WPIAL Girls Soccer Class 1A Quarterfinal Round Schedule and Gameday Notes

The WPIAL (PIAA District 7) football playoffs continue Saturday with the boys 4A and girls 2A/1A teams in action.

Here’s our thread for GIRLS CLASS 1A, as the intensity and level of play should continue to rise as the stakes rise across the four games.

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WPIAL Girls Soccer Class 1A Quarterfinal Round Schedule (Saturday, October 26)

10:00 a.m

Aquinas Academy vs. Sewickley Academy at Fox Chapel

1:00 p.m

Winchester Thurston vs. Bentworth in Peters Township MS

2:00 p.m

Freedom vs. Springdale at Fox Chapel

3:00 p.m

Riverview vs. Seton LaSalle in Peters Township MS

Matchday notes

While top seed Springdale celebrated its victory in the first round, the rest of the field fought three exciting duels on Tuesday, including two penalty shootouts and another golden goal in overtime.

The WPIAL Football Committee awarded the top four seeds in order of section title winners, including: Springdale (13-1), Bentworth (15-1), Seton LaSalle (12-2-2) and Eden Christian (8-7-1) . .

Eden Christian was the only one of the top four seeds to exit in the first round, while No. 13 seed Aquinas snatched a penalty shootout win to advance.

Last year’s finalists, Freedom and Riverview, are lurking in the middle this season with relatively younger teams – and both have survived the challenges of the first round.

Freedom’s title defense will be tested when they take on No. 1 Springdale, with Bri Ross (who leads all scorers in 1A with 31 goals, putting her career total over 100) and Molly Hurley, the most dangerous Double victory in the rankings.

Bentworth has just one loss, on September 18 against group rivals Chartiers-Houston. Head coach Tyler Hamstra’s teams always compete fiercely and this year was no exception with a star-studded roster. Hamstra told Pittsburgh Soccer Now that his team really took big steps in the second half of the season and that his team found an identity.

The Cats were tested in the first round when OLSH took them the distance in a match decided by another shootout.

Now Bentworth faces a Winchester Thurston side who had little trouble beating Bentworth’s rivals Chartiers-Houston 4-0 in the first round.

Seton LaSalle is a hot team – it has won 10 of its last 11 games down the stretch, including a 2-0 first-round playoff victory over Ellis School. Now the rebels face Riverview.

Sewickley Academy, which finished second to the Rebels in the same category, extended its winning streak to six games with a 2-0 win over Riverside in the first round and will now face upstart Aquinas Academy.

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WPIAL Girls Class 1A Tournament Results

First round (Tuesday, October 22nd)

Click on the links below to each team to view the roster, if applicable

FINAL: Springdale 7, Greensburg Central Catholic 1

FINAL: Seton LaSalle 2, The Ellis School 0

FINAL: Riverview 1, Waynesburg Central 0

FINAL: Sewickley Academy 2, Riverside 0

FINAL: Freedom 1, Carlynton 1 (Freedom wins PK shootout, 4-3)

FINAL: Winchester Thurston 4, Chartiers-Houston 0

FINALE: Bentworth 2, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1 (Extension / 2)

FINAL: Aquinas Academy 0, Eden Christian Academy 0 (Aquinas advances by winning the PK shootout)

Updated bracket

The last five WPIAL Girls Class 1A Champions

• 2023 – Freedom
• 2022 – Freedom
• 2021 – Steel Valley
• 2020 – Greensburg Central Catholic
• 2019 – Shady Side Academy

WPIAL Girls Class 1A frontrunner

Bri Ross, Springdale – 31

Riley Mauro, Carlynton – 26

Riley Kerr, Greensburg CC – 22

Megan Keturakis, Bentworth – 21

Emma Eannarino, Sewickley Academy – 20

Angelina McGrath, Seton LaSalle – 20

Kolbi Rastoka, Waynesburg – 20

Brielle Dillon, Bentworth – 19

Leah Hartley, California – 18

Isabella Dumbroski, Serra Catholic – 17

Bella Moyer, Bentworth – 15

Violet McKinney, Eden Christian – 14

Alyssa Bearer, Freedom – 13

Ava Capozzoli, Chartiers-Houston – 13

Emily Rafferty, Waynesburg – 13

Amelia Brose, Chartiers-Houston – 12

Mackenzie Mars, OL Sacred Heart – 12

Margherita Memoli, Winchester Thurston – 12

Carissa Walsh, Springdale – 12

Gigi Choate, Carlynton – 11

Natalie Kirsch, Bishop Canevin – 11

Sydney Morgan, Seton LaSalle – 11

Ellie Whippo, Mohawk – 11

Tessa Derringer, Springdale – 10

Lauren Hartley, California – 10

Molly Hurley, Springdale – 10

Akiera King, Ellis School – 10th

Brooklyn Perhacs, Steel Valley – 10

Mary Quinlan, Riverview – 10

Rylei Rastoka, Waynesburg – 10