Weekly Recap: 4/24-4/29

Monday, April 24

Varsity Golf vs. Taft: L 1-4

Recap: Julia Dowd '20 had a strong win over her opponent, which prevented a shutout by Taft. Also with strong play today with their matches going to the last hole were Isa Zamarripa Zercovitz '17 and Sewon Lim '18.

Varsity Lacrosse vs. Taft: L 4-19

Recap: Porter's faced a talented Taft team on a gloomy Monday afternoon. Lila Conners '20 and Maddie Koval '17 dominated the draw and worked tirelessly throughout the entire game. Conners added 3 goals while Adi Jalinskas '18 put away 1. Our attack showed patience with the ball and worked well as an offensive unit. Audrey McMillan '20 had a great game on defense.

Varsity Softball vs. Taft: W 3-2

Recap: TEAMWORK is what it took for the Porter's Varsity Softball team to beat the always strong team of Taft School. While Taft was first to get a runner on base it was Porter's that scored first when lead-off hitter Jenna Hall '20 hit a single, followed by Gaelen Carroll '18 hitting a single, and then Hannah Zukowski '17 also hitting a single that scored Hall.

Taft answered in the top of the second scoring two runs to take the lead.

The Porter's outfield saw a lot of action and gave the crowd something to cheer about when in the top of the third inning Taft got a runner on base to start the inning. The next batter hit the ball hard to left center field, center fielder Juliana Diamantis '20 tracked down the ball but it tipped off of her glove to be caught by left fielder Lucinda DeLaney '20. While that was an amazing play it was not over yet, the ball is then thrown in to Hall at short stop to tag the runner who failed to tag from first. The final out of the inning also came from the outfield as Natalie Brennan '20 made a great running catch to end the top of the inning.

The Taft defense retired the Porter's offense in order 1 - 2 - 3 for four innings in a row...but then...more teamwork! The top of the sixth inning was started with Diamantis getting on base with a single, followed by Carroll also getting on base with a single moving Diamantis to second. Zukowski lines the ball down the right field line which allows Diamantis to score and puts Carroll at third and tie the game. Jessica Sardilli '19 hits a solid single to score Carroll before the bottom the sixth comes to an end with Porter's reclaiming the lead.

Porter's defense fights hard retiring the first Taft batter. Their second batter of the inning reaches on a single but is retired when she is forced out at 2nd. Two outs, runner on first base. The next Taft hitter hit a hard line drive to the lower leg of the pitcher, Sardilli is unable to get out of the way, is hit by the ball and it is redirected and sneaks past Morgan Pickett '20 at second. Runners are at first and third, two outs and Taft has their #4 hitter at the plate. After taking some time to walk off the hit to her leg Sardilli delivers one pitch that is hit hard and deep to center field, right into the glove of Diamantis for the third out and for the Porter's W.

Varsity Tennis vs. Taft: L 2-7

Recap:

DOUBLE MATCHES

C. Beath/C.Beath vs. E.Grieff/L.Turner 8-6 W

A. Palmeri /M. Pidal vs. S.Trevenen/ N.Gusac 0-8 L

D.Lin/ E. Updegrave vs. K.Zhong/K.Siebrecht 4-8 L

SINGLES MATCHES:

Cami Beath vs. Eugenie Greeff 8-0 W
Claire Beath vs. Kate Zhong 5-8 L
Roanna Zou vs. Lily Turner 5-8 L
Claire Ji vs. Sydney Trevenen 0-8 L
Audrey Palmeri vs. Mary Toppan 1-8 L
Alex Wagner vs. Regan Brewer 0-8 L

Wednesday, April 26
Varsity Golf vs. Loomis: L 1-4

Varsity Golf vs. Williston Northampton: L 0.5-4.5

Varsity Lacrosse vs. Wilbraham & Monson: W 19-10

Recap: Porter's came out strong against Wilbraham yesterday. For the first 15 minutes, the score was back and forth until Porter's eventually pulled ahead with a strong lead. Although they conceded a few goals in the second half, they were able to maintain a steady lead for the rest of the game. Belle Patalino '17 scored 5 goals, Lila Conners '20 scored 4 goals, Adi Jalinskas '18 had 3 goals, Elizabeth Muller '19, Maddie Koval '17, and Callie Godfrey '20 added 2 more a piece, and Cricket Barnes '18 had one goal. Sofie Brandt '18 made 13 strong saves in the net for Porter's.

Thursday, April 27

Varsity Softball vs. Suffield: L 2-6

Recap: Porter's Gaelen Carroll '18 was able to get on base with a single right at the start of the game, however, the well-placed pitching from Suffield and their solid defense did not allow Porter's to score until the top of the 4th inning. That run was a solo home run hit off of the bat of Hannah Zukowski '17. At this point, Porter's found themselves down by one run, but after several hard hits by the Suffield offense Porter's found themselves down by 4 by the end of the 4th inning.

Porter's continued to battle, getting their next run in the top of the 6th inning. Jenna Hall '20 started the rally with a single followed by Carroll getting on base for the second time in the game. With runners in scoring position, Zukowski was walked to load the bases. Maya Silva-Thompson '17 hit the ball hard which allowed Hall to score. Suffield was able to get out of the inning with only one Porter's run scoring. Porter's was unable to score in the top of the 7th, ending the score with a 2 - 6 loss.

Varsity Tennis vs. Loomis Chaffee: W 5-4

Recap: The match was extremely close against Loomis. Roanna Zou '19 played the deciding match, that went to a Tiebreaker, nail-biter at fourth singles.
DOUBLE MATCHES

C. Beath/ A. Palmeri vs. Cathy/ Eleanor 8-4W

C.Beath/M. Pidal vs. Abi / Bailey 6-8 L

M. Gibson/ E. Updegrave vs. Blaine/ Carolyn 8-3 W

SINGLES MATCHES:

Cami Beath vs. Cathy Hyean 8-2 W

Claire Beath vs. Abi Worrell 8-4 W

Alex Wagner vs. Eleanor Struthers 3-8 L

Roanna Zou vs. Sydney Trevenen 10-8 W

Audrey Palmeri vs. Mary Toppan 1-8 L

Claire Ji vs. Regan Brewer 7-9 L

Saturday, April 29
Varsity Softball vs. Miss Hall's: W 21-1
Recap: Porter's hit the ball hard to put 18 hits on the board in the 21 to 1 win over Miss Hall's on Saturday afternoon. Morgan Pickett '20 and Lucinda DeLaney '20 each had a single, De'Jeh Jennings '17, Natalie Brennan '20, and Charlotte Whalen '20 all posted two singles for the day, Gaelen Carroll '18 had three singles, Juliana Diamantis '20 had three singles and a double, and the team was lead by Hannah Zukowski '17 who had a triple and three home runs sending in 10 of the 21 runs on the day.

Hall's battled hard, getting 4 hits off of the battery of Jessica Sardilli '17 and Zukowski, and was able to remove the shut-out from the books when they scored in the bottom of the 5th inning. Pickett played solid defense at second base as she snagged a hard-hit line drive out of the air in the second inning.

Varsity Tennis vs. Hopkins: L 0-9

Varsity Track & Field vs. Suffield/Williston: L Williston: 94, Suffield: 39, Porter's: 36

Varsity Ultimate vs. Northfield Mt. Hermon Tournament: 5th Place