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09/23/2018 12:00 AMField Hockey
The Guilford field hockey team continued its strong start to the 2018 season by recording two more victories in shutout fashion last week. Guilford earned a 2-0 win over Sacred Heart Academy and then blanked Lauralton Hall by that same score for the club’s fourth consecutive shutout. The Indians, who have a record of 4-1 on the year, have outscored their opponents by an 18-0 differential during that four-game stretch.
Guilford started off last week by claiming a 2-0 road win against Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden on Sept. 17. The Indians scored both goals of the game in the first half. Maddie Epke scored the first goal with about 15 minutes left in the half, after which Hannah Tillier scored a goal with a little more than five minutes to play before halftime. Goalie Eve Young earned the shutout in goal for the Indians.
The following day, Guilford hosted Lauralton Hall and recorded a 2-0 shutout versus the Crusaders at Kavanaugh Field. Young recorded another shutout for the Indians, who scored one goal in each half on their way to the win. Ella Stanley scored with 16 minutes left in the opening half for a 1-0 lead. With just less than eight minutes remaining in the game, Emily Torre found the back of the net to provide Guilford with an insurance marker and a 2-0 lead.
Volleyball
Guilford claimed a trio of victories last week, including two wins in SCC Oronoque Division action, to improve to 6-1 overall with a record of 3-0 in the division this year. The Indians posted 3-0 road sweeps over Hillhouse, Branford, and Foran in last week’s matchups.
Branford started off the week by notching a 3-0 victory against Hillhouse in an Oronoque Division match on Sept. 17. The Indians swept the Academics behind set scores of 25-11, 25-14, and 25-16.
Three days later, Guilford was back on the road to face Branford and netted a 3-0 win versus the Hornets. The Indians swept this match with scores of 25-16, 25-22, and 25-15. Eva Ott Hill handed out 20 assists to go with three digs, Juliet Young had 13 digs with three aces, Emma Appleman notched 11 kills and nine digs, and Hunter Halbower had nine kills with four blocks to lead Guilford.
The very next day, the Indians capped off their week by earning a 3-0 win at Foran. Guilford took the match behind scores 25-13, 25-13, 25-11 for its third win in divisional play this fall. Emma Appleman had nine kills with six digs and two aces, while Young came up with 11 digs to go with a pair of aces for Head Coach Laura Meyer’s squad.
Boys’ Soccer
The Indians split a pair of recent matchups to move to 3-2 this year.
On Sept. 20, Guilford posted a 1-0 shutout at Law to improve to 2-0 in the SCC Quinnipiac Division. Two days later, the Indians hosted Cheshire and dropped a 1-0 decision at Bittner Park.
Girls’ Soccer
Guilford hosted Shelton for a Southern Connecticut Conference matchup at Bittner Park last week. The Indians took a 2-0 defeat against the Gaels and now have a record of 0-2-2 on the year.
In the previous week’s action, Guilford played a game in West Haven and battled the Blue Devils to a 1-1 tie in an SCC Hammonasset Division contest. With the Indians trailing 1-0 in the opening minutes of the game, Tatum Meder scored a goal on an assist from Lily Riccio to tie it up at 1-1, which ended up as the final score.
Girls’ Cross Country
The Indians hosted four opponents in a home meet at the East River Preserve on Sept. 20 and defeated all four teams to improve to 7-0 on the season. Guilford claimed wins versus Amity (24-31), Hillhouse (15-50), Sheehan (19-39), and Innovation (15-50) to record the clean sweep. The Indians moved to 2-0 in the SCC Hammonasset Division with win over Hillhouse.
Meredith Bloss took first place overall at the meet by crossing the finish line in 18 minutes and 17 seconds, which was 58 seconds faster than the runner-up from Sheehan. Clare Wiesler came in third place with a time of 19:28, Gianna Siciliano finished seventh in 20:18, Olivia Skapczynski finished in eighth place behind a time of 20:22, and Emma Bonz placed ninth with a mark of 20:29.
Boys’ Cross Country
Guilford went up against four teams when it hosted a meet at the East River Preserve on Sept. 20. The Indians notched victories against Hillhouse (15-50), Sheehan (25-31), and Innovation (17-46), while taking a 19-44 loss versus Amity at the meet.
Elijah Dillon ran a time of 15 minutes and 54 seconds to take second place overall at the meet for the Indians. Guilford now has an overall record of 5-2 on the year with a mark of 2-0 in the Hammonasset Division following the win versus Hillhouse.
Football
Guilford hosted Sheehan for an SCC Tier 3 matchup last week and took a 62-20 defeat against the Titans on Sept. 21. The Indians now have an overall record of 1-1 this year and are 0-1 in Tier 3 play.
Ethan Vashel ran for a 27-yard touchdown for Guilford in the loss. Vashel also connected with Miles Gabriel on a 25-yard TD pass for the Indians.
Despite the loss, Head Coach Anthony Avallone said there were some bright spots for Guilford, including the play of its offensive line, plus some hard running by Charles Schioppo.
“We knew the task was large. We just thought we could do a better job containing them,” Avallone said. “In the future, we need to figure out better ways to simply wrap and tackle. Overall, we did some things well and cleaned up a few mistakes from the previous week. We just have to find ways to improve on the basics.”
This week, Guilford will hit the road to face SCC Tier 1 school Shelton for a 7 p.m. kickoff on Friday, Sept. 28.
Girls’ Swimming and Diving
The Indians took a pair of defeats in Southern Connecticut Conference action last week. Guilford lost contests against Branford and North Haven to move to 0-4 on the season.
On Sept. 18, the Indians were on the road to face Branford and lost by a 93-85 final at Walsh Intermediate School. Brynn Leslie took first place in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:15.86, while teammate Alexandra Maya finished first in the 500 freestyle at 5:31.39 for Guilford. Sadie Booth earned first place in the diving competition by scoring a total of 170.85 points. Guilford’s 200 freestyle relay of Leslie, Elizabeth Hicks, Mayo, and Haley Morarity took first place with a time of 1:53.55. Those same four swimmers later finished first in the 400 freestyle relay with a 4:11.48.
Three days later, Guilford hosted North Haven at the Soundview YMCA in Branford and took an 84-69 defeat.