Field Hockey Game Summaries

North Allegheny traveled to Hempfield High School to take on the Spartans in a Section 1-3A matchup on Tuesday night. After a tight first half, the Tigers exploded in the third quarter, to pull away from the Spartans by a score of 8-0.

Grace Gavran broke the ice with 1:20 left in the first quarter to give NA a 1-0 lead assisted by Kaylee Volk, a lead they would take into halftime.

In the third quarter, Davia Gross scored assisted by Addison Burns to make the score 2-0. Volk got on the board herself assisted by Reagan Hall and the Tigers led 3-0. Davia Gross added another one assisted by Burns to give North Allegheny a 4-0 lead. Burns got the next two goals and the lead expanded to 6-0 before Volk got the final goal of the period on a Burns assisted to lead 7-0 going into the fourth quarter.

Davia Gross completed the hat trick in the fourth quarter and the Tigers claimed the 8-0 win. The NA defense did not allow Hempfield to get a shot on goal all night.

North Allegheny improves to 4-4-1 overall and 3-2 in the section. The Tigers return to action on Thursday when they host the Pine-Richland Rams at Newman Stadium at 7 p.m. This game will be broadcast on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Field Hockey Summary at Hempfield, 9-29-26

SCORE BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
North Allegheny	1	0	6	1	8
Hempfield	0	0	0	0	0

By: Bob Orkwis

For the second straight game, North Allegheny fell behind early. But unlike the Mt. Lebanon game, the Tigers rallied this time, posting a 3-1 victory over the defending 2A champion Fox Chapel at Newman Stadium.

Junior Alice McLelland found a rebound in the game’s opening minute shortly after the center pass; her goal just 28 seconds into the contest gave the Foxes a 1-0 lead. But the Tigers’ defense and goalie Sydney Bragunier turned stingy and did not allow another goal the rest of the night. Bragunier finished with 7 saves to pick up the win.

North Allegheny was excellent on penalty corners in the game, converting all three goals directly or on a continuation of their ten corners.

With just under four minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Tigers tied the game. Off a corner, Kaylee Volk found Reagan Hall in front, and Hall backhanded a shot home for a 1-1 tie.

Gia Gross put North Allegheny in front to stay at 14:05 of the third quarter. Addison Burns fumbled the insert of a corner but stayed on the ball and retrieved it on the right wing. Her pass into the circle bounced around and eventually led to Gross picking up a rebound to score her sixth goal of the season to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Burns ended up with a true assist on the Tigers’ final goal. Working the extended corner, she got the ball in front and Volk scored her fifth goal of the year halfway through the fourth quarter for a 3-1 North Allegheny lead.

The Tigers improved to 4-4-1 with the non-conference win. Hall was solid in the midfield and all over the field, and her third goal of the season was enough to earn the junior the Wright Automotive Player of the Game.

North Allegheny visits Hempfield tomorrow night as they return to conference play. The Tigers have registered two victories against defending WPIAL champions, with a huge rematch coming on Thursday against seven-time 3A champion Pine-Richland, whom they defeated earlier
in the year on the road. Thursday’s game will start at 7:00 and can be heard on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

FIELD HOCKEY SUMMARY VS. FOX CHAPEL, 9-28-26

SCORE BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
Fox Chapel	1	0	0	0	1
North Allegheny	1	0	1	1	3

By: Bob Orkwis

For the second time this season, North Allegheny fell to Mt. Lebanon 3-2 in a 3A field hockey contest. After losing on the road earlier in the season, the Blue Devils handed the Tigers their second section loss.

Mt. Lebanon capitalized on its first two penalty corners in the opening quarter to take a 2-0 lead.

Just a minute into the game, Maggie Vines found Aubrey Betler in front for the early goal. The roles reversed at 9:34, when Betler assisted on a Vines goal.

North Allegheny got on the board with a penalty corner goal of their own. Addison Burns received the insert just outside of the top of the arc, and her shot tipped off a Blue Devil defender and into the net to make the score 2-1.

Mt. Lebanon got a huge goal and the eventual game winner while down a player early in the 4th quarter.

Olive Skocik, who just had a shot slide past the near post, stayed in the circle and when she got a second opportunity, she banked a shot off the left post at 3:21 for a 3-1 lead.

The Tigers did not quit and climbed to within a goal at 7:13 of the quarter.

Grace Gavran fed a pass into the circle from the right wing, which bounced up to Gia Gross, and the junior was able to tip the ball up in the air and into the net for her fifth goal of the year to make the score 3-2. Gross has scored four goals in the last two games.

Unfortunately, North Allegheny could not find the tying goal, and the Tigers saw their three-game winning streak end.

Sydney Bragunier made four saves in goal for the Tigers.

Continuing her strong play from the midfield, Burns was named Wright Automotive Player of the Game. The tally for the senior was her fourth goal of the campaign.

North Allegheny is back home on Monday, when defending 2A champion Fox Chapel comes to Wexford for a 7:30 start that will be carried live on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

FIELD HOCKEY SUMMARY VS. MT. LEBANON, 9-24-26

SCORE BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
Mt. Lebanon	2	0	0	1	3
North Allegheny	0	1	0	1	2

by: Bob Orkwis

Entering tonight’s 3A game against Norwin. North Allegheny scored 11 goals total. The Tigers, coming off a huge win at Pine-Richland on Tuesday, doubled that total posting an 11-0 win over the Knights.

Despite controlling possession early and for most of the game, it took North Allegheny a few minutes to get started, but once they did, they never stopped.

It was junior Davia Gross, who got the ball rolling, scoring the first two goals of the game, the first off, a penalty corner, and the second on a third rebound sequence. Those were the first two goals of the season for Davia Gross, but she would not be the last Gross to find the net for the Tigers.

When Kaylee Volk scored at the end of the first quarter on an extended penalty corner, North Allegheny had a 3-0 lead.

Gia Gross added her second goal of the season, and when Audrey Evancho scored from an Addison Burns assist on a penalty corner, the Tigers had a 5-0 halftime lead.

Burns scored her second goal of the year in the third quarter, Gia Gross added her second of the game, before Burns added her second of the night to give North Allegheny an 8-0 lead at the end of three.

Gia Gross completed the hat trick in the fourth quarter, before Grace Gavran notched her fourth of the season. The first varsity goal for junior defender Cailyn Graham rounded out the scoring for North Allegheny (3-3-1, 2-1). The Tigers have now won three straight games.

Sophomore goalie Sydney Bragunier faced no pressure from Norwin the entire game, as the Tigers posted their first shutout of the season. North Allegheny had all 26 of the penalty corners in the game while getting the win.

After scoring a hat trick and running her season total to four goals, junior Gia Gross was named the Wright Automotive Player of the Game.

North Allegheny must wait a week for its next action. The Tigers will host Mt. Lebanon next Thursday, September 24^th, in a section game, which will be broadcast live on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Field Hockey Summary vs. Norwin, 9-17-26

SCORE BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
Norwin	0	0	0	0	0
North Allegheny	3	2	3	3	11

North Allegheny traveled to Pine-Richland High School on Tuesday night to take on the Rams in a rematch of the 2025 WPIAL Championship game. After falling to the Rams in the championship game a season ago, the Tigers got revenge defeating Pine-Richland by a score of 2-1. The win snaps a 28-game losing streak against the Rams. This is North Allegheny’s first win against Pine-Richland since October 21, 2015.

Audrey Evancho got the scoring going late in the first quarter off an assist from Kaylee Volk. Reagan Hall got on the board in the fourth quarter on an Evancho assist, Sydney Bragunier made 13 saves and the Tigers escaped Pine-Richland with a 2-1 victory.

North Allegheny improves to 2-3-1 overall and 1-1 in the section. The Tigers return to action on Thursday when they host Norwin at Newman Stadium at 7 p.m. This match will be broadcast live on the North Allegheny Sports Network.

Field Hockey Summary at Pine-Richland, 9-15-26

SCORE BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	FINAL
North Allegheny	1	0	0	1	2
Pine-Richland	0	0	0	1	1