After watching her Mount Holyoke teammates play in the season opener, Emma Sweeting was inserted in the lineup in the 2nd game, and soon established herself as a starter from henceforth. The team won their opener, 3-2, and then dropped consecutive losses to Amherst and Wellesley.
In the first game, she had a game high of 30 total attempts , and led her team with 5 kills and 8 digs. With Wellesley, she again led in attempts,with 30, illustrative of how competitive she was. She had 10 kills, 9 digs, and was game high in points with 13. At Clark on the 15th, she had 3 spikes, was 2nd on her team with 7 kills, was tied in attempts, with 28, and was 2nd with 7 digs, in the 3-0 setback.
Hobart won a double overtime game at St. John Fisher on the 12th, on a last second goal by a Statesman, with Will Abbott of Irvington and Rye Country Day School starting at forward.
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At Rochester on the 15th, in a 1-0 defeat, he had 4 shots, with 2 on goal in the game. For Rochester, Nick Pastore of Hastings had 2 shots, with 1 on goal in the game.
At Felician on the 13th, Carolina Abreu of Dobbs Ferry and Mercy, had 1 spike, 1 attempt , and 1 dig in the 3-1 win on the 13th. In another home contest with Goldey-Beacon on the 15th, she had 1 spike and 1 attempt in the 3-0 win.
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At LeMoyne on the 1th, the Wheaton Lyons won their soccer game, 1-0 , as Travis Blair of Hastings had 2 shots with 1 on goal in the game. Hosting Southern Vermont on the 16th, in a 5-1 win, he had 1 shot on the day.
Nell Boff of Irvington and Ursuline and her Union College volleyball team are off to a flying start this season. With a sweep of games at home with Brockport on the 14th, the pre-med student athlete and her squad have a record of 7-1. On the 15th, in an a.m. matchup with Hartwick, they won 3-0 , while in the matinee with Cortland, the Red Dragons were the victors, 3-1.
In a volleyball tournament on the 14th and 15th, Nell Boff of Irvington and Ursuline, playing for hosts Union on the 15th, had 2 shots in the 3-0 win over Hartwick, while in the 2nd matchup with Cortland , her team was downed , 3-1.
At Whittier on the 12th, Becca Bortz of Dobbs Ferry had 2 shots, with 1 on goal as Chapman blanked the hosts, 3-0.
Hannah Wilson of the Clark Cougars soccer team , played in the 1-0 shutout of hosts Roger Williams on the 12th. Hosting Springfield on the 15th , she also saw action in a tough , 2 overtime loss to the Pride , 1-0.
In a 6-2 loss at Bridgewater on the 12th, Lisa Bucci of Irvington had 1 shot on goal for Salve Regina , while on the 15th at Nichols , she scored her team's 2nd goal at the 13:20 mark, as all of her shots were aimed at the goal, in the 5-3 loss.
In a 50-14 trouncing of Worcester State on the 15th, Kevin Degnan of Irvington and Western New England , had his most productive game thus far this season , as he had 1 solo tackle , an assist on another, 1 quarterback sack, and blocked an opposing team's punt attempt, which led to a touchdown for his team.
Hosting Mt. Ida on the 15th, the Springfield Pride , down by 42-28 with 3:19 remaining in the 3rd quarter, roared back with 3 unanswered touchdowns to score a 49-42 spectacular victory. Sean Degnan played off the bench on the offensive line in the battle.
On the 15th in a 56-6 trouncing at the hands of Menlo College, Josh Gorlick of Hastings and Occidental, had 1 solo tackle in the loss .
Skylar Griffenberg of Ardsley and Ithaca College, had 2 tackling assists and sacked the Union College quarterback or 6 yards, in the Bombers ' exciting 27-24 comeback win in overtime, on the 15th.
In a game at Utica on the 15th , outside line backer Ali Marpet of Hastings and Hobart College and his Statesman outplayed hosts Utica , 28-7.
Devon Huddleston of Dobbs Ferry and the Hackley School ,saw playing time in both weekend home games, with her Roanoke squad topping Sewanee (The University of the South , 2-1, and in the 5-0 loss at to Drew on the 16th.
Chelsea Michaelis of Hastings , playing in a tennis match for Bard College and held at Purchase on the 9th, copped her singles match, 7-5 ,4-6,and 3-2, while her doubles team blanked the opposition , 8-0.
At the UMass-Dartmouth cross country invitational on the 15th, JoAnn Mumbey of Dobbs Ferry and Johnson & Wales, finished 170th of a large field of runners, with her college finishing 23rd of 38 teams entered.
With Nick Pastore starting at forward, the Rochester Yellow Jackets ' soccer team blanked crosstown rival, Rochester Institute of Technology on the 11th, 1-0.
Alex Redmund of the Mercy College soccer team played in a home game at Long Island's Molloy College, where they hosts won an overtime game 4-3.
Julian Saliani of Irvington and Johns Hopkins finished 5th in the 5k race at the Salt Dog meet on the 15th, hosted by Navy, with a clocking of 16:34.40 earning 5 points for his team, the Blue Jays finished 4th with 104 points.
Emma Sander of Hastings and Dickinson, and the Wortner brothers , Patrick and Brendan, running for Geneseo, all competed at the Rochester Invitational cross country meet on the 15th. Sander , running in the women's 6k race , finished 156th out of 360 runners , clocked at 24.44 , as her team finished 3rd out of the 23 entered.
In the men's 8k event, Patrick Wortner finished 37th out of 333 entries, timed at 26:23.6,while Brendan was 62nd, with his clocking of 26:36.6. Geneseo was 2nd of 24 teams in the chase.
In a 2-1 loss at Holy Cross, Tom Spenser of Hastings and URI, performed admirably in the nets for his Rams, as he played 84:26 of 90 minutes, made a high of 8 saves, had 2 goals against him, including the game winner at 79.06, on a 12 yards out pass .
Sophie Sylla of Ardsley and SUNY Binghamton, played in a winning 1-0 game on the 16th at Fairleigh-Dickson- Florham, with a teammate scoring the sole tally, unassisted, in the 53d minute of play.
In an 8-1 thrashing of hosts Drew on the 12th , Lisa Tessitore of Dobbs Ferry won both her singles match, 6-3,6-3 , as well as her doubles event , 8-1. while on the 15th, the Ducks destroyed St.Bonaventure ,9-0 , as she blanked her opponent in singles , 6-0,6-0, and her doubles also prevailed , 8-1. Hosting Alfred on the 16th, the red hot squad routed the Saxons , 9-0 , as Tessitore blanked her foe , 6-0,6-0, and the doubles duo scored another 8-1 triumph.
Matt Yumoto of Hastings and his N.Y.U. booters blanked C.C.N.Y. on the 12th , 4-0 , as he had1 assist at 45:51 of the 2nd half . On the 15th ,against Baruch, the Violets continued their undefeated stretch of games with a 4-0 shoutout , with Matt having 1 shot in the contest.
Dick Miller is a local sports writer who writes a weekly roundup of Rivertowns graduates and their athletic acomplishments in college. Please send ideas for upcoming columns to lanning.taliaferro@patch.com.
