High school sports roundup: Soccer, field hockey, volleyball, badminton
Daniel Reiss scored off an assist from Rafael Rahmanan to lead No. 8 Great Neck North to a 1-0 win over No. 9 Valley Stream Central in the first round of the Nassau Class AA boys soccer playoffs on Tuesday. Everett Bailey made five saves. Great Neck North (11-5-1) will visit No. 1 Garden City in the quarterfinals at 2 p.m. on Friday. Valley Stream Central finished 5-4-7.
New Hyde Park 3, Hewlett 2: Tyler Lopez and Usman Iqbal each had a goal and an assist to lead No. 5 New Hyde Park over No. 12 Hewlett in the first round of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. Lucas Campuzano added a goal. New Hyde Park (10-5-2) will visit No. 4 Manhasset in the quarterfinals at 2 p.m. on Friday. Hewlett finished 9-8-1.
South Side 2, Baldwin 0: Michael Benfante and Mike Forker each scored a goal to lead No. 6 South Side over No. 14 Baldwin in the first round of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. Gavin McDaid made four saves. South Side (13-3-1) will face No. 3 Jericho in the quarterfinals on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Baldwin finished 6-9-4.
MONDAY’S GAME
Bethpage 2, Island Trees 1: Antoni Kulak scored the winning goal in the 70th minute and had an assist to lead No. 7 Bethpage over No. 10 Island Trees in the first round of the Nassau Class A playoffs. Leo Cataldo added a goal. Bethpage (8-7-1) will visit No. 2 North Shore in the quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Island Trees finished the season 5-8-2.
GIRLS SOCCER
Calhoun 2, Bellmore JFK 0: Elle Napoli scored off a cross from Samantha Curcio late in the first half and Jia Bello scored off an assist from Curcio’s cousin, Sabrina, halfway through the second half to lead No. 4 Calhoun over No. 13 Bellmore JFK in the first round of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. Abby Da Silva made five saves.
Calhoun (2-11-3) will face the winner of No. 5 Long Beach/No. 12 New Hyde Park in the quarterfinals on Friday. Samantha Lapidus made 14 saves for Bellmore JFK (3-6-4).
Manhasset 2, Carey 0: Joy D’Angelo and Sophie Mineroff each scored a goal and Sophia Grullon made five saves to lead No. 8 Manhasset over No. 9 Carey in the first round of the Nassau Class AA playoffs. Lila Kalargiros and Liana Cvecic each had an assist. Manhasset (4-7-3) will visit No. 1 Garden City in the quarterfinals on Friday. Carey finished 7-2-5.
FIELD HOCKEY
Whitman 3, Connetquot 1: Kate Macaluso scored two goals and Jessica Cristello added a goal to lead Whitman (8-6) in Suffolk I. Sydney Elizalde scored a goal and Addison Iocca made 10 saves for Connetquot (6-7-1).
MONDAY’S GAME
New Hyde Park 2, Oyster Bay 0: Eileen O’Shea and Bridget Allen each scored a goal to lead New Hyde Park (7-6-1) in Nassau II. Emily Sepcaru had an assist. Sophia Guerrero made seven saves for Oyster Bay (5-8).
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Sachem North 3, East Islip 0: Sam Morreale totaled 21 kills and two blocks and Bryan Kuhl tallied 36 assists, two aces and four digs to lead Sachem North (10-3) to a 25-17, 25-17, 25-14 win in Suffolk I.
MONDAY’S GAMES
Hicksville 3, Levittown District 2: Dan Winn had 22 kills, Asher Joo had 55 assists and Landon Luttrell had 21 kills and 22 digs to lead Hicksville (11-2) to a 25-21, 23-25, 25-13, 23-25, 15-10 win in Nassau I-B.
Valley Stream North 3, Calhoun 2: Samuel Onuoha had 25 kills and five blocks and Mark de Prado added 25 kills to lead Valley Stream North (9-4) to a 20-25, 24-26, 25-23, 25-18, 15-10 win in Nassau II. Nick Lang added 15 kills and five blocks and Erik Ziemblicki had 66 assists, four aces and six kills.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
MONDAY’S GAMES
Herricks 3, Bellmore JFK 1: Violet Worms had 19 kills and 15 digs to lead Herricks (7-5) to a 26-24, 25-22, 19-25, 25-18 win in Nassau II. Ellia Zhang had four aces and Samantha McCloskey had 43 assists and three aces.
Uniondale 3, Freeport 2: Zahara Santyl had 11 kills to lead Uniondale (7-8) to a 25-19, 25-22, 24-26, 23-25, 15-10 win in Nassau IV. Katia Gomez had 15 assists and nine aces.
BOYS BADMINTON
MONDAY’S GAMES
Syosset 6, Herricks 1: Brendan Jiang’s 21-14, 21-16 victory over Shawn Tharaken at third singles clinched No. 4 Syosset’s win over No. 5 Herricks in the quarterfinals of the Nassau playoffs. Syosset (8-7) will visit No. 1 Jericho in the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Herricks finished 7-8.
Great Neck South 7, Wheatley 0: Conner Shea and Max Goodman defeated Hayden Wang and Aaron Shin, 21-14, 21-7, at fourth doubles in No. 3 Great Neck South’s win over No. 6 Wheatley in quarterfinals of the Nassau playoffs. Great Neck South (11-4) will visit No. 2 Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK in the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Wheatley finished 3-11.
