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Head Coach: Roxann Betz
Assistant Coaches:
Julie Williams
Destanee Watkins
Team Name: Emmaus
League: EPC
2025 Record: 11-7 regular season, 13-9 overall
Key Players Lost:
Abbey DiComes, attack
Devin O’Neil, Goalie
Mattie China, Defense
McKenzie Schuler, Defense
Veronica McGraw, Defense
Brooke Peterson, Attack
Key Returning Players:
Taylor Younker, 12th grade attack. Taylor is a very agile, flashy inside attack player that brings great effort everyday.
Kate Newhard, 12th grade attack. Kate is a fast, highly skilled, attack player that can score, but also is very good at feeding inside cutters for good scoring opportunities.
Rylie Poll, 12th grade attack/midfield/draw- Rylie has great lacrosse IQ and skill and can help the team offensively and defensively, as well as, on the draw.
Abbey Thomas, 12th grade defense. Abbey is a leader on defense and has tremendous 1v1 defense and brings great communication on the defensive end.
Paige Shickel, 12th grade defense. Paige is a leader by example, very hard working, outstanding at groundballs, and protects the crease well.
Madison Lenig, 11th grade defense. Madi is an outstanding overall athlete and helps the team tremendously with her aggressive play, 1v1 defense, and IQ of the game.
Sarah Gross, 12th grade midfield. Sarah is a great two way middie that helps on both ends of the field. Outstanding stick skills, flashy cuts, and good help defender..
Key Newcomers:
Ally Kusko, 11th grade attack
Kate Rainford, 11th grade Goalie
Avery Aquino 10th grade midfield
Evelyn Gavin 10th grade attack/midfield
Lily Smith, 10th grade defense/midfield
2026 Outlook: 2026 should be a good challenge to build team chemistry between the returning starters and the rest of the team. We have strong senior leadership and many of them have been playing together for a long time and have built chemistry through the years. We will continue to work on trusting one another on both the offensive side and defensive side as each year brings a new group together.
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Head Coach: Charis Innarella (13 years)
Assistant Coaches:
Courtney Caka
Sophia Zelasko
Team Name: Freedom Patriots
League: EPC
2025 Record: 7-8-1
Key Players Lost:
Arianna O’Keefe Goalie 3 time EPC !st Team 600 + Career saves
Bayden Hancock Attack
Kaitlyn Takacs Defense
Key Returning Players:
Karee Vandever Senior Captain Midfield 195 goals 65 assists . Karee will be attending Fairleigh Dickinson in the Fall playing D1 Lacrosse.
Jenelle Karabinus Senior Captain Attack 135 goals 35 assists she will be continuing her lacrosse Career at Bloomsburg in the Fall.
Saige Carter Junior Captain Midfield 50 Goals 17 Assists committed to Play Lacrosse at Southern Connecticut State University
Emma Mannino Senior Midfield Led the team in assists last season 38 will play lacrosse at DeSales in the Fall
Peyton Haas Junior Defense
Madeline Gasper Junior Defense
2026 Outlook: We have a lot of experience and talent in our core 4 players Vandever Karabinus Carter and Mannino . Haas and Gasper will be solid on D. Brooklyn Sek is ready to take over in goal . Keys will be how quickly we can fill those gaps and continue to improve our skills.
Looking forward to getting a game under way and keep building from there. Great group of kids that continue to rally around each other and are very coachable .
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Head Coach: Michelle Mihalko (4th year)
Assistant Coaches:
Scot Engler
Kaity Wiltraut
Patrick O’Kane
Katie Flynn
Team Name: Nazareth Area
League: EPC
2025 Record: 15-5
Key Players Lost:
Olivia Mahorsky- Defense
Julia Novak- Midfield
AJ Aroche-Pelaez- Goalie
Key Returning Players:
Morgan Koch- midfield- 42g/19a
Keeley Kershner- midfield 27g/32a
Braygan Bender- defense 30 gb’s/27 caused turnovers
Kherington Smith- attack 48g/13a
Mia Pulliam- midfield 60g/21a
Parker Golden- attack 41g/17a
Ashley Stouffer- midfield 17g/22a
Key Newcomers:
Natalie Mihalko- Freshman, Attack
Macey Tonkay- freshman- goalie
2026 Outlook: We have a balanced attack and midfield, strong on transition and unselfish play. We are continuing to build our defense adding in some new players. We want to continue to move forward as a program as we have made strides each season for the last 3 years. We have some freshman that are looking to make an immediate impact and some depth on the bench as well.
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Head Coach: Hanna Doerner – 1st year
Assistant Coaches:
Alyssa Grieco
Team Name: Pleasant Valley High School
League: EPC
2025 Record: 22-3
Key Players Lost:
Devon Bush
Alivia Rath
Aby Borger
Olivia Iandoli
Bri Palmieri
Ashley Palmieri
Sysali Banks
Morgan Ryals
Sam Ecker
Sara Lesnik
Key Returning Players:
Rylee Rath
Brielle Halamar
Gabby Kutzler
Sam Miller
Evelyn VanDerheyden
Key Newcomers:
Alyzah Borger
Peyton Knecht
2026 Outlook: With the loss of 10 seniors, and most of them being starters, the team has been working hard to find and succeed in their new roles. We are excited to see how some younger players step up and take leadership.
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Team name: Parkland High School
League: EPC
Head Coach: Brittaney Costigan
Assistant Coaches:
Dawn Cipolla
Makenzie Roth
Jill Norbert-Bushinsky
Rey Esteban
Jeromy Curry
Lauren Serratore
2025 Record: 9-10
Key Players Lost:
Anna Sensinger
Anna Madeira
Cara Skrapits
Katie Generose
Marina Galligani
Key returners:
Emma Roseman
Kyla Smith
Abby Marquardt
Makenzie Spangler
Milla Hahn, Sydney Sensinger
Lila Temchatin
Juliana Varano
Olivia Esteban
Jade Caravello
Brynn Snyder
Samantha Schippell
Addie Winfield
Audrina Stewart
Key newcomers:
Laura Volpe
Seneca Benes
Mads Conti
Coach’s Outlook for 2026: Building upon our play last year and our new players skill and athleticism to hopefully make it further into May.
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Head Coach: Eric Tesche – 4 years as head coach, 6th overall
Assistant Coaches:
Laurissa Kashmer
Cara Keating
Lindsay Clinton
Team Name: Southern Lehigh Spartans
League: Independent
2025 Record: 16-4
Key Players Lost:
Piper Gluck-midfield
Maddy Terefenko-attack
Claire Stever-attack
Sierra Giannittasio-defense
Key Returning Players:
Alli Denzel-JR-midfield 93 goals, 36 assists, 105 draw controls, Boston College commit. Dynamic athlete with tremendous stick skills. Quick and fast on both ends of the field
Lauren Miller-SR-attack 84 goals, 8 assists, 41 draw controls Furman Univ commit. Quick, explosive scorer, 2x captain and 4 year starter
Corinne Houck-SR-goalie, 159 saves in 2025, Moravian Univ commit. Active, aggressive goalie with quick hands
Riley Bartosz-JR-midfield 32 goals, 4 assists, 30 draw controls. Great athlete, two-way midfielder
Delaney Mack-SR-Defense Committed to play field hockey at Rider Univ. Physical, vocal defender. Four-year starter.
Cassidy Clausnitzer- SR- Midfield Committed to play field hockey at Lock Haven Univ. Great athlete with the ability to play any position on the field. Four year starter.
Leah Colley-SO-Attack
Hailey Dougherty-SO-Midfield
Bridget Hagens- JR-Defense
Key Newcomers:
Ava Hutter-SO-Defense
Eshaal Malik-JR-Midfield
Alexa Druck-FR-Defense
Sydney Williams-FR-Attack
2026 Outlook: We return eight of twelve starters from last year’s team so we have experience and great leadership. We are fast and athletic and will lean on those attributes as returning and new players accept new roles and responsibilities.
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