Pelham Daily Sports Digest: Pelham Rugby In Midseason Form ...

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The Top Spot:

The Pelham Rugby tackle teams played their first pre-season matches April 1, and they did not play the fools.

Pelham?s sixth grade team, in their first pre-season game, met a Greenwich team that had already played twice. Pelham lost 4 tries to 0, but had some fantastic stretches of play.

?This was our first game and it showed,? said Coach Matt Persanis. ?These kids are going to get better fast.?

Playing in the game were Cameron Ward, Adam Razick, Duffy Doyle, Sophia Imperato, Jack Fronce, Woods Johnson, Conner McNulty, Aiden Sisk, James Bristow, Quinn Jenkins and Jean Vigroux.

Pelham?s seventh-eighth grade team blew out Greenwich 17 tries to 1. It was nothing short of a commanding performance, as Pelham dominated all phases of play from start to finish. Playing for Pelham were Dan Biskup, Matt Biskup, Luke Persanis, Cian Burns, James Cahill, Morgan Collins, Kees Huisman, Whit Johnson, Joe Lieberman, Nick Roll, Xavier Worsely, North Westall and Quinn Scanlon.

The Pelham Youth Rugby Club is coached by Matt Persanis (mp@elefantepersanis.com), Jamie McClellen, Alex Willen and Spencer Scanlon. Youth rugby is a Pelham Recreation sport and all players of any level are invited ?to join. Pelham Rugby also runs a flag version of the game for elementary and middle-school age kids. There is still time to join both tackle and flag.?Visit the Pelham Rec website to download the form.

Today?s Schedule:

In baseball, Pelham will host Keio at Glover Field at 4:30 p.m.

College Sports Notebook:

Erazo, Abelard spark STAC

The St. Thomas Aquinas College men?s and women?s track and field teams go right back into action today following another solid performance.

The Spartans are competing today in Jamaica at the St. John?s University Invitational, and then compete on Saturday at the Rider Invitational in Lawrenceville, NJ.

At the University of Pennsylvania Invitational in Philadelphia, George Erazo of North Babylon continued an outstanding season.

STAC?s star sophomore sprinter won the 400-meter run with a time of 48.25, leading a quality field of 29 competitors.

Ramapo HS alum Mike Abelard of Spring Valley also ran very well at the meet, clocking 10.92 in the 100 to finish fifth out of 20 competitors, and running 20.04 in the 200, good for fourth place in a field of 29 competitors.

Garvenchy Nicolas of Brooklyn was 11^th in a field of 33 runners in the 800 with a time of 1:57.53.

Kaitlyn Mancini of Long Island and Keeley Bateman of Pearl River stood out on the women?s side.

Mancini bettered her personal-best time in the 200 with 26.78, placing her 15^th, and also ran the 100 in a time of 13.18, good for 14^th.

Bateman ran the 800 in 2:22.46, placing her 10th.

Spartans sweep into first place

The St. Thomas Aquinas College baseball team swept C.W. Post, 9-5, 7-0, to take over sole possession of first place in the East Coast Conference.

Matt Marotta of Suffern and Eric Cooper of Brooklyn picked up victories for the Spartans, who improved to 22-10 overall and 9-1 in conference play, while Post fell to 15-13, 7-3.

The Spartans, who have won 11 of their last 13 games, were also helped by Frank Salerno of New City, Ken Frawley of White Plains and Stanley Susana of the Bronx.

STAC and Post complete a three-game conference series today at C.W. Post, but the Spartans return home on Tuesday for another ECC matchup when Queens College visits Provident Bank Park in Pomona, with the first pitch slated for 3:30 pm.

STAC and rival Dominican College meet at PBP on Thursday, with the Spartans playing the role of the visiting team.

The Spartans are also scheduled for a non-conference tilt against Queens on Friday at ?The Bank? at 3:30 p.m., before welcoming Caldwell College on Sunday for a game at noon.

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Mortarboard musings

• Ali Steinberg of Suffern scored two goals to raise her team-leading points total to 35, and Annie McGinley of Moorestown, NJ, had four points but the Rutgers University women?s lacrosse team fell to No. 2 Syracuse, 15-10, at the Carrier Dome. The Scarlet Knights host Louisville University on Friday at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, NJ, at 5 p.m.
• The Manhattan College baseball team completed a MAAC series sweep of Niagara, 4-2, 8-4 at Van Cortlandt Park in Riverdale. Junior center fielder Anthony Vega of Patchogue went 5-for-8, scored four runs and smashed a three-run homer in the two-game set to help extend Manhattan?s win streak to eight, which is the sixth-longest active streak in NCAA Division I. The Jaspers (12-17, 7-2 MAAC) host Sacred Heart on Tuesday and Fordham University on Wednesday, with both games at 3:30 p.m. Mike Scarinci of Nanuet is 3-2 on the hill, with a 4.23 ERA, second-best on the club. Mike Giordano of Bedford, who is looking for his first victory, is pitching to a 4.67 ERA.
• The Iona Gaels improved to 4-5 in MAAC play as they beat Siena 4-3. Iona?s Matt Marley allowed a run and five hits in over six innings of work as he picked up his second win of the season.
• Manhattanville College took part in the Elmer Swanson Invitational at Wesleyan University over the weekend and the Valiants came home with two first place finishes and broke three school records. Freshman Joel Rosenberg took home first place in the shot put and his heave of 11.56 meters shattered the school record.

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Weekly Sports Poll:

With baseball season finally upon us last week?s sports poll dealt with the American League East, and surprisingly after 182 votes the Patch Public likes the Boston Red Sox to win the division.

This week the poll deals with the Eastern Division on the Senior Circuit and asks you, What team do you think will win the National League East?

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