CLASS 5A
 

BISHOP CARROLL
 
Coach: Greg Rauch
 
Record: 16-1-1
 
Regional results: beat Arkansas City, 8-0; beat Emporia, 7-0
 
State quarterfinal: vs. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (15-2-1), 6 p.m. Monday
 
Key players: Avery McCorry, sr., F; Charley Kerschen, so., F; Itzelle Lumbreras, sr., Mid; Andrea Vielmas, so., Mid; Caleigh Carpenter, jr., F; Liza Dugan, sr., Def; Josie Klausmeyer, sr., GK; Rhys Hauserman, jr., Def-F.
 
Worth noting: Golden Eagles shared Greater Wichita Athletic League title with Kapaun, extending league championship streak to seven years. … Carroll has outscored opponents 118-5 with 15 shutouts. … Had 26-match winning streak snapped in 2-0 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas. … Carroll has 12 top-four state finishes since 2011. … Kerschen and Carpenter lead attack with 17 goals apiece. McCorry and Vielmas each have 14. … Kerschen also team leader in assists with 15. … Carroll has 14 players with at least 2 goals. … Klausmeyer has notched 13 shutouts in goal.  … Eagles have shut out last six opponents since tie with Kapaun.
 

BLUE VALLEY SOUTHWEST

Coach: Erik Jones

Record: 10-6-0

Regional results: beat Basehor-Linwood, 8-0; beat Spring Hill, 6-0.

State quarterfinal: at St. James Academy (16-2-0), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Laney Palmer, sr., F: Chloe Palmer, sr., F: Kai Deshler, sr., Mid; Gabby Cowan, jr., Mid;  Kat Stalin, jr., Def.

Worth noting: Timberwolves are coming off 13th regional title in program history. … Southwest won back-to-back state titles in 2017 and 2018 and has five runner-up finishes. … Laney Palmer leads team with 18 goals. … Chloe Palmer has totaled 12 goals and 12 assists. … Stalin started season on injured list but made immediate impact upon return. … She has committed to Nebraska. … Deshler has recorded four goals and three assists while Cowan has added three goals and five assists. … Jones is in eighth season as head coach.
 

DE SOTO

Coach: Jesse Smith

Record: 15-1-2

Regional results: beat Piper, 2-0; beat Seaman, 5-1.

State quarterfinal: vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (14-3-0), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Colbie Warne, so., F; Sydney Cinotto, sr., Mid; Ellie Gress, sr., Mid; Kennadi Fuhrman, jr., Def; Jordyn Garvey, jr., F; Lily Sphar, sr., GK.

Worth noting: Wildcats finished fourth at state last season in program’s fourth final four appearance. … Best finish was third place in 2013. … De Soto has won eight regional titles in program history. … Garvey leads team with 13 goals. … Warner has added eight goals while Cinotto, Gress and Fuhrman have five apiece. … Sphar has posted 12 shutouts and allowed just eight goals. … Wildcats were United Kansas Conference co-champions. … Key wins include Seaman, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission Northwest and Spring Hill. … Smith is in 16th season as head coach.
 

EISENHOWER
 
Coach: Roger Downing
 
Record: 17-1-0
 
Regional results: beat Newton, 8-0; beat Valley Center, 4-0.
 
State quarterfinal: vs. Maize South (15-3-0), 6 p.m. Monday
 
Key players: Kaleigh Shamburger, jr., Def; Reese Nusser, jr., Mid; Dani Smith, so., Def; Reagan Best, sr., Mid-F; Jules Elliot, jr., GK.
 
Worth noting: Tigers posted their seventh and eighth consecutive shutouts to win their fifth regional title. … Third-place finish in 5A in 2022 is program’s best. … Eisenhower won second consecutive Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail II title. … Tigers posted victories over top 4 seeds in 6A West regional (Wichita North, Maize, Derby, Garden City). … Lone loss was to Maize South (3-2) in season opener. … Shamburger has 12 goals and 8 assists from centerback position. … Nusser (11 goals), Smith (10) and Best (9) give Eisenhower scoring balance, with Best adding a team-leading 17 assists. … Elliot has allowed just 8 goals.
 

KAPAUN MT. CARMEL

Coach: Anthony Cantele

Record: 15-2-1

Regional results: beat Topeka West, 8-0; beat Hutchinson, 6-0.

State quarterfinal: at Bishop Carroll (16-1-1), 6 p.m. Monday

Key players: Sara Claire Michaelis, jr., F; Annabelle Schaefer, sr., Def; Stella Fury, jr., Mid; Rilynn Simmons, jr., Def; Molly Algya, jr., Mid; Sophia Penaloza, jr., Mid; Victoria Berends, sr., F; Aubrey Baars, jr., Def.
 
Worth noting: Crusaders making second consecutive quarterfinal appearance after third-place finish last season. … Shared Greater Wichita Athletic League title with Carroll after playing Golden Eagles to 2-2 tie on April 30. … Notched early 4-3 overtime victory over reigning 6A champion Washburn Rural, and also defeated 2025 state quarterfinalists Garden City (6A), Maize South (5A) and Wichita Trinity (4-1A). … Michaelis leads Crusader attack with 37 goals and 19 assists. … Fury has scored 17 goals with 10 assists, while Berends has 12 goals and 13 assists. … Defensive mid Baars and centerbacks Schaefer and Simmons lead defense that has posted 12 shutouts. … Crusaders have scored 103 goals and yielded 11. … Kapaun was state runner-up in 5-1A in 2008 and 2010, and in 5A in 2016. … Crusaders looking for 11^th state final four appearance.
 

MAIZE SOUTH
 
Coach: Rey Ramirez
 
Record: 15-3-0
 
Regional results: beat Goddard, 8-0; beat Andover, 5-1.
 
State quarterfinal: at Eisenhower (17-1-0), 6 p.m. Monday
 
Key players: Avery Fellows, sr., Mid; Caroline Giroux, sr., Def; Sydney Hansen, sr., F; Cora Bruce, jr., Def; Brooke Tholen, jr. Def; Lexi Polzin, so., Mid; Paige Kelly, jr., GK; Laila Schrum, so., Mid.
 
Worth noting: Handed Eisenhower its lone loss, 3-2, in season opener on March 24. … Mavericks defeated Andover for second time this season to secure sixth consecutive regional title and eighth state quarterfinal appearance. … Maize South won sixth consecutive Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail I championship. ... Giroux, a Central Arkansas signee, scored 2 goals in regional championship. … Maize South is 85-13-2 in five seasons under Ramirez. … Hansen, a Johnson County signee, has 22 goals and 9 assists this season. She ranks fourth in career goals scored (62) and second in assists (46) for Mavs. … Kelly's 57 saves this season are third most in program history. ... Maize South finished fourth in 5A each season from 2021-24.
 

ST. JAMES ACADEMY
 
Coach: Mark Twellman
 
Record: 16-2-0
 
Regional results: beat Highland Park, 14-0; beat Harmon, 10-0.
 
State quarterfinal: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (10-6-0), 6 p.m. Monday
 
Key players: Alexa Aylward, sr., F; Emma Smith, sr., GK; Kambree Duker, sr., Def; Elle Robinson, sr., Def; Marley Ford, sr., Def; Annabelle Slamin, sr., Def; Morgan Alles, jr., Mid; Arianna Mills, jr., Mid.
 
Worth noting: Thunder won its first 13 games before falling to Blue Valley West. … St. James has won four state titles, the last in 2019. … Aylward leads the Thunder attack with 13 goals and 10 assists. Her 51 career goals are program record. … Smith has registered 10 shutouts and allowed just 9 goals (.500 GAA). She has set Thunder career records for wins (45) and shutouts (29). … Alles has added 9 goals and 8 assists. … Dealt Eastern Kansas League champion St. Thomas Aquinas its lone league loss. … In addition to Aquinas, own victories over state quarterfinalists Mill Valley and Washburn Rural (6A), De Soto and Blue Valley Southwest (5A), and Bishop Miege (4-1A). All but Rural were shutouts.
 

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
 
Coach: Dan Brown
 
Record 14-3-0
 
Regional results: beat Shawnee Heights, 6-0; beat Sumner Academy, 8-0.
 
State quarterfinal: at De Soto (15-1-2), 6 p.m. Monday
 
Key players: Angelina Dicola, jr., F; Kennedy Miller, sr., Mid-F; Kate Gibson, jr., Def; Liv Owens, so., GK; Addie Forge, so., GK.
 
Worth noting: Saints won their 22^nd consecutive regional title and 29^th overall with victory over Sumner Academy. … Aquinas won Eastern Kansas League title with a 6-1 record. Lone defeat came to St. James Academy. … Other losses came to out-of-state St. Teresa’s Academy (Mo.) and Divine Savior Holy Angels of Milwaukee. ... Dicola a Miami (Ohio) commit, has 14 goals and 6 assists. … Miller, a K-State commit, leads EKL with 11 assists and has 6 goals. … Maher, a Benedictine commit, has 10 goals and 8 assists. … Owens and Forge have combined to allow just 11 goals in 17 games. … Saints ended reigning 5A champion Carroll’s 26-match winning streak with 2-0 victory in mid-April. … Brown is 63-13-1 in fourth season. … Aquinas owns 20 state titles with four runner-up finishes and one third place.