Tuesday Sports: Salem State and Endicott Baseball Post Wins – Endicott Softball Falls – High School Scores

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Boys Lacrosse

Beverly 13 Peabody 2 – Beverly is now 11-0

Ipswich 13 Manchester-Essex 8

St. Mary’s 8 Winthrop 6

Triton 16 Hamilton-Wenham 15 (OT)

Pentucket 8 North Reading 3

Reading 16 Melrose 7

Girls Lacrosse

Masconomet 12 Newburyport 8

Baseball

Wakefield 10 Watertown 3 – Wakefield now 8-2

Newburyport 5 Hamilton-Wenham 3

North Reading 11 Rockport 6 (8 innings)

Softball

Newburyport 8 Georgetown 4

Girls Tennis

Pentucket 3 Newburyport 2

Manchester-Essex 5 Rockport 0

SALEM —Seven unanswered runs between the seventh and eighth innings sent Salem State Baseball to a 10-4 win over local rival Gordon in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday. Both teams concluded their regular season with the Commonwealth Coast Conference and MASCAC tournaments approaching later in the week.

The Fighting Scots fell to 19-17 on the year, missing a chance of breaking the program record for victories in a season. The Vikings beat Gordon for the eighth consecutive time and improved to 20-17-1 in 2016. Salem State earned the No. 1 seed in the MASCAC tournament, which begins on Thursday.

It was all Vikings in the early going, as the back half of the lineup put a chain of hits together after the top of the order was quiet in the first inning. After a routine groundout led things off, Dan Connors (Danvers, Mass.) hit a towering ground-rule double over the head of Gordon’s centerfielder. Alex Toomey (Beverly, Mass.) ran out a single up the middle to push Connors to third before Andrew Deloury (Andover, Mass.) broke the scoreless draw with a single under the glove at third base.

Teghan Malionek (Salem, Mass.) kept the hit parade going with a single safely in front of the feet of the left fielder to make it a 2-0 game. Malionek later got under the tag on a steal attempt at second base, forcing a drop, and allowing Deloury to take home with ease for a three-run lead.

Daniel Quint (Wells, Maine) took a run back for Gordon in the third inning after leading off with a single to the gap in shallow right. The speedy rookie made it to second on a groundout before scoring on an Addison Tarr (Oxnard, Calif.) groundball that had eyes and got into right.

Both offenses became mostly stagnant during the middle innings before Gordon came alive in the top of the seventh. Alec Willey (San Diego, Calif.) singled to center to begin the frame and made it to second with Travis Benoit (Worcester, Mass.) on an error by the Viking third baseman.

Jeremy Jackson (Waco, Texas) singled through the hole on the left side to load the bases, setting up back-to-back scoring plays on fielder’s choices to tie the game at three. Another quirky steal play, this time from Dean Demers (Sandy Hook, Conn.), which gave Quint a chance to give Gordon its first lead of the day at 4-3.

Gordon’s advantage was short-lived. A costly error committed by the Scots put the lead runner on base and Salem State took advantage. The Vikings put four runs on the board on three hits, including RBI singles by Mac Daniel Singleton (Everett, Mass.), Richard Fecteau (Newbury, Mass.) and Jose Cedano (Lawrence, Mass.). Three of the four runs were unearned as a result of the miscue.

The Fighting Scots were held in check in the eighth and Salem State put a cap on the game in the bottom half with three more runs. The first two Vikings reached by a walk before Malionek brought both home to score on a double that skipped off the chalk down the right-field line. Malionek later scored on a groundout to make the final 10-4.

The Vikings helped out reliever Matt Abrain (Northbridge, Mass.) after the senior was on the hook for the loss. Salem State’s offense helped bring his ledger up to .500 at 2-2 with the four runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Gordon’s Connor Rogotzke (Altamont, N.Y.) fell to 3-3 this year, giving up four runs in two-thirds of an innings. Only one of the four was earned.

Alex Smith (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Tarr paced Gordon’s offense with two hits apiece. The Scots were held to no extra-base hits for just the second time in non-conference play this year.

Salem State piled up 12 hits with four different guys notching at least two knocks. Malionek and Singleton drove in half of Salem’s runs at the end of the order.

The Vikings await the winner of Bridgewater State and Westfield State on Friday at 3 p.m. in the Witch City. Gordon stays on the North Shore with a CCC first-round game at Endicott on Thursday at 4 p.m.

STANDISH, Maine – The Endicott baseball team closed out its 2016 regular season with an 19-3 win over St. Joseph’s (Me.) on Tuesday evening at Larry Mahaney Diamond.

Kevin Gould (Rollinsford, N.H.) earned his first career win out of the pen for the Gulls on two scoreless innings of work (fifth and sixth innings). AJ Hendrickson (Meriden, Conn.) was dealt the no-decision (1-1) in his third career start (1 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K).

Nick Malatesta (Wrentham, Mass.) suffered the loss (4-3) on one third of an inning pitched, three hits, five runs (four earned), one walk, and a strikeout.

The Gulls put up a five-spot on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning and never looked back.

Matthew Paola (Middlebury, Conn.) started the scoring in the frame for Endicott with a bases clearing double to right center to jump out to an early 3-0 lead. Chris Seidl (Dracut, Mass.) eventually followed with an RBI single through the right side of the infield to plate Paola, while Michael Amato (Simsbury, Conn.) capped the scoring with a fielder’s choice RBI.

The Monks responded with a pair of runs in the second (sac fly, fielder’s choice RBI), but Endicott answered with three more in third via a two-run shot by Seidl and a sacrifice fly from Brad Rebello (Bellingham, Mass.) for an 8-2 advantage.

Endicott then went on to add five more runs in the sixth after St. Joseph’s (Me.) got one run back in the fourth to help lock up the eventual 19-3 victory.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

With today’s win, Endicott split the regular season series (1-1) with St. Joseph’s (Me.).
The Monks lead the all-time series against the Gulls, 13-7-2.
Seidl’s home run in the third inning was the third of his freshman campaign (tied seventh in the conference).
Endicott’s 19 runs scored in today’s game is the most in a single-game this season.

FOR THE FOES

Anthony DiPrizio (Rochester, N.H.) notched the sacrifice fly for the Monks in the second, while Joey Murphy (Derry, N.H.) had the fielder’s choice RBI.
Nic Lops (South Portland, Maine) drove in St. Joseph’s (Me.) only other run in the contest with an RBI single to right center in the fourth.

WHAT’S NEXT

Second-seeded Endicott (26-13, 13-3 CCC) will host fifth-seeded Gordon in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament opening round this Thursday at 4 p.m. For more information on the CCC Baseball Tournament Bracket click here: CCC Baseball Tournament.

The Monks (22-12) will open up GNAC tournament play on Thursday (opponent and time to be determined later).

BEVERLY – The No. 2 seed Endicott softball team was stunned, 5-4, by the seventh-inning comeback staged by No. 3 seed Salve Regina Tuesday afternoon at the Softball Field in Game 6 of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Tournament.

After trading runs with Salve Regina in the first inning, the Gulls added a pair in the second inning and pushed across another in the fifth, as all of Endicott’s runs on the day scored with two outs to give the Gulls a 4-1 lead.

The Seahawks got one back in the sixth on senior catcher Genevieve Benoit’s (Swampscott, Mass.) RBI infield single to shortstop to plate senior pinch-runner Melissa Figueiredo (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and cut the deficit to 4-2 in favor of Endicott.

The Gulls saw a 4-2 lead with one out in the top of the seventh disappear in the blink of an eye as three of the next four batters singled and moved runners around the bases, capitalized by freshman Emily Woznick’s (Sandy Hook, Conn.) RBI single to left that scored freshman Lindsey Florent (New Bedford, Mass.) and an error on the play allowed freshman Elizabeth Lombardo (Thomaston, Conn.) to score the eventual winning run.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

Senior pitcher Courtney Blake (East Islip, N.Y.) dropped to 11-8 on the season in the circle as she allowed five runs on 11 hits and sat down three by way of the K.
Sophomore center fielder Casie Beauchemin (Lincoln, R.I.) tallied her first career extra-base hit with a double to right center in the fourth inning to break up a streak of six straight retired in order by Parry.
Senior left fielder Jamie Corda‘s (Higganum, Conn.) double to left in the fifth moved her into a tie with junior right fielder Julia McNeill (Smithtown, N.Y.) for the most doubles on the team this season with nine each and Corda ranks fourth on the all-time list with 33 career doubles.
The top six hitters in Endicott’s lineup collected all six of the Gulls’ hits on the day.
The first six runs in the day (combined) all came with two outs.

FOR THE FOES

Junior pitcher Kelsey Boarman (North Dighton, Mass.) earned the victory in two scoreless innings of relief to improve to 11-9 on the season. Boarman allowed zero base runners and struck out one in her 21st appearance of the year.
Senior right-hander Nicole Parry (Quincy, Mass.) picked up a no-decision in her 19th start of the season as she lasted five innings in the circle and was charged with four runs (three earned) on six hits, issued three walks and fanned six.
Sophomore second baseman Francesca Galeazzi (Lynn, Mass.) and junior designated player Kara O’Riley (Acton, Mass.) each recorded a game-high three hits apiece.

NOTES

The Gulls are 31-11 all-time and 22-3 at home against Salve Regina dating back to March 30, 2000.
The Gulls and Seahawks have met five times in the postseason, with the most recent meeting before today being a 3-1 victory for Endicott in Beverly, Mass. on May 2, 2014.
The Gulls met Salve Regina and Eastern Nazarene twice in the regular season, as the Gulls split an away doubleheader at Salve Regina (W 1-0, L 3-0) on April 16th.

WHAT’S NEXT

No. 2 seed Endicott (21-15, 14-4 CCC) will face the No. 4 seed University of New England in the loser’s bracket on Thursday, May 5th at 2:00 p.m. on the campus of top-seeded Western New England University in Game 7 of the CCC Tournament. No. 3 seed Salve Regina (22-16, 14-4 CCC) moves on to the winner’s bracket where the Seahawks will square off with No. 1 seed Western New England on Thursday, May 5th.

Western men advance to LEC semifinals with 5-4 win over Salem State

DANBURY, CT – For the second time in four days, the Western Connecticut State University men’s tennis team defeated Little East Conference rival Salem State, this time by a 5-4 score in the LEC tournament quarterfinals held on the indoor courts of the O’Neill Center Tuesday afternoon. With the win, Western advances to the LEC semifinals and a date at the University of Southern Maine Thursday, May 5. Claiming wins at singles for Western were sophomore Marco Gobbato (Yonkers, NY), 6-1, 6-1 over sophomore John Didonato (Newbury, MA); senior Romney Tiru (Waterbury, CT), 6-4, 6-2 over senior David Dluznieski (Auburn, MA); sophomore Adam Howard (Waterford, CT), 6-1, 6-2 over senior Kevin Lam (Salem, MA); and sophomore Jeff Hensley (Naugatuck, CT), 6-2, 6-1 over junior Luke Hodgkins (Winthrop, MA).

Singles victories for Salem State came from senior Connor Erickson (Hubbardston, MA), 6-0, 7-5 over junior Jason Hipona (Orange, CT), and freshman Chen Chen (Lawrence, MA), 6-2, 6-3 over sophomore Benjamin Cortez (Danbury, CT).

In doubles for Western, Gobbato and Hipona teamed up for a critical defeat of Didonato and Erickson at first singles, 8-6.

For Salem State at doubles, Chen and Dluznieski defeated Cortez and Hensley, 8-3, and Lam and Hodgkins beat junior Matthew O’Keefe (Cromwell, CT) and Tiru, 8-5.

With the win, Western’s season record improves to 8-9 and the Colonials advance to play the tournament’s #1 seeded University of Southern Maine at 3:00pm on Thursday. Salem State ends its season with a 5-7 record.

Western Connecticut State 5, Salem St. 4 Singles competition