Daily Sports Digest: Port Chester Softball Eyes Briarcliff Tonight

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The Top Spot:

The Port Chester Rams have been an inconsistent team to start the season. So far Jeanine Maiolini’s team has split the two games they played that were nearly two weeks apart from one another. Now the team is looking at game number three tonight at home against Briarcliff.

In the first game of the year Port Chester fell at home to . Freshman pitcher Cassie Lagana only allowed two hits in seven innings of work but the defense made several crucial errors and Pleasantville took advantage. Offensively the Rams only got a few hits in the home opener.

The second game was a completely different story for Port Chester as the Rams scored 14 in the second inning to beat up on . In this game the Ram defense tightened up and the offense clicked on all cylinders as Lagana led the way with six RBI including a home run with a bases juiced. Lily Norwotink added four RBI and Caira Murray had three including a home run.

Briarcliff comes into the game in a similar situation as they lost by 15 in their first game then scored 21 in their second and currently stand at 1-1 on the year.

Port Chester’s second game of the season showed that the Rams could be an elite team when they play up to their capabilities, but the season opener showed that even the best teams can fall if they make too many errors.

Only time will tell what Port Chester team shows up tonight.

Today’s Schedule:

In softball, Briarcliff heads to Port Chester at 4 p.m.

College Sports Notebook:

Camardella keeps his eye on the ball

Junior Andrew Camardella of Pelham continues to lead the Dominican College baseball team in hitting, and his 20 doubles are second-best in all of Division II, trailing only senior Jacob Karr of Wingate (NC) University.

Karr, however, has 23 doubles in 49 games while Camardella achieved his total in just 34 games.

Camardella is batting a hefty .351, and has 24 RBI to share the team lead with Tony Blake of Windsor, CT.

The Chargers, who improved to 15-20 overall and 8-6 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play after a doubleheader sweep of host Caldwell (NJ) College, meet the University of New Haven (15-14-1) today at Vieira Field in West Haven, CT. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.           

The Chargers are scheduled to play at Provident Bank Park in Pomona on Thursday and Friday against Adelphi University z915-16) and Nyack College (15-15), respectively.

Sophomore catcher Jose Rodriquez of Pomona is batting .077 for the Warriors in limited action, while junior Phil Delisle of Quebec leads the club at a healthy .366.

Dominican defeated Caldwell, 11-5, in the opener of their twin-bill, and took the nightcap, 5-2, jumping ahead early on RBI from Greg Gonzalez of Franklin Square and Camardella to support the pitching of Dustin Javins of Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Mortarboard musings

• Anthony Sigui of New Rochelle carded 90 and led the Westchester Community College golf team at a Mid-Hudson Conference tournament the Vikings hosted at Dunwoodie Golf Course in Yonkers. Westchester had a team score of 371, two strokes behind Ulster CC.
• The Westchester Community College baseball team welcomes Bergen CC to Valhalla today at 3:30 p.m.
• Concordia College’s Daniele Piludu of Cagliari, Italy has been selected as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) tennis player of the week, while Mark Mozer of Brest, Belarus, also of Concordia College, was named the league’s rookie of the week. The Bronxville-based Clippers (15-7, 6-0 CACC) are preparing for the conference tournament, which they will host beginning on Saturday at the Meyers Tennis Center.
• Dominican College junior Delaney Childers of Johnstown, OH, has been honored as the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) softball pitcher of the week for the third time this season. Teammate Julie Plante of Swansea, MA, was named the CACC player of the week. The Chargers (30-14) visit the University of New Haven on Thursday for a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m., and then on Friday return home to host Caldwell (NJ) College for a twin-bill set at 3 p.m.
• Freshman infielder Stanley Susana of the Bronx was named East Coast Conference (ECC) rookie of the week after helping the St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team split four games. Susana batted .562 with nine RBI and three runs, hitting safely in all four games. The Spartans (24-12) meet Dowling College (22-13) today at 3:30 p.m. in Brookhaven.

Weekly Sports Poll:

Ozzie Guillen returned to the Marlins dugout in Miami and put himself on a self-proclaimed probation before the team’s 5-2 victory over the Cubs. asks if you think the Marlins should let their manager go after he made several controversial remarks in a TIME Magazine article. 

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