Roundup: Spartan girls lax closing in on tournament

The St. Mary’s girls lacrosse team sits only two games out of the tournament after handing Swampscott a 10-6 defeat.”It was a big win over a very solid team,” Spartans coach Doug Lowe said. “Our goal-scorers really set the tone early in the second half. It’s not as if we were doing anything different, though. The balls were just bouncing our way.”Felicia Ruano scored four goals and added a pair of assists. Bridget Donovan scored a pair of goals. Liz Giacchino netted a goal and two assists. Courtney Winters and Sarah Foss each also scored a goal.Hilary Duffy turned away eight shots for the Spartans (7-0).Elise Giangregorio led Swampscott (3-3) with three goals. Big Blue goalie Jesse DePaolo made 11 saves.”We tried to battle back and keep it close,” Big Blue coach Paula Donnelly said, “but we came up short.”Marblehead 16, Fenwick 11At Fenwick, the Magicians had three girls with three goals each – Katie Corbett, Olivia Raisner and Maika Strogoff – and three more with two goals apiece, Kiley Fischer, Hayley Braun and Clio Kammerer. Tyler Strogoff rounded out the scoring with Steph Castoldi and Micailah Adess shoring up the defense. Sarah Noyes (18 saves) picked up the win.Becca Graves had six goals for the Crusaders (5-2), Ellen O’Leary had four goals and Grace Celona, one. Casey Landry (5 saves) was in net.Essex Aggie 16, Lowell Cath. 6At Essex Aggie, Jessica Ventillo (6 goals), Lorianne Lane (3 goals) and Grace McNally (3 goals) helped Essex Aggie improve to 2-5. Kayla Kimball had 15 saves and Catarina Costa and Giuliana Cappucci played well on defense.BOYS LACROSSEGloucester 14, Saugus 3At Stackpole Field, Dylan Hartigan had a pair of goals, Dan Sheehan had a goal and an assist and Nick Taylor had an assist in the loss. The Sachems are 1-6.Shawsheen 10, St. Mary’s 0At Billerica, Spartan goalie Don Hesse made 21 saves, but St. Mary’s (1-7) struggled putting the ball in the net. On Saturday, the Spartans defeated Matignon, 10-5, with Matt Molloy (5 goals, assist) and Nico Manganiello (2 goals, 2 assists) providing the offense.Marblehead 11, Peabody 5At Marblehead, Pat Grady (3 goals, assist) and Jacob Maselek (2 goals, 3 assists) led the Magicians (5-2) with single goals coming from Ellery Smith (3 assists), Alex Whitmore, Hunter Whitmore, Brian Gellert, Ian Maag and Alex Haigis. Matt O’Neil made 15 saves.Swampscott 10, Salem 5At Salem State College, the Big Blue’s Patrick Kennedy had four goals, Sean Lannon and Tommy Ball, two each, and Colby Wollerscheid and Rich Sullivan, one each. Tim Braley was in net (11 saves). Swampscott is 4-3.GIRLS TRACKPeabody 88, Salem 48At Peabody, Andrea Saccardo had a day and a half for the Tanners (2-1), winning the 400 hurdles (98.6); 400 meters (62.2); long jump (16.1) and triple jump (33-4 1/2). Pamela Zambala won the discus (84-7) and the shot put (29-1); Catarina Rocha, the 800 (2:27) and the javelin (90-7); Jenna Pickard, mile (5:50); Cayla Bucci, 200 (26.9); Tanya Lopes, 2-mile (13:20) and Amanda Nielsen, high jump (4-10).Beverly 91, Classical 30At Manning Field, Monica Adler won the mile (5:52), 400 (1:03.6) and shot put (29-10) for the Panthers (3-0).BOYS TRACKPeabody 91, Salem 45At Peabody, the Tanners’ Jonathan Acquaviva won the 200 meters (23.0) and long jump (19-4); Edwin Mejia, 400 hurdles (59.9) and triple jump (40-10); Jamal Abu-Hijleh, 400 meters (52.2); Evan Braz, javelin (140-0); Nat Gaye, 100 meters (11.3); Keane Terenzoni, mile (5:02); Shawn Cronin, 800 (2:07) and Paul Ruotolo, shot put (43-2).Salem’s Ben Dibble earned three first-place finishes for the Witches: 110 hurdles (15.6), discus (112-0) and high jump (6-0). Matt Owen, Josh Gilluoly, Edwin Guzman and Chris Bozarjian earned a spot in the state tournament in the 4×100 (45.6). Steve Trainor won the 2-mile (11:00) for Salem.VOLLEYBALLSt. John’s 3, Central Catholic 1At Danvers, the Eagles (8-1) won 23-25, 25-9, 25-13, 28-26 with senior setter Luka Ralic (48 assists) and senior middle hitters Tim Lynch (18 kills) and Andrew