FRANKLIN — The Senz sisters helped send Cathedral Prep’s girls soccer team to the semifinals of the PIAA’s Class 2A tournament.
They did so as significant bookends to the Ramblers’ Nov. 14 match against Burrell at Franklin Stadium.
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Alexa Senz, a sophomore midfielder, scored the goal that gave Prep a permanent lead.
Jordan Senz, the Ramblers’ senior goalkeeper, made sure their lead never withered. The University of Louisville recruit blanked the Bucs 3-0 three days after she signed her national letter of intent with the Division I Cardinals.
Fairview’s boys followed Prep onto Franklin’s pitch.
The Tigers, the state’s top-ranked 2A program for the brunt of this fall, upped their record to 22-0 when they eliminated Quaker Valley by the same 3-0 final score.
The Senz sisters, Alexa as a forward and Jordan as a goalkeeper, helped Cathedral Prep’s girls soccer team blank Burrell 3-0 in a Nov. 14, 2026, PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal match held at Franklin.
Jordan Senz’s college recruit as someone who sought to score goals, not stop them, when she took up the sport.
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“I was a field player who got thrown into goal at some point,” Jordan Senz said. “But I kind of learned to love (the position) from there and wanted to continue playing it in college.”
Jordan Senz is now two matches away from informing Louisville women’s soccer coach Hunter Norton that she’s a PIAA gold medalist for the sport. Her shutout ended the Burrell’s season at 17-3-4 and extended Prep’s 2026 record to 21-1-1.
“I’m glad I’ve been able to play with my sister these last two years,” Alexa Senz said, “and that we’ve made it this far together.”
Jordyn DiRaimo and Peyton Rodgers recorded second half goals for Prep, which lost the PIAA’s 2024 2A final.
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Rodgers will resume her soccer career at the University of New Hampshire.
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Familiar foe
Joey Chiocco and Sam Pizzo resumed their status as Fairview’s top two scoring threats.
The Tigers never trailed the Quakers (14-7-2) when Pizzo converted a rebound with 7 minutes, 41 seconds left in the first half. The senior recorded his second with just over 25 minutes to play in regulation.
Chiocco added his insurance goal with 9:17 left.
Quaker Valley goalkeeper Julien Tiesse watches teammate Luca Kurumfashe (22) defend Fairview’s Ian Surrett (3) during the teams’ Nov. 14, 2026, PIAA Class 2A boys soccer quarterfinal at Franklin. Fairview advanced with a 3-0 victory.
The match, mostly held amid a miserably cold drizzle, marked the second straight season that Fairview ended Quaker Valley’s season. The teams were paired in an opener for the PIAA’s 2025 tournament, which the Tigers won 7-0.
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That result held no sway for Fairview coach Sonny Vidakovic.
“The biggest thing for us (Nov. 14) was to not look at that match,” he said. “When I was talking with them, I did not want them to think about it.”
More: Seneca girls, Mercyhurst Prep boys remain District 10’s best Class 1A soccer teams
Class 3A boys
Harbor Creek 3, Franklin Regional 0: At New Castle’s Neshannock High School, the Huskies extended their unbeaten streak to 19 matches at the expense of this season’s WPIAL champions.
Harbor Creek also improved to 17-1-4 in its now unprecedented season. The 2026 Huskies will be the program’s first that participates in a state semifinal.
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The Panthers bowed out at 19-2-2.
Harbor Creek never trailed after Luke Fox scored 36 seconds before the end of the match’s first half. David Parente, on a rebound off a penalty kick, and Colton Wuerstle provided the Huskies insurance offense during the final 40 minutes.
The shutout was the 16th for Harbor Creek goalie Lyle Carnes. He tied the team record with that feat.
Class 1A boys
Mercyhurst Prep 2, Bentworth 1: At New Castle, the Lakers’ Nicolas Lopez recorded an upset win when he scored on a free kick five minutes into the quarterfinal’s 15-minute overtime period.
Lopez also assured the PIAA will have a new small-school champion. The Bearcats, out at 20-2, were the state’s defending champions.
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Mercyhurst moved on at 16-5-1.
Bentworth took a 1-0 lead during the match’s seventh minute. Adam Moessner scored off a Billy Moyer assist.
That would be it for the Bearcats, though, as the Lakers’ defense stood tall for the remainder.
Mercyhurst found the equalizer 11 minutes into the second half when Lopez scored off an assist from Henry Raszkowski.
The Lakers have now beaten Bentworth twice in playoff matches that extended beyond regulation.
Class 1A girls
Seneca 2, McConnellsburg 0: at Monroeville’s Gateway High School, the Bobcats (17-3) proved they weren’t content with just winning a PIAA match for the first time.
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They followed their first round elimination of Bentworth with a quarterfinal upset of District 5’s top seed. McConnellsburg was 20-0-1 when the teams arrived at the Pittsburgh suburb.
Brenna Kuhl, a Liberty University recruit as a junior, clinched Seneca’s significant victory via her insurance goal with 14:40 left in regulation.
Who’s next
The PIAA will hold all semifinal matches on Nov. 17 at sites and times to be determined.
At least three of those matches will pit District 10 against District 7 entrants.
Seneca draws Sewickley Academy in one 1A semi, while Prep faces Freeport in that same round for the 2A bracket.
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The Fairview boys bid for back-to-back appearances in the PIAA 2A title match when they take on North Catholic.
Harbor Creek’s boys could be the fourth team that faces a WPIAL opponent. The Huskies awaited the victor of the Nov. 14 quarterfinal between District 7 Plum and District 3 Cocalico.
Only Mercyhurst’s boys are assured of a semifinal opponent from outside southwestern Pennsylvania. The Lakers meet District 3’s Lancaster County Christian in the 1A field.
PIAA tournament play will with its Nov. 20-21 finals at Pittsburgh’s F.N.B. Stadium.
Contact Mike Copper at mcopper@timesnews.com. Follow him on X @ETNcopper.
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