Vail goes distance as Xavier shuts out Branford

Joe Vail went the distance and struck out 11 to earn his first victory of the season as the Xavier baseball team beat Branford 2-0 in Southern Connecticut Conference action at Palmer Field Monday.

Vail allowed three hits as Xavier improved to 3-4. Branford fell to 4-3. HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH 11, VALLEY REGIONAL 8 >> Tyler Popp, Ross Meglin and Ben Alonzo all had two hits, while Meglin drove in three to lead the Cougars.

Owen Marica threw four innings of shutout ball while striking out seven for H-K (7-2), which scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to erase an 8-7 deficit.

Fletcher Suedemeir had two hits for Valley Regional (2-5) OLD SAYBROOK 5, HALE-RAY 3 >> Dan Cote picked up the win and Jack Colella the save for Old Saybrook (4-3), which scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie. Hale-Ray is 0-5. OLD LYME 7, PORTLAND 3 >> Griffin Powers hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning to break open a one-run game and lead Old Lyme (7-0) to its Shoreline Conference win.

Austin White hit two solo home runs for Portland (5-3).

Softball

EAST HAMPTON 4, VALLEY REGIONAL 1 >> Lindsay Dickerman scattered six hits in a complete game victory while Jenna DeMartino and Sarah Vickery each had key sacrifice flies.

Despite being held to two hits, East Hampton took advantage of four errors to plate their four runs.

Addy Bullis and Abby Cunningham each had two hits for Valley Regional. HALE-RAY 7, OLD SAYBROOK 5 >> Skyler Rapuano was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and Hannah Lemke tripled and drove in a run to lead Hale-Ray (7-0, 6-0 SLC).

Katrina Ceceri got the win to improve to 7-0.

Anna Joseph had two hits and scored twice for Old Saybrook (1-6, 1-5).

Girls lacrosse

MERCY 16 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC 4 >> Jordyn Masse and Meg McClellan each scored four goals, Ryan Miela added three and Mary Sposito added two to lead Mercy in Middletown.

Kate Richardson, Kylie McCarthy and Sage O’Leary also scored goals. Georgia Davis made four saves for Mercy.

Boys Golf

Portland 163, East Hampton 218 at Portland GC Medalist: Nick Piersall (P) 36 Portland: Nick Piersall 36; John Lucas 41; Drew Tammaro 42; Jimmy Kelley 44 East Hampton: Liam Curtin 48; ; Kurt Sturmer 55; Mike DeZinno 58; Bryan Torres 57 O’Brien Tech 194, Vinal Tech 225 at Orange Hill Golf Course in Ansonia.

Vinal: Ryder Bonito 52, Joey Ryan 54, Kyle Kupec 58, Nick Fraulino 61 O’Brien: Joe O’Toole 42, Austin Mather 43, Nate Shulick 52, Brendan Gilbert 57 Records: Vinal 3-1 (1-1)

Middletown 181, Bristol Eastern 216 Boys tennis

East Hampton 6, Haddam-Killingworth 1 Singles: Kiernan Tierney def. Ben McLaughlin 6-4, 6-0; Collin Buchan def. Nicholas vonFeldt 6-3, 6-1; Noah Gibson def. Nicholas Luneau 6-0, 6-1 ; Alex Link def. H-K’s Timothy Luneau 6-3, 6-1 ; Collin Twiss 1-0, 1-0 by default. Doubles: Simon Brown/Simon N. Brown (HK) def. East Hampton’s David Battit/Preston Decker 6-1, 7-5.

Girls’ tennis

Mercy 7, Lyman Hall 0

Singles: Molly Garcia (M) def. Alyssa Baldyga (LH) 6-4, 2-0retire injury; Juliette Piazza (M) def. Shayna Sanford (LH) 6-0, 6-0; Lorenza Inserra (M) def. Lexie Agro (LH) 6-0, 6-1; Katie Schumann (M) def. Savannah Farkash (LH) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: Kathryn Hanly/Kate Hall (M) def. Megan Lane/Hannah Russel (LH) 6-0, 6-0; Alex Porczak/ Julia Wenceslao (M) def. Valerie Fekere/Robyn Honyotski (LH) 6-0, 6-0; Isabella Lorio/Juliette Piazza (M) def. Kiera Farley/Allison Mastrioanni (LH) 6-1, 6-0 Records: Mercy 4-2, Lyman Hall 2-3

Middletown 5Rockville 2: At Rockville, singles wins for Middletown from No. 2 Whitney Andrew, No. 3 Sarah Huston, and No. 4 Talya Ericson. No. 1 Doubles Kim Chambers and Lisa Tipton won in a tough threeset match and No. 2Mariah Monroe and Jess Hart won easily. No. 1 singles player Gaby Lanza lost a close 7-5.6-4 match and No. 3 Doubles Sierra Alston and Alena Monarca lost in three sets.