District 11 Class A Girls’ Soccer Championship Capsule
Who: No. 2 Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg Spartans (17-1-1) vs. No. 1 Pine Grove Cardinals (20-2)
When, where: 5 p.m., today, Bulldog Stadium, Northern Lehigh High School, Slatington
About the Spartans
Head coach: Shastri Spencer (3rd season)
How got here: Beat No. 7 Tri-Valley 5-1 in quarterfinals Friday, beat No. 3 Minersville 4-2 in semifinals Monday
Last district championship: 1996 (District 12)
Previous district titles (1): 1996
Season totals (stats approximate): Offense — 110 goals scored, 6.1 per game; Defense — 25 goals allowed, .72 per game, 7 shutouts
Probable starting lineup (positions, stats approximate): Alexa Pellack (jr., GK, 223 saves), Caroline Bahara (soph., D), Emilia Pelletier (jr., D, 5 assists), Alyssa Pipolo (soph., D, 5 assists), Rosemary Porter (soph., D), Yudemis Sanchez (soph., D, 5 goals, 10 assists), Anna Martinetti (soph., M, 7 assists), Emma Martinetti (soph., M, 10 goals, 11 assists), Daniela Mutis (soph., M, 10 goals, 15 assists), Kennedy Brown (fr., F, 30 goals, 36 assists), Krista Kissell (jr., F, 46 goals, 22 assists)
About the Cardinals
Head coach: Jason Brown (7th season)
How got here: Received bye in quarterfinal round, beat No. 4 Williams Valley 5-0 in semifinals Monday
Last district championship: 2014 (Beat Moravian Academy 3-2)
Previous district titles (2): 2005, 2014
Season totals: Offense — 131 goals scored, 6.0 per game; Defense — 14 goals allowed, 12 shutouts, .70 per game
Probable starting lineup: Jennifer Kaufman (jr., GK, 50 saves, 14 goals allowed, 12 shutouts), Maddie Frew (jr., D, 1 assist), Carlee Conrad (sr., D, 1 goal), Faith Shiffer (jr., D, 1 goal, 6 assists), Cierra Geiger (jr., D, 3 goals, 3 assists), Mackenzie Lesh (sr., M, 14 goals, 13 assists), Steph Aungst (jr., M, 24 goals, 17 assists), Mackenzie Hasenauer (jr., M, 5 goals, 8 assists), Adrianna Tennis (jr., M, 7 goals, 9 assists), Mariah Lesh (soph., F, 23 goals, 12 assists), Rachel Edge (soph., F, 23 goals, 16 assists)
Notes
Brown has five goals this postseason for the Spartans. … Mariah Lesh has four goals during postseason for Cardinals, while Edge and Aungst have three apiece and Mackenzie Lesh two. Aungst also has three assists. ... Pellack was injured in second half of semifinal win Monday. Kissell replaced her in goal and made five saves. … Spartans enter on an 18-match non-losing streak, including 10 wins in a row. They lost season opener to Salisbury 6-1 on Sept. 4 and played to a 2-2 draw with Palisades on Sept. 29. ... Cardinals’ only losses this season were to Blue Mountain, 2-1 on Oct. 12 and 2-1 in Schuylkill League championship game Oct. 24.
What’s next: Winner takes on the District 4 champ in first round of PIAA Girls’ Soccer Championships on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at site and time to be determined.
— Complied by Mike Carnahan
