Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Samantha Choate tries to knock the ball away from Medina’s Mary Flores during the host Lady Rams win over the Mustangs this afternoon.

A trio of players contributed goals as Roy-Hart blanked visiting Medina 3-0 this afternoon in a Niagara-Orleans League field hockey game.

Miah Glena gave Roy-Hart a quick 1-0 lead when she scored just seven minutes in off an assist from Abby Ander.

Lexi Diel doubled the Lady Rams advantage when she scored with 6:59 to go in the first half off assists from Mandi Hill and Ander.

Madison Brown then scored the clincher for the Lady Rams early in the second half off an assist from Samantha Choate.

Roy-Hart improves to 2-0 in N-O action and Medina slips to 0-2.

In the other N-O games, Akron (2-0) blanked Newfane (0-1) 11-0 and Wilson (1-1) edged Kenmore (0-2) 3-2.

Volleyball
Byron-Bergen 25-25-25, Albion 3-20-15
Byron-Bergen downed Albion 25-3, 25-20, 25-15 in a non league volleyball match as Madison Farnsworth had 11 aces and 8 kills.

Medina’s Sophia Cardone and Roy-Hart’s Lexi Diel battle for possession of the ball.

Contributed Photo –  Nic Ready (3) and Troy Johnston celebrate Ready’s home run in the sixth that gave Batavia a 3-0 lead in the best-of-three playoffs series with Lowell. Batavia won, 4-1 in front of 1,872 fans and needs one more win to clinch the series.

BATAVIA – It was a banner night for the Batavia Muckdogs, on and “on” the field.

The Muckdogs won game one of the New York-Penn League playoffs with a 4-1 victory over the Lowell Spinners. The two teams play in Lowell Thursday.

In the other series, Hudson Valley defeated Brooklyn, 5-4.

Before the game, New York-Penn League President Ben Hayes presented Batavia Muckdogs groundkeeper Cooper Thomson with the New York-Penn League Turf Manager of the Year and the coveted Field of the Year award.

Off the field, the Muckdogs had a crowd of 1,872, the fifth largest of the season at Dwyer for the playoff win.

Lefty Easton Lucas, a 2019 Miami Marlins 14th round draft pick out of Pepperdine got the start and went three innings with shutout baseball allowing two hits and striking out four without a walk.

Lucas left the game with a 1-0 lead and Eli Villalobos earned the win, throwing 3.2 innings of perfect baseball with five strikeouts, no runs, no hits, no walks. Villalobos is a 14th round Marlins draft pick out of Long Beach State.

Brock Love earned the hold by throwing 1.1 innings with three strikeouts and one hit. Evan Brabrand, as he has all season for Batavia, tossed the ninth to get the save.

At the plate, Nic Ready blasted a two-run home run and had two hits. J.D. Orr had a hit and a run, Troy Johnston had a RBI single and scored plus stole a base, Albert Guairmaro had two hits and a RBI and Milton Smith II had a single and stole a base.

Batavia shortstop Dalvy Rosario played outstanding defense and had two hits, a run and stole a base.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s duo of Jamie Seib (5) and Maddie Ciemny (20) go high to try and block a spike by Albion’s Alexa Grandy as Logan Conlon backs up the play. The action took place during the host Lady Rams win over the Purple Eagles this evening.

Rebounding from an opening set loss, Roy-Hart rallied to defeat visiting Albion 22-25, 25-20, 25-9, 25-19 this evening in a Niagara-Orleans League volleyball match.

Albion got off to a quick start bouncing back from an a 14-8 deficit to take the opening set as Breanda Johnson served up points 9-15 (2 aces), Rylee Pearles 20-23 (2 aces) and Eowyn Pate registered an ace for the set winner.

However, Roy-Hart pulled even by taking the second set as a key six point run of service points by Maddie Ciemny (14-19) put the Lady Rams ahead to stay.

Keeping the momentum, Roy-Hart took the third set for a 2-1 lead in the match as Alexis Connolly had a big run of eight straight service points (10-17 including 2 aces) to give the Lady Rams a 17-6 lead.

Samantha Capen tacked on points 21-22 and Ciemny served up the final two points registering an ace for No. 24 as Alex Stern had a spiking kill for No. 25.

Breaking away from a 13-13 deadlock, Roy-Hart took the lead for good in the match clinching fourth set behind a key run of five straight service points by Capen (14-18). She had 2 aces and Samantha Albright had a spike kills and a block to policy off two points.

Albion did cut the deficit to one at 18-17 after a three point run of points by Maya Knaak but could not pull even.

Albright served up points 21-23 to put Roy-Hart up 23-18 and Renee Lehman registered an ace for the set and match winning point.

Connolly finished with a total of 13 service points (6 aces), Ciemny 11 points (2 aces) and Albright 8 points (3 aces). Albright, Ciemny, and Kali Scharping each had 5 kills and Marissa Scott 3.

To see Albion rally for a point, click here.

To see Roy-Hart rally for a point, click here.

Wilson 25-25-25, Medina 17-7-17
Medina dropped a straight set 25-17,25-7, 25-17 decision at Wilson in another N-O match.

Elle Gross and Devin Griffin both had 4 kills for Medina as Jordan Lugo and Emma Carson each had 4 assists.

In the other N-O opener, defending champion Akron defeated Newfane 25-11, 25-18, 25-22.

Kendall 25-25-25, Rochester Academy 7-7-18
Kendall defeated visiting Rochester Academy 25-7, 25-7, 25-18 in a non league match.

Autumn Woodward went 17-17 from the service line with 14 aces and 3 kills. Sara Mattle added 4 kills and 2 aces, Brittney Marks had 8 digs, 5 aces, 3 assists, and 3 kills, and Madison Shonitsky contributed 6 assists and 2 kills for Kendall.

Albion’s Alexa Grandy spikes the ball as Maddie Ciemny and Samantha Albright get set to defend for Roy-Hart.

Holley made new coach and Hawks alum Josh Carpenter’s debut a successful one by blanking host Pembroke 4-0 this afternoon in a Genesee Region League soccer opener.

“It was a good start. There were a lot of positives,” said Carpenter.

Holley, which led by a slender 1-0 margin at the half, got goals from Brad Kingdollar, Nate Nothnagle, KJ Biedlingmaier and Kayden Servais.

Broek Ostrom earned the shutout in goal..

Kendall 1, Attica 1 (OT)
Kendall and visiting Attica battled to a 1-1 overtime tie in another G-R opener.

Kendall took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Jake Esposito off an assist from Michael McCue but Attica rallied into a tie with a late second half tally.

Mason Kuhn made several key saves in goal for Kendall.

Girls Soccer

Barker 2, CSAT 1

Two first half goals by Dakota Leising earned Barker a 2-1 non league victory over CSAT as the Lady Raiders improve to 1-1 on the young season.

Contributed Photo – Albion’s Patrick Ricker celebrates his hole-in-one

A hole-in-one by Patrick Ricker highlighted the Albion golf team’s 238-257 victory over Barker in a Niagara-Orleans League match this afternoon at Hickory Ridge.

Ricker, who had a round of 44 on the day, used a pitching wedge to ace the 133 yard third hole.

Albion’s Nick Perry and Barker’s Jake Harris shared medalist honors with rounds of 42.

Nick Newton also had a 48 for Albion, which next hosts Medina on Friday.

Albion is now 2-0 and Barker 1-1.

In the other N-O matches, Wilson defeated Roy-Hart 269-299 and Akron downed Newfane 256-275.

Nathan Meyers took medalist honors with a 47 and Patrick Seeley added a 49 for Wilson in the Lakemen’s season opener.

Roy-Hart is now 0-3.

Andrew Romesser earned medalist honros for Akron with a 41 and Jack Klodzinski added a 48.

Sam Capen led Newfane with a 48.

Akron is now 2-0 and Newfane 0-2.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Lacey Kenward sends a shot toward the Barker goal as Katrina Clare tries to block for the Lady Raiders. The action took place during Barker’s overtime win over Medina this evening at Vets Park.

Barker opened defense of its Niagara-Orleans League field hockey title with a narrow 2-1 overtime win over Medina at Vets Park this evening.

Ciara Gregoire scored the game winner for Barker off an assist from Lena Fazzolari at 4:52 of the 10 minute 7 on 7 overtime period. To see a video of Barker’s winning goal, click here.

Barker also got off to a quick start taking a 1-0 lead just six minutes into the opening half on a goal by Rachel Hurtgam.

However, Medina battled back to knot the contest when Lacey Kenward scored with just 2:40 to go in the first half.

Neither team could find the net in the second half which saw Medina have a 5-3 edge in corner opportunities.

In the other N-O openers, Akron banked Wilson 5-0 as Olivia McClain scored 3 goals and Roy-Hart shutout Kenmore 6-0 as Maddie Brown scored 2 goals and Cheyenne Stilwell, Mandi Hill, Jenna Gioeli and Abby Ander 1 each.

Barker’s Rachel Hurtgam and Medina’s Faithann Vanderwalker battle for the ball.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Ella Lewis (2) tries for a shot on goal for host Lyndonville/Medina as Eden Goff comes in to defend for Byron-Bergen. The action took place during the Lady Bees win over the host Lady Tigers this afternoon.

A goal in the first two minutes of the second half ignited Byron-Bergen to a 5-0 victory over host Lyndonville/Medina this afternoon in the Genesee Region League girls soccer opener for the Lady Tigers.

Melissa MacCowan broke a scoreless deadlock with a goal just two minutes into the second half for Byron-Bergen which then  broke the game open 10 minutes later when Miriam Tardy tallied two quick goals. The Lady Bees then locked up the win on tallies by Kelsey Fuller and Juliana Amesbury.

In Niagara-Orleans League openers, Wilson blanked Barker 6-0 as Skylar Munnikhuysen scored 2 goals and Leia Cloy 1 in the first 13 minutes and Akron nipped Newfane 1-0 on a second half goal by Kara Sequin.

Lyndonville/Medina’s Lily Joe Carpenter (9) battles for the ball with Byron-Bergen’s Bianca Brunsted.