Saves &#8212; PA 15; HON 3. Penalty corners &#8212; PA 1; HON 8.Honesdale 3, Abington Heights 2Abington Heights`1`1`0 &#8212; 2Honesdale`2`0`1 &#8212; 3First half &#8212; 1. HON, Leah Krol (Nicole Longman), 17:46; 2. AH, Elliana Smith (Caroline Kelly), 11:00; 3. HON, Chloe Fox (Longman), 0:46. Second half &#8212; 4. AH, Dani Beamish (Kelly), 19:30. Overtime &#8212; 5. HON, Longman (Mandy Gunuskey), 10:30.Shots &#8212; AH 8; HON 13. Saves &#8212; AH 10; HON 6. Penalty corners &#8212; AH 5; HON 5.Honesdale 1, Coughlin 0Coughlin`0`0 &#8212; 0Honesdale`1`0 &#8212; 1First half &#8212; 1. HON, Nicole Longman (Megan O&#8217;Neill), 24:48.Shots &#8212; COU 3; HON 12. Saves &#8212; COU 11; HON 3. Penalty corners &#8212; COU 8; HON 9.Northwest 1, Hanover Area 1Northwest`1`0 &#8212; 1Hanover Area`0`1 &#8212; 1First half &#8212; 1. NW, Sydney Franchella (Ariana Walker), 7:00. Second half &#8212; 2. HAN, Abby Korba (Sara Whitesell), 6:03.Shots &#8212; NW 10; HAN 6. Saves &#8212; NW 5 (Aleigha Parnell); HAN 9 (Rebecca Merth). Penalty corners &#8212; NW 12; HAN 6. <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>

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