The Pittston Area girls volleyball team is headed to the District 2-4 Class 3A Subregional tournament.
Following a pair of three-set home victories on consecutive days, the first of which clinched the postseason berth, the Lady Patriots are 9-4. They rank fourth out of 12 teams trying to make a field of at least eight teams.
Any team that finishes with at least a .500 record is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Going into Monday’s matches, there are nine teams with winning records, making it likely the tournament will be expanded by at least one team.
Pittston Area 3
MMI Prep 0
Tiara George had 18 assists and used aces to produce half of her six service points Wednesday when Pittston Area clinched its district playoff berth with a 25-17, 25-15, 25-8 sweep of the Wyoming Valley Conference match.
Michalie Mazurkivich had nine kills, five points and two blocks.
Pittston Area 3
Wilkes-Barre Area 0
Emma Coles had 14 service points and four digs Thursday when Pittston Area rolled over Wilkes-Barre Area, 25-16, 25-9, 25-8.
Tiara George had 11 points, including nine on aces.
Michalie Mazurkivich had 10 points, five aces and four blocks.
Berwick 3
Wyoming Area 0
WVC co-leader Berwick finished strong in a 25-23, 25-20, 25-5 sweep of visiting Wyoming Area Thursday.
Wyoming Area 3
North Pocono 1
Selena Forlenza’s 11 kills and 32 digs helped Wyoming Area defeat visiting North Pocono in Monday’s WVC match, 25-8, 25-22, 23-25, 25-22.
Forlenza also had seven service points, including three aces.
Marissa Kovaleski had 29 assists and 11 points.
Sarah Ktytor had 25 digs, 13 points and five aces.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Pittston Area 1-2
Nicole Zambetti finished third in a five-team meet at Hanover Area Wednesday, helping Pittston Area defeat Nanticoke, 15-50.
Zambetti finished the 3.1-mile course in 20:47.
The Lady Patriots lost to unbeaten Holy Redeemer, 18-45, and Hanover Area, 26-29.
Wyoming Area 0-3
Wyoming did not have a full lineup, so it lost 15-50 to Lake-Lehman, Tunkhannock and Wyoming Valley West Wednesday at the Luzerne County Rec Field.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Pittston Area 1-2
Pittston Area defeated Nanticoke, 15-50, Wednesday while falling to first-place Holy Redeemer (19-31) and host Hanover Area (24-33) Wednesday.
Nate Ridgley finished fifth in the five-team meet with a time of 17:53 for 3.1 miles.
David Bulford was eighth.
Wyoming Area 2-1
Wyoming Area suffered just its second loss of the season Wednesday, 26-30 to Lake-Lehman at Luzerne County Rec Field.
The Warriors (11-2) defeated Tunkhannock, 19-42, and Wyoming Valley West, 23-32.
BOYS SOCCER
Wyoming Seminary 3
Wyoming Area 1
Host Wyoming Seminary defeated second-place Wyoming Area Thursday to clinch the WVC Division 2 title.
Wyoming Area fell to 7-2-1 in the division and 10-4-1 overall.
Riley Gerhardt scored to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the first half.
“Wyoming Area’s a great team,” Wyoming Seminary coach Aaron Littzi told the Times Leader. “My hat’s off to them. They played hard the entire game and they’re just an aggressive, skilled team.”
Wilkes-Barre Area 5
Pittston Area 0
Pittston Area was shut out at home Thursday in the WVC Division 1 game.
Pittston Area 3
Berwick 1
Pittston Area picked up a WVC Division 1 road victory Wednesday.
Wyoming Area 5
MMI Prep 0
Matt Lewis, Kendall Heck and Nick Belles each had a goal and an assist in the first 12:34 Tuesday to lead Wyoming Area to the WVC Division 2 win.
Luke Coolbaugh scored a pair of unassisted, second-half goals.
Hazleton Area 14
Pittston Area 0
Hazleton Area routed host Pittston Area in Tuesday’s WVC Division 1 game.
GIRLS SOCCER
Wyoming Area 3
Nanticoke 1
Wyoming Area improved to 6-4 in Division 2 of the WVC and evened its overall record at 8-8 with Friday’s home win.
Wilkes-Barre Area 7
Pittston Area 1
Gia Innamorati scored for Pittston Area late in Thursday’s WVC Division 1 home loss.
Wyoming Area 3
Hanover Area 1
Christina Kosco, Anna Wisnewski and Olivia Kwaitkowski scored for Wyoming Area in Thursday’s WVC Division 2 road win.
Holy Redeemer 3
Wyoming Area 1
Holy Redeemer downed host Wyoming Area Tuesday in a WVC Division 2 game.
Wyoming Valley West 5
Pittston Area 0
Wyoming Valley West shut out visiting Pittston Area Tuesday in WVC Division 1 play.
Wyoming Area 8
Tunkhannock 0
Wyoming Area routed Tunkhannock in an Oct. 5 non-league game.
