Weekly Recap: 4/25-4/30

Monday, April 25
Varsity Golf vs. Taft: L 0-5
Recap: Taft racked up a birdie and 12 pars, putting up the best performance of any opponent this season. On an ideal day for golf, Porter's set out for its third day of match play in the young season, but ran into a buzz saw at the Watertown Golf Club. Taft played a tremendous match. Case on point, their #4 posted two pars and four bogies in a very impressive match won after six holes. Despite the scores from Taft, Porter's managed to extend the matches in all but one of the pairings. More work is required before Porter's is ready to go toe to toe against a team of Taft's caliber, and that work continues today.

Varsity Lacrosse vs. Taft: L 6-18
Recap: Porter's started the game strong against Taft, going goal for goal for the first 11 minutes of the game. Unfortunately the strength waned and Taft then went on an eight goal run, ending the first half with a 4-12 score. The second half looked much like the end of the first half, with Taft going 6-0 until the last few moments where Porter's rallied and put away the final two goals of the game. Sofie Brandt '19 played well in goal, racking up 11 saves. Adi Jalinskas '18 scored three goals, Belle Patalino '17 scored two, and Olivia Grommers '18 logged her first goal of her lacrosse career!

Varsity Softball vs. Taft: L 0-12
Recap: Porter's left six on base, unable to score in its game against Taft on Monday afternoon. Jessica Sardilli '19 walked and Hannah Zukowski '17 had a single in the first inning but were unable to cross the plate. Maya Silva-Thompson '17 and Tiara Do '19 also had singles in the loss. Porter's defense was strong but unable to fill the gaps that Taft was able to find with their bats, posting nine hits in their 12 run win.

Varsity Tennis vs. Taft: L 3-6

Wednesday, April 27
Varsity Golf vs. Loomis: L: 0-5

Varsity Golf vs. Williston: L 0-5

Varsity Lacrosse vs. Wilbraham & Monson: L 15-18
Recap: The Porter's varsity lacrosse team played a very competitive game against Wilbraham yesterday. While Porter's maintained the lead for the majority of the game the team was ultimately unable to pull out the win. Porter's worked incredibly hard and made solid adjustments to improve its game. Aleks Jalinskas '16 shot an impressive five for five, Belle Patalino '17 notched another five goals, Cricket Barnes '19 scored her first two goals of her high school career, Maddie Koval '17, Clare Porter '19, and Paige Halligan '17 each put one away as well. Sofie Brandt '19 had an incredible day in goal coming up with 18 saves for the day!

Varsity Softball vs. Suffield: L 1-18
Recap: Suffield came out strong, scoring two runs in the first inning, Porter's immediately answered with one run, scored when Michelle Laraia '17 crossed the plate on a single off the bat of Hannah Zukowski '17. While Porter's continued to hit the ball hard, the solid defense of Suffield did not allow another run to score. Porter's fought hard in the bottom of the fifth inning to keep the game alive when Lillian Parrotta '18 hit a single and stole second, she moved to third on a defensive error when Margarget Kassel '17 put the ball into play, but was unable to score as Suffield was able to get the final out before Parrotta '18 could cross the plate.

Varsity Tennis vs. Loomis: W 6-3
Recap:
DOUBLES MATCHES:
C. Beath/P.Hughes vs Abi/Izzy 8-5 W
L. Fiondella/A. Palmeri vs Cathy/ Eleonor 4-8 L
E.Updegrave/ D. Lin vs Olivia/ Kelly 5-8 L
SINGLES MATCHES:
Cami Beath vs Abi Worrell 6-1, 7-5W
Claire Beath vs Izzy Grant 6-2, 6-2W
Paige Hughes vs Cathy 6-2, 6-3 W
Felicitas Windhager vs Olivia 6-0, 6-0 W
Alex Wagner vs Eleanor 6-0, 3-6 L
Roanna Zou vs Kelly 6-1, 6-1 W

Varsity Ultimate vs. Choate: L 4-10

Thursday, April 28
Varsity Lacrosse vs. Berkshire: L 7-14
Recap: Porter's played against a talented Berkshire team on a chilly Thursday afternoon. Porter's came out strong, securing the first draw and the first goal. After that it was goal for goal for the first half with a score of 4 to 5. Berkshire came out stronger in the second half and dominated the draw, which inevitably lead to a final score of 7 to 14. Aleks Jalinskas '16 had a strong game, putting away four goals and being a force to be reckoned with on defense. Belle Patalino '17 had three beautiful goals. Jennie VanMeter '16 had arguably her best game in her career, saving 15 shots. The Porter's defense as a whole looked much stronger than it has in the past.

Friday, April 29
Varsity Softball vs. Ethel Walker: L 1-30

Saturday, April 30
Varsity Tennis vs. Hopkins: L 0-7
Recap:
DOUBLES MATCHES:
C. Ji/A. Palmeri vs C. Banks/J. Levine 3-6, 1-6 L
L. Fiondella/D. Lin vs C. Cantin/C. Lasersohn 4-6, 2-6 L
E.Updegrave/M. Gibson vs C. Simon/C. Viselli 5-7, 4-6 L
SINGLES MATCHES:
P. Hughes vs J. Berkowicz 4-6,0-6 L
F. Windhagen vs S. Phelan 6-3,3-6, 0-1(10-12) L
A. Wagner vs C. Duboulay 3-6, 2-6 L
R. Zou vs A. Batter 2-6, 2-6 L

Varsity Track & Field @ Williston:
Porter's: 36
Williston: 120
Suffield: 94.5
Watkinson: 9
Recap: Porter's track and field competed at Williston on Saturday, April 30 against Williston, Suffield, and Watkinson. A few highlights from the impressive team effort:
Sam Houle '17 won the 800m with an impressive season PR. Emily Wogelius '17 also placed in the 800 with a season PR.
Molly Kozlowski '16 won the 3000 with a 12 second season PR. Victoria Apuzzo '17 placed second in the event with a 29 second season PR. Kozlowski '16 also placed second in the 1500m.
Kyra Bukowski '18 placed in the 400.
Miriam Mathew '18 placed second in the 300m hurdles.
Cassie Apuzzo '17 placed in the shot put.
Kayleen Procanik '19 placed in the javelin.
Porter's 4x400m relay team placed second with a seven second season PR.