Bishop Shanahan girls’ lacrosse captures Ches-Mont National title

The Bishop Shanahan girls’ lacrosse team captured its second consecutive Ches-Mont National Division championship with a 17-2 win against West Chester East Thursday. The Eagles were led by Ellie Udo (3 goals), Soph Lymberis (2 goals), Paris Masaracchia (5 caused turnovers, 7 draw controls, 4 ground balls), Cailtyn Hubiak (2 goals), Alaina Baptista (3 goals), Silvia Baptista (2 goals), Annabelle Wiedel (2 goals), Sam DaDezzio (5 draw controls) and Allie Hathaway (10 saves). WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 12, COATESVILLE 7 » Skylar Baur tallied four goals for the Golden Knights, and teammate Jordyn Krafchick had a hat trick. Four Rustin players scored one goal each - Elizabeth McGurk, Christine Ditizio, Ella Harrison and Alexys McClain.

Boys’ lacrosse

WEST CHESTER RUSTIN 17, COATESVILLE 5 » The Golden Knights got strong performances from Jake Jackson (5 goals), Antonio Santangelo (3 goals, 2 assists), Marek Seaman (2 goals, 3 assists), Nate Pechin (3 goals), Mack Thompson (3 goals, won 15 of 22 faceoffs) and Billy Carney (12 saves). Tommy Ortega and Jake Van Orden each scored 2 goals for Coatesville. WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 8, GREAT VALLEY 6 » The Warriors got two goals each from Jake Wagner, Seamus Murphy, Carmen Cortese and Max Abrahams. Charlie Fort dished out 3 assists, and Ryan Timmins recorded 12 saves. For Great Valley, Daniel Siaton had a hat trick and Andy Talone had 10 faceoff

wins.

DOWNINGTOWN WEST 17, OXFORD 3 » Bram Monroe scored four goals and added one assist to pace the Whippets, who also got fine performances from Bret Bergey (3 goals, 2 assists), Michael Straub (2 goals, 2 assists, 9-for-9 in faceoffs), Owen Lundmark (2 goals, 2 assists), Carter Grear (2 goals) and Eddie Moore (2 goals). Dom Varano was 13-for-15 at faceoffs and Dylan Stang and Dylan Dougherty (4 saves) led the way in goal. AVON GROVE 15, SUN VALLEY 1 » Eleven different Red Devils scored, with Trent Lucovich, Griffin Edwards, Noah Lee and Luke Tyson tally-ing two scores apiece. Preston Boyd and Sean Adams each dished out 3 assists. GARNET VALLEY 21, KENNETT 7 » Jake Freebery had a hat trick for the Blue Demons, who also got 2 goals apiece from Colin Jung and Jackie Good.

Softball COATESVILLE 6, OXFORD 2 »

Coatesville broke a scoreless tie with a 6-run sixth inning. Olivia Springer led off the inning with a home run. Emma Friel’s second hit of the day pushed across another run before Paige Wilkins capped the scoring with a grand slam. Megan Gochenauer pitched 6 scoreless innings allowing only 1 hit while striking out 11 to earn the win. McKenna Frank doubled for Oxford.

COATESVILLE 16, WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 1 »

The Raiders won their second game of the day by pounding out 18 hits in 2 innings. Ashley Stringer had 3 hits, a double, a triple and 3 RBIs. Maddie Carpenter

had 3 hits including a home run and 4 RBI’s. Olivia Springer had 3 hits and 3 RBIs. Emma Friel, Caitlyn Reynolds, and Caity Hinton added 2 hits. Megan Gochenauer allowed only 1 hit and struck out 4 to earn

the win. Gabrielle Nanni had the lone hit for Henderson.

Baseball

WEST CHESTER HENDERSON 6, COATESVILLE 1 » Winning pitcher Eddie Smink allowed only 5 hits and a walk in 6 innings, striking out 11 and going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Dylan Grim went 2-for-4 with a 2-run double, and Etan Giangiulio went 2-for4. For Coatesville, Jake Stewart went 2-for-3, and Harrison Susi was 1-for-2 with a double.

College baseball

MACS ADVANCE TO ATLANTIC EAST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL » The Immaculata University baseball team secured their ticket to the Atlantic East championship final as they defeated No. 2 Cabrini, 6-0, on Thursday. The Mighty Macs now own a 27-12 record on the season and have won the most games in a single season in program history. Mason Keller pitched 6.1 innings of shutout baseball for the Mighty Macs, keeping the potent Cavaliers offense to two hits and three walks. The Macs’ offense was led by Josh Crowding, who went 1-for-3 with a bases clearing, three-RBI double, scoring one run while walking twice. Joey Wright scored two runs on two walks while Ryan Struble went 3-for-4, scoring one run.

The Mighty Macs return to action today as they compete for the pro-gram’s first Atlantic East Championship. They will host Marymount in a two-game series. As the victor of the winner’s bracket, the Macs need only win one game to secure the Atlantic East Championship. Game one between the Mighty Macs and Saints is scheduled for noon. If a game two is necessary, it will follow suit at 3:30 p.m. The Mighty Macs need just one win to claim the championship title while the Saints need to win both games to regain the championship title. TWO GOLDEN RAMS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT » West Chester Uni-versity put two student-athletes on the College of Sports Information Di-rectors of America (Co-SIDA) NCAA Division II Academic AllDistrict 2 team it was announced Thursday. Mike Ferrara and Luke Cantwell were both recognized for their efforts both in the classroom as well as on the baseball diamond. Both are now eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® award, which will be announced later this month. Ferrara, who holds a 3.78 cumulative grade-point average in Business Management, currently leads the team in hitting with a .369 batting average. Cantwell, who holds a 3.53 cumulative GPA in Business Management, was a preseason first team All-Atlantic Region selection. He tied the school record with three home runs in the first game of the season against St. Rose. Cantwell is fifth on the team in hitting with a .304 batting average. He leads the team with nine home runs and has eight doubles. He has driven in 43 runs and has 11 stolen bases.

Women’s lacrosse

THREE MACS NAMED TO ALLCONFERENCE TEAM » Three Immaculata players were named to the Atlantic East women’s lacrosse All-Conference Second Team on Thursday, as announced by the Atlantic East Conference.

Senior Katie Mulvey was named Second Team following a strong senior campaign commanding the Immaculata defense. Mulvey recorded 27 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers. Mulvey is joined on the Second Team All-Conference by sophomores Jackie Murray and Tessa Liberatoscioli. Murray ended the season fourth in the conference in goals per game, scoring 60 goals overall. Liberatoscioli, a Great Valley High School alum, was first in the league in draw controls per game, recording 103 successful draw controls on the year while also leading the Macs with 20 caused turnovers. She also was a strong offensive presence for the Macs, scoring 47 goals while adding 18 assists on the year.

Adult softball

BRANDYWINE VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL » Randy Pritzker, Brad Scheirer, and Gary Zimmerman each went 5-for-5 to lead Carlson’s Auto Body to a 25-22 slugfest win over Boss Automotive. Alan Trimmer was the win-ning pitcher for the Dentmasters. Goshen Beverage defeated Ampro Screen Printing, 19-13, as Bob Shemonsky took the win in another Gold Division game, supported by four hits from Larry Trout and three from Jerry Montella. Goshen (4-1) moved into first place with the win.