Ava Musinski (10) splits to Lake-Lehman defenders to score her first and team goal at 33:14 in the first period at Wilkes-Barre Area field on Oct. 20.
Tony Callaio file photo | For Sunday Dispatch
The Black Knight’s Kenley Purdy (8) leaps in the air after tying up the games against Wyoming Area for the D2 championship on Oct. 20.
Tony Callaio file photo | For Sunday Dispatch
Wyoming Area won both division and district titles in girls soccer.
The Lady Warriors qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 2A tournament with Saturday’s District 2 title.
Wyoming Area takes a 19-1 record into the state playoffs with 104 goals scored, more than five per game.
The last championship for the Lady Warriors had been a district title in 2018.
Wyoming Area 3, Mid Valley 1
Ava Musinski scored second-half goals two minutes apart Saturday morning to lift Wyoming Area past visiting Mid Valley in the District 2 Class 2A championship game at 10th Street Field.
The Lady Warriors made the most of their chances on a day when they were outshot 23-4.
Mid Valley controlled second-half possession with the game tied 1-1, but it was Wyoming Area that broke the deadlock when Musinski scored with 18:50 left. She added another goal on penalty kick.
Wyoming Area’s Alana Zdaniewicz opened the scoring midway through the first half.
Sofia Goetter ripped a shot into the upper right corner from 30 yards out to tie the game 50 seconds before halftime, but that was the only shot Mid Valley got past Abigail Francis.
The Spartanettes finished 15-5. Their previous four losses all came to Abington Heights and Valley View, the top two teams in Lackawanna League Division 1, Class 3A teams with only four losses combined on the season.
Wyoming Area 4, Western Wayne 0
Ava Musinski had a hat trick as Wyoming Area reached the championship game with Wednesday’s semifinal victory at 10th Street Field.
Ella Yankovich scored the other goal.
Kinley Park and Jules Potter had assists.
Wyoming Area 2, Scranton Prep 1
Eighth-seeded Scranton Prep pushed Wyoming Area to overtime Oct. 25.
Franki Pizano and Alana Zdaniewicz had the goals for the Lady Warriors.
Wilkes-Barre Area 5, Pittston Area 1
Allison Corchado scored the game’s first two goals 1:19 apart midway through the first half Oct. 25 to send host Wilkes-Barre Area on its way to a District 2 Class 4A quarterfinal victory.
Corchado then assisted on the next goal early in the second half.
Juliana Menendez broke up the shutout with a successful penalty kick with 4:44 remaining.
The Lady Patriots finished 4-14-2.
Wyoming Area 4, Lake-Lehman 2
PLAINS TWP. — Wyoming Area has been on the cusp for more than 10 years, always putting a quality product on the field yet unable to pass either Lake-Lehman or Holy Redeemer for a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 championship.
That changed Oct. 20 when the Lady Warriors used three second-half goals to get past Lake-Lehman in a playoff for the divisional title at Wilkes-Barre Area High School.
Ava Musinski scored two goals, including the go-ahead goal midway through the second half to help Wyoming Area break the time after the teams both went 9-1, splitting with each other.
Musinski also assisted Ella Yankovich with a goal with about six minutes left that essentially sealed the first Wyoming Area division title since 2012.
“The last couple of years we’ve been very competitive,” Wyoming Area coach Chad Kranson said. “Obviously, with Lehman it’s a battle every time. I’m just really glad for the kids. I’ve told the kids since day one that hard work pays off.”
Kinley Park also scored while Alana Zdaniewicz and Teagan Meier had assists.
Abigail Francis made six saves.
Pittston Area 1, Delaware Valley 0
Pittston Area came up with its first District 2 girls soccer playoff victory since 2015 Oct. 23 in the District 2-4 Class 4A Subregional quarterfinal.
Fifth-seeded Pittston Area won in a penalty kick shootout after the teams were scoreless through regulation and two 15-minute overtimes in the game hosted by fourth-seeded Delaware Valley.
All five Pittston Area players made their penalty kick attempts while Delaware Valley went 4-for-5.
The Lady Warriors shot first, but lost their advantage when Adriana Wallace stopped their second attempt.
Rebecca Dunn, Alida Gregory, Bella Dessoye, Isabella Pisano and Juliana Menendez all converted for the Lady Patriots.
Since beating Delaware Valley in 2015, Pittston Area had gone 0-6 in first-round playoff games and missed the postseason three times. The Lady Patriots were outscored 36-3 in those six playoff defeats.
