Daily Sports Digest: Clarkstown Hockey Dismantles Nyack/TZ 8-1

The Top Spot:

Clarkstown took on Nyack/Tappan Zee in the Palisades Center Ice Rink on Wednesday and the game was over in a hurry as Clarkstown won 8-1.

With three goals in the first period, Clarkstown looked dominant over Nyack/Tappan Zee. Mitch LeSueur had three goals and five other players each had one. Jonathan Chin also picked up 12 saves in the win.

Mike McGivney scored the lone goal for his team in the loss as Brian O’Conner had 43 saves on the day.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Boys Swimming

Game: Rockland County Diving Championships 

Score: Full Results

Highlights: The Clarkstown team took the top two spots in Wednesday’s Championships as senior Sean Piacente came in first and sophomore Ryan O’Connel came in second.

Today’s Schedule:

In girls basketball, Albertus Magnus will head to Nanuet at 4 p.m.

In boys basketball, Clarkstown North heads to North Rockland at 5:30 p.m.

In girls basketball, Clarkstown North will host North Rockland at 5:45 p.m.

In girls basketball Clarkstown South will host Ramapo at 5:30 p.m.

College Sports Notebook:

Spartans climb in rankings

In the recent NCAA Regional Poll, the St. Thomas Aquinas College men’s track and field team climbed up two spots to No. 7 in the rankings. The Spartans were also ranked 75th in the country. The Lady Spartans are ranked 15^th in the region.

Mike Abelard of Spring Valley is ranked 25th in the nation and fourth in the region in the 200-meter with a time of 22:14. The Ramapo High graduate is also ranked third in the East in the 60 with a time of 7.01. 

George Erazo of North Babylon holds 32^nd place in the nation and fifth in the region in the 400 after clocking 49:05, while freshman Alex Andre of Garnerville broke into eighth place in the  regional rankings in the 800 (1:56.86). 

The 4x400 relay team of Abelard, Erazo, Rich Ricca of Pearl River and Frankie Colon of Suffern is third in the region while the DMR (distance medley relay) team of Andre, Erazo, Garvenchy Nicolas of Brooklyn and Matt Buell of Staten Island is sixth.

Colon ranks fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 42-6. 

Keeley Bateman of Pearl River leads the women’s squad with a seventh-place ranking in the 800 with a time of 2:20.82.  Bateman, Kaitlin Mancini of Long Island, Catherine Sandkuhl of North Babylon and Chelsea Klinger of Owego make up the DMR team that ranks sixth in the East Region.

A few members will be competing this weekend in the New Balance Collegiate Games at the Armory in upper Manhattan, while the balance of the team continues to prepare for next week’s CTC Championships in Middleton, CT.

Points at a premium

Twins Justin and Drew Daniels of Suffern take the ice on Friday as Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts meet for the final time of the regular season at Matthews Arena in Boston, MA.

In the last three games, Northeastern has managed only two points off the Minutemen (0-1-2).

Northeastern (10-11-3) is looking to avoid not winning a game against UMass in a season since the 2006-07 docket.

Friday’s game is extremely critical for both squads. The Huskies and Minutemen (9-10-5) are tied for seventh place in Hockey East following last weekend’s action in which NU swept Vermont while the Minutemen were dealt a pair of losses by UMass Lowell.

Justin Daniels, a premier man on face-offs, has 13 points on six goals and seven assists, while Drew has chipped in three assists.

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