Cadets tennis tops Granville
TROY >> La Salle boys tennis advanced past Granville with a 7-0 victory on Monday. Brennan Buhr was a 6-2, 6-1 winner at top singles.
Ethan Tremblay and Oscar Zhang won at top doubles, 6-2, 6-2. BURNT HILLS 7, MOHONASEN 0 >> Ryan Vullo’s 6-1, 7-5 win at top singles helped lead Burnt Hills to an opening round sectional win over Mohonasen on Monday.
Anthony DeAngelis, Joaquin Rossen and Drew DeLorenzo each earned 6-0, 6-0 wins for the Spartans.
Class AA
BETHLEHEM 9, SHAKER 0 >> Bethlehem was able to win all 18 sets en route to a 9-0 sweep of Shaker in Monday’s first round Class AA sectional match.
Evan Davis was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at top singles for the Eagles, while Shammy Murundi pulled
out a 6-1, 6-3 victory and Govind Chari was a 6-3, 6-1 winner.
Men’s Lacrosse NCAA Tournament
(6) SYRACUSE 11, (9) UALBANY 9 » A strong second half helped Syracuse get past Albany 11-9 in the first round of the Division I NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament on Sunday.
U-Albany (12-4) took a 6-2 lead into halftime, led by a pair of scores from Connor Fields. However, the Great Danes were held to three goals in the second half, while the Orange put together a pair of 3-0 runs and took a 9-8 lead with 9:54 to play in regulation.
Sergio Salcido, Tim Barber and Jordan Evans both found the net twice for Syracuse (12-4).
In net, Evan Malloy made 12 saves for the Orange and Blaze Riorden made nine for the Great Danes.
Syracuse advances to face top-seeded Maryland in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Women’s Lacrosse
GATOR OF THE YEAR » Sage women’s lacrosse named Monica Koralus its 2016 Gator of the Year on Monday.
Koralus, a Verbank, N.Y. native, was named a Skyline Conference firstteamer, becoming the second player in school history to receive the honor. She led the Gators with 77 points, including 64 goals and 15 assists. All three marks are singleseason school-records for Sage.
The junior is now the program leader in points, goals and assists.
Men’s Basketball
GATOR OF THE YEAR » Melvin Ford was named the Sage men’s basketball Gator of the Year on Monday for the 2015-2016 season.
The Voorhees, N.J. native was a Skyline Conference first-team selection after averaging 12.8 points and 10 rebounds per game. Ford finished his career as the school’s all-team leading rebounder with 733 boards and is third alltime in points with 976.
Ford helped lead the Gators to four Skyline Conference tournaments, a Skyline Conference regularseason title in 2014-2015 and the program’s first Division III NCAA Tournament bid during a 23-5 campaign in the 2014-2015 season.
Women’s Basketball
GATOR OF THE YEAR » Sophomore forward Gen Schoff was named the Gator of the Year on Monday for the 2015-2016 season.
The Little Falls, N.Y. native led the Gators to a Skyline Conference regular season title and a Skyline Conference tournament runner-up in a 21-6 season. Schoff averaged 15.5 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, while setting a school record with 132 free throws.
Schoff was a first-team Skyline Conference selection and has scored 636 points in two seasons at Sage.
Albany Twilight League
WATERFORD NATIONALS 6, LIDS TEAM SPORTS 0 » Ryan Ensel tossed a completegame shutout to lead Waterford to a 6-0 win over Lids Team Sports on Sunday.
Bill Kelts led the Nationals with a solo homer, while Nic Schwab was 2-for-3 at the plate.