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FINAL: WPIAL Girls Class 4A Soccer Final – Peters Twp 0, Seneca Valley 0 (Peters Twp wins PK shootout, 5-4)

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WPIAL Girls Soccer Class 4A Championship Match

FINAL: Peters Township 0, Seneca Valley 0 (PT wins PK shootout)

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MATCH STATS: LIVE

HALF:  0-0

PT: Julia Spergel: 2 Shots on Goal Paige Malley: 1 Shot on Goal GK Kubistek: 2 Saves Fouls: 5 Possession: 43%

SV: Maddy Marcotte: 1 Shot on Goal Ashlee Libby: 1 Shot on Goal GK Sydney Postler: 3 Saves Fouls: 0 Possession: 57% Gianna Donatucci & Cassidy Stopchick each had one shot, but not on goal.

Updated Girls Class 4A Bracket 

Head Coaches:

Peters Twp: Pat Vereb

Seneca Valley: Mark Perry

Rosters

Seneca Valley

Peters Township

History

Since WPIAL / PIAA went to four classifications in 2016, this is the third Finals appearances for both schools.

  • WPIAL Titles:
    • Seneca Valley (5) – 2018, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2007
    • Peters Twp (2) – 2010, 2012

History WPIAL Girls 4A Champions

  • 2023 – Fox Chapel
  • 2022 – North Allegheny
  • 2021 – Moon
  • 2020 – North Allegheny
  • 2019 – North Allegheny

Match Preview

The top two seeds, Seneca Valley and Peters Township walked away from Fox Chapel High School on Monday night with victories and now have a date with destiny at Highmark Stadium, as two of the most successful programs who have some of the most talented rosters, with two iconic WPIAL coaches leading the way, will meet in the Final on Friday night.

The Raiders took control early in its win against Canon-McMillan with an early brace from Madeline Marcotte, then cruised to a 4-1 win.   In the later game, Peters Township found a second half equalizer from Amanda Pirosko, then won it in extra time with a golden goal from Cailin Martin.

The two teams met earlier this season in a non-conference showdown on August 28, with Peters Township coming out with a 2-1 win in extra time.

This was also Seneca Valley’s lone loss to a WPIAL team this season.

In fact there’s also some Championship game history between the two schools and two veteran coaches, Pat Vereb and Mark Perry, who have combined for over 700 wins over the years in WPIAL soccer.

The schools met in a memorable 2018 Final at Highmark, with Seneca Valley trailing 1-0 with less than a minute in regulation, still somehow pulling out the win with a late goal in the final minute, then hitting a golden goal in extra time.

Seneca Valley stuns Peters to seize WPIAL title in OT

There Will Be A New Champion!

That’s right!  With Fox Chapel has moved down in classification (to 3A), that means we’ll have a new WPIAL Girls Class 4A champion this year.

Still, Peters Township and Seneca Valley have been impressive as the top two seeds, they haven’t completely dominated the competition, but they did pull out tightly contested, shut out wins in the quarterfinal round.

Peters finished the season without a loss, and only one blemish in a 2-2 tie with a talented Upper St. Clair squad on Sept. 11.

The Indians have been very well organized out of the back, with keeper Molly Kubistek posting 13 clean sheets — while their team defense has limited opponents to eight goals — including a shutout win on Thursday against Pine-Richland. With Taylor McCullough (12), Julia Spergel (11) and Paige Malley (10) leading a balanced attack, Head Coach Pat Vereb could be lifting another trophy in his 25th season coaching.

No. 2 Seneca Valley is also coached by another longtime WPIAL soccer coaching icon, Mark Perry, who was recently inducted into the A-K Valley Hall of Fame.  On Thursday, Seneca Valley had enough to fend a challenge from an Upper St Clair on Thursday, in the 51st minute, SV junior midfielder Maddie Marcotte found Karly Majeski, just on the edge of the box.  Majeski’s perfectly placed strike was the difference in a very tight contest.  Cassie Leonard is the Raiders leading scorer with 12 goals, while Ashlee Libby and Majeski recieved All-WPIAL honors.

Recent PSN Girls Class 4A Coverage

WPIAL Girls Class 4A Soccer Semifinal Round Scoreboard: Top seeds Peters Twp, Seneca Valley advance to Final

All-WPIAL Girls Soccer Selections (2024)

Last Five WPIAL Girls Class 4A Champions

  • 2023 – Fox Chapel
  • 2022 – North Allegheny
  • 2021 – Moon
  • 2020 – North Allegheny
  • 2019 – North Allegheny

WPIAL Girls Soccer Class 4A Playoff Results

Semifinal Round (Monday, October 28)

at Fox Chapel High School 

FINAL:  Seneca Valley 4, Canon-McMillan 1

FINAL: Peters Township 2, North Allegheny 1

Quarterfinal Round (Thursday, October 24)

FINAL: Peters Township 2, Pine-Richland 0

FINAL:Seneca Valley 1, Upper St. Clair 0

FINAL:   Canon-McMillan 3, Penn-Trafford 1

FINAL: North Allegheny 3, Mt. Lebanon 2

First Round (Monday, October 21)

Canon McMillan 11, Hempfield 0

Pine-Richland 3, Latrobe 2

Upper St Clair 3, Butler 1

Mt. Lebanon 0, Norwin 0 (Mt. Lebanon wins in PK shootout)

 

WPIAL Girls Class 4A Leading Scorers

Cecelia Wolford, Butler — 18

Alexis Brown, Penn-Trafford — 17

Grace Ferency, Bethel Park — 15

Callee DalBon, Bethel Park — 14

Julia Bursick, Norwin — 14

Jiana Patterson, Hempfield — 14

Robin Reilly, Latrobe — 14

Cassie Leonard, Seneca Valley — 12

Taylor McCullough, Peters Township — 12

Julia Spergel, Peters Township — 11

Geli Dent, Latrobe — 10

Sierra Dupre, Upper St. Clair — 10

Meredith Huzjak, Upper St. Clair — 10

Paige Malley, Peters Township — 10

Kieran Shannon, North Allegheny — 10

Mary Vargo, Baldwin — 10

River Hendrych Bondra, Bethel Park — 10

 

 

 

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