Hard-hitting Sewickley Academy earns lofty seed for WPIAL softball playoffs

By: Ray Fisher
Sunday, May 18, 2025 | 11:01 AM

Sewickley Academy’s softball team was assigned the No. 4 seed for the WPIAL Class A playoffs.

The top three seeds went Union, Carmichaels and West Greene.

“We are very excited and honored to have earned the four seed,” Sewickley coach Bob Sirko said. “I am happy the girls have been recognized for their efforts this season. There are a lot of great teams in the tournament, and there are no easy games, so we will have to play our best softball of the year to advance.”

The Panthers entered the postseason as the second-best offensive team in Class A, averaging 9.6 runs per game and topped only by Union (12 rpg).

Sewickley finished the regular season with a .386 team batting average led by the terrific trio of senior CF Marie Bigi (.595), senior 3B Quincy Sirko (.535) and freshman C Gabby Edmunds (.512).

Supporting the cause were junior 2B Sanaa Grant (.361) and sophomore 1B Sophie Crichton (.333), as well as junior RF V.J. Jeevan (.297), freshman P Charlotte Andrews (.294) and sophomore SS Keira Church (.293).

Bigi racked up a .929 slugging percentage and .630 on-base percentage with 25 hits in 42 at-bats.

Other team leaders statistically included Sirko (24 runs), Edmunds (11 doubles, 22 RBIs) and Chrichton (14 walks, 19 stolen bases).

Sirko also finished with an .814 slugging percentage, .583 OBP, 23 hits, 20 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.

Edmunds added 21 hits, 21 runs, a .902 slugging percentage and a .592 OPB while Grant and Church both scored 20 times. Chrichton had a .561 OPB.

In the pitching circle, Andrews compiled a 9-4 record, one save, a 3.63 ERA with 141 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings.

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