Mt. Hope High Sports Notes: Boys' soccer stays hot, girls draw

Girls' tennis, volleyball teams lose; harriers run in Slater Park

By Mike Rego
Posted 9/23/26

The Mt. Hope High School boys' soccer team made it seven results on the trot to begin its 2026 season as the Huskies edged host Coventry Tuesday night, Sept. 22, in a Division II match.

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Mt. Hope High Sports Notes: Boys' soccer stays hot, girls draw

Girls' tennis, volleyball teams lose; harriers run in Slater Park

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The Mt. Hope High School boys' soccer team made it seven results on the trot to begin its 2026 season as the Huskies edged host Coventry Tuesday night, Sept. 22, in a Division II match.

Colin Kiselka's first goal of the season, scored in the 35th minute of the first half, stood up the rest of the way. Rocco Minella assisted on the tally and Andrew Vieira posted the cleansheet in net on eight saves.

The Huskies remained unbeaten with the victory over the Knotty Oakers, improving their record to 5-0-2 at the time.

Cross country
The Mt. Hope High School cross country teams ran their second Metropolitan Division meet of the 2026 season Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Slater Park in Pawtucket where the Huskies faced opponents from Portsmouth, St. Raphael and Providence Country Day.

Mt. Hope split its girls' outing, edging Portsmouth 28-29, but falling to the PCD-St. Raphael co-op by a 23-34 score.

Kara Pisasale led the locals, running second overall in a time of 19 minutes 44 seconds. PCD?SRA's Mackenzie Lickert was the far-away winner over the 5-kilometer course with a 17:50.

Evelyn Towers led Mt. Hope's other scorers in sixth with a 20:50. Raegann McGinn was eighth in 21:09. Abby St. Pierre was 12th in 21:34. Ellie Donovan ran 28th in 26:22.

The Huskies dropped their three contests, falling to Portsmouth 23-24 and the separate entries from PCD, 26-34, and St. Ray's, 23-34.

PCD's Leo Woodman won the race in 15:36. Jacob Lopes and Alexander Deal ran neck-and-neck overall in sixth and seventh places, respectively, for MHHS with times of 17:05 and 17:06.

Chase Aiksnoras was next in for the Huskies with a time of 17:48 to place 15th followed immediately in 16th by teammate Adam Cobb with a 17:55. Maxwell Welden was the fifth scorer for the locals, running 26th in 18:41.

Girls' soccer
The MHHS girls' soccer squad began its latest seven-day stretch by rallying to play host Chariho to a 2-all draw Monday night, Sept. 21, in a Division I outing.

The second of Sarah Nencka's two goals leveled the score late in the second half. Nencka's first tally came early in the contest to give the Huskies an early lead before the Chargers potted a pair to go out in front. Mt. Hope's record moved to 3-3-1 in league play.

Girls' volleyball
The MHHS girls' volleyball team suffered a 3-0 loss to LaSalle in a Division I match on September 22, the host Rams winning by the scores of 25-15, 25-9 and 25-17.

Margaret Thorp had three kills, five digs and a pair of service aces for the Huskies, who fell to 2-6 after the setback. Hayden Sylvia set for seven points and added two digs.

Girls' tennis
The MHHS girls' tennis team opened up action last week with a 6-1 loss to Tiverton in a Division II outing.

Maggie Dufficy accounted for the Huskies' lone point with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. Emma Sorrentino fell in a tight match at third singles, 6-3 and 7-5.

Upcoming schedule
Thursday, Sept. 24
Girls' soccer at Bishop Feehan, Attleboro, Mass, 5 p.m.
Boys' soccer at Classical, Providence, 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25
Football at Oakmont Regional, Ashburnham, Mass., 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 28
Cross country vs. Barrington, Moses Brown, Bristol Town Beach, 4:30 p.m.
Girls' tennis at North Providence, Olney Courts, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Boys' soccer vs Tiverton, RWU turf field, 5:30 p.m.
Girls' soccer vs. Smithfield, RWU turf field, 7:15 p.m.

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