Eagles extend streak to 187
Jenner’s 15 draw controls help hold off St. Mary’s; St. Paul’s, Spalding prevail
Maddie Jenner won 15 draws to spark the No. 1 McDonogh girls lacrosse team to a 15-10 victory at No. 14 St. Mary’s on Wednesday for the Eagles’ 187th straight victory exactly nine years after their last loss.
In the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game, the Saints tried three players against Jenner, last season’s AllMetro Player of the Year, with limited success. Jenner excels at drawing the ball to herself and, at 6 feet 2, she can outreach almost all opponents.The Eagles won17 of 27 draws.
“Maddie Jenner is a phenomenal draw specialist,” St. Mary’s coach Mindy Jones said. “You try to do your best, you try to switch it up, and she’s got a big presence and it’s just hard to win that draw. We did come up with a few and we got 10 goals, so that just goes to show you how big draw controls are.”
Jenner controlled 10 in the first half and it took the Eagles just 13 seconds to score off the first one as Blair Pearre assisted Emma Schettig.
The Saints were within two midway through the first half before Jenner won three straight draws and the Eagles ran their lead to 8-3 on two goals from Pearre, who finished with four, and one from Julia Hoffman.
Whitney Albert, who scored five goals for the Saints, cut the lead to 8-4 going into the half, but St. Mary’s (6-3, 3-2 conference) would get no closer as Pearre and Schettig scored the first two goals after the break.
The Eagles (10-0, 7-0) have not lost since April 11, 2009, when they fell to Canandaigua (N.Y.), 12-10. They haven’t lost to a Maryland team since falling to John Carroll in the 2008 A Conference championship.
ST. PAUL’S 11, NO. 8 BRYN MAWR 10: Alex Pirisino scored the gamewinner with two minutes left in the game as the host Gators (4-2, 4-2 IAAM A Conference) upset the Mawrtians (6-2, 5-2). St. Paul’s led 8-4 at the half, but Bryn Mawr tied the game late in the second half.
NO. 9 ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 5, SEVERN 4: Cavaliers’ Paige Gunning made eight saves in the final minute as the visiting Cavaliers (3-3, 3-3 IAAM A Conference) beat the Admirals (3-8, 1-5). Spalding, which scored all five goals in the first half, held Severn scoreless for the final 19:27. Gunning made three tough saves in the second half, including one by Sydney Kirchenheiter with 35 seconds left that preserved the win.
NO. 7 PATTERSON MILL 6, BEL AIR 0: Winning pitcher Austin Koehn went seven innings, gave up two hits, walked one and struck out nine as the host Huskies (7-1) shut out the Bobcats (3-1). Max Elliott (1-for-2) had a double and three RBIs for Patterson Mill.
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD 2, NO. 9 ST. MARY’S 1: Winning pitcher Matt Wyatt worked seven innings, gave up one run on four hits and struck out 13 as the host Dons (5-6, 3-4 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) upset the Saints (6-4, 2-3). Loyola broke a 1-1 tie by scoring a run in the seventh inning.
Softball
GLEN BURNIE 5, NO. 13 SOUTH RIVER 0: Gracie Culley struck out eight batters en route to a complete game shut out as the Gophers (4-5) blanked the host Seahawks (6-2). Sylvia Frye had two RBI while Jordan Fangman reached base three times. Mandy Purzner, Shaianne Turner and Ihley Debow each knocked in a run for Glen Burnie.
NO. 4 EASTERN TECH 17, FRANKLIN 1: Winning pitcher Nina Mets gave up one run on three hits and hit two doubles to lead the visiting Mavericks (4-1) past the Indians (1-4). Eastern Tech scored nine runs in the first inning.
NO. 12 SEVERNA PARK 10, NORTHEAST 1: Marissa Heuer had a complete game on the mound and went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs for the host Falcons (8-1). Kylie Dingess knocked in a run on a double and Abby Becker, Jessie Smith and Madison Gerard drove in a run apiece. Kiersten Tomshack hit a home run for the Eagles (5-4).
NO. 15 NORTH COUNTY 13, ANNAPOLIS 0: Corrine Hayhurst went 3 for 3 with a double and a walk and knocked in three RBIs for the visiting Knights (5-1). Emily Weichert and Brittney Allender knocked in a run apiece. Iris Reyes and Shelby McDonald each had a single for the Panthers (0-6).
ABERDEEN12, EDGEWOOD2: The host Rams (3-4) avoided the shutout by scoring two runs in the seventh. The Eagles improved to 6-2. Julia Spinner had a double for Edgewood.
DULANEY 10, HERFORD 0: Senior pitcher Akirra Pullen allowed two hits and struck out two in the Lions’ victory over the visiting Bulls (1-4).
Sam Beeler (2-for-3) had a double and two RBIs and five other batters had hits for the Lions (4-2).