ARTICLE MSA SPORTS | 21. NOV, 2016 | BY SEAN MEYERS For many athletes, their greatest achievements occur when they face and overcome adversity. For Jessie Thiessen, missing her entire junior season at Allegheny College could’ve possibly derailed her promising career. Instead, Thiessen came back stronger than ever on the pitch...Read More
By William Whalen | Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Sometimes the sequel is just as good as the original. Eleven days after a 1-0 win over Fox Chapel in the WPIAL Class AAAA girls soccer semifinals, the WPIAL champion Knights proved the first game was not an aberration. Norwin upended the Foxes, 1-0, in the...Read More
It’s not over until it’s over. The Foxes girls’ soccer team just got to experience the meaning of that idiom when they beat Mt. Lebanon, 1-0, in the WPIAL Class AAA consolation match held November 2. That win kept their playoff chances alive by giving them the chance to compete in the first round of...Read More
By Marty Stewart | Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Girls soccer Fox Chapel girls soccer opened the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs Oct. 25 with a 3-1 win over North Hills. Deanna DeBaldo scored twice, and Dixon Veltri also scored. Kate Secko had three saves. The Foxes then defeated Pine-Richland, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. Field hockey...Read More
By William Whalen | Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, TRIB-LIVE It takes a perfect game to beat a champion. The fourth-seeded Fox Chapel girls soccer team played a perfect 74 minutes Saturday afternoon at Mars before Norwin midfielder Alexis Kendor spotted Emily Harrigan for a give-and-go, and Harrigan buried the winning goal past Fox Chapel goalkeeper...Read More
