Daily Sports Digest: Pearl River Hosts League Track Championships

Pearl River will look to defend its boys and girls spring track and field team titles in the League 4B Championships starting 3:45 p.m. today at Pearl River High School.

The Pirates will compete with Albertus Magnus, Nanuet, Nyack, Spring Valley and Tappan Zee. Pearl River won both team titles last spring and swept the boys and girls league championships during the indoor season in January of this year. 

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Yesterday’s Results

Sport: Baseball (Friday)

Game: Tappan Zee vs. Pearl River

Score:

Highlights: Mike Vinci went more then six innings and struck out two while giving up two runs and picked up the win for the Pirates. Liam Russell, Joe Lampone, and Tim Ehdert each scored once for Tappan Zee.

Sport: Boys Lacrosse (Friday)

Game: Pearl River vs. Tappan Zee

Score: Tappan Zee Won 6-2

Sport: Baseball (Saturday)

Game: Pearl River vs. Clarkstown South

Score:

Highlights: John Brebbia and John Doherty each knocked in three runs for Pearl River in the win.

Sport: Baseball (Saturday)

Game: Albertus Magnus vs. North Rockland

Score: North Rockland Won 6-0

Today’s Schedule

In boys and girls track and field, Albertus Magnus, Nanuet, Nyack, Spring Valley and Tappan Zee travel to Pearl River for the league championships at 3:45 p.m.

In baseball, Pearl River heads to Nyack at 4:15 p.m.

In boys lacrosse, Pearl River heads to Nanuet at 4:15 p.m.

In boys tennis, Pearl River heads to Tappan Zee at 4 p.m.

In baseball, Peekskill will host Albertus Magnus at Peekskill Stadium at 4:30 p.m.

In softball, Nyack heads to Albertus Magnus at 4:15 p.m.

College Sports Notebook

Play Ball!

Dominican College and Nyack College are set for action on Tuesday as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Baseball Championship gets under say.

The third-seeded Chargers (23-24, 13-7 CACC) will host No. 6 seed Caldwell (12-28, 9-11 CACC) while No. 4 seed Bloomfield (21-16, 13-7 CACC) will host No. 5 seed Nyack (23-22, 11-9 CACC). Both games are slated for a 2 p.m. The survivors advance to the double-elimination phase of the championship, which is scheduled Thursday through Saturday and hosted by Wilmington (DE) University.

Thursday’s games will be played at Wilson Field on the campus of Wilmington University. No. 1 seed Felician (25-20, 16-4 CACC) will begin the action when it faces the Bloomfield/Nyack winner at noon. Second-seeded Wilmington (29-16, 14-6 CACC) will follow with a contest against the Dominican/Caldwell winner at 3 p.m.

Friday's and Saturday’s games are scheduled at Frawley Stadium, home of the South Atlantic League’s  Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Class A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Friday’s game times are slated for noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

The title game on Saturday is scheduled at 11 a.m. If necessary, a second game will be played at approximately 2 p.m.

The winner of the CACC Baseball Championship earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.

Wilmington University captured the 2011 CACC Baseball Title and has won two of the last three, dating back to 2009.

Big East Honor for Steinberg

Rutgers University women’s lacrosse senior midfielder Ali Steinberg of Suffern was named to the all-Big East first-team, while junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson of Wading River was named to the second-team.

“I’m very thankful for everything my teammates have done for me, and they are a big part of this award,” Steinberg was quoted as saying. “I couldn’t have asked for a better season with this team. I also owe a lot to Coach (Laura Brand-Sias) and would like to thank her as well. I’m honored to be recognized.”

Steinberg paced the Scarlet Knights with 48 points on 32 goals and 16 assists. The midfielder added 38 draw controls, 21 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers. Steinberg ranked fourth in the league in free position goals per game (0.88) and eighth in points per game (3.00).

Mortarboard musings

• Sophomore Spencer Samelson of Larchmont, a right-handed pitcher, helped the Onondaga Community College Lazers wrap up their regular season with a doubleheader sweep at Tompkins-Cortlandt CC. Samelson, who pitched at Mamaroneck High School and will transfer to Manhattanville College this fall, was credited with the victory in the opener and closed out the nightcap with a perfect inning. The Lazers, No. 5 in the country in the Division II JUCO rankings, took a 45-9 record into the National Championship tournament in Tyler, TX.
• Rasheen Davis, a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas College where he later served as an assistant to veteran men’s basketball coach Dennis O’Donnell, has joined the staff at Manhattan College. Davis, who received a Masters degree from the College of New Rochelle, will serve under Jaspers head coach Steve Masiello of White Plains.
• After splitting a double header with Marist College the Iona Gaels softball team clinched the MAAC regular season championship for the second time in three years. Iona won the second game of the double header 3-0. Allison Hand, Eileen McCann, and Chelsea Sheehan each scored in the victory.

Weekly Sports Poll

Last week’s sports poll asks The Rangers and Capitals are tied up at 2-2 and the series comes back to New York tonight at 7:30 p.m.

The Yankees made major moves in the off season to improve the team for another run at the World Series, but the injuries have piled up on the team early in the year. With Mariano Rivera done for the year with a bad knee injury the question is:

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