Spotlight: A look around the local scene
title. The men’s team is also headed to the Division III tournament for the second time in program history.
5: Goals by Makenzie Reh in New Haven’s loss to Merrimack in NE-10 women’s lacrosse tournament.
5: Champions from Connecticut colleges at New England Division III Track and Field championships as Trinity’s Morgan Hallow (women’s 400) and Kabari Burabari (women’s shot put), Coast Guard’s Kaitlyn Mooney (women’s 1500) and Leilani Salang (women’s discus) and Wesleyan’s Andrew McCracken (men’s pole vault) were individual winners.
9: Earned runs allowed by University of Saint Joseph softball team in current six-game winning streak.
9: Shutout victories for Bridgeport softball team including back to back ones over LIU Post to win ECC tournament as Purple Knights earned spot in NCAA tournament for first time since 1989.
11: Points by Meaghan Graham in the MAAC women’s lacrosse tournament to lead Fairfield women’s lacrosse team to title.
12: Points in two games following losses this season for Jackson Morrill, the leading scorer on the Yale men’s lacrosse team.
13: Points for Foster Cuomo in the MAAC men’s lacrosse tournament as Quinnipiac came a goal shy of winning the title.
16: Hits for Milford’s Fallon Bevino during nine-game hitting streak for Sacred Heart softball team, winners of five consecutive games.
23: Points by CCSU’s Kevorni Welsh at NEC championships as he won the long jump and high jump to go with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump. Teammate Richard Grudzwick won the 800 while Sacred Heart’s Christian Turner (shot put) and Cameron Croce (hammer) also won individual events.
25: Strikeouts by SCSU pitcher Ronnie Rossomando in his last three starts, posting an 0.42 ERA to key the Owls’ late-season push to qualify for the NE-10 tournament.
77: Hits by Wallingford’s Jack Gethings this season, tying the Fairfield baseball program’s single-season mark.
95: Points this season for Coast Guard’s Riley McNulty including 8 in the NEWMAC men’s lacrosse championship game.
118: Points for Central Connecticut State women’s track field as Blue Devils won their first NEC title with Sacred Heart and Saint Francis finishing within two points of winning the title. Dawn Hubbell and Megan Brawner won the 5,000 and
1,500 meter races while Sacred Heart’s Emma Cary
(10,000) and Jacqueline Thorne (3000 steeplechase).
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Dropped out: Newtown (9), Greenwich (10). First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. Records through Monday, May 6. Others receiving votes: Newtown (7-5) 6, Somers (11-1) 6, Greenwich (6-7) 5, Simsbury (10-2) 5, Cheshire (6-7) 1, Hand
(9-4) 1, Xavier (8-4) 1.
The following voted: Brian Adkins, Foran coach and Connecticut secondary schools assistant liaison to U.S. Lacrosse; George Baldassare, CHSLCA Executive Secretary Emeritus; Frank Barron, Emeritus U.S. Lacrosse Area Rep; Sean Begin, Hartford Courant; Jeff Brameier, Darien coach; Scott Bulkley, Newtown coach; Chris Dehnel, Patch Media Corp.; Michael Fornabaio, Connecticut Post; Ned Griffen, The Day; Scott Hinchey, Glastonbury coach; Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald; John Mathews, Greens Farms Academy coach; Dan Nowak, New Haven Register; Rich Pulisciano, Cheshire coach; Bob Russell, Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Special Counsel and Hand assistant coach. Fairfield, Saturday and Sunday: Quinnipiac currently is in first place in the tightly bunch MAAC standings. Fairfield is in fifth but just 1 games out of first.
Men’s lacrosse, Georgetown at Yale, Saturday, 2:30 p.m.: Yale opens defense of its national champion by hosting Georgetown in the first round. Twin brothers will be squaring off as Yale freshman Matt Brandau has 35 points and 52 points while Georgetown goalie Chris Brandau is 8-1 with a 6.89 goals against average.
Track, New England Championships, FridaySaturday: Fresh off winning the Northeast-10 men’s title for third straight season, SCSU will host the New Englands. Kade Amster won the hammer throw while the Owls set the NE-10 record in the 4x100 relay. The SCSU women won the same two events including Erin McKee besting the field in the hammer by nearly two meters.
HOMETOWN FOCUS
Chris Simione, Cheshire: Bentley senior is top scorer on team competing in the NCAA Division II regional. He has plenty of company of golfers expected to take part in Division II regionals as IUP features South Windsor’s Jack Buccigross, Vernon’s Liam Donohue is one of Franklin Pierce’s top scorers, Wethersfield’s Andrew Sanzaro is second on Assumption with a 77.5 scoring average and New Milford’s Tyler Lanza is one of five Concordia golfers with a season average in the 70s.