Campus News
October 21st, 2025
Lady Lakers sweep Pennsylvania Highlands
Heeter records match-high 26 assists as GC again hits 10 wins
Photo by Sadie Crowell
Garrett College's Jeronimo Valencia (10) weaves his way through the Cecil College defense during last Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Seahawks.
Chloe Heeter notched a match-high 26 assists as the Lady Lakers swept Pennsylvania Highlands Community College last Wednesday night to reach double-digit wins for the second consecutive year.
Garrett College improved to 10-6 with its 25-20, 25-22, and 25-21 win over the Black Bears (2-8). The Lady Lakers have won three of their last four matches and six of their last nine, but head coach Brittany Jackson said her team's latest victory didn't feature them at their best.
"We made a lot of mental mistakes and errors that we don't typically make," said Jackson, whose squad finished with 28 kills and 27 hitting errors. "We pulled out the win, but it wasn't our cleanest win."
GC's Emma McCord (four aces) and Mia Barios (three aces) each had six kills while Cierra Shoop (match-high six aces) contributed five and Brenna L'Hommedieu (four aces) added four kills.
The Lady Lakers, with an 8-6 regional record, close the regular season Wednesday night with a 6 p.m. home match against Potomac State College of West Virginia University (11-5 overall, 9-4 region). That match will play a key role in determining seeding for the NJCAA Division II Region 20 tournament.
Montgomery College (20-4, 14-0), Hagerstown Community College (15-5, 13-2), and the College of Southern Maryland (15-11, 13-2) have separated themselves from the regional pack. The next seven teams – including Garrett and Potomac State – entered the final week of the regular season each with between eight and nine region wins.
"That's the exciting thing about this conference," Jackson said of the balance within Region 20. "This week will definitely determine who finishes where. The tables could turn any which way. It's very interesting to see."
Women's Soccer
PG 1, Garrett 0
Largo, MD – The Lady Lakers lost a heartbreaker to Prince George's Community College last Tuesday on an "own" goal in the game's 75th minute as a clearing attempt went awry.
"It was a very competitive game," said GC head coach Zach Ward. "We had a number of chances in the second half while it was still scoreless, but their goalie [Gift Onunaku] made a couple of really nice saves."
Onunaku stopped all seven shots she faced to earn the shutout for PG. Ada White had two saves on three shots for the Lady Lakers.
Men's Soccer
PG 4, Garrett 2
Largo, MD – Abdulsalam Osman scored twice last Tuesday to lead Prince George's Community College to the victory.The Owls took a 2-0 lead on goals by Osmon, set up by Khalid Weathersby, and Nik Pazoki. Garrett, however, pulled with 2-1 at the half as Darius Hamilton scored off a Lucio Bianchi feed.
Osman scored again to restore PG's two-goal lead, but Ben Lohr tallied off Bianchi's second assist of the game to pull the Lakers within 3-2.
"We showed some fight," said GC head coach Jonathan Price. "Some of our youth showed again, but we're still headed in the right direction as a program."
GC goalkeeper Wyatt Hull stopped five of the nine shots he faced. Winning goalkeeper Ngonya Tajong stopped two of four shots to earn the win.
Cecil 4, Garrett 1
Christian Seelbach (assist) and Koki Iwasaki each scored twice last Thursday in the Seahawks' victory.
Lucas Alonso's goal gave Garrett an early 1-0 lead, but Cecil College scored three goals in under 22 minutes to build a 3-1 halftime advantage.
