By Mike Buchanan
buchananhoops@comcast.net
Last Week’s IAAM Games of the Week - RESULTS
Here are the results from last week’s Games of the
Week in the IAAM. Key match-ups features
six ranked teams in the A Conference in the three team sports and two of those
games ended in ties. THE Game of the Week would have to be the Volleyball A
Conference thriller, won by host St. Paul’s SFG, 3-2, over Mount de Sales.
Look for this week’s Games of the Week, to be
posted shortly.
A Conference Soccer
McDonogh (3-0, No.
1) @ Spalding (3-0, No. 6), Tuesday 9/23
The
two top-ten ranked teams played to a 1-1 tie.
Gigi Mangione scored first for McDonogh and then Spalding’s Maggie
Morrison tied the game later in the half.
Defense took over after that. For complete game story and video
highlights, click here. By week’s end,
McDonogh, Spalding and John Carroll were tied for first, all at 3-0-1.
B Conference Soccer
Friends (2-1) @ Catholic
(3-0), Tuesday 9/23
The
Quakers and Cubs played to a 2-2 tie. It was their lone meeting of the season. By
week’s end, Catholic was in second place at 3-1-1, behind first-place St. Paul’s
SFG (4-0). Roland Park (3-2) and Bryn
Mawr (3-1) both have nine points, followed by Friends (2-1-1) with seven.
C Conference Soccer
Annapolis Area Christian
(5-0) @ St. Timothy’s (2-0-1), Monday 9/22
The
undefeated Eagles remained undefeated, but faced maybe their toughest game yet,
having to go overtime to claim a 2-1 win over St. Timothy’s. Sheila Anthony had
a big game in goal for STS with 18 saves; her counterpart, Lane Cheek, had
eight for AACS. Sophomore Sarah Castle scored both goals for the Eagles. The
two teams meet again on 10/9 in Annapolis.
AACS has a grip on first (7-0, 21 pts) and Towson Catholic, after a 1-0
win over STS on Friday, is in second (5-1, 15).
St. Tim’s is right behind in third (3-2-1, 10).
A Conference Field
Hockey
Bryn Mawr (4-1) @ Garrison
Forest (4-0), Tuesday 9/23
Like
soccer above, this A Conference game was also a battle of top ten teams with
No. 8 at No. 4. And, like soccer, this
one also ended in a tie. The defenses ruled and the result was a 0-0 tie. Abby
Bisbee notched eight saves for BMS and Emily Cain had four for GFS. The two
teams will meet again on 10/16 at Bryn Mawr.
At week’s end, it was Garrison in first (6-0-1, 19) by three points over
Bryn Mawr (5-1-1, 16) with Spalding in third (4-2-1, 13).
B Conference Field
Hockey
Mount de Sales (2-1)
@ McDonogh (4-0), Monday 9/22
Alissa
Polino scored on a fast-break in the first overtime to give the Eagles a 2-1
win. The teams meet again on 10/14 at Mount de Sales. At week’s end, it was McDonogh in control of
first (6-0, 18) with Friends in second (4-2-1, 13). MDS and John Carroll are tied for third, both
at 4-2, with 12 points.
C Conference Field
Hockey
Mercy (4-0-1) @ Baltimore
Lutheran (3-0-1), Monday 9/22
In
a key C match-up, Amanda Stecco scored in overtime to give visiting Mercy a 2-1
win over Baltimore Lutheran. Jenna Parr’s first-half goal gave Mercy a 1-0
lead, but the Saints tied it in the second half on a goal from Megan Kutchey. For
game story and video highlights, click here.
The teams meet again on 10-14, at Mercy. The Magic rules first-place in
the C, sitting at 7-0-1 and 22 points. Lutheran and IND are tied for second,
both at 5-1-1 and 16 points.
A Conference Volleyball
Mount de Sales (3-0)
@ St. Paul’s SFG (3-0), Tuesday 9/23
You’d
be hard-pressed to witness a better volleyball match; two ranked teams,
play-off atmosphere. This one was a
classic battle, down to the final point. Host St. Paul’s won the first and
third games, and Mount de Sales won the second and fourth. The Gators prevailed in the tie-breaker,
barely. Bailey Webster led SPSFG with 34
kills, and Katy Buck (18) and Kasey Mercier (21) combined for 39 kills for
MDS. St. Paul’s now sits alone in first
place in the A Conference. The 3-2 win
went like this: 25-22, 24-26, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12. For game story and video, click here.
B Conference
Volleyball
Mercy (4-0) @ Notre
Dame Prep (3-0), Friday 9/26
The
last two unbeaten teams in the B battled in Towson on Friday and Mercy came
away with a 3-1 win: 25-21, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23. NDP rallied from being down
2-0, and won the third game. The Blazers
came close to sending it to a fifth-game tie-break, but fell short by two
points. Ava Trageser (16) and Lindsey
Scheve (11) combined for 27 kills to pace Mercy, while Maggie Marion was 19/19
serving with seven kills. Alexis Sanders
(9), Cait Carmen (8) and Katie Hill (7) combined for 24 kills to lead NDP. The
teams meet again at Mercy on 10/20.
Mercy has sole possession of first (6-0, 18) and NDP is in second (5-1,
15).
C Conference
Volleyball
Mount Carmel (4-0)
@ Catholic (3-0), Wednesday 9/24
What
would have been a meeting of undefeated teams turned out not to be, as Beth
Tfiloh defeated Mount Carmel on Monday in a down-to-the-wire match (17-25,
25-16, 25-19, 24-26, 16-14). The Warriors won the first, and then had to rally
from being down 2-1 to force a fifth game, and won that one, 16-14. Then, on Wednesday, Catholic handed the
Cougars their second straight loss, 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 26-24). Mount Carmel (5-2,
15) still holds a slim lead over Towson Catholic (4-2, 12) in the Gold
Division, while Catholic (6-0, 18) controls the Red, far ahead of St. Frances
(3-4, 9).
A Conference Tennis
Roland Park (2-0) @
Bryn Mawr (3-0), Monday 9/22The
last two unbeaten team in the A tennis race battled on Monday and Bryn Mawr
came away with a 3-2 win, thanks in large part to Erica Choo’s 6-1, 6-3 upset
win over Lindsay Katz in No. 1 singles.
Katz won the A Conference No. 1 singles title last year. The two teams
meet again on 10/13. Bryn Mawr is alone
in first place (5-0, 15) while Roland Park is in second (4-1, 12), followed by
NDP (2-2, 6) in third.
B Conference Tennis
Friends (2-0) @ St.
Timothy’s (2-0), Friday 9/26
Match postponed due to rain.