Tappan Zee Softball Wins; Nyack Lax Falls

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The Top Spot:

The Pirates went into the Tappan Zee yesterday and Pearl River escaped with a .

Caitlyn Noonan led the way with four goals in the win as Allison Cook and Kiera McMullan each picked up hat tricks. Cook also led the team with two assists while four other Pirates had one each.

Sarah Wenke led Tappan Zee with two goals and an assist in the loss and Ashley Mezzacappa had 10 saves for the team.

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Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Girls Lacrosse

Game: Nyack vs. Albertus Magnus

Score: Albertus Magnus Won 13-12

Sport: Softball

Game: Nanuet vs. Nyack

Score: Nanuet Won 6-1

Sport: Softball

Game: North Rockland vs. Tappan Zee

Score: Tappan Zee Won 11-7

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Today’s Schedule:

In softball, Tappan Zee heads to Nyack at 4 p.m.

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

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

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

In baseball, Nanuet heads to Tappan Zee at 4 p.m.

In boys tennis, Tappan Zee heads to Albertus Magnus at 4 p.m.

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College Sports Notebook:

Spartans go into tournament as top seed

Top-seeded after completing an outstanding 33-16 regular season following a split with Queens College, the St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team begins its quest for the East Coast Conference title on Thursday at Provident Bank Park in Pomona.

The ECC champion receives a bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Thursday’s lineup kicks off with the No. 1 Spartans meeting No. 4 Bridgeport at 1 p.m., followed at 4 p.m. with second-seeded Dowling taking on No. 3 C.W. Post. Competition continues at PBP on Friday with games at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m., with the finals shifting to St. John’s University in Jamaica, Queens on Saturday when the ECC championship plaque will be awarded.

STAC beat Queens College, 12-1, after losing the opener, 11-1, to cap an 18-6 conference mark while Queens fell to 13-27 overall, 7-17 in ECC action.

In the nightcap, freshman left-hander Nick May of Middletown, senior righty Ken Frawley of White Plains and junior right-hander Joe DePool of New City combined to a six-hitter, while hot-hitting junior Frank Salerno, also of New City, had three hits including a home run to lead off the game.

The Spartans unleashed a 15-hit attack in support of starter May, who improved to 4-1.

Mortarboard musings

• Jason Crafton, a 2003 Nyack College graduate, has been appointed as the Warriors’ head men’s basketball coach. Crafton previously served as an assistant coach for seven years at the United States Naval Academy.

• Nyack College baseball skipper Matt Cornacchione was chosen as the Central Atlantic Athletic Conference (CACC) coach of the year by his peers. Cornacchione led Nyack to a 23-22 overall mark (11-9 in CACC) and a No. 5 seed in the CACC Baseball Championship. The Warriors won 20 more games than they did in 2011, when they posted a 3-35 overall record.

• The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference honored 17 members of the Iona College men’s and women’s outdoor track and field programs on the MAAC All-Academic teams after picking up a 3.20 grade point average or higher. The announcement was made at this weekend’s MAAC Championships.

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Weekly Sports Poll:

Yesterday the Yankees beat the Rays 5-3 but New York made it interesting in the late innings. The late innings may get scary without Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera in there but yesterday Rafael Soriano picked up his third hold of the year and David Robertson got his first save.

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