WPIAL announces starting order for 2024 Girls Soccer Championships

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) set its round times for the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls' Soccer Championships on Wednesday. 61 teams qualified by finishing in the top four (including ties) of their respective section after the regular season.

The teams competed in three different sections of Class 4A and four different sections of Class 1A, Class 2A and Class 3A, playing each of their section opponents twice. Teams received three points for a win and one for a draw.

Class 4A section champions were Penn-Trafford (12-4-0, 9-1-0) in Section I, Peters Township (15-0-1, 9-0-1) in Section II and Seneca Valley (12-0 -1, 9-0-1) in Section II. 2-2, 7-0-1) in Section III. All three schools survived a multi-year drought, with Penn-Trafford winning in 2017, Peters Township in 2020 and Seneca Valley in 2018.

In Class 3A, Fox Chapel (15-1-1, 10-0-0) won Section I, Moon (12-3-0, 10-2-0) and West Allegheny (13-3-1, 10-2). ). -0) divided Section II, South Fayette (13-3-0, 10-0-0) captured Section III and Plum (15-1-0, 12-0-0) captured Section IV. Plum now has six section titles in consecutive wins, while Moon has won four in a row and five in the last six years.

The Class 2A section winners were South Park (12-4-1, 12-0-0) in Section I, Freeport (11-1-1, 8-1-1) in Section II and Mt. Pleasant (14th). -1-1, 8-1-1) in Section II. 1-0, 10-0-0) in Section IV. With a win in the final section game tonight, Beaver (13-1-0, 8-1). -0) share the Section III title with Quaker Valley (13-2-2, 9-1-0). South Park has now won 18 straight section championships, while it is Mt. Pleasant's third in a row and Freeport's second in a row.

As section winners in Class 1A were Eden Christian Academy (8-7-1, 7-2-1) in Section I, Bentworth (15-1-0, 9-1-0) in Section II, Seton LaSalle (12) -2-2, 10-1-1) in Section III and Springdale (13-1-0, 12-0-0) in Section IV. Springdale has now won three in the last four seasons while winning for Bentworth and Seton LaSalle is the first since 2019.

Last season, all four WPIAL girls soccer champions went 1-0. Fox Chapel triumphed in overtime against North Allegheny in Class 4A, South Fayette won its first win in school history with a double-overtime win over Moon in Class 3A, Avonworth completed a three-peat in Class 2A with a win against Shady Side Academy and Freedom Area defeated Riverview to defend its Class 1A title.

The WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Girls' Soccer Championships begin Thursday, Oct. 17, with a preliminary round game in Class 1A. Championship games will be played between October 31st and November 31st. 2 at Highmark Stadium, exact dates and times to be determined. The top two teams in Class 4A and the top three teams in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A will compete in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Girls' Soccer Championships, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 5, with first-round games All championship games will take place on November 15th and 16th at Eagle View Middle School in Mechanicsburg.

CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE
Start date: Monday, October 21st
Championship info: TBA at Highmark Stadium
Number of qualifiers: 12
The four best seeds: #1 Peters Township (16-0-1, 9-0-1), #2 Seneca Valley (12-2-2, 7-0-1), #3 Penn-Trafford (12-4-0, 9- 1-0), #4 North Allegheny (10-5-1, 5-2-1)
Qualifying teams: Butler, Canon-McMillan, Greater Latrobe, Hempfield Area, Mt. Lebanon, North Allegheny, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley, Upper St. Clair
Final 2023: Fox Chapel 1, North Allegheny 0 (2OT)

CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE
Start date: Monday, October 21st
Championship info: TBA at Highmark Stadium
Number of qualifiers: 16
The four best seeds: #1 Fox Chapel (15-1-1, 10-0-0), #2 South Fayette (13-3-0, 10-0-0), #3 West Allegheny (13-3-1, 10-2 -0), #4 Plum (15-1-0, 12-0-0)
Qualifying teams: Bethel Park, Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Hampton, Indiana, Kiski Area, Laurel Highlands, Mars, Montour, Moon, Oakland Catholic, Plum, Shaler, South Fayette, Thomas Jefferson, West Allegheny
Final 2023: South Fayette 1, Moon 0 (2OT)

CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE
Start date: Tuesday, October 22nd
Championship info: TBA at Highmark Stadium
Number of qualifiers: 16
The four best seeds: #1 Mt. Pleasant (14-1-0, 10-0-0), #2 Quaker Valley (13-2-2, 9-1-0), #3 Beaver (13-1-0, 8-1 -0), #4 South Park (12-4-1, 12-0-0)
Qualifying teams: Avonworth, Beaver, Belle Vernon, Burrell, Central Valley, Deer Lakes, Freeport, Keystone Oaks, McGuffey, Mt. Pleasant, North Catholic, Quaker Valley, Shady Side Academy, South Park, Southmoreland, Yough
Final 2023: Avonworth 1, Shady Side Academy 0

CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE
Start date: Tuesday, October 22nd
– A preliminary round game will take place on Thursday, October 17th
Championship info: TBA at Highmark Stadium
Number of qualifiers: 17
The four best seeds: #1 Springdale (13-1-0, 12-0-0), #2 Seton LaSalle (12-2-2, 10-1-1), #3 Bentworth (15-1-0, 9-1-0 ), #4 Eden Christian Academy (8-7-1, 7-2-1)
Qualifying teams: Aquinas Academy, Bentworth, California, Carlynton, Chartiers-Houston, Eden Christian Academy, The Ellis School, Freedom Area, Greensburg Central Catholic, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Riverside, Riverview, Seton LaSalle, Sewickley Academy, Springdale, Waynesburg Central, Winchester Thurston
Final 2023: Freedom Area 1, Riverview 0

BY THE NUMBERS

• 49: The number of teams in the 2024 fields that qualified for the WPIAL Girls' Soccer Championships last season.
• 44: This is the number of seasons the WPIAL has crowned a girls soccer champion. Mt. Lebanon was the first in 1980.
• 38: The number of seasons between Fox Chapel's first and second WPIAL girls soccer championships, the longest gap between championships in league history. The Foxes ended their losing streak with a 1-0 double overtime win over North Allegheny in last year's Class 4A final.
• 29: The number of schools that have produced at least one WPIAL champion in girls' soccer.
• 9: The number of WPIAL girls soccer championships won by Mt. Lebanon, a league record. The Blue Devils won in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 2000 and 2008.
• 7: The number of times penalties were required to determine a champion in a WPIAL girls soccer championship game. There have only been three such instances since 2009, with North Allegheny's victory over Peters Township in the Class 4A final in 2022 being the most recent.
• 5: Longest streak of consecutive WPIAL girls soccer championships, also achieved by Mt. Lebanon. The Blue Devils won the first five WPIAL girls soccer titles from 1980 to 1984.
• 5: The number of schools that have won at least three consecutive WPIAL girls soccer championships. Avonworth joined that group last season with a 1-0 victory over Shady Side Academy in the Class 2A final, securing the title with the 2021 and 2022 titles. The other four schools to achieve this feat: are Mars (2010-12, 2019-21), Mt. Lebanon (1980-84), Sewickley Academy (2002-04) and South Park (2006-08).
• 1: The number of schools that won their first WPIAL girls soccer championship last season. South Fayette captured its first WPIAL girls soccer title in Class 3A – taking home both the boys and girls titles in the classification – with a 1-0 overtime win over Moon.

CLASS 4A MASTER
Section I: Penn-Trafford (12-4-0, 9-1-0)
Section II: Peters Township (15-0-1, 9-0-1)
Section III: Seneca Valley (12-2-2, 7-0-1)

CLASS 3A MASTER
Section I: Fuchskapelle (15-1-1, 10-0-0)
Section II: Moon (12-3-0, 10-2-0); West Allegheny (13-3-1, 10-2-0)
Section III: South Fayette (13-3-0, 10-0-0)
Section IV: Plum (15-1-0, 12-0-0)

CLASS 2A MASTER
Section I: South Park (12-4-1, 12-0-0)
Section II: Freeport (11-1-1, 8-1-1)
Section III: Quaker Valley (13-2-2, 9-1-0) *
* Beaver (13-1-0, 8-1-0) can clinch a share of the Section III title with a win against Hopewell on Oct. 16.
Section IV: Mt Pleasant (14-1-0, 10-0-0)

CLASS 1A MASTER
Section I: Eden Christian Academy (8-7-1, 7-2-1)
Section II: Bentworth (15-1-0, 9-1-0)
Section III: Seton LaSalle (12-2-2, 10-1-1)
Section IV: Springdale (13-1-0, 12-0-0)

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