Diamond Stars: The top baseball and softball playoff performances this week
Alyna Dolan of Bayport Blue Point HS on the mound pitching to the East Islip HS girls softballl team Credit: Gary Licker
Hits were hard to come by in the softball playoffs this week.
Bayport-Blue Point senior Alyna Dolan kicked off the week with a perfect game in a 6-0 win over Kings Park on Sunday, and Sachem East senior Olivia DeRose followed suit on Monday with a no-hitter in a 6-0 win over Riverhead. Carle Place senior Marissa Nosovitch pitched a no-hitter in a 5-0 win over Wheatley on Wednesday.
Dolan, who had three strikeouts, relied on her defense. The defensive performance came in a Suffolk Class A elimination game, two days after the Phantoms committed four errors in a 4-1 loss to Sayville.
DeRose struck out 12 and walked four as Sachem East advanced to the Suffolk Class AAA final by handing Riverhead its first loss of the season.
Nosovitch also totaled 12 strikeouts in the Frogs’ win in Game 1 of the Nassau Class B championship series. She came back in Game 2 on Thursday and totaled another 12 strikeouts, including the 500th of her career, in a 4-1 win to give Carle Place a county title.
SOFTBALL
Emily Bouros, West Islip: She went 4-for-4 with a grand slam and three doubles, and also struck out nine batters in an 11-5 win over Deer Park to advance to the Suffolk Class AA final.
Mila Fiordalisi, St. Anthony’s: She allowed two hits in five scoreless innings as the Friars’ clinched their fourth straight CHSAA state title with a 9-0 win over St. Mary’s (Buffalo). Fiordalisi allowed one run and three hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts, including her 200th of the season, in a 7-1 state semifinal win over St. Joseph Sea.
Annalise Lane, Massapequa: Lane went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in a series-clinching 10-8 win over East Meadow in Game 2 of the Nassau Class AAA semifinals.
Peighton McKenna, Islip: She went 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in a 9-6 win over Sayville to advance to the Suffolk Class A final.
Juli Murillo, St. Anthony’s: She went 1-for-2 with two RBIs in a 9-0 win over St. Mary’s (Buffalo) in the CHSAA state championship game. Murillo was also 3-for-4 with a run scored in a 7-1 win over St. Joseph Sea in the state semifinals.
Reagan O'Hara, East Islip: The catcher went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run and threw out two runners stealing in a 5-1 win over Smithtown West in the Suffolk AA loser’s bracket semifinal.
Jamie Pellegrino, Bellmore JFK: She went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth inning of a series-clinching 6-3 win over Mepham in Game 2 of the Nassau Class AA semifinals.
Sophie Nesturrick, Oceanside: She went 2-for-4 with two-run home run in a series-clinching 7-1 win over Syosset in the Nassau Class AAA semifinals.
Ava Zicchinelli, Miller Place: Zicchinelli tossed a two-hitter with four strikeouts and went 3-for-4 in a 9-1 win over Sayville to advance to the Suffolk A final.
BASEBALL
George Adams, Massapequa: He pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out nine in a 1-0 win over Port Washington in the Nassau Class AAA semifinals.
Andrew Asaro, Wheatley: He tossed a four-hitter and struck out six in a 4-3 win over Oyster Bay in Game 1 of the best-of-three Nassau Class B championship series.
Matt Bolton, Division: Bolton sparked a 10-run fifth inning with a two-run double and finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored in an 11-1 win over Long Beach in Game 2 of the Nassau Class AA semifinals.
Tyler Brown, Sayville: He went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and pitched 4 2/3 innings to earn the win in an 8-6 victory over Shoreham-Wading River in the second round of the Suffolk Class A playoffs.
Hunter Colagrande, Kings Park: He allowed two hits and struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings in a 7-1 win over Bayport-Blue Point to capture the Suffolk Class A title.
Paul Fontana, Wantagh: He had a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth in a 10-8 win over Plainedge in a Nassau Class A semifinal. Fontana went 3-for-4 with five RBIs.
Ryan Krzemienski, Commack: He struck out nine in a complete game 3-2 win over Whitman in the Suffolk Class AAA winners bracket.
Michael Oliveto, Hauppauge: He hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 5-4 win over Comsewogue in the winner’s bracket final of the Suffolk Class AA playoffs.
Ryan Palm, Sachem North: He struck out seven in six scoreless innings and allowed five hits and no walks in a 1-0 win over Longwood in the Suffolk Class AAA quarterfinals.
Jack Tate, Wantagh: He pitched a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts, and had two doubles and an RBI in a 6-0 win over Plainedge in Game 1 of the Nassau Class A semifinals.
Hunter Trenaman, Port Washington: He tossed a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and allowed one run in a 4-1 win over top-seeded Massapequa in Game 2 of the Nassau Class AAA semifinals.
Nick Zampieron, Comsewogue: He went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs in a 5-1 win over West Islip in the Suffolk Class AA loser's bracket final. He hit a two-run and three-run home run, walked and scored three runs in a 9-3 win over Hauppauge in the Suffolk Class AA championship series. He also struck out five in a complete game and allowed no runs and seven hits.
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.