Newsletter
Spartan News: April 5 - April 11
Basbeall:
The St. Thomas Aquinas baseball team went 3-3 for the week.
The Saprtans went 3-2 in the five game series against Dowling
College. STAC dropped a 3-1 non-conference game to
Dominican. In the Spartans first win over Dowling, Kevin Ryan
went 3-for-4 with 1 run and 1 stolen base while Matt Matcovich went
four innings on the mound to pick up the win. Mark Fochesato
earned the save in the 5-3 victory. In the second meeting,
Matt Smith scored on a squeeze play by Marotta in the eighth inning
to give STAC the 3-2 lead. Fochesato had the save for STAC as
he struck out Dowlings final three batters in the ninth. In
game three, Brian LaMarr went seven scoreless innings giving up one
hit and striking out 4 batters for the 1-0 win. Mike Apreda hit an
RBI-single to score STAC's run. The Spartans will play Nyack
on Monday along with a five game series against the University of
Bridgeport.
Softball:
The St. Thomas Aquinas softball team went 2-5 this week, picking up
two wins over Chestnut Hill College. STAC dropped a 6-5 game
to Bridgeport in 11 innings behind Sharis Ruiz's 3-for-6 with 2-RBI
and Angela Squillini's 2-for-5 with an RBI. The second game
against Bridgeport was cut short due to darkness and will be made
up on April 24th. STAC dropped two close games to Queens, 4-1
and 3-2 before struggling with Molloy College, 15-1 and 14-4.
In Sundays double header against Chestnut Hill, Angela Squillini
went 2-for-6 with a run and 4 RBI's. Freshmen Maura Power and
Samantha Welsh picked up their second career wins for the Lady
Spartans as they topped the Griffins, 6-2 and 6-1. Welsh also
had a career high 12 strike outs in the win. The Lady
Spartans will play double header against Dowling, Felician, NYIT
and Dominican throughout the week.
Women's Lacrosse:
The St. Thomas Aquinas women's lacrosse team went 0-1 for the
week. The Lady Spartans lost to Philadelphia University,
16-5. Freshman Johannah Mitchell along with sophomore Anne
Buttafuoco each scored two goals while Lindsey Lawless had
one. Jen Kugler had 13 saves for STAC. STAC will play
at Dominican on Thursday before traveling to Queens for an ECC
game.
Men's Tennis:
The St. Thomas Aquinas men's tennis team went 1-2 this week.
Freshman Nicolas Jacques went 3-0 in singles for the week and 1-1
in his doubles matches. Fellow freshman Kilian Wantzen went
2-1 in his singles matches for the week. On Saturday, the St.
Thomas Aquinas athletic department honored senior Mike Antolini in
a pre-match ceremony for his four years of hard work and dedication
to the Spartan tennis program. The Spartans will play their
last regular season match on Thursday when they travel to Post
University.
Golf: The St. Thomas
Aquinas Men's Golf team finished 3rd this past weekend at the 5th
Annual Peter King Memorial tournament hosted by Dowling College.
Head Coach Stephen Ferrara earned his 300th career head-to-head
Division II victory in his 4 years at St. Thomas Aquinas.
Sean Campbell led the Spartans with a team low round of 75.
Junior Chris Fitzpatrick posted a solid round of 76 and
Sophomore Mike Gunderson shot a round of 77. Rounding out the team
scoring was freshman Nick Delango who posted a round of 80.
Track & Field: The St. Thomas Aquinas track & field team did not compete this past weekend.
Past Newsletter:
Spartan News: March 22 – March 28
Spartan News: March 29 - April 4
