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South Williamsport’s season came to a tough end in the District 4 Class A quarterfinals, suffering a 4-0 loss to Line Mountain, the top seed who’s also ranked in the state in Class A. Line Mountain scored twice in each half.
Laila Troutman scored first in the 20t minute before Cora Moyer converted a penalty kick six minutes later for a 2-0 first-half lead. Moyer scored in the 44th minute to make it 3-0 and the Eagles’ fourth goal came in the 66th minute when Jenna Foulds put in a goal.
South Williamsport didn’t record a shot in the loss.
Warrior Run secured a narrow 2-1 win against Southern Columbia to advance to the District 4 Class A semifinals against Line Mountain. Scarlett Dunkleberger came up huge for the Defenders by scoring two first-half goals. Southern’s Kailee Helwig scored in the second half, but her goal would be the only one for Southern.
Both teams fired seven shots on goal.
• Wellsboro advanced to the District 4 Class AA semifinals thanks to a 4-0 shutout victory against NTL rival Towanda. Callen Novak, Maddon Mascho, Coen Tennis and Dylan Tomlinson all put in goals as the Green Hornets.
Wellsboro out-shot Towanda, 12-3.
The Green Hornets have a semifinal matchup on Tuesday at a time and site to be determined against top-seeded Central Columbia, who beat Lourdes, 8-0, in Saturday’s quarterfinals.
Lewisburg earned a 2-0 win against Loyalsock to advance to the District 4 Class AA semifinals against Williamson. Riley Gulden-Luthi scored twice and Jack Kohl had ana ssist. Gabe Pawling had two saves as Lewisburg’s defense didn’t let Loyalsock’s offense get many looks.
• Hughesville suffered a 3-0 loss in the District 4 girls volleyball playoffs to Lewisburg, 3-0 (26-24, 25-17, 26-24).
Claire Chandler had 24 assists for Lewisburg with five digs, Ella Vance had eight kills, five digs and four aces and Maya Bronner recorded seven kills, three digs and an ace. Leila Bronner had nine digs with four kills.
Leiwsburg also saw Brooke Leauber have five kills, Penelope Voneida had three kills, Tainaliz Martinez had eight digs with two aces, Addison Putman had five digs with three aces and Jayden Eister recorded four digs.
Team statistics for Hughesville were not made available.
North Penn-Liberty beat Towanda in the District 4 girls volleyball playoffs, 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 26-24). Lilly McNamara had 19 digs, 15 kills and 18 service receptions. Maddie McNamara had a team-high 29 digs with 19 service receptions, Kendall Graham had seven kills and seven blocks and Vicki McTish had five kills with three blocks.
Gabby Bubeck had 12 digs, 11 service receptions and six kills and Madison Smith had an impressive 30 assists with 17 digs. Oriana Statts had 10 digs and five service receptions while Eliana Shaw had three digs, three kills and three service receptions.
• Penn College defeated the Cairn University Highlanders (8-6-2) 5-0 in a United East women’s soccer quarterfinal match. The Wildcats put 13 of their 19 shots on goal and recorded a shutout while holding the Highlanders to seven shots.
How it happened: The Wildcats opened the scoring in the first half when Camryn Lobb scored off Ella Garman’s assist at 15:52, then added to the lead on Gianna Gamble’s goal at 30:55. PCT also generated a pair of corner kicks in a short stretch after the opening goal, and Harley Oliphant made two saves later in the half as the Wildcats went into halftime ahead 2-0.
In the second half, the Wildcats added three late goals, with Lobb scoring at 79:53 and 83:50 around Megan Kurian’s goal at 83:11 to move the score from 2-0 to 5-0. Oliphant made four saves in the half as the defense pitched their 13th shutout of the season to finish the match with a 5-0 win.
Lobb netted her first career hat-trick to fuel the offense and led the Wildcats with seven shots and five on goal. Kurian took over sole possession of the program’s all-time points record with her second-half goal. Oliphant recorded six saves and earned her seventh shutout in goal.
Presley Sutter and Julia Palitti scored goals, but the Bucknell women's soccer team was fighting from behind for most of the day and fell one short in a 3-2 defeat to Colgate. The loss dropped the Bison to 3-3-2 in Patriot League play, and while they missed a chance to clinch a postseason berth, they can still do so with a win at American in the regular-season finale on Wednesday.
Colgate improved to 2-5-1 in league play but was eliminated from Patriot League Tournament contention. The Raiders entered Saturday's game with only 10 goals scored all season but turned in their best offensive performance of the year against a Bucknell side that has been stout defensively.
• The sixth-seeded Lycoming College men’s soccer team scored first, but the third-seeded Catholic University of America tied the match in the last 10 minutes of regulation, then scored the game-winner in the 106th minute of double overtime to win, 2-1, in the first round of the Landmark Conference Championship on at Carlini Field.
Sophomore Leandro Cruz punched in the first score of the game in the 27th minute, giving the Warriors (8-10 overall) a 1-0 lead that held deep into the second half.
Third-seeded Catholic (12-2-4, 5-2-2) answered in the 82nd minute, as Azaria Tewodros pocketed a goal that sent the contest to extra time. A little over halfway through the second extra session, Michael Brown took a close-range shot from the left side that Warriors keeper Jace Bennett knocked down, but the ricochet bounced right to Jack Capuccio, who scored, ending the match after 105:13 of play.
Cruz finished with his seventh goal of the season, while Bennett racked up a career-best 11 saves.
Penn College’s postseason run came to a close in the United East men’s soccer quarterfinal round as the fifth-seeded Wildcats dropped a 2-0 final to fourth-seeded St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The Wildcats generated six of their seven shots after halftime but were outshot 20-7 overall and held to three shots on goal.
Penn College and St. Mary’s battled through a scoreless first half with Justin Crismale making an early save and the defense also recording a team save later in the half. Hunter Gabloff recorded PCT’s shot in the 17th minute, and the Seahawks fired off eight shots in the half.
The Wildcats created early second-half chances from Warrick Beachy and Scott Goldfeder, before the Seahawks went ahead with the first goal in the 54th minute. Crismale collected another save in the 75th minute, but another Seahawk goal in the 81st minute extended the lead to 2-0. Penn College gained late pressure with a Diaz shot and a corner, but the Seahawks came away with the 2-0 final.
• The Mansfield field hockey team took on No. 3-ranked Shippensburg for a PSAC matchup and took a 2-0 loss while celebrating three wonderful athletes on senior day. Amanda Duke, Parker Klingbeil, and Kaylie Randle were all celebrated in the ceremony for their accomplishments at Mansfield.
In the game, Mountie (6-11, 2-6 PSAC) defender Jordan Brunnabend continued her dependable season, tallying three more defensive saves to her nation leading 10. Goalkeeper Lydia Miller also aided the defensive effort, tallying seven saves in the game.
• Penn College dropped its United East Conference women’s volleyball regular-season finale, 3-0 against Cedar Crest. The Wildcats kept each set within reach, falling 21-25, 20-25 and 23-25. The Wildcats finished the season 0-27 overall, 0-10 in United East matches. The Falcons moved to 5-16, 2-8. Penn College dropped its United East Conference women’s volleyball regular-season finale, 3-0 against Cedar Crest on Saturday at Bardo Gymnasium.
The Wildcats made their strongest push after falling behind 20-11, winning seven of the next eight rallies to cut the Falcons’ lead to 21-18. Earlier, Callie Riddle’s service turn helped PCT trim a 10-4 deficit to 10-9, with Mya Gilliam, Avani Rainier and Claire Roan adding kills in that stretch. The Falcons held off the late pressure and took the first set 25-21.
Behind a 25 assist, 10 dig double-double from Natalie Gibson, Lock Haven swept visiting Bloomsburg in straight sets in a PSAC clash in Thomas Fieldhouse.
Gibson’s 25 assists pushed her past 800 assists on the season, and she now has 812.
The first set was a tight one that pushed the Bald Eagles to the limit before a late-set rally put Lock Haven in front. The Huskies led 19-12 after a three-point run but Lock Haven answered in a big way with a 12-4 push to tie it at 23 as Reagan Irons served five straight points.
Both teams traded points late in the set before kills from Maddie Mitchell and Gabby Gealey closed the set at a 26-24 tally for a 1-0 Lock Haven lead.
Set two saw the Huskies lead again at the midway point before Mitchell went to the service line and Lock Haven ran off 11 straight points to take a 22-14 advantage. Mitchell had four aces in the match, a career high, and three of them came in that run. The Bald Eagles hit .241 in the set and closed it out with an ace from Demi Ross to take a 2-0 match lead.
Lycoming closed out their Landmark Conference slate, falling 3-0 at Moravian at Johnston Hall. Moravian (16-12, 6-3) took the three-set match, 25-17, 25-22, 25-11, with Lycoming (4-21, 1-8) roaring back from a ten-point deficit in set two to close within two points on multiple occasions before the Greyhounds took the set.
Sophomore Kamryn Skeith led the Warriors with five kills, seven assists, and seven digs, while senior Haley Balgavy picked up six assists and six digs.
Gabbie Reigner logged 11 kills, Aubrey Pringle tallied 25 assista, and Sam Love posted 13 digs for Moravian
• Sophomore Jason Ricci claimed two of the Lycoming College swimming team’s four victories in a non-conference meet against Misericordia University at the Lamade Gym Natatorium. Misericordia won the meet on the men’s side, 164-74, and took the women’s side as well, 184-50.
Ricci’s excellent work in the backstroke highlighted the day for the Warriors, as he first took victory in the 100-yard backstroke, winning by nearly four seconds with a 59.51 mark, his first sub-minute time of the season. Later on, he took the 200-yard backstroke as well, emerging victorious by just over four seconds with a 2:10.34 showing. Freshman Nathan Jackson also took victory, cruising to a 16-second victory in the 200-yard butterfly with a mark of 2:05.18. Junior Sean Martinez came close to another victory, taking a close second in the 50-yard freestyle at 23.29.
• The Lycoming College cross country team competed in the Landmark Conference Championships, with the women taking eighth place and the men’s side taking 10th. Moravian (43 points) won the men's conference title, followed by Elizabethtown (61), Catholic (81), Scranton (106), Susquehanna (107), Juniata (193), Drew (196), Goucher (212), Wilkes (222) and Lycoming (307).
On the women’s side, Catholic (38 points) claimed the Landmark crown, being trailed by Scranton (70), Elizabethtown (74), Moravian (82), Susquehanna (151), Juniata (160), Drew (161), Lycoming (229) and Wilkes (261).
The top two runners for the Warriors came on the women’s side, with senior Regan Jury aking 27th place with a 23:57.3 finish in the 6K race, posting the highest finish by a Warrior since 2024. Senior Sydney Taylor posted a personal best of 25:05.8 to finish in 45th place.
Penn College’s men finished fourth in a nine-team field and the Wildcat women placed sixth among nine teams in the 2026 United East Conference Cross Country Championships hosted by Penn State Berks on Saturday. Individual leaders for the Wildcats were senior Elaina Brady, 10th in a 68-runner field, and freshman Logan Bohrer, 11th out of 81.
Bohrer ran a career-best 27:21.7 to finish 11th, Chase Ebeling 20th in 28:08.1, Holden Furey 24th in 28:48.4, Aiden Magnusson 26th in 29:03.9, Bryce Martin 28th in 29:06.8, Michael Burcik 33rd in 29:40.6, Devon Morgan 41st in 30:25.0, Ben Causak 44th in 30:54.8, Ben Heym 45th in 30:56.0, Owen Troop 51st in 31:41.4, and Steven Eckman 73rd in 38:20.0. The top five count in team scoring.
On the women’s side for Penn College, Brady finished with a career-best 25:53.7 to place 10th overall. Amy Rohl finished one spot behind Brady with a time of 26:17.8. Kate Butzler turned in a time of 27:20.2 to finish 17th. Gwynn Johnson placed 55th in 35:48.2 and Emma Chilen was 57th in 38:14.7.
GIRLS SOCCER
Line Mountain 4, South Williamsport 0
(DISTRICT 4 CLASS A QUARTERFINALS)
LM--Laila Troutman (Milena Mariano), 19:40. LM--Cora Moyer (penalty kick), 25:44. LM--Moyer (Mady Grindstaff), 43:16. LM--Jenna Foulds (Kendall Bowman), 65:22.
Shots: LM 11, SW 0. Corners: LM 6, SW 4. Saves: LM 0 (Addie Nelson), SW 5 (Annika Harding).
Records: South (9-5-6), Line Mountain (18-2).
Warrior Run 2, Southern Columbia 1
(DISTRICT 4 CLASS A QUARTERFINALS)
WR--Scarlett Dunkleberger (Lacey Betz). WR--Dunkleberger. SC--Kailee Helwig.
Shots: WR 7, SC 7. Corners: WR 4, SC 0. Saves: WR 4 (Melody Gardiner), SC 2 (Rosie Martino)
BOYS SOCCER
Wellsboro 4, Towanda 0
(DISTRICT 4 CLASS AA QUARTERFINALS)
Wellsboro goals: Callen Novak 1, Maddon Mascho 1, Coen Tennis 1, Dylan Tomlinson 1.
Shots: W 12, T 3. Corners: W 7, T 3. Saves: W 3 (Kayden Rogers), T 8 (Blaiz Nichols)
Lewisburg 2, Loyalsock 0
(DISTRICT 4 CLASS AA QUARTERFINALS)
Le--Riley Gulden-Luthi (Jack Kohl). Le--Gulden-Luthi.
Saves: Le 2 (Gabe Pawling).