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MERCERSBURG MAGAZINE SPRING/SUMMER 2016
Boys’ Soccer Captains: Matt Athanas-Linden ’16, Elliot Hicks ’16 Most Outstanding Contributions Award: Athanas-Linden Most Improved Player Award: Miles Hearon ’16 Schweizer Soccer Cup (hard work/determination): Hicks Head coach: Quentin McDowell (8th season) Record: 8–4–2 (2–1–2 MAPL) Highlights: Athanas-Linden and Kane Doyle ’16 were first-team All-MAPL selections, while Hicks and Alvaro Valentin ’16 earned honorable-mention honors… Hicks, Ryan Klaff ’16, and Kane Doyle ’16 were chosen for the Four Diamonds All-Star Game for top area players… a year after winning its first MAPL championship, the team defeated Blair and Hun and tied Lawrenceville and Hill in league play, falling only to Peddie… the comeback win over Blair was one for the ages, as Mercersburg trailed 2–0 with three minutes left before scoring twice to force extra time and getting the game-winner from Athanas-Linden… the team alternated wins and losses for its first six contests before going 5–1–2 over its final eight matches… Gnim Bazim ’17 and Jinmook Kang ’17 represented the Storm on the Academic All-MAPL squad… Carl Stensland, an assistant coach at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been named head coach for the 2016 season.
Girls’ Soccer
fifth-straight league title; Morris, Brown, Zhou, and Mike DeNunzio ’16 were named All-IPSL… Zhou and Ross Brown ’16 fired the team’s low round twice apiece… Zhou and Mitchell Smith ’16 earned varsity letters all four years… Brown earned Academic All-MAPL honors.
Captains: Madi Johnson ’16, Sarah Lyman ’16, Maddie Surmacz ’17 Mary Curtis ’86/John VerStandig ’66 Award: Johnson Most Improved Player Award: Yulia Lee ’17 Hendrickson-Hoffman Coaches’ Award (spirit): Lyman Head coach: Jason Bershatsky (8th season) Record: 1–13 (1–4 MAPL) Highlights: Johnson, who earned varsity letters all four years, was chosen All-MAPL and All-IPSL, while Lyman (the team’s leading scorer) also earned All-IPSL honors and was named honorablemention All-MAPL… despite attending Mercersburg and being from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Lyman played for the Maryland team in the Four Diamonds All-Star Game; she was selected for the Pennsylvania team but was one of a handful of players to switch teams when the Maryland allstars lost several players due to scheduling issues… Katie Brennan ’19 and Anna Clare Miller ’19 earned varsity letters as ninth graders; Brennan scored the game-winning goal in the Blue Storm’s victory over MAPL rival Blair… Joana Santos ’16 and C.J. Walker ’17 represented Mercersburg on the Academic All-