The Notre Dame spring sports teams fared well over spring recess accumulating a 9-2 record over the five sports in action. Highlighting the week was Alex Hird scoring 10 goals in a 14-6 win by the lacrosse team over crosstown rival West Haven on April 15.
Baseball — Staring down the barrel of a 10-4 deficit against Law on Wednesday afternoon, the Notre Dame baseball team did what good teams do. They rallied and won. Notre Dame scored 11 runs over the final four frames to erase that six-run deficit to pull out a 15-10 win in a score that resembled a Sunday morning slow pitch softball score.
Tanner Belcher had five hits and three RBIs while Jon Crisci and Ryan Sullivan pitched four shutout innings in relief. The Green Knights opened the week with a 9-3 win over Branford highlighted by a Zachary Peters solid effort on the mound. The sophomore allowed three runs on three hits while striking out four and walking only one. Jason Ostrowksi had three hits and four RBIs to lead the offense. Notre Dame was 7-1 heading into a three-game week playing East Haven, Southington and Sheehan.
Golf — Tommy Rosati earned his fourth straight medalist honor with a 3-over 39 to lead Notre Dame to a 24-stroke win over Cheshire on April 16. Notre Dame shot a 172 compared to the Rams score of 196. Joe D’Agostino and Nick Richetelli added seven-over par scores of 43. The Green Knights would taste defeat for the first time in a close three-stroke loss to Hamden on April. Rosati again led the way with another 38.
Lacrosse — Alex Hird had quite the month in one game when he scored 10 goals in a 14-6 win over West Haven to open the week on April 15. Hird scored the Green Knight’s first four goals of the game and had seven by halftime as Notre Dame built up an 8-2 lead.
The Green Knights then traveled for an out-of-conference game and fell to Waterford 12-11 in a close contest on April 20, 2019. Hird added four goals in this game, which came down to the end as Notre Dame scored with six seconds left but could not win the ensuing face-off cleanly to get a chance to tie. Notre Dame hosts Guilford and travels to Cheshire this week.
Tennis
When West Haven natives Myles Ligon and Gabe Bravo-Cancino woke up the morning of their match against Sheehan they had no idea what was in store for them. Playing for only the second time in their career, the freshman were the last match standing with both teams having won three matches. That meant their outcome would decide the match. Playing like seasoned veterans, Ligon and Bravo-Cancino easily dispatched Aaron Gamble/Andrew Carboni 6-1, 6-2 to clinch a 4-3 win over Sheehan in a match played on April 17at the UNH Tennis Courts.
The Green Knights, who improved to 2-4 with the win, received their other three wins from their singles players as Oliver Shannon, Jack Jannitto, and Matt Wickliff.
Track — It was an early wake-up call in the middle of spring vacation but it was worth it for the ND track team. The Green Knights showed off their depth, winning seven events from nine competitors in sweeping the meet garnering wins over Jonathan Law, Lyman Hall, and host North Haven on Tuesday, April 16.
The Green Knights received winning performances from: Max Bothwell in the pole vault; Warren Murphy in the 200m; Ohm Patel in the 3200m; Jason Sawicki in the 300 hurdles and high jump; Jacob Torres in the 1600m; while Daniel Range, Christian Panagrossi, Tommy Minar and Warren Murphy won the 4×400 relay. ND improved to 4-1 with the sweep.
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