St. Mary’s girls tennis player, Jessica Crosby powers a return serve at first singles. (Photo by Lynn Boscher)
WESTFIELD – It may have been a single effort from three individual St. Mary High School girls tennis players, but it all added up to one big team victory.
St. Mary’s swept singles’ competition to nip Pioneer Valley Christian Academy 3-2 Thursday at Municipal Tennis Courts.
Jessica Crosby overwhelmed Pioneer Valley’s Skylar Chapdelaine at first singles, 6-1, 6-2. Crosby served up five aces and kept Chapdelaine moving along the baseline early. She finished her off late with some smashing overhead swings.
In second doubles, Alexis Shedd upended Pioneer Valley’s Sarah Emerson, 6-1, 6-3.
Emerson controlled the first two games of the opening set before Shedd unleashed her “A” game, returning shot after shot. Although a little closer in the second set, St. Mary’s No. 2 player fought the wind to stay on serve.
Erin Olearcek finished off PVCA’s Neriah Henry at third singles with an impressive, 6-0, 6-2 win.
St. Mary’s doubles pairs’ Maura O’Neill and Gina Mulvenna, and, Natalie Meyers and Caroline Leahy, lost hard-fought matches by the scores of 6-3, 2-6, 6-7 and 6-4, 6-3, respectively.
BASEBALL
Saints rise up
St. Mary 17, Sabis 2 (5 inn.)
St. Mary got off to a fast start, scoring four runs in the first inning, and then exploding for four more in each of the second and fourth innings.
Jack Masciadrelli (3-for-3, 2 runs, RBI), Jake Butler (3-for-3, 2 runs), Hunter Authier (3-for-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs), Matt Masciadrelli (2-for-3, walk, 3 runs), and Kevin Rockwal (2-for-2, 2 walks, run, 2 RBIs) had multiple Haganled the offensive attack.
Butler tossed four innings of one-hit ball, striking out six and walking one.
Hagan boosts Bombers
Westfield 4, Ludlow 1
Westfield pitcher Jimmy Hagan struck out eight batters in tossing a complete game three-hitter. Hagan (2 RBIs), Steve McKenna (2 runs) and Baley Collier had two hits apiece to fuel Westfield’s offense.
Rams hurdle Green Wave
Southwick 12, Greenfield 1
Southwick put up two five-run innings (second, fourth) to overwhelm Greenfield.
Connor Roy (3-for-4, 2 runs), Andrew Burnett (2-for-3, run, 3 RBIs), Bart Shea (1-for-5, double, RBI), Nick Kavarakis (2-for-3), Tyler Keeney (2-for-4, RBI), and Jack Fairley (2-for-2, double, RBI) contributed to a big offensive day for Southwick.
Kavarakis scattered five hits, struck out six batters, and walked one in four innings of one-run ball. Burnett recorded 4 Ks in two innings of relief. Sam Mizanoglu also had a strikeout in an inning of relief.
Southwick improved to 6-0.
In JV action, Southwick fell 7-1 despite efforts from Nick Ensign (10 Ks), Pat Corrigan (11 blocks behind the plate), and Ethan Porter (1-for-2, RBI).
GIRLS LACROSSE
Colts hold off Saints
Chicopee Comp 12, St. Mary 9
St. Mary rallied from a 5-1 lead to pull within 6-6 early in the second half before Comp reeled off six goals to pull away in an 11-on-11 contest. Due to field trips, the Saints were playing with a player-challenged roster, but the Colts also agreed to play a person down.
Katarzyna Wisnauckas led St. Mary with five goals. Saints’ Paighton Ramos scored two, and Riley Pannielo and Zoe Paradis-Stern each had one.
Serena Griswold had two interceptions for St. Mary. Saints’ goalie Anna Kosinski made 25 saves.
Bombers surge past Spartans
Westfield 13, East Longmeadow 10
Lara Finnie and Hannah Jarvis netted hat tricks (three goals apiece), and Jordan Kowalski and Olivia Hadla each had two goals to lead Westfield. Hadla also had an assist.
Westfield goalie Liz Clark made eight saves.
“It was an awesome win,” said Westfield coach Paul Fenwick, whose team improved to 4-1.
