Saratoga boys tennis routs Mohon
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. >> Mohonasen’s David Maher defeated David Romano 6-0, 6-4 in first singles but the rest of the match was all Saratoga Springs in an 8-1 win. The Blue streaks swept the rest of the matches thanks to singles wins by Seungmin Kim, Nicholas Grosso, Youngsuk Lee, Edward Towers and Luke DeRizzo in which Mohoasen players did not take a single game. ALBANY ACADEMY 7, LA SALLE 0 >> Connor O’Brien beat Aaron Fang 6-0, 6-0 in first singles to set the tone for a boys tennis shutout. COLONIE 9, TROY 0 >> Muhammad Azhar topped Andrew Ridler 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 as Colonie shut out
Troy. SHAKER 5, AVERILL PARK 4 » Shaker’s Noah Massry won a tight match at No. 6 singles 7-6(3), 6-3 to help the Blue Bison edge the Warriors. BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 8, SHENENDEHOWA 1 » Ryan Vullo led the Spartans at first singles with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Shen’s Jonathan Frutschy in a Suburban Council contest.
Baseball
HOOSIC VALLEY 4, GREENWICH 3 (9) » Dale Maxon provided the key hit in the bottom of the ninth inning for Valley in a walkof Wasaren League win. Jon Colligan pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the hosts to pick up the win. Cole Burgess led Greenwich with four singles while Bailey Winch took the loss after entering the game in relief during the sixth inning. TROY 2, BETHLEHEM 0 » Pitchers Michael Hughes and Isaac Brown combined for a three-hit shutout vs. Bethlehem. Kyle Locklear had two hits and John Germinerio drove in a runs as the Troy offense scored in the second and sixth innings to pick up the win. AMSTERDAM 13, SOUTH GLENS FALLS 5 » Matt Steves hit a double and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs but the Rams jumped out to a 13-1 lead and coasted to a Foothills Council win.
Softball
GREENWICH 5, HOOSIC VALLEY2» Rachel Hall twirled a complete game three-hitter with 11 strikeouts for the Witches. Hall added three singles and two RBIs at the plate while teammates Sabrina Whitehouse hit a home run and Courtney Fraher contributed a double. SCHALMONT 7, SCHUYLERVILLE 6 » Caitlin Kelleher went 2-for-4 with a home run while Hunter VanArnum went 2-for-4 for Schuylerville in the nonleague season opener for both teams. Erin Mahar earned the win for Schalmont while Lauren Kelleher took the loss.
Boys lacrosse
NISKAYUNA 16, BALLSTON SPA7» The Silver Warriors took a 10-4 lead at the half and extended the lead the rests of the way. Michael Doxie had a hat trick and three assists for Niskayuna while Tyler Gregory scored four goals.
Sam Swingruber led the Scotties with four goals while goalkeeper James Nash made a game-high 12 saves.
Track and field
SCHENECTADY, MOHONASEN, BALLSTON SPA SPLIT » Ballston Spa’s girls team edged Schenectady 87-86, Schenectady tied Mohonasen 88-88 and Mohonasen beat Ballston Spa 94-86 in on of the most closely contested track meets possible.
Ballston Spa’s Faith DeMars won the 3,000 and the 1,500 while Scotties teammate Eamma Reardon placed first in the high jump.
Schenectady topped all schools on the boys side but Ballston Spa’s Eli Washington won the shot put and the discus and Tim Dwyer won the 800 and 1,600.
Boys lacrosse
SHAKER 24, AVERILL PARK 3» Luke Julian recorded a hat trick and provided five assists while Blue Bison teammate Colin Sorary had two goals and five assists and Jack Cheney tallied six goals and one assist.
Oliver Clayton had two goals for Averill Park in defeat. GUILDERLAND 9, CBA 6 » Trevor Long scored four goals and added an assist for the Dutchmen in the season opener for both teams. Nolan Aery recorded a hat trick for the Brothers while Darrian Poole and Max Tedesco combined for 13 saves in goal.
Girls lacrosse
NISKAYUNA 17, BALLSTON SPA0» Erin Doyle scored six goals for the Silver Warriors in the win. Scotties goalie Gia Burdick made a game-high eight saves.
College softball
SAGE 5-17, COBLESKILL 1-3 » Mechanicville grad Allison Ford tossed a complete game in the circle for Sage in the Game 1 win. She scattered five with 10 strikeouts. Ford is now 6-4 on the season after allowing just one earned run in the contest. Ballston Spa grad Katy Rimawi went 1-for-3 with two RBIs in the victory. UALBANY 9-5, CORNELL 0-1 » UAlbany tallied up 18 hits in Wednesday’s doubleheader to beat Cornell 9-0 and 5-1. With the wins, the Great Danes improved their record to 15-9 on the season.
“All of our pitchers did a really nice job combining to hold Cornell to just one run on the day. When we did make a mistake defensively, the pitchers picked us up,” said coach Chris Cannata.
Bailey Turner (5-4) earned the win in the first game holding Cornell to two hits. Switching it up in the second, Celeste Verdolivo (5-4) took the win striking out four batters and allowing only one hit.
PGCBL
SIENA TO HOST ALBANY DUTCHMEN » The Siena College Baseball Field will serve as the new home for the Albany Dutchmen for the summer collegiate baseball team’s 2017 season. The Dutchmen are scheduled to make their Siena Field home debut on June 3 vs. the Mohawk
“We are excited to welcome the Albany Dutchmen to Siena Field,” said Siena College Vice President and Director of Athletics John D’Argenio. “We feel that the recent upgrades made have transformed our field into an outstanding Northeast college facility, and one in which the players will enjoy. We look forward to hosting the future baseball stars of tomorrow as they showcase their talents in a fun, family friendly atmosphere at the center of the Siena College campus.”
The Dutchmen are members of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a 13-team summer collegiate Valley DiamondDawgs. baseball league located in Upstate New York.
Men’s college tennis
UTICA 8, SAGE 1 » Troy High grad Christian Rosario had the lone win for Sage at No. 5 singles.
Women’s college lacrosse
CANISIUS 25, SIENA 11 » Saratoga grad Brianna Sirianni notched a team-high five draw controls for the Saints in a MAAC defeat. Freshman Alexis Deaken recorded four goals for the Saints (1-9, 0-2 MAAC) and tallied four draw controls. Michelle Schwartz also put four in the cage for Siena.