Westmoreland high school soccer playoff preview capsule for Oct. 27, 2025

By: Bill Beckner Jr.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 3:25 PM

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WPIAL soccer playoffs

Girls

Class 4A

Semifinals

3-Norwin (15-3) vs. 2-Seneca Valley (11-3-2)

6:30 p.m. Monday, North Allegheny’s Newman Stadium, McCandless

Winner plays: Winner of 1-Peters Township (15-2-2)/5-North Allegheny (15-3-2) in championship (time, date TBD) at Highmark Stadium

Coaches: Ashley DeVito, Norwin; Mark Perry, Seneca Valley

Players to watch: Neeve Graham, Norwin; Maddie Marcotte, Seneca Valley

Throw-ins: Norwin is back in the semfinals for the first time since 2019. The Knights, who have won 14 of their last 15 games, edged past No. 6 Mt. Lebanon in the quarterfinals 1-0 in double overtime on a goal by Leesia Phetsomphou with 46 seconds left. Norwin last played Seneca Valley in the 2021 quarterfinals, with the Raiders winning 4-3 in overtime. Second-year coach DeVito, a former standout defender at Penn Hills and Edinboro, has been coaching for nine years (seven at Penn Hills) but she has never faced Seneca Valley. … Seneca Valley edged past Upper St. Clair, 1-0, in two overtimes in the quarterfinals. Marcotte scored the golden goal for the Raiders, who were the WPIAL runners-up last season, losing 1-0 to Peters Township in the final. The Raiders, who have 10 shutouts, tied Peters Township 1-1 earlier this season. Norwin and Seneca Valley have allowed only 10 goals each all season, including a combined five goals in section play. Both teams also have a one-goal loss to Fox Chapel, and each has a loss to North Allegheny. Perry has been the coach for nine seasons and has 118 wins and a WPIAL title in 2018.

Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.

Tags: Norwin, Seneca Valley