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10/22/2017 12:00 AMGirls’ Soccer
The Tigers’ girls’ soccer squad claimed wins against Sacred Heart Academy, Norwich Free Academy, and Lauralton Hall last week to move to 14-1 and run its winning streak to 14 straight games. Hand also earned its second straight SCC Quinnipiac Division title with a perfect 6-0 mark.
Hand won notched a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart Academy on Oct. 16. The Tigers then blanked Norwich Free Academy 4-0 on Senior Night on Oct. 18. After that, Hand won by a 3-1 final over Lauralton Hall on Oct. 20 to finish undefeated in divisional play.
Against NFA, Taylor Scully and Chloe Silva each had a goal and an assist, while Sophie Cohen and Kayla Howard both scored a goal for Hand, which outshot NFA 20-2. Morgan Lipford and Maddie Thomas shared the goaltending duties with each making one save apiece. It was a special Senior Night for the Tigers, who honored their senior athletes: Scully, Cohen, Heather Baughan, Hannah Martin, Gabby Egidio, Riley Kokoruda, and Viv Mazzarella.
“We controlled the game from the start. It was nice to see strong contributions from a lot of different players. Chloe Silva had a very strong game at outside mid and at forward. She received a nice ball at the top of the 18-yard box, spun off the defender, and penetrated to goal to give us a 1-0 lead,” said Head Coach David Dikranian. “Chloe was strong throughout the game, adding an assist in the second half when she dribbled from the outside to play the ball into the box, where Taylor Scully was able to hit a nice ball into the far corner.”
Facing Lauralton Hall, Scully had two scores and Egidio added the other. Assists came from Hannah Martin, Scully, and Cohen. Hand won the shots-on-goal battle 15-4, with Lipford making three saves.
“We played extremely well for most of the game. We had a couple of letdowns late in the second half, but overall, it was a great performance by our entire team,” said Dikranian. “I was telling Gabby Egidio the other day that she’s going to break out and score a big goal for us. She ended up scoring the second goal, which was a huge goal for us and put us in control.”
Boys’ Soccer
Hand had games against Sheehan, Fairfield Prep, and Branford last week, coming away with two victories and a tie. The Tigers are now 11-2-2 overall and have claimed the SCC Housatonic Division title with a 7-1 record.
Hand earned a 1-0 win over Sheehan on Senior Night on Oct. 16. John Ruggiero scored the game’s lone goal off a direct kick from Owen McShane. Tommy Hobin recorded another shutout in goal for the Tigers. The members of Hand’s senior class who were honored before the game are Liam Akers, Tyler Bennard, Ruggiero, Aidan Burke, Ian Frankel, Nicholas Porte, Hobin, McShane, Michael Card, and Travis Taylor.
Hand then played to a 1-1 tie with Fairfield Prep on Oct. 18. Midway through the first half, Scott Testori headed the ball into the back of the net for Hand, with Sullivan getting the assist. The Jesuits scored the tying goal with just less than 15 minutes to play.
On Oct. 20, Hand took a 2-1 loss to Branford its final Housatonic contest of the season.
Girls’ Cross Country
Hand finished third with 114 points at the SCC Championship on Oct. 19 at East Shore Park in New Haven.
Emily Baker finished 14th with a time of 21:12 to lead the Tigers. Anna Steffen followed in 16th (21:13), Madison Rotermund finished 21st (21:23), Rachel Parthasarthy came in 22nd place (21:24), Jade Law was 41st (22:30), Sarah Caso raced to 42nd (22:37), and Megan Ruffo finished in 71st (23:53) for Hand. Baker, Steffen, Rotermund, and Parthasarthy made All-SCC Second Team by finishing in the top 24.
Boys’ Cross Country
Hand finished in 11th place by scoring 293 points at last week’s SCC Championship meet.
Jamie Calderon led the Tigers by finishing in 51st place at 18:20. Also competing for Hand were Cale Gabrynowicz (54th, 18:23), Carson Hines (57th, 18:28), Tyler Merritt (60th, 18:34), Dante Zucconi (71st, 18:57), Michael Campanelli (77th, 19:15), and Martin Wolek (88th, 19:34).
Girls’ Volleyball
The Tigers squared off against West Haven, Oxford, and Career last week, claiming two wins to qualify for states. Hand improved to 8-9 overall and finished with a record of 6-2 in the SCC Oronoque Division.
Hand swept aside division foe West Haven 3-0 on Oct. 16. The Tigers then lost a 3-2 contest against Oxford on Oct. 18. On Oct. 20, Hand blanked Career 3-0 in its divisional finale.
Field Hockey
Hand was victorious in two of its three matchups last week to improve to 12-1-2 on the year.
The Tigers routed Lyman Hall with an 9-0 shutout on Oct. 16. Skylar Leckey scored three goals for Hand, which received one goal apiece from Glenna-Kate Gies, Sophie Schreck, Erickson Richard, Ali Lord, Nora McCarthy, and Amy Woods. Assisting on goals were McCarthy (2), Gies, Anna Beccia, Kathryn Donahey, Richard, Isabelle Kennedy, Meghan Daly, and Kelly Cody. Kylie Gargiulo made one save, while Karen Newton also saw some time in net.
Hand next defeated Mercy 3-1 on Oct. 18 before a taking a 2-0 loss to Guilford the next night. Gargiulo made four saves in the Guilford game.
Girls’ Swimming and Diving
The Tigers hit the water for a matchup against Amity last week. Hand took a 96-85 loss to the Spartans on Oct. 16 and is now 7-3 on the season.