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Ridgefield Scores and Standings: May 18
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Wednesday's boys lacrosse showdown between Darien and Ridgefield will be a battle of the top two teams in the state, according to the Laxpower.com state rankings.
No. 1 Darien enters the game 13-2 overall and 10-0 in the FCIAC while Ridgefield is 12-3 and 9-1.
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Darien's only two losses came to national powers, including an 11-5 defeat to the Haverford School of Pennsylvania, which was ranked No. 1 in the country when it beat the Blue Wave. Darien's other defeat was a 10-7 setback to Long Island powerhouse Manhassett.
Ridgefield lost to Summit (NJ) 11-5 while its in-state defeats came to Greenwich (8-7) and Wilton (10-6) in consecutive games earlier this month.
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The Tigers have rebounded with solid wins over Yorktown, N.Y (14-8) and McMahon (12-9), then drubbed Danbury 19-3 on Saturday. This is the final regular-season contest for both teams.
Darien's leading scorers are: junior Case Matheis (33 goals and 29 assists for 62 points), senior Richard Gregory (40-9-49) and senior Ben Preston (24-15-39).
Ridgefield's top three are: senior Andrew Buckanavage (38-7-45), junior Sean Riley (40-3-43) and senior Matt Hrvatin (13-27-40).
Darien is averaging 14 goals per game while Ridgefield is scoring at a 12.1 clip.
The Blue Wave have scored at least 20 goals in a game three times this season with their high-water mark a 21-2 victory over Danbury. Ridgefield's season high was 19 goals, accomplished twice.
-Caroline Ogden, Liana Mathias, Maggie Curran and Taylor Fischer all scored three goals Tuesday as the Ridgefield girls lacrosse team closed out the regular season with a 17-6 victory over Norwalk.
Kathryn Cholko and Shauna Norris each added two goals and two assists for the Tigers (10-5), who in control from the jumping out to a 13-3 halftime lead. The other Ridgefield goal was scored Blake Divitto.
Morgan Hyland, Missy Hutchings and Stephanie Kiscaris led the defense for the
Tigers had Maggie Philbin had nine saves in goal.
Parthenya Taiyanides had three goals for Norwalk (7-9)
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
Baseball
Ridgefield at Wilton, ppnd to Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
Girls lacrosse
Ridgefield 17, Norwalk 6
Girls tennis
Bridgeport Central at Ridgefield, ppnd, TBA
Boys tennis
Ridgefield at Bridgeport Central, ppnd, TBA
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Softball
Norwalk at Ridgefield, 4 p.m.
Baseball
Ridgefield at Norwalk, 4 p.m.
Boys lacrosse
Ridgefield at Darien, 5:30 p.m.
Boys volleyball
Staples at Ridgefield, 5:30 p.m
STANDINGS
- Baseball
7-9 7-11 Ridgefield 7-8 9-8 Stamford 6-10 8-10 Harding 0-15 1-16 East Division FCIAC Record Overall Record St. Joseph* 14-2 15-2 Fairfield Warde*
11-5 12-6 New Canaan
10-5 11-6 Wilton 9-6 11-6 Trinity Catholic 8-8 8-10 Darien 6-9 7-10
Bassick
*- clinched playoff spot
0-15 0-15- Softball
10-6 12-6 Trinity Catholic 3-13 3-15 Bassick 1-16 1-16
- Boys Lacrosse
8-3 11-4 Wilton* 7-3 11-5 Fairfield Ludlowe* 5-6 8-6 St. Joseph 4-6 8-8 Norwalk 1-8 7-8
Fairfield Warde
*-clinched playoff spot
0-10 1-14- Girls Lacrosse
