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2022-23 Episcopal Knights Softball
DOMINANT PERFORMANCE: Episcopal reigns supreme in SPC Championship weekend
Boys track led it off, winning SPC by racking up 213 points -- over 100 points more than Kinkaid. The relays pushed the Knights over the top.
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Talk about dominance, softball won its sixth-straight SPC title and 21st overall. The Knights destroyed the competition, outscoring their opponents 25-5 in the SPC Tourney.
Episcopal's Allie WilliamsJustin Hartojo (VYPE)
Led by junior Allie Williams (New Mexico-commit), the Knights were stacked. Sophomore Gianna Lewis and freshman Elliot Loper were also talents at the plate. Senior Emma Poirot was the leader in the dugout.
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On the baseball side of the diamond, Episcopal had dominated in a similar fashion this Spring.
2022-23 Episcopal Knights Baseball Bradley C. Collier (VYPE)
Prior to the season, Episcopal was eager for a chance to flip the script after falling to Kinkaid in the title game a year prior. Evidently, the Knights were given that exact opportunity.
Episcopal's Adam KatzBradley C. Collier (VYPE)
Headlined by seniors Adam Katz (P/1B) and Andrew Thorton (3B), paired with the likes of Ashton Lassiter, Logan Phillips and Ty Blevins, EHS was a force to be reckoned with. They were 22-11-1 overall. Episcopal has won two of the last three SPC Titles and have 16 titles in school history.
Episcopal's Andrew ThortonBradley C. Collier (VYPE)
The playoffs were made especially sweet for Episcopal, considering they had their revenge game against Kinkaid in the SPC Semifinals (2-1 victory), before subsequently trouncing Houston Christian 13-0 in the title game.
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Episcopal senior center back Mia Tuckwood recently committed to Lehigh University.
Episcopal’s Tuckwood finds best of both worlds at Lehigh
Tuckwood believes that also applies to women in education.
“Technical degrees have not been historically held by women, so I hope that I can also pave a trail for women to feel more confident in furthering their education,” Tuckwood said.
She is certainly on her way.
The Knights’ versatile senior center back recently committed to Lehigh University. Tuckwood wants to major in engineering.
“I love how I am going to be able to pursue a technical degree while also playing a Division I sport,” she said. “When I stepped on campus, I knew that Lehigh was the place for me, based off the beauty of the architecture, the location of the university and the atmosphere of the soccer program.”
Episcopal senior center back Mia Tuckwood recently committed to Lehigh University.VYPE Media
Tuckwood is a thinker, a creator. She started playing soccer when she was five years old and fell in love with how the game challenged her to “think creatively on the spot.”
“Every game presents itself with different situations, so it’s like figuring out how to solve the puzzle,” Tuckwood said.
Over the summer, she trained to improve her overall fitness, first touch, dribbling and left-foot play. Tuckwood played with the Knights’ boys team to work on her speed of play.
During games, she can often be seen coaching teammates, constantly in communication. Last season, she was the only Knight to be named a captain as a junior and was an All-SPC team selection. She helped Episcopal to a third-place finish in the Southwest Preparatory Conference, the team’s best-ever finish.
“First and foremost, I’m a leader on the soccer field,” Tuckwood said. “My mindset is definitely set on giving it my all, no matter what, so that I can not only help my teammates but make myself better.”
Her favorite soccer memory came last season during a game against Duchesne.
The Knights had been working on taking advantage of corner kicks all season. Since Tuckwood stands 6-foot-2, she is the main target.
“It was about 20 minutes into the first half when we got a corner kick, and when I lined up inside the box, I told myself that I was going to score on this,” she recalled. “So, I followed the path of the ball as it came in the air, right around the six-yard box, and then headed it in to put us up 1-0. Then, second half, we got another corner, and with the momentum I got from my first goal, I was determined to score another, so I faked right and went left to head the ball in again to help my team win 2-0.”
Tuckwood lists Travis Smith, Lehigh alumnus and a former Mountain Hawks soccer player, and her family and God as inspirations. She trained all summer with Smith and credited his support as instrumental in her recruiting.
“My family has always taught me to go out and work hard in whatever life throws at me,” Tuckwood said, “which is something that motivates me to want to get better.”