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Photo courtesy Michelle Turner Photography
Photo courtesy Michelle Turner Photography
Photo courtesy Times-Shamrock Newspapers
Photo courtesy Michelle Turner Photography
Athletics
Henry Cornell ’13
Nathalie Joanlanne ’15
Kristen Mericle ’13
Craig Skudalski ’13
Soccer’s championship season
For the first time since 2005, the boys soccer team won the Wyoming
Valley Conference Division II soccer championship, earning a berth
in district playoff competition. The Blue Knights advanced to the
semifinals where they lost in a heartbreaker on penalty kicks, following
a 1-1 tie and two overtimes; the team finished with a 12-4-1 record.
Henry Cornell ’13 led the division in goals with 26 and points
with 60 while scoring three goals or more in a game five times for the
season. He was named to the All-Star Teams for both the Citizens Voice
and Times Leader newspapers.
Girls tennis undefeated in
league play
The Wyoming Seminary girls tennis team reigned supreme in league
play but came up just short in District 2 Class AA competition,
falling to Scranton Prep. However, Nathalie Joanlanne ’15
persevered over her Scranton Prep rival, winning the District 2 singles
championship and progressing to the state singles quarterfinal round.
She was named Girls Tennis Player of the Year by the Citizens Voice.
Field hockey competes in state
tournament
The field hockey team concluded its season with a winning 14-7-1
record, earning a second-place finish in District 2 AA and advancing
to the quarterfinals in the state AA playoffs. Midfielder Morgan
Malone ’14 was named to the All-State Class AA Field Hockey First
Team and to the NFHCA Regional All-American First Team. She and
Mallory Lefkowitz ’14, Kristen Mericle ’13 and Devin
Holmes ’13 also were named to the Field Hockey All-Star Teams for
the Citizens Voice and Times Leader.
Skudalski to take part in
NHL Draft
Craig Skudalski ’13, a 6’6”, 218 lb. left wing for the Sem boys ice
hockey team, is expected to be a fifth-round draft pick in the 2013
National Hockey League Draft. He already has been drafted in the
sixth round of the United States Hockey League by the Lincoln Stars
and plans to join the Stars for one year following graduation from Sem.
Skudalski, who also plays for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights of
the Atlantic Junior Hockey League, hopes to play for a nationally topranked
university team before entering the NHL system.