Sports Digest: Mustang Soccer Starts Strong

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Mustang Spring Soccer Off to Strong Start, from Michael Weitzen:

On Saturday April 13th the Tarrytown girls under age 10 soccer team traveled to North Salem and defeated the Panthers 4-2.

The Mustang girls had also defeated the Panthers in the fall 3-0 at Losee field. All winter the Mustangs have been practicing twice a week indoors and their passing game showed great improvement on Saturday.

The girls started strong with Caroline Grimes scoring the first goal of the game early in the first quarter. Then Sophie Sylves-Berry earned an assist by drawing the goalie to her and passing to wide open Maya Weitzen for an easy goal. Julia Costa played a shut out half at keeper, making multiple saves and even survived a penalty shot kick from the Panthers. The Panthers were then penalized for a hand ball and Maya Weitzen took the penalty shot and placed the ball inside the low left post where the North Salem goalie could not reach to give the Mustang's their third goal by halftime.

In the second half Julia Costa and Emma Clarke took apart the North Salem defense with multiple passes ending in an assist from Julia and a solid goal from Emma to go up 4-0. North Salem finally managed two goals late in game with one coming off an indirect penalty kick that found its way through a gap in the Mustang wall. Sam Nutig was the most active player on the field, showing great hustle and always in the correct position. Sadie Swenson and Maddie Navin were stellar on defense and they had help from Catherine Grimes who moved positions to fill in for absent Annie Dineen. 
The mustangs play next Saturday at Washington Irving Field against Croton at 2:10 PM. They now have 9 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties for 2012-2013 season.

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A weekly round-up of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown high school grads in college sports from Dick Miller:

At the George Mason University Invitational track meet on Apr. 13th, Gillian Berger of Sleepy Hollow and the University of Pennsylvania, tied for twenty-first place in the women's Long Jump at 5:04 meters. She was 13th in the Triple Jump, at 11:00 meters.

Max Bruckner of Sleepy Hollow and the Iona College baseball team, started on the mound on Apr. 13th against the Siena Saints. He pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs on six hits, one walk, and making one putout in the 4-2 loss to the upstate nine. His record is 2-6, while the Gael's record is now 4-29/1-10.

In a double header sweep of Ithaca on Apr. 9th, Jamie Bucci of Sleepy Hollow and Cortland State College had one hit, scored a run, and had two putouts in right field in the opening 6-5 win. In game two, a 1-0 seven inning triumph, she fanned once. In a double header sweep at Potsdam on Apr. 14th, Bucci had one hit, scored three runs, and was hit by a pitcher twice in the 12-6 win. In the 12-2 victory in the nightcap, she had one hit, two runs batted in, walked once, and had one putout.The team has a record of 12-11/6-2, while she has a batting average of .268.

At the All-Ohio Track and Field Championship at Ohio Wesleyan University on Apr. 13th, Kendra Epstein of the Hackley School and her 4 x100 Relay foursome finished fifth in their race, clocked at 50.56. The Big Red's women's team finished in a tie for fourth place, with 51 points.

In a 9-0 loss at home to the Villanova University Wildcats, second baseman Samantha Erosa of Hackley and The University of Pennsylvania softball team had two errors, fanned once, and made two putouts and had one assist in the game. Against Princeton University on Ap. 13th, they won a squeaker in the opener, 10-9. Erosa had one hit, scored a run, walked once, and had one assist in the win.

In game two, a 5-2 loss, she had two hits, with one a home run with a runner on base. She made three putouts and three assists, and had one error in the field. The same Tigers were the guests for two more games on Apr. 14th, with the Quakers sweeping the day. In game one, a 9-2 win, she was two for three at the bat, scored twice, walked once, and made two putouts and had one assist. In the nightcap 5-4 win, Erosa led off the fourth inning with a home run, and made three putouts in the win. She leads the team in batting with a .364 average. The team record is now 20-15/9-2.

The Green of Dartmouth College's rowing team, at Yale on Apr. 13th lost all four races to the Elis. Freshman Will Johnson of The Hackley School's V4 crew's time of 6:37:0 made them second to Yale's foursome, who finished in 6:36.1.

At Lafayette on Apr. 9th, Ali Kaminetsky of Hackley and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's tennis team, topped her Leopards single foe, 7-5,6-0. Then her doubles twosome also topped their rivals, 8-4. In another home match on Apr. 14th, they lost to the Midshipmen of the Navel Academy, 6-1, with Kaminetsky losing her singles match, 7-5,6-0. Then she and her doubles partner also succumbed, 8-4. The record is 5-14/2-4.

In what turned out to be Frank Merriwell endings in both contests, the Muhlenberg baseball team split a twin bill with guests Franklin & Marshall at home on Apr. 13th. Leading by a 3-2 score going into the ninth frame in game one, the visitors scored four runs in that inning, to gain the victory, 6-3. Colon McDermott of Hackley School donned the tools of the catcher's trade in the nightcap. He had one single, made nine putouts, and had one assist. The Mules were behind in the bottom of the ninth, 5-4, when first string cathcer, Brett Rosen pinched hit for him, and promptly whacked a three run round tripper to snatch victory from defeat. Muhlenberg won, 7-5. The team's record is currently 15-13/3-6.

At the University of Delaware Invitational track and field meet on Apr. 13th, Genevieve Ruppel of Sleepy Hollow and St. Joseph's University, finished fourteenth in the women's 100 dash, clocking 13.06 seconds. She was fourth in the women's Long Jump, with her best distance bin 16:11.2. The meet was unscored, but the host Blue Hen's women's squad won 13 of the 19 events.

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