Ice hockey: Lower Merion goalie Devon Scharf is Main Line Girls Athlete of the Week

Scharf, a goalie for the improving Lower Merion ice hockey club, is no stranger to the goalie position — she also holds down the position for the Lower Merion girls’ lacrosse and field hockey teams. She posted the first shutout in program history against Radnor Dec. 13, and her save percentage is above .850, which LM coach Dave Herman said, “is pretty impressive for the amount of shots she sees. She’s an impressive athlete who just learned to skate last year.’ Scharf, a junior at Lower Merion High School, was part of the Philly team that captured lacrosse gold at the JCC Maccabi Games in 2012.She also participates in Lower Merion A Capella and Best Buddies.

Main Line Media News: Can you briefly describe the biggest save you have made this season – how the play developed, and your role in it?

Devon Scharf: We were playing Haverford late on a Friday night, and we were in the middle of a shift so all of my offense was changing and it was left to just me and my defense. Haverford’s offense recognized the lack of players due to our shift, so they raced down the ice attempting to beat us down there. The puck started high slot and was then passed down to the middle of the right dot. My angle was off, so the Haverford wing recognized this and shot the puck to the opposite side of the cage. I threw my glove at it at the last second, and caught it moments before it would have gone into the net.

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