Softball: Marblehead gets revenge on Newburyport

Marblehead avenged last year’s loss to Newburyport in the state tournament with a 8-1 win over the Clippers Monday at Newburyport.Senior pitcher Michaela Leblanc went the distance, surrendering eight hits, striking out three and allowing only one unearned run.Alexa Brown (2-for-3, 2 RBI) broke open a scoreless game in the top of the third with a single, scoring Olivia Vener (2-for-4, 3 RBI) and McKensie Joyce. Rachel McKay singled home Brown.In the sixth, Vener, who had an outstanding game at third, smashed a three-run homer, with Alison Kapoll (2-for-4)and Montana Joyce scoring ahead of her. Emily Messinger and Kapoll each knocked in runs in the seventh. Sara Bornstein went 2-4 with a double and single.Everett 4, Swampscott 0At Swampscott, the Big Blue ran into some tough pitching in Everett’s Sydnee Bessler, a transfer from Matignon, who struck out 14 and was a party to several other outs.?She probably made 18 outs in the game,” Swampscott coach Frank Kowalski said.Sam Rizzon, Tessa Beane and Danielle Mayblyum all had hits. The Big Blue threatened in the fifth, but had a runner thrown out at the plate. Mayblyum took the loss.Danvers 24, English 0At Danvers, the Bulldogs (0-1) spoiled the Falcons’ bid for a no hitter when Rachel Calnan led off the fifth with double to right center field. Kendall Meehan (6 strikeouts) got the win for Danvers. Shanna Zeramby and Franny Dela Rosa split the game in the circle for English.Revere 4, Waltham 1At Waltham, the Patriots (2-0) scored single runs in the third, fourth, fifth and seventh innings. Kristina Stella went 2-for-3 with two runs scored; Stephanie Gregorio, 2-for-3, and Lauren Hayes had a hit and an RBI. Junior pitcher Sabrina Palermo struck out eight, allowed three hits, walked four and allowed on earned run. Revere had eight hits.Newton South 4, Lynnfield 3At Newton South, the Pioneers (0-1) saw this one slip away in the 11the inning. The game was tied 2-2 after 10 innings. Lynnfield took a 3-2 lead in the top of the 11th when Hannah Travers scored on a soft line drive that went over the pitcher’s head and landed in front of second base. The fielder had to hurry the throw and it went wild, allowing the go-ahead run to cross the plate.The celebration was short-lived, however. Newton South capitalized on a couple of errors in the bottom half of the inning to score the tying and winning runs. Jackie Whelan took the loss for Lynnfield.Saugus 10, Mystic Valley 0At Saugus, the Sachems got a complete game, three-hitter (11 strikeouts) from sophomore Brooke Westmoreland, who finished 2-for-4 with 2 RBI at the plate. Saugus (1-2) got three hits apiece from Jessica Allen and Tayla Guiffrida (double, triple) with the latter driving in three runs.Weston 15, Tech 3At Weston, the Tigers struggled with walks but there were a few bright spots. Carmen Pascal played well at first and had a walk, double and scored a run. Perla Sanchez was sold at third and had a hit and pitcher Sam Oliver went 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Shortstop Meghan LeBlanc was 3-for-3.Beverly 8, Malden 4At Malden, Kate Silvestri had a monster game for the Panthers (1-0) driving in five run on three hitts. She doubled in the first inning, singled in the fifth and hit a home run in the seventh, scoring Caitlyn Nunzing, whose first varsity hit was a double to lead off the seventh inning. Sophomore Ally Cabral had a hit and drove in two runs. Emily Pitman, scattered six hits and struck out four for the win.