After losing eight seniors to graduation including Yun-Ah Park and powerhouse Colby Hussong, the High School South field hockey team had a lot of ground to cover at the beginning of the season. The squad seems to be managing just fine. At 4-2, the girls are winning games they’re supposed to win and staying in the game when it comes to their tougher matchups.
The return of seniors Rachael Salerno, Kate McCormick, Sam McCormick, Sarah Klieger, and goalkeeper Jess Kaganskiy has certainly helped. Junior Taylor Cohen has stepped up, sitting at second on the team in goals scored, and freshman Keely Lyons has been a welcome addition to the defense. Kaganskiy is, as always, solid in the net, surrendering only eight goals this season and stopping 30 shots.
North’s season, though, got off to a different start. The majority of its team returned this year, including three-year varsity starters Olivia Harpel, Julianna Haase, and Giovanna Bonafede. There is only one sophomore, Sara Gostomski, on the entire 17-player roster. The rest are juniors and seniors, so this squad comes with experience. Haase currently leads the team in goals scored, and junior Christina Hayduchok, who was the starting goaltender last year as a sophomore, has made 55 saves so far this season.
The Knights are 2-3, but every game has been close. Two of their losses came by one goal, and the third was a 4-0 defeat to undefeated Moorestown.
South edged North, 3-2 in overtime, on Friday, September 20 at North. Rachael Salerno scored twice for the Pirates, while Taylor Cohen scored once. Sarah Moxham and Sam McCormick each picked up an assist. Jess Kaganskiy blocked six shots.
For the Knights, Julianna Haase and Miranda Zhou scored one goal a piece. Kylie Mulhall and Leah Yourstone assisted. Christina Hayduchok made 15 saves.
North (2-3). A 3-2 loss to Hopewell Valley on Wednesday, September 11. Goals: Haase, 2. Assists: Olivia Harpel, 1. Saves: Hayduchok, 21.
A 4-0 loss to Moorestown on Monday, September 16. Saves: Hayduchok, 5.
South (4-2). A 2-1 win over Ewing on Wednesday, September 11. Goals: Kate McCormick, 2.
A 4-1 win over Stuart Day on Monday, September 16. Goals: K. McCormick, 2. Cohen, Moxham, 1. Assists: Sam McCormick, 2. K. McCormick, Moxham, Salerno, 1. Saves: Kaganskiy, 5.
A 2-0 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday, September 18. Goals: K. McCormick, 2. Assists: Erin Sheets, 1. Saves: Kaganskiy, 5.
A 1-0 loss to Hun on Monday, September 23. Saves: Kaganskiy, 3.
Other Sports
Boys’ Soccer
North (3-3-1). A 3-2 loss to Allentown on Tuesday, September 10.
A 1-1 draw with peddie on Wednesday, September 11. Goals: Matt Wachira. Assists: Nana Owusu-Boahen. Saves: Tipu Shah, 9.
A 4-0 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, September 17.
A 4-3 loss to Trenton on Thursday, September 19. Goals: Melvin Sapon, Matt Grust, Michael Bamford, 1. Assists: Grust, 1. Saves: Shah, 7.
A 3-2 win over North Hunterdon on Saturday, September 21. Goals: Mihai Toma, 2. Brendan Cortez, 1. Assists: Owusu-Boahen, 2. Sapon, 1. Saves: Shah, 8.
A 4-0 win over Ewing on September 24. Goals: Sapon, 4. Saves: Shah: 2.
South (1-5). A 3-2 loss to Hopewell Valley on Tuesday, September 10. Goals: Luis Cruz, Rodrigo Trevino, 1. Assists: Cruz, Taylor Chan, 1. Saves: Jabril Samatar, 10.
A 2-0 loss to East Brunswick on Thursday, September 12. Saves: Samatar, 8.
A 2-0 loss to Steinert on Tuesday, September 17. Saves: Samatar, 9.
A 2-1 win over Hamilton West on Thursday, September 19. Goals: Trevino, Ryan Cloyes, 1. Assists: Cruz, 1. Saves: Samatar, 6.
A 2-1 loss to Trenton on
Girls’ Soccer
North (1-4). A 2-1 loss to Allentown on Tuesday, September 10. Goals: Meghan Wachira, 1. Saves: Deirdre Pehnke, 5.
A 3-1 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, September 17. Goals: Nicole Ciolfi, 1. Assists: Morgan Hendry, 1. Saves: Pehnke, 7.
A 6-0 win over Trenton on Thursday, September 19. Goals: Emily Schmid, 2. Ciolfi, Wachira, Allison Chismar, Carli Harpel, 1 Assists: Ciolfi, Schmid, Wachira, 1. Saves: Pehnke, 1.
A 3-2 loss to Ewing on September 24. Goals: Chismar, Counts, 1. Saves: Pehnke, 7.
South (2-3). A 2-1 loss to Steinert on Tuesday, September 17. Goals: Gabby Portilla. Assists: Melinda Altamore. Saves: Caroline Brooks, 6.
A 1-0 win over Hamilton West on Thursday, September 19. Goals: Portilla.
An 8-0 win over Trenton on September 24. Goals: Altamore, Anastasia Rizzo-Wittlin, Lindsay Philbin, Portilla, Gabby Saade, Samantha Schattin, 1; Abbey Jones, 2. Saves: Brooks, 1; Julia Koepp, 2.
Girls’ Volleyball
North defeated South 2-1 on Friday, September 20. Hayley Merrill had 21 kills, 3 service points, 3 digs, and 1 ace for the Pirates. Jinae Park finished with 20 assists, 3 service points, and 1 ace. Lauren Frullo had 7 service points, 5 kills, 3 digs, and 1 ace.
North (3-3). A 2-0 loss to South Brunswick on Tuesday, September 10.
A 2-0 win over Piscataway on Thursday, September 12.
A 2-1 loss to JP Stevens on Monday, September 16.
A 2-1 win over Bishop Ahr on Wednesday, September 18. Jackie Tom: 4 aces, 5 service points, 5 kills, 1 assist, 9 digs. Ashley Yao: 9 aces, 13 service points, 6 kills, 3 digs. Anushka Singh: 1 ace, 3 service points, 14 assists, 1 dig.
A 2-1 loss to East Brunswick on Monday, September 23. Emily Fang: 13 digs, 5 service points, 2 aces. Ylana Lopez: 4 aces, 4 service points, 1 dig. Singh: 14 assists, 8 service points, 2 aces. Tom: 8 digs, 6 service points, 4 kills. Yao: 8 service points, 5 aces, 4 kills. Tessa Zhang: 9 srvice points, 4 digs, 2 kills. Anushka Saddi: 5 kills, 1 service point.
South (3-3). A 2-0 win over North Brunswick on Tuesday, September 10. Park: 3 aces, 4 service points, 21 assists, 2 digs. Krishna Shah: 3 aces, 10 service points, 1 kill. Frullo: 2 aces, 7 service points, 4 kills, 2 digs. Harshita Gadangi: 2 service points, 2 kills, 2 assists, 3 digs.
A 2-0 loss to South Brunswick on Thursday, September 12. Merrill: 9 kills, 3 service points, 2 aces, 1 dig, 1 block. Park: 11 assists, 4 service points, 3 aces.
A 2-0 win over Piscataway on Monday, September 16. Frullo: 2 aces, 5 service points, 4 kills, 1 ace, 1 dig. Merrill: 4 aces, 10 service points, 12 kills, 1 block, 1 dig. Rachel Constantino: 2 aces, 3 digs.
A 2-1 loss to Old Bridge on Monday, September 23. Merrill: 22 kills, 3 service points, 3 digs, 1 ace. Park: 20 assists, 3 service points, 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 block. Frullo: 7 service points, 3 digs, 3 kills, 1 ace. Ivy Li, 6 service points, 3 aces, 2 digs. Amanda Easter: 3 blocks, 1 dig, 1 kill.
Football
North (0-2). A 55-21 loss to Rancocas Valley on Thursday, September 12. Passing: Kevin Murphy 19-32, 359 yards, 3 touchdowns. Receiving: Jack O’Connell 7 receptions, 126 yards, 1 touchdown. Juwan Harrison 5 receptions, 92 yards, 1 touchdown. Malik Thompson 3 receptions, 73 yards, one touchdown.
A 42-6 loss to Hopewell Valley on Saturday, September 21. Rushing: Murphy 1 TD.
South (0-2). A 20-0 loss to Trenton on Thursday, September 12.
A 21-0 loss to Steinert on Saturday, September 21.
Girls’ Tennis
Both girls’ tennis teams are undefeated, but the real test was the Mercer County Tournament, which ended September 25. The Pirates, the favorites going in, won with 24 points, while North finished fourth behind Princeton and Princeton Day with 15 points. South’s Claudia Siniakowicz reached the first singles final but fell to Princeton’s Christina Rosca. Haley Rich and Caroline Zhou won at second and third singles, respectively, and both doubles teams — Angela Li and Sanajana Ravi and Margaret MacArthur and Angela Weng — placed first.
For North Arielle Bosworth placed fourth at second singles, and Audrey Chen was third at third singles. The first doubles team of Sai Dhulipalla and Ranjitha Vasa placed fourth, and second doubles players Nicky Charan and Jessica Mao were third.
North (6-0). A 5-0 win over Notre Dame on Tuesday, September 12. Singles 1: Nyambe Tuchscherer, 6-2, 6-1. Singles 2: Bosworth, 6-1, 6-0. Singles 3: Chen, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 1: Dhulipalla and Vasa, 6-3, 4-6, 10-1. Doubles 2: Charan and Mao, 6-3, 6-1.
A 5-0 win over Trenton on Thursday, September 12. Singles 1: Tuchscherer, 6-0, 6-1. Singles 2: Bosworth, 6-0, 6-1. Singles 3: Chen, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 1: Dhulipalla and Vasa, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 2: Pooja Rajan and Ruchi Vyas, 6-0, 6-1.
A 5-0 win over Trenton on Wednesday, September 18. Singles 1: Tuchscherer, 6-2, 6-2. Singles 2: Bosworth, 6-0, 6-0. Singles 3: Chen, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 1: Dhulipalla and Vasa, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 2: Charan and Mao, 6-0, 6-0.
A 4-1 win over Hightstown on Friday, September 20. Singles 2: Bosworth, 6-0, 6-0. Singles 3: Chen, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles 1: Dhulipalla and Vasa, 6-0, 6-3. Doubles 2: Charan and Mao, 6-0, 6-0.
South (7-0). A 5-0 win over Steinert on Tuesday, September 10. Singles 1: Siniakowicz, 6-0, 6-0. Singles 2: Rich, 6-0, 6-1. Singles 3: Zhou, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles 1: Li and Ravi, 6-2, 7-5. Doubles 2: MacArthur and Weng, 6-4, 6-0.
A 5-0 win over Hamilton West on Thursday, September 12. Singles 1: Zhou, 6-0, 6-0. Singles 2: Weng, 6-0, 6-0. Singles 3: MacArthur, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 1: Varna Kodoth and Stephanie Ji, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 2: Megan Reilly and Shranya Thondapu, 6-0, 6-0.
A 5-0 win over Ewing on Monday, September 16. Singles 1: Siniakowicz, 6-1, 6-1. Singles 2: Rich, 6-0, 6-1. Singles 3: Zhou: 6-0, 6-0. Doubles 1: Li and Ravi, won by forfeit. Doubles 2: MacArthu and Went, 6-0, 6-0.
A 5-0 win over Peddie on Thursday, September 19. Singles 1: Siniakowicz, 6-4, 6-1. Singles 2: Rich, 6-2, 6-1. Singles 3: Zhou, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles 1: Li and Ravi, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles 2: MacArthur and Weng, 6-2, 6-4.
