Daily Sports Digest: Eastchester Duo Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad

The Top Spot:

Earlier in the week six stellar student-athletes from the School of the Holy Child in Rye were named to the 2011 National Academic Squad.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) named seniors Helen Brosnan (Larchmont), Jessica Cordasco (Eastchester), Molly Fitzwilliam (Stanford), Catherine Anne Gray (Rye), Paige Kennedy (Eastchester), and Mary Clare Manfred (Tarrytown) to this year’s team.

“We are proud of our talented student-athletes, who distinguish themselves on the playing field while excelling in classroom,” Said Athletic Director John Pizzi in the press release. “Tremendous discipline and dedication are required to achieve such a feat.”

Over the last two seasons the team finished with a record of 23-13-3 and has made the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) semi-finals and finals.

Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Boys Basketball

Game: Yonkers vs. Bronxville

Score: Bronxville Won 41-40

Highlights: Matt Tormey led Bronxville with 13 points and Jack Aherne picked up nine in the win. Alex Gallinari scored over half of the points for Yonkers with 25.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Yonkers vs. Bronxville

Score: Bronxville Won 39-31

Highlights: Grace Devlin led Bronxville to victory with 21 points at home. Jessica Rabaa led Yonkers with 11 points in the loss.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Ardsley vs. Eastchester

Score: Ardsley Won 41-30

Highlights: Ardsley’s Toni Pilla led all scorers with 20 points in the win. Gabrielle Pinto led Eastchester with 10 points in the loss.

Today’s Schedule:

In girls basketball, Tuckahoe will head to Bronxville at 4:15 p.m.

In boys basketball, Tuckahoe will host Clark Academy at 3:45 p.m.

College Sports Notebook:

You can’t win them all

The Manhattan College men’s basketball team, coming off a loss that snapped an eight-game winning streak, hopes to bounce back against Fairfield University tonight.

Tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT. The host Stags are 13-10.

The Jaspers (17-8, 10-3 MAAC) were upended by Iona (19-5, 11-2), 85-73, before a sellout crowd at Draddy Gymnasium in Riverdale that was hoping for a ninth straight win.

There were 11 ties and seven lead changes in the first 16 minutes before the Gaels closed the final four minutes with a 9-0 run to carry a 44-38 advantage into halftime.

The resilient Jaspers answered back and eventually pulled within five points after back-to-back three-pointers from senior guards Kidani Brutus of the Bronx, and Rye High School all time leading scorer Liam McCabe- Moran of New Rochelle.

The Jaspers’ shooting, however, cooled off in the final 20 minutes as Beamon was locked down by the Gaels after his superb first half.

McCabe-Moran, who is averaging 17 minutes per game, played just nine minutes, scoring five points. For the season, he has 20 assists and 16 steals.

Wilson, McSharar battle the tide

The Manhattanville College women’s basketball team is not fully clicking, but veteran juniors Taylor Wilson of Pearl River and Jen McSharar of Garnerville continue to play well in the struggle.

The Valiants, who are at home in Purchase tonight (5 p.m.) against DeSales University of Center Valley, PA, are coming off a 89-74 loss at Wilkes University in which McSharar pulled down a game-high 13 points to go along with eight points. Wilson scored 12 points, with two assists.        

In the previous game, a tough 69-66 loss to FDU-Florham, Taylor led the Valiants with 17 points, and also grabbed eight rebounds.

McSharar added 15 points in the cause, and again led the team in rebounds with nine.

The Valiants’ road doesn’t get any softer as they travel to Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Saturday to visit undefeated Kings College.

The Manhattanville men’s team (10-11) is also home tonight, looking to reach .500 against DeSales (12-9) in a 7 p.m. start.

Rockland rivals meet tonight

Dominican College hosts a big basketball doubleheader tonight against local foe Nyack College at the Hennessy Center in Orangeburg.

The Nyack men’s team is winless at 0-22, but certainly has lived up to its Warriors nickname, playing tough and staying close in many games. To make a point, if any were needed, veteran Dominican coach Joe Clinton of Pearl River might quickly point to a meeting on Jan. 26 when it took everything the Chargers had to thwart the resilient Warriors, 76-73.

Dominican is 13-7 after defeating the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 70-60, as Cory Quimby of Otisville poured in 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

The Lady Chargers, who are even after 20 games, beat their Nyack counterparts, 62-46, on Jan. 26.

The teams are for the rematch tonight at 6 p.m. as the front end of a doubleheader that concludes with the men’s game at 8 p.m.

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