Daily Sports Digest: Casino, Valiants Prepare for Double Dip

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The Top Spot:

The Manhattanville softball team returns from break tomorrow as they host Staten Island in a double-header beginning at 2 p.m. The Valiants are currently 11-12 on the season and this double dip was originally scheduled for late March.

Freshman infielder Alyssa Casino has been used throughout the season as a late game replacement on the base paths and defense. In 17 games played the Rye Brooke freshman scored three runs and has a stolen base.

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College Sports Notebook:

Pace Looking to Rebound At Adelphi

Coming off twin losses in Rindge, NH, to Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference action, the Pace University baseball team is looking to rebound on Wednesday when they travel to Adelphi University in a NE-10 Southwest Division game at 3:30 p.m.

The Ravens won the opener, 10-1, and completed a sweep in 11-2 fashion as the Setters fell to 16-13 all told and 7-6 in the NE-10 while Franklin Pierce elevated its overall mark to 21-10-1 and 6-2-1 in the conference.

Pace got its run in the opener in the fifth inning as Patrick Chaputian of Sea Cliff singled and Joe Lombardi of Briarcliff walked before both runners advanced on a bunt, and then Chaputian was driven home by Charlie Galasso of West Harrison.

Pace fell behind 2-0 in the second game, but tied in the fourth inning behind starter Eddie Byrne of Yonkers. The Archbishop Stepinac graduate pitched five innings, allowing four earned runs on eight hits while striking out four.

Mortarboard musings

• The Monroe College women’s soccer team, which was a national finalist last year with a 14-1-1 record, is moving up to Division I in the National Junior College Athletic Association. Expected to return for their sophomore seasons are Diana Cunduri of Mount Vernon, and Jenni Segui of Peekskill.
• Dominican College junior Tony Blake of Windsor, CT, has been recognized as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region Player of the Week as well as the ECAC Division II Hitter of the Week. Blake went 11-for-22 with a .727 slugging percentage over seven games, in which saw the Chargers went 6-1. He scored 10 runs, homered, and had four RBI, eight walks and three stolen bases. The Chargers (11-17) host Philadelphia University on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Provident Bank Park in Pomona, and then meet local rival St. Thomas Aquinas College on Thursday, also at 3 p.m.
• Kevin McQuade of Mamaroneck is batting a second-best .324 for the Purchase College baseball team, and his 15 RBI rank second only to Frank Fiumara of Port Chester, who has driven in 18 runs for the Panthers. Purchase hosts Baruch College today at 3:30 p.m., and on Saturday plays a home twin-bill against the College of Mount Saint Vincent at noon.
• Iona Prep alum Roger King is 2-5 on the men’s tennis team at Purchase College, which is visiting Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT, today at 3:30 p.m. The Panthers host NYU-Poly on Thursday at 5 p.m. Chris Matchneer of Larchmont has won his only match to date for the Panthers.
• The Lesley University Lynx baseball team are currently 5-16 on the year. Freshman Joe Muratore of Mamaroneck has caught in 11 of the teams games and he currently ranks third on the team with a .345 batting average with four RBI and five runs. The Lynx will try to make it three in a row as they head to Lasell College at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
• Manhattanville’s Michael Capozzi won his sixth career conference player of the week. The Valiant senior got off to a slow start this season but now he leads the team with nine singles and eight doubles victories so far this season. Manhattanville and Capozzi will return to the courts on Saturday as they head to Eastern at 1 p.m.

Weekly Sports Poll:

This week the poll deals with the Eastern Division on the Senior Circuit and asks you, ? After beating the Nationals in walk off fashion last night the Mets remain undefeated and they are Major League Baseball’s only 4-0 team.

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