Marblehead’s girls lacrosse team (6-4, 4-2 Northeastern Conference) received five goals from Maddie Forbes and rolled to a convincing 16-2 victory in Salem Tuesday. Molly Bullard made seven saves, while Ramona Gillett and Kathryn Commoss potted hat tricks. Also scoring were Gretchen Smith, Zoe Dwyer (4 assists), Emma Ryan, Anna Rausch, and Ella McConnell.
Days earlier, the Magicians went onto enemy turf and walked away with a 10-7 win against Masconomet.
Leading the way was Dwyer, who scored a hat trick. Commoss and Gillett each scored twice and provided an assist. Forbes and Smith each had a goal and two assists, while Bullard made 10 saves.
“We fought for this win,” said Coach Annie Madden. “I’m proud of how we are becoming a team that is able to adapt and make the changes necessary to win.”
BOYS TENNIS
Marblehead 4
Swampscott 1
Despite a first singles loss against Swampscott’s Sam Schepens, Marblehead had more than enough in the tank to take down its traditional archrival Tuesday. Matt Sherf and Jayden Janocle were victorious in singles, as were the duos of Anthony Vizy/Ty Cooper and TJ Kelly/Austin Bacon.
Marblehead 5
Salem 0
It was a 5-0 sweep for the Magicians, who earned a Northeastern Conference win and moved to 5-1.
Sophomore Cooper debuted at first singles and won his matchup (6-1, 6-2), but according to Coach Elisabeth Foukal, the match was “closer than the final score.”
Second and third singles won their matches with Bacon (6-2, 6-0) and Alex Boehning (6-0, 6-0) dominating their opponents. First and second doubles picked up wins without dropping a single game. Quinn Sullivan and Nico Altonian won at first doubles with teammates Quinn Fletcher and Graydon Waller winning at second doubles.
GIRLS TENNIS
Masconomet 3
Marblehead 2
The postponed match that was tied, 2-2, resumed Friday with third singles determining the winner. Masco’s Sophie Donnellan prevailed in a 7-5 third-set thriller to earn a win (6-3, 4-6, 7-5) against Marblehead’s Abbie Goodwin.
“Abbie was down 2-5 and made a great comeback to keep the match very close. At 5-5, they must have had 6-8 deuce games before Sophie went ahead at 6-5, then finished the match at 7-5,” said Marblehead Coach Tracy Ackerman. “Both players were super consistent and patient, forcing their opponents to make the error. Abbie is looking forward to getting another chance to play Sophie next Friday when we travel to Masco.”
BASEBALL
St. John’s Prep 7
Catholic Memorial 5
Call it another game, another win for the Eagles. Leading the way for St. John’s Prep was pitcher Braeden Hurley, who went 6 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts. Joseph Eberhart earned the save, closing the game with two punchouts. Nicolas Lembo registered two hits, three RBI, and a run.
St. John’s Prep 7
Cambridge Rindge & Latin 5
It was a solid defensive display from the Eagles, but they got plenty of offense thanks to Harvard commit Will Shaheen, who hit a two-run homer to power The Prep.
SOFTBALL
Marblehead 8
Latin Academy 1
Tessa Francis continued to dominate the competition against Latin Academy. She gave up five hits and struck out 16 batters en route to another victory from the circle. At the plate, Francis was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Ashley Mortensen batted 3-for-4 and scored three runs, while teammate Nora Mahan was 2-for-4.
Marblehead 2
Danvers 0
For eight innings, runs were hard to come by. As a matter of fact – goose eggs.
But in the ninth inning, Marblehead’s Isabel Mortensen hit a leadoff single and went to third base on Haley Schmitt’s base hit. From there, Francis (9 IP, 4 H, 13 K) drove them home with a timely double to center field.
BASEBALL
Marblehead 4
Pope Francis 3
After falling to Masconomet in Friday’s opening round of the Spartan Invitational in Lynn, Marblehead had to settle for a consolation game against Pope Francis Sunday. In the end, the Magicians took care of business by a run.
Marblehead hadn’t registered a hit until the sixth inning, but overcame a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the sixth. Leading the Magicians were Colt Wales (2 H, 4 RBI), Greyson Leventhal (H), Aidan Downey (H), Will DePhillips (H), and Owen Coyne (W, 2 K).
With two outs, Pope Francis tied the game in the seventh inning, but Marblehead bounced back in the eighth with the game-winning run.
Marblehead 12
Danvers 3
Marblehead tallied six runs in the first two innings en route to a victory at Seaside Park. Cam Quigley and Stef Shepard compiled two hits apiece, E.J. Wyman recorded two RBI, Julius Galante secured his first hit of the season, and Ian McComish (5 IP) allowed just four hits and no earned runs.
