Daily Sports Digest: Clarkstown Girls Golf Improves to 5-1

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The Top Spot:

The Clarkstown girls golf team improved to 5-1 Monday afternoon at Paramount Country Club against North Rockland as Clarkstown Won 283-318.

Clarkstown had four of the top five finishers as Sarah Donnelly led the team with a second place finish and a 54 on the course. Clarkstown’s Caitlin Owns shot a 55, while teammates Alice Lee (56) and Colette Ruden (58) finished fourth and fifth.

North Rockland may have lost as a team but Katie Delango finished comfortably in the top spot with a 49.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Baseball (Monday)

Game: Tappan Zee vs. Clarkstown North

Score: Clarkstown North Wins 5-3

Highlights: TJ Margiotta pitched a complete game for Clarkstown North in the win, he struck out 12 and allowed three runs in his time on the mound. Kevin Kolesar picked up two hits, an RBI and scored a run while Josh Forman knocked in two runs for Clarkstown North. Brendan Kraemer drove in two runs for Tappan Zee.

Sport: Boys Tennis

Game: Suffern vs. Clarkstown North

Score: Clarkstown North 5-2

Sport: Girls Lacrosse

Game: North Rockland vs. Clarkstown North

Score: North Rockland Won 19-8

Sport: Softball

Game: Clarkstown North vs. Suffern

Score: Suffern Won 4-0

Sport: Girls Lacrosse

Game: Clarkstown South vs. Suffern

Score: Suffern Won 18-13

Sport: Baseball

Game: Nanuet vs. Albertus Magnus

Score: Nanuet Won 1-0

Sport: Softball

Game: Tappan Zee vs. Albertus Magnus

Score: Tappan Zee Won 10-2

Today’s Schedule:

In baseball, Pearl River heads to Clarkstown North at 4:15 p.m.

In boys lacrosse, Clarkstown North heads to Suffern at 4:15 p.m.

In boys tennis, Clarkstown South heads to Clarkstown North at 4 p.m.

In baseball, Clarkstown South heads to North Rockland at 4 p.m.

In boys lacrosse, Clarkstown South heads to North Rockland at 4:45 p.m.

In softball, Clarkstown South heads to North Rockland at 4 p.m.

In boys tennis, Nanuet heads to Albertus Magnus at 4 p.m.

College Sports Notebook:

Manhattan College seniors Chrissy Gutenberger and Elizabeth Dugan, both of Stony Point, and Breana Leonard of Bay Shore were each named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference second team in women’s lacrosse.

Gutenberger, an alumna of North Rockland HS, received the distinction for the third time in her illustrious career. The senior was named Rookie of the Year and all-MAAC first team as a freshman before being placed on the all-MAAC second team as a sophomore.

Gutenberger leaves the Manhattan program as the second all-time leading scorer with 196 points, leading the Jaspers in scoring all four seasons.

Dugan, a transfer from Rockland Community College after being graduated from North Rockland HS, earned postseason accolades for the second consecutive season. After placing on the all-MAAC second team last year, she again became a leader for the Jaspers in the midfield as one of the top performers corralling groundballs.

Leonard, a stalwart defender, receives her first conference honor in the final season of her career.

Mortarboard musings

• The Manhattan College softball team concludes the non-conference portion of its schedule today with a 3 p.m. doubleheader in Riverdale against Wager College. The Jaspers (8-33, 3-9 MAAC) split a doubleheader against MAAC rival Marist (26-21, 8-4) in Poughkeepsie, winning the opener 4-2, and then dropping the second game, 4-3. Junior Amanda Babcock of Haverstraw went 3 for 7 with one RBI in the twin-bill, lifting her average to .272, second-best on the team.
• Dominican College basketball standouts Johnathan Brown, a sophomore from Central Islip, and senior Michael Calzonetti of Gloucester, NJ, were named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) all-Academic Team. The Chargers went 19-9 overall and 11-7 in the CACC under veteran coach Joe Clinton of Pearl River.
• The Dominican College softball team opens play in the NCAA Division II Tournament on Friday at No. 3 seed C.W. Post. Sixth-seeded Dominican boasts an overall record of 37-15 and captured the Central Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title with a 4-0 mark.
• The Pace University baseball team, coming off a split with Le Moyne College, travels to West Haven, CT, today for a Northeast-10 Southwest Division game against the University of New Haven at 3:30 p.m. Yonkers resident Eddie Byrne, an alum of Archbishop Stepinac HS, earned his fifth save as the Setters won the opener against Le Moyne, 3-1. Joe Lombardi of Briarcliff went 2 for 3 in the second game, won by Le Moyne, 6-1.
• The Monroe Mustangs won there first ever outdoor track NJCAAA Eastern District Championship. The Mustangs finished with 171 points, eleven more then host Essex County College who finished second.
• The Manhattanville Valiants finished up their up regular season with a double header split with Baruch College at Manhattanville. The Valiants won the first game 2-1 but fell in the second 4-0.
• Purchase College’s duo of Brenden Keeling and Jeremyah Schur were both named to the All-Skyline Conference First Team. Schur, a freshmen was named the conference’s Co-Rookie of the Year with NYU-Poly’s Tommy Inouye.

Weekly Sports Poll:

This week’s sports poll asks After yesterday’s 3-2 loss to the Capitals, the Rangers lost home field advantage and will head to Washington tonight with the series tied 1-1.

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