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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Heffner, Rivera named to EPC Volleyball First Team

The East Penn Conference recently released this year’s girls volleyball all-conference teams.

The league selects an all-league team as well as all-division teams for each of its three divisions.

Emmaus, which won this year’s league championship, had two players named to the All-EPC First Team in Alyssa Heffner and Amanda Rivera. Teammate Rosalia Landino earned a place on the All-EPC Second Team. All three were also Lehigh Division First Team selections.

Central Catholic’s Emerson Springs was named the 2025 league MVP.

First Team

Emerson Springs MVP (Central Catholic), Jocelyn Bell (Bethlehem Catholic), Piper Ruggiero (Bethlehem Catholic), Kasia Burda (Parkland), Alyssa Heffner (Emmaus), Amanda Rivera (Emmaus), Landry Guman (Freedom).

Second Team

Sara Kokolus (Freedom), Rylee Ruggiero (Pleasant Valley), Sophia Bedics (Bethlehem Catholic), Rosalia Landino (Emmaus), Brianna Bauer (Central Catholic), Riley Landis (Central Catholic), Madeline Ahner (Bethlehem Catholic).

Third Team

Eva Madeira (Liberty), Riley Schilling (Parkland), Mia Mitch (Liberty), Emily Tucker (Central Catholic), Theresa Ruhl (Bethlehem Catholic), Sofia Condoulis (Liberty), Mallory Garland (Nazareth), Maeve Mazza (Pocono Mountain East), LaSereon James (Whitehall), Alexa Lannon (Easton).

MONROE DIVISION

First Team

Rylee Ruggiero (Pleasant Valley), Isabella Slizewski (Pleasant Valley), Maeve Mazza (Pocono Mountain East), Mya Williams (Pleasant Valley), Alexys Fulkerson (Pocono Mountain East), Kathleen DeLeo (Pocono Mountain East), Sasha Slozina (Pleasant Valley), Madison Clark (Pocono Mountain West), Madelyn Vargas (Stroudsburg).

Second Team

Kira Hnat (Pleasant Valley), Emerson Deluna (Pleasant Valley), Jaylyn Rowe (Pocono Mountain West), Haddassah Talley (Pocono Mountain West), Sophia Hillenbrand (Pocono Mountain East), Assunta McCarthy (Stroudsburg), Juliette Perich (Stroudsburg).

NORTHAMPTON DIVISION

First Team

Jocelyn Bell (Bethlehem Catholic), Piper Ruggiero (Bethlehem Catholic), Sara Kokolus (Freedom), Sophia Bedics (Bethlehem Catholic), Landry Guman (Freedom), Ondine Murabet (Freedom), Sofia Condoulis (Liberty), Mallory Garland (Nazareth), Jocelyn Bell (Bethlehem Catholic).

Second Team

Mia Mitch (Liberty), Madeline Ahner (Bethlehem Catholic), Alexa Lannon (Easton), Theresa Ruhl (Bethlehem Catholic), Kylie Shereba (Nazareth), Eva Madeira (Liberty), Keeley Kershner (Nazareth), Isabella Pecuch (Northampton).

LEHIGH DIVISION

First Team

Emerson Springs (Central Catholic), Riley Landis (Central Catholic), Kasia Burda (Parkland), Alyssa Heffner (Emmaus), Riley Schilling (Parkland), Brianna Bauer (Central Catholic), Rosalia Landino (Emmaus), Amanda Rivera (Emmaus), LaSereon James (Whitehall).

Second Team

Allison Keck (Whitehall), Reilly Allen (Central Catholic), Emily Tucker (Central Catholic), Chloe Coonradt (Parkland), Brianna Gonzalez (Dieruff), Stacy Canario (Allen), Alex Serina (Parkland).

PRESS PHOTOBY TAJ FALCONERAlyssa Heffner is one of two Emmaus players who earned All-East Penn Conference First Team honors for the 2025-26 season.
PRESS PHOTOBY MARK LINEBERGERAmanda Rivera was recently named to the All-EPC First Team.