Boys Basketball
Gloucester 66 Saugus 57
Gloucester High School boys’ basketball coach Bill Cahill reports that the Fishermen finished the season with a good win over the Sachems to even Gloucester’s record overall. The Fishermen will be playing in the MIAA tournament with the seedings and parings still to come.
Coach Cahill:
Marblehead 69 Reading 66
Beverly 76 Burke 66
Somerville 55 Peabody 53
St. Mary’s 73 Pope John 66 (Spartan Classic)
Mystic Valley 64 Essex Tech 56
Girls Basketball
Salem 44 Swampscott 35
Tewksbury 40 Marblehead 35 (Sheridan Tournament)
Essex Tech 60 Chelsea 36
Boys Hockey
Westfield 4 Beverly 3
North Middlesex 4 Bishop Fenwick 2
Pope Francis 4 St. Mary’s 0
Girls Hockey
Marblehead 2 Winthrop 2
St. Mary’s 4 Hingham 1
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College Sports
Men’s Ice Hockey
NEW BEDFORD – Salem State used efficient special teams play to go 3-of-6 on power play chances on Thursday evening, skating past UMass Dartmouth ice hockey by a 6-2 score at Hetland Arena.
Salem State rises to 18-5-0 on the year and 14-2 in the MASCAC to remain in first place. UMass Dartmouth slips to 7-13-3 overall with a 6-8-2 slate in conference play.
Viking sophomore Michael Casale (Stoney Creek, Ont.) netted a hat trick on the evening, posting a goal in all three periods to up his season total to 13. Six different Corsairs registered points on the contest as sophomores Mike Sones (Waterdown, Ont.) and Brandon Berkley (Scottsdale, Ariz.) buried the goals, both in the first period.
The opening stanza was a back-and-forth affair resulting in a 2-2 score at the first intermission. Casale buried the first score of the night on what would also be the first of 11 combined power plays on 26 penalty minutes. Off the faceoff, senior Casey Miller (Billerica, Mass.) controlled the puck behind the Corsair net before passing to Casale, who tapped the puck back-door behind goalie Drew Michals (Newton, Mass.).
Less than three minutes later, UMass Dartmouth responded back on its second power play chance. Junior Mike Kelly (Stoneham, Mass.) dropped the turned-over puck to Casey Shea (Woburn, Mass.) below the goal line. Shea then completed a cross-ice tape-to-tape pass to Sones, who one-timed the shot from the point past Salem State goalie Marcus Zelzer (Green Bay, Wisc.).
With the goal, Sones now sits tied for second nationally with eight power play goals on the season and tops the MASCAC with 10 power play points.
At 14:51, sophomore Dan Holland (Woburn, Mass.) pulled the visitors ahead again on the Vikings’ second man-advantage opportunity. Berkley then registered the first even-handed goal of the night, as senior John Sartell (Wakefield, Mass.) forced a turnover near the right dot and fed the puck to senior Mike Grassi (Reading, Mass.). Grassi unloaded a slapshot from the point, and Berkley cleaned up the rebound.
Casale struck again to begin scoring in the second period as Salem State pulled ahead for a permanent lead. Junior Brandon Platt (Pittsburgh, Pa.) possessed the faceoff, taking a wrist shot at Michals who made the save. Casale was there to flip in the rebound on a wide-open net.
Miller found the back of the net for the Vikings once more in the second period, making the score 4-2. The Corsairs couldn’t covert on 14 shots during the flurry of six penalties on the stanza.
The Vikings cashed in two more for good measure in the third period. At 6:17, Casale put in his third tip-in score for the game, collecting the rebound from an Andrew Bettencourt (Riverside, R.I.) shot. Senior Cam Moniz (Seekonk, Mass.) beat Michals for another rebound score two minutes later.
For the evening, Michals finished with 32 saves, including 15 in the first period, while Zelzer turned aside 26 shots. The Vikings outshot the Corsairs 38-28, as UMass Dartmouth was able to convert on only one of its five man-advantages.
The Corsairs continue their final push for MASCAC seeding on Saturday, traveling to Fitchburg State for a 4 p.m. start time. The Vikings are on the road at Framingham State, slated for a 7:40 p.m. puck drop.
Information from Salem State Sports Information Office
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Volleyball
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men’s volleyball team used a balanced offensive effort to defeat Daniel Webster, 3-0 (25-22, 25-13, 25-18), on Thursday night inside MacDonald Gymnasium. Endicott hit .368 as a team and also saw five student-athletes record five or more kills in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) win over the Eagles.
Gulls’ senior John Osborne (Freehold, N.J.) tied for the match-high in kills with nine to go along with eight digs, two service aces, and a perfect 11-for-11 showing on serve-receive. Daniel Toth (Glenwood, N.J.) contributed eight kills on 12 swings for a .583 hitting percentage, while Troy Riorden (Fairport, N.Y.), Seth Braquet (Destrehan, La.), and Tyler Willgoos (Newington, Conn.) aided the attack with five kills apiece.
Cameron Little (San Diego, Calif.) ran the offense for two sets, accumulating 20 assists on 39 attempts (.513 percentage), and Devin Racey (Voorhoeesville, N.Y.) closed out the final set with 12 assists.
Tied 18-18 in the first set, Toth rattled off back-to-back service aces to give the Gulls their first lead (20-18) of the match after Endicott tied the score five times and also brought the set within a one-point differential on 13 separate occasions.
Following the two service aces, an attack error by the Eagles and a kill from Osborne pushed the gap to 22-18 before Daniel Webster called a timeout to halt momentum. The Eagles received a putaway from Mason directly out of the timeout, but both teams traded the rest of the way for eventual 25-22 victory for Endicott.
Set two only featured three tied scores and one lead change as Little broke open a 9-9 matchup by holding serve for eight straight points to give the Gulls a 17-9 gap on the scoreboard. Toth spearheaded the remainder of the set for Endicott by compiling two kills and a service ace to earn the 25-13 win.
The Gulls went on to put the match away in set three behind a set-high 17 kills, which was highlighted by four putaways from Jacob Newman (Chester, N.H.).
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Endicott is now 20-0 in the all-time series versus Daniel Webster.
- The Gulls are also 2-0 against the Eagles this season.
- Endicott fell one kill (46) shy of tying its match-high for kills of 47 in a three-set match tonight. That mark was set against Daniel Webster earlier this season on February 7.
- Chandler Tayek (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) notched seven digs in tonight’s win. Tayek now has five or more digs in seven matches this season.
- Tonight’s win featured five student-athletes with four or more digs.
FOR THE FOES
- Richmond Iturralde Zavalza (Tucson, Ariz.) guided Daniel Webster’s attack with nine kills on 14 swings (.643 hitting percentage).
- Ryan Howdeshell (Fairbanks, Alaska) added seven kills, while Suanoa Afoa (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Darrien Mason (Farmington, Conn.) chipped in with five kills each.
- Tommy Reyes (Providence, R.I.) rounded out the offense with four kills.
- Nate Makaiwi (Las Vegas, Nev.) dished out 23 assists and registered a match-high nine digs in the loss.
- Reyes went 20-for-21 on serve-receive (.952 percentage) and also had six digs.
- Howdeshell finished second on the team in digs with eight.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (8-6, 3-0 NECC) will play two matches in the Springfield College Invitational this Saturday. The Gulls will take on the host Pride at 3 p.m. before wrapping up the weekend tri-match against Stevenson at 5 p.m. Springfield is currently ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches (AVCA) Top-15 national poll, while Stevenson is slotted No. 8 in the country. Daniel Webster (7-8, 2-1 NECC0 will also partake in a tri-match this Saturday against Newbury (11 AM) and Wentworth (1 PM).
Information supplied by Endicott College Sports Information Office
