Local Roundup: Short-Handed Wasps Win Easily

Rutland — Even when some of its top players are unavailable, the Woodstock Union High girls tennis team is a tough bunch to stop.

The defending VPA Division II state champions improved to 8-0 on Friday with a 7-0 blanking of Mount St. Joseph at Rutland’s Meadow Street courts. The Wasps lacked sisters Momo (tests) and Kenzie Biele (illness), fifth singles player Chloe Noble had no foe to meet, and still Woodstock cruised.

Grace Frazier (6-0, 6-0) and Katie McMaster (6-0, 6-1) moved up a slot on the singles ladder and won easily. Lydia Howe and Olivia Marsicovetere, who usually team up for first doubles, took third and fourth singles, respectively, and also claimed straight-set wins.

Izzy Hiller and Julianna Beraldis moved to first doubles for a 6-0, 6-1 win. Lily Holding and Natalie Strayton joined the varsity for a 6-1, 6-1 victory at second doubles, further displaying coach Tom Hopewell’s many options.

“We have the fortune to be able to do this,” Hopewell said. “Our top seven players are almost all interchangeable. Momo and Grace have considerable weaponry. All of the others are just dangerous.”

Woodstock returns to the road to visit Rutland on Monday.

Lebanon 5, Stevens 4

Claremont — The Raiders (2-11) earned their second win of the season over the Cardinals (0-10), going right to the final match to post the victory.

Playing together for the first time, Lebanon’s Felicity Breedlove and Emerson Sleeper combined on an 8-5 win over Stevens’ Clara Avery and Hannah Lembree at second doubles for the deciding point. No. 1 Fatima Khan, No. 3 Sleeper and No. 5 Misia Delgado claimed singles wins for Lebanon, which also picked up a first doubles win from Khan and Kaitlin Chamley.

The Cards picked up their points through No. 2 Fatima Wain, No. 4 Cally Barrett and No. 6 Lembree. The third doubles tandem of Barrett and Fallon Lavertue also scored a victory.

Stevens takes on Wilton-Lyndeborough in a home-and-home on Monday and Tuesday. The Raiders wrap up their season on Wednesday at Kearsarge.

Hanover 9, Spaulding 0

Hanover — The Marauders (9-2) made themselves at home on their Storrs Pond home courts, dusting the Red Raiders.

Sophomore Marti Zentmaier jumped into the Hanover lineup and won 8-0 at sixth singles, a score teammate Emma Burwell matched at No. 5. Bri Laycock, Ellen Lamm, Marta Sanchez and freshman Carly Miles claimed the other singles points.

Lamm-Emma Watson, Sanchez-Grace Li and Hellie Smith-Bella Malo matchups produced Hanover’s doubles points. The Marauders host Salem on Wednesday before closing their regular season at Bishop Guertin on Thursday.

Boys Tennis

Hanover 9, Spaulding 0

Rochester, n.h. — Another day, another dominant performance from the Marauders (10-1).

Matty Siegel (8-1 at No. 1) and Aidan Biglow (8-1 at No. 2) led the charge from the top. Jasper Meyer, Lincoln Adam, Trevor Siegel and Will Blinkhorn took care of the remaining singles matches. All six took part in doubles action, combining to yield just four games out of 28 played. Hanover heads to Salem on Wednesday.

Woodstock 5Mount Anthony 2

Woodstock — A trio of close singles matches went in the Wasps’ favor as the hosts improved to 2-4.

Sam Powers won a thriller at No. 2 singles, 7-5, 6-7, 11-9. Powers trailed, 9-5, in the tiebreaker before winning the final six points. Carl Gebhardt won, 7-6, 6-4, and Danny Drebber added another win in a tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.

“Every time we play Mount Anthony, it’s tight,” Woodstock coach Dave Miles said. “We knew going in that it would be close. This was a lot of good play under pressure.

Henry Greene/Gardner Gottshegen (6-0, 6-4) and Justin Kopf/Blake Heston (6-2, 6-0) each won in doubles. Woodstock visits Brattleboro on Monday.

Lebanon 6, Trinity 3

Manchester — The Raiders swept the singles matches and are now 8-2 on the season.

Pedro Izquierdo-Sacristan won, 8-0, at No. 1 singles. Seamus Hickey and Brodie McPherson each won, 8-1. Owen Johnstone won, 8-2. Cam Magari won, 9-7, at No. 5, and Nate Magari won, 9-8 (7-2), at No. 6. Lebanon hosts Oyster River on Monday.

Girls Lacrosse

Lebanon 15, Trinity 1

Manchester — Izzy Peress scored three goals and Libby Stone, Jessie Hastings, Rachel Harrington and Emma Hansen each had two for the Raiders (3-6).

Clara Cole had three assists for the visitors. Lena Nowell made three saves and Celia Barnett stopped four shots for Lebanon, which plays at Gilford on Monday, the first of four games next week.

Burr & Burton 17Woodstock 7

Woodstock — Gina Sorrentino and Brittney Poljacik each had two goals and an assist for the Wasps (1-7).

Kelly Gebhardt added two goals. Addie Gray had one goal. Maggie Parker made 11 saves in goal for Woodstock, which plays at Brattleboro on Tuesday.

Brattleboro 16, Hartford 5

White River Junction — The VPA Division II Hurricanes fell to the Division I-leading Colonels (8-1).

Tayler Simmons, Greer McCarty, Alice Dwyer, Morgan Pero and Michaela Ricker scored for Hartford. Ricker added a pair of assists. Coach Heather Hartford praised the play of goaltender Emi Harlow (11 saves).

The Canes (7-3) are back in action with an 11 a.m. faceoff today at Vergennes.

Hollis Brookline 15Hanover 13

Hollis, n.h. — The Marauders’ playoff hopes took a knock in a narrow loss to the Cavaliers despite a six-goal, one-assist game from Maddie McCorkle.

Cate Wagner posted a hat trick, Wylie Lucas contributed two goals, Jasmine Lou netted a goal with an assist and Maggie Lee also scored to account for Hanover’s goals. Katelyn Hurd posted three saves on a day when the Marauders hurt themselves with four yellow cards.

Despite the defeat, Hanover remains in seventh place in NHIAA Division II, holding a 1½-game lead on eighth-place Oyster River and a two-game edge on Kingswood, the first team out of the playoff picture. Winnacunnet visits Hanover this afternoon.

Boys Lacrosse

Trinity 8, Lebanon 4

Lebanon — The Raiders (1-8) held a 4-2 halftime lead only to have their offense go dry after the break.

Aaron Damren, Nate Chickering, Jon Cloud and Jack Sandmann scored for Lebanon. Chickering added two assists, and Damren and Brad Plodzik added one each. Caiden Skakalski kept Lebanon in the contest with his 16-save goalkeeping. Gilford pays Lebanon a visit on Monday.

Baseball

Woodsville 6, Groveton 5

Woodsville — The Engineers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to beat the Purple Eagles.

Starting pitcher Seanon May was 2-for-3 with a double and scored two runs. May went the first six innings, striking out 10 while allowing five hits and four walks.

Woodsville led, 6-4, into the top of the seventh with Brendan Walker on the mound in relief. Groveton led off with a double and the run came around to score on two wild pitches. Walker settled down from there, striking out two before centerfielder Seth Hannett ended the game with a diving catch.

Cooper Davidson was on base four times with three walks and a hit, scoring two runs. Donny Bowman scored two runs and doubles. Woodsville (9-3) visits Gorham on Wednesday.

Sunapee 10, Farmington 0 (5)

Sunapee — Quinn Fair pitched four strong innings to lead the Lakers (6-3).

Sean Shisko was 3-for-3 to power the offense. Nick Ducharme was 2-for-3. Darren Hulton pitched the fifth inning to close out the victory. The win caps a 4-1 week for the Lakers. Sunapee hosts Hopkinton on Monday.

John Stark 3, Lebanon 1

Weare, n.h. — The Generals improved to 10-1, but Lebanon (2-9) didn’t make it easy.

Getting his first varsity start on the mound, sophomore Caleb Smith threw an effective 4⅔ innings, surrendering four hits, walking five and two earned runs while strikeing out a pair. Derek Griffin finished up, allowing a late run over 1⅓ frames.

Unfortunately, the Raiders couldn’t get much going at the plate. Joey Dupree’s RBI single scored Ryan Nicholson in the first inning, but Lebanon managed just four hits on the day.

Lebanon hosts Sanborn on Monday to start a stretch of four games in five days.

Windham 3, Hanover 2

Windham, n.h. — Facing Northeastern-bound Jaguars starting pitcher Ryan Faria, the Marauders were undone when they allowed three unearned runs.

Hanover scored twice in the fourth inning to lead, 2-1, on a two-run single by Joey Perras. Charlie Goodrich and Moises Celaya scored. The Marauders had just four hits, two by Perras and one each by Goodrich and Kegan Silovich.

Perras pitched the first five innings for Hanover, striking out two while walking five. Each team walked five and committed three errors in what Marauders coach John Grainger termed a sloppy game from both teams.

Hanover (5-3) hosts Hollis Brookline at noon today.

Fall Mountain 9, Mascoma 6

West Canaan — The Wildcats scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to stun the host Royals.

Devin Tetreault went the first five innings on the bump for Mascoma, surrendering 11 hits while walking five. The Royals had 15 hits as a team but struggled to find the key hit to widen what was a 6-5 lead heading into the final inning.

Caleb McAlister had three hits and three RBIs for the Royals. Tetreault and Ethan Brueckner also had three hits. Mascoma (1-7) hosts InterLakes on Monday.

Stevens 9, Newport 2Newport 10, Stevens 8

Newport — The Cardinals (6-5) and Tigers (6-4) split their two-site doubleheader, each winning on the other’s home field to maintain their positions in the NHIAA Division III standings.

The latter contest, at Claremont’s Barnes Park, marked the first of a five-game road trip to close Newport’s regular season. The Tigers visit Mascenic on Tuesday.

The Cards will see plenty of Barnes the rest of the month, playing four of their final six contests at home. It starts with a visit from Monadnock on Monday.

Softball

Woodsville 16Groveton 4 (6)

Woodsville — Alyssa Prest struck out 14 and slugged a two-run home run to lead the Engineers (11-1).

Prest allowed two earned runs and walked two while pitching all six innings. Kyleigh Lamarre added a solo home run. Morgan McHugh had two hits, walked twice and scored four runs. Maggie Daly was 2-for-4 with four RBIs.

The Engineers fielded a lineup of nine seniors; all nine went the distance. Woodsville visits Gorham on Wednesday.

Sunapee 10, Farmington 3

Sunapee — Freshman Myah Hamm went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and provided the game-winning hit as the Lakers closed a five-game week in solid fashion.

Down 3-2 in the home fourth, Hamm’s RBI single gave Sunapee (3-5) the lead for good. Hamm added a two-run double in the fifth to extend the Lakers’ advantage. Ellie Frederick also went 3-for-4 and scored once, and pitcher Hannah Cooney helped herself with a hit and two runs.

“We had a five-game week, and we got better every day,” Sunapee coach Bonnie Cruz said. “It’s nice to end on a win. This was a good team win overall.”

Cooney went the distance in the circle, throwing a three-hitter with nine strikeouts and two walks. Sunapee supported her with an 11-hit attack.

The Lakers host Hopkinton on Monday.

Mill River 13, Hartford 4

North Clarendon, Vt. — Emily Ballou had three hits but the Canes (4-6) weren’t able to keep pace with Mill River.

Morgan Jones and Kylee Beaucage each added two hits. Sam Walz, Beaucage and Kendyl Boisvert split time in the circle for the Canes, who play host to Otter Valley on Monday.

Franklin 10, Hanover 2

Franklin, n.h. — The Marauders fell to the Golden Tornadoes, dropping to 1-8 on the season. Hanover visits Kearsarge on Monday.

John Stark 21, Lebanon 2

Weare, n.h. — The Raiders (0-11) will visit Sanborn on Monday.

College Track and Field

Dartmouth Women Second

Hanover — The Dartmouth College women got off to a good start in the New England Outdoor Championships at Memorial Field, winning one event to sit in second place, a half-point behind New Hampshire, heading into the final day of the meet.

Julia Valenti picked up the Big Green’s win with a pole vault of 13 feet, 1.5 inches. Brooke Brunet followed close behind in fifth (12-5.5). Dartmouth also received a 3-5 finish from Lillian Anderson (16 minutes, 51.34 seconds) and Glennis Murphy (16:59.75) in the 5,000 meters. And Maria Garman put herself in position to add points with the completion of the heptathlon today, having won the shot put (35-7.75) and high jump (5-8.5).

The Big Green men are 12th, getting most of their points when Colin Minor placed second in the hammer (200-0) behind UNH’s Michael Shanahan (227-3).

Women’s team scores (top five): UNH 26, Dartmouth 25.5, Northeastern 25, Rhode Island 21, Maine 19.

Men’s team scores (top five): UMass Dartmouth 28.5, Williams 28.5, UMass Amherst 28, Southern Connecticut State 20.5, Maine 18.5; Dartmouth 8.5 (12th).

Women’s Tennis

CSC 5, J&W 0

Medford, Mass. — The Chargers (17-5) buzzed to a first-round NCAA Division III tournament win over Johnson & Wales at Tufts University to reach the second round for the third year running.

Colby-Sawyer gave up just five games in sweeping the three doubles matches. Freshman Yashu Yang took second singles, 6-1, 6-0, and senior Ashley Woodside secured the Chargers’ advance with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 1.

Colby-Sawyer plays either MIT or John Jay at 1:30 p.m. today.

Men’s Tennis

Wilkes 5, CSC 3

Middlebury, Vt. — Colby-Sawyer’s run in the NCAA Division III tournament ended with a loss to Pennsylvania’s Wilkes University (21-5) in a first-round match at Middlebury College’s Proctor Tennis Courts.

The Chargers (9-11) jumped to a 2-1 lead with doubles wins from No. 1 Gustav Jigrup and Nick Mathieu, 8-5, and No. 3 Andrew Peloquin and Alex Wright, 8-4. Wilkes tied the match with the first singles decision, Wright put Colby-Sawyer back on top with a 6-2, 6-4 win at third singles and the Colonels took care of the rest.

Wilkes meets host Middlebury today.