Wed. Pa. girls’ roundup: Mount edges Merion, 1-0

Brooke Sabia's goal off a pass from twin sister, Allie, propelled host Mount St. Joseph past Merion Mercy, 1-0, in an Athletic Association of Catholic Academies field hockey playoff semifinal on Wednesday.

The win by the Magic (12-3-1) sets up a rematch with Villa Maria on Friday night (7:30 p.m.) at Cabrini College for the title.

Sabia scored with five minutes left in the game.

The teams split regular-season games, with Mount St. Joseph spoiling Villa Maria's dreams of an unbeaten season in the final regular-season game of the year.

Suburban One Continental. Colleen Kempf's first-half goal gave host Central Bucks South a 1-0 win over rival Central Bucks West, clinching the third-straight division title for the Titans (16-0-2 overall, 14-0-2 league).

Kempf, a senior, scored an unassisted goal 18 minutes, 21 seconds into the game.

The Titans (16-0-2 overall, 14-0-2) made that goal stand up by playing excellent defense in front of goalie Lydia Keener, who needed to make only three saves for the shutout.

It was the second time in two weeks a Kempf goal kept the Titans unbeaten. On Oct. 7, she scored in overtime to give them a 1-0 win over Souderton.

She also scored the first goal of the game on Tuesday in a 4-0 win over Hatboro-Horsham.

Suburban One American. Meg McCullough's 17th and 18th goals of the season gave Plymouth Whitemarsh a 2-0 win at Norristown.

Jackie Hibbs had two goals and two assists for Wissahickon in its 6-1 win at Cheltenham.

Maddie Smith also scored a pair of goals for the Trojans, who led, 3-0, at the half.

Senior Dallas Stevens made the most of Senior Day, scoring twice, to lead host Upper Merion past Upper Moreland, 5-0.

Suburban One National. Carly Everett scored in the first minute of overtime to give Council Rock North a 1-0 win at Neshaminy.

Ches-Mont. McKenna Kolby had a pair of assists as Downingtown West defeated Oxford, 6-0, clinching the overall league championship. The Whippets (13-4-1) defeated Bishop Shanahan by the same score on Tuesday to clinch the National Division title.

Sophomore forward Jamie Ferree scored her first two goals of the season for Kennett in a 4-0 win at Sun Valley.

Public. Jessica Huggard scored a pair of first-half goals to get Franklin Towne Charter off to a good start in a 5-0 win over Rhodes. Kerri Klatcher also scored a pair of goals for the Coyotes (5-4-1), who got a single goal from Bridget Huggard.

Catholic. St. Hubert, buoyed by freshman goalie Angela Bachman's 17 saves, used a second-half goal from junior Meg Matthews to beat visiting Archbishop Wood, 1-0.

Matthews scored an unassisted goal with 4 minutes, 11 seconds left. The Bambies are 4-4-1.

Central. Madie Zimmerman had a goal and an assist for Radnor in its 2-0 win over visiting Springfield (Delaware County).

Friends Schools. Allison Dombroski had two goals and an assist as Shipley coasted to a 5-0 win at Friends' Central.

Nonleague. Brittany Weideman had two goals and two assists for host Delco Christian in its 5-0 win over Penn Wood.

Camille Williams added a goal and an assist for the Knights, who also got single goals from Sam McArthur and Anna Evans.

Delco Christian goalie Emily Lindemuth needed to make only one save for the shutout.

The Patriots (1-17) got 28 saves from goalie Cydnee Toland Holmes.

Methacton's Kara Steinke covered the course at the Daniel Boone Homestead in 17 minutes, 56 seconds to take the individual title at the Pioneer Athletic Conference championships.

Steinke's time was a full minute and one second better than second-place finisher Megan Saxon of Boyertown (18:57).

Boyertown won the team title with 30 points, while Methacton (46) was second.

Archbishop Wood clinched first place in the Catholic League's regular season with a 4-0 win at St. Hubert, getting two goals apiece from Kelsey Celline and Bethany Bartasavich.

The Vikings (17-1, 12-0) got four saves from Deanna Messner, who posted her 12th shutout.

In other league games:

Kasey Seltner, a senior, scored a hat trick in her final regular-season game to lift host Little Flower to a 4-0 win over Archbishop Prendergast.

Delaney Hallowell scored a pair of goals for Cardinal O'Hara in a 5-0 win at West Catholic.

Lexi Mayo scored twice for Lansdale Catholic in its 7-0 win at Bishop McDevitt.

The Crusaders (11-2-3, 8-1-2) also got a goal and an assist from Megan Poiesz.

Genna Richards scored twice for host Conwell-Egan in a 4-1 win over Hallahan.

Bicentennial. Emily Evans scored four goals and Carley Neal added three more for host Delco Christian in an 8-0 win over Girard College.

Catholic Academies. Kasey Schiavoni scored twice for host Villa Maria in its 2-1 overtime win over Gwynedd-Mercy.

Friends Schools. Josephine Fischer's two second-half goals helped host Friends' Central past Moorestown Friends (N.J.), 4-0.

Richards has now scored seven goals in her last two games. Kelly Piell and Allison Barker also scored for the Eagles (12-1-1). Barker also chipped in with an assists. Goalie Kirsten Trojecki saved three of the four shots she faced for Conwell-Egan.

Nonleague. Tamara Moskowitz's goal gave Barrack Hebrew a 1-0 win over visiting Woodlynde.

The Cougars (9-5, 9-3), now in the Penn-Jersey exclusively for girls' soccer, got a first-half goal from Tamara Moskowitz and an assist from Sarah Gordon. Goalie Lila Manstein posted the shutout with four saves.

Barrack Hebrew hosts Villa Victoria (N.J.) in a first-round playoff game Thursdaytoday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Alexa Bowman and Sara Nourie each scored twice for host Abington Friends in its 9-0 win over MaST Charter.

Emily Hassel and Molly Vicari each scored twice for Lancaster Country Day School in a 6-0 win at Phil-Mont Christian, only the fourth loss of the season for the Falcons (11-4).