Knights Notes-3/1: Baseball season kicks off for fomer Knights athletes

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

                       

Welcome to Knights Notes, a daily recap and preview of all the stuff happening with Knights athletics and former Middletown athletes.

It’s been a unique week for athletics here in Middletown and across the region as spring sports are starting, but indoors because of weather, while winter sports playoffs slowly wrap up.

Without further ado, here are your Knights Notes for March 1^st:

- It came right down to the wire but the wrestling team fell just short of a Class 1A-2A Region Championship, racking up 149.5 points, 1 ½ shy of South Carroll’s 151 putting them in 2^nd place. (Link)

- Mitch Sgrignoli and the Mt. St. Mary’s baseball team would take care of business in Florida when they knocked off the North Dakota St. Bison 7-3. Sgrignoli did not play in the Mountaineer’s win. (Link)

- Erin Doherty and the Shippensburg women’s indoor track and field team would end day 1 of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship in 2^nd place with 45 points just 4 off the pace of 1^st place Slippery Rock. Doherty did not compete today as her event, the shot put, takes place today. (Link)

- Johnny Gallaway and the Villanova Wildcats men’s lacrosse team took care of business with ease as they handily beat Delaware by a score of 10-4. Gallaway would open the scoring in the 1^st and 4^th quarters giving himself 2 goals on 7 shots in the Wildcats third straight win. (Link)

- Mariah Ginebra and the Christopher Newport Captains women’s lacrosse team would see their comeback effort fall short as they lost to the Randolph-Macon Hornets 12-9. Ginebra would pick up a ground ball and force a turnover in the loss. (Link)

- In a surprising defeat Christian Ottenritter, Nick Yancey, and the rest of the Salisbury men’s lacrosse team would be upset by the Gettysburg Bullets, 12-6.  Ottenritter picked up a ground ball and forced a turnover for the ‘Gulls while Yancey did not play. (Link)

- Brittain Altomare and the Hofstra Pride women’s lacrosse team could not pull of an upset of their own as they fell to the #1 Maryland Terrapins by a score of 14-6. Altomare would have a good day though racking up a goal, an assist, 4 draw controls, forcing 4 turnovers, and recording 5 shots. (Link)

- Emily Boyce and the Richmond University women’s lacrosse team would pick up a 13-10 win over the Liberty Flames. Boyce would pick up the win (2-3) and record 4 saves in the winning effort. (Link)

- Erin Wein and the Delaware women’s lacrosse team would snatch up a victory of their own beating Rutgers 12-7 in a matinee. Wein would pick up 2 ground balls in the Blue Hens win. (Link)

- Katie Breeze would have a career day for Robert Morris as the Colonials sailed by Howard taking down the Bison, 24-5. Breeze would pick up a hat trick on 4 shots and before the day was done would add an assist to her linescore. (Link)

- Max Edelman and the CCBC-Essex men’s lacrosse team would easily handle Delaware Technical CC, winning their season opener 16-3. (Link)

- The sisterly duo of Sam and Danielle Barbeito along with the rest of their teammates on the McDaniel Green Terror women’s lacrosse team would help take down Frostburg State, beating the Bobcats, 17-8 on the road. Sam would rack up 3 goals on 4 shots on goal while Danielle didn’t record any stats for McDaniel. (Link)

- Caitlin Roy and the Stevenson women’s basketball team punched their ticket to the NCAA DIII National Tournament, by beating Albright 54-50 in the Commonwealth Conference Championship. Roy would play 17 minutes and pick up 2 points and 4 rebounds. (Link)

- Nick Rabat and the VCU Baseball team could not pull of their heroics from the past night as they were beaten and beaten soundly by Pitt, falling to the Panthers 6-1. Rabat would not see any action for the 2^nd night in a row. (Link)

- McKenzie Myers and the West Virginia Mountaineers gymnastics team would score a win against Pitt though, as in a quad meet between the Panthers, the Mountaineers, Temple, and North Carolina scoring 194.975 points and getting the win. Myers would score a 9.85 on the floor. (Link)

- McKenzie’s brother Conner would also have a successful night as he helped his Old Dominion University baseball team to a 3-2 win over Rutgers. Myers would go 2-3 for the Monarchs and go 1-2 on stolen bases. (Link)

Knight of the Day-February 28^th: It would seem a surprise that a Middletown wrestler won’t be getting this but with states still coming up for them, they’ll get their time in the limelight. Today, the honor goes to Katie Breeze who racked up 3 goals and an assist, as Robert Morris took down Howard 24-5 in women’s lacrosse.

Record of MHS teams and teams with former MHS athletes: 10-4, 1 2nd place finish, 1 2nd place stopping point

- Matt Capobianco and the Gettysburg wrestling team will head down South to Roanoke, Virginia to compete in the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship. The opening match starts at 9:00 a.m. (Link)

- Tyler Kishimoto and the Messiah wrestling team will also compete in a regional except they will stay right at home competing in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional hosted on the Messiah University campus. The opening match will start at 9:00 a.m. (Link)

- Mitch Sgrignoli and the Mt. St. Mary’s baseball team will look to continue what they hope to be a good start to their season when they participate in a modified double-header tomorrow. The Mount will take on Nebraska-Omaha at 10:00 a.m. down in Punta Gorda, Florida and then make a quick turnaround taking on Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. in Punta Gorda. (Link)

- Erin Doherty and the Shippensburg Indoor Track and Field will look to clinch a PSAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship at 11:00 a.m. in Edinboro, Pennsylvania as Day 2 of the championship fires up. Doherty’s event the shot put will start around 4:00 p.m. (Link)

- Robby Tucker and the Frostburg State baseball team will look to continue their undefeated start to the season when they take on Pitt-Greensburg and Ramapo in their second and third games in Fayettville, North Carolina. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. (Link)

- Howie Kalamets and the Immaculata University baseball team will look to start off their season on the right foot when they take on Susquehanna University in a true doubleheader in Fort Pierce, Florida. Game 1 will start at 12:00 p.m. while Game 2 will start at 2:30 p.m. (Link)

- Jennifer Desimone and the American University women’s lacrosse team will resume action tomorrow when they take on Johns Hopkins in what is sure to be a frigid game. The Eagles are set to take on the #18 Blue Jays with a 12:00 p.m. start time, a time at which snow and ice is predicted to be falling in D.C. (Link)

- Chase Hoffman and the Shepherd University baseball team will start off their 2015 campaign with, what else but a true doubleheader. The Rams will face Concord University in Clover, South Carolina with Game 1 at 1:00 p.m. and Game 2 at 3:00 p.m. (Link)

- Conner Myers and the Old Dominion University baseball team will look to pull of the series sweep against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, when they take on Rutgers in Game 3 of the Myrtle Beach series. First pitch is at 2:30 p.m. (Link)

- And in the final event of the day, Nick Rabat and the VCU Rams baseball team will look to break the series deadlock between them and the Pittsburgh Panthers. The rubber match starts at 3:30 p.m. from a sunny and warm Myrtle Beach. (Link)