Tuesday's girls results: Churchland goes 14-0 in softball; First Colonial clinches tie for Beach soccer title

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Caily Ballou of Kellam (left) slides into the corner and loses the ball to a Princess Anne player in the first half a game won by Kellam 3-0 Tuesday. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot)

The Virginian-Pilot
© May 13, 2008

SOFTBALL

Churchland 4, Lake Taylor 3

The No. 10 Truckers (14-2, 14-0) capped an unbeaten run in Eastern District play Tuesday as Ashley Cornell struck out 14 in a six-hitter. Jessie Hall and Brittany Velazquez each contributed two hits.

Host Churchland meets Lake Taylor again Thursday in a 3:30 p.m. Eastern District tournament semifinal.

Ocean Lakes 3, Cox 2

Aisha Figueroa led off the seventh inning with a single, stole two bases and scored on Liz Riley’s single as the ninth-ranked Dolphins (11-6, 10-5) upended the No. 7 Falcons.

Landstown 9, Salem 2

Amanda Buffington went 2 for 4, drove in two runs and scored twice as the Eagles knocked off the fourth-ranked SunDevils.

Hickory 3, Western Branch 0

Jennifer Gniadek fired her second no-hitter and 13th shutout as the top-ranked Hawks (19-0, 17-0) topped the No. 5 Bruins and claimed the Southeastern District regular-season title.

Michelle Lighton smacked a two-run single in the fifth.

GIRLS SOCCER

First Colonial 2, Ocean Lakes 1

Megan Simeone scored with 3 minutes remaining to help the top-ranked Patriots (15-1 overall, 9-1 district) clinch a tie for the Beach District title.

If Cox (11-3, 8-1) beats Bayside today it will tie the Patriots and First Colonial and Cox will have a playoff game Friday at Ocean Lakes to determine the district's top seed for the Eastern Region tournament. The loser will have to play its way through the district tournament to gain a region berth.

Ocean Lakes goalie Becky Gold had 17 saves in the loss.

Cox 6, Tallwood 0

Kelly Morrison scored a hat trick and Jessica McNamara added 2 assists for the No. 3 Falcons.

Kellam 3, Princess Anne 0

Tori Diersen had a goal and an assist for the No. 2 Knights

Ally Brown and Hope Sadowski combined in goal for the shutout.

Boxscores and more highlights:

Softball

#1 Hickory 3, #5 Western Branch 0

Western Branch 000 000 0—0 0 2

Hickory 000 120 x—3 4 1

W—Gniadek (16-0). L—Draper.

King’s Fork 4, #2 Great Bridge 3

Great Bridge 102 000 0 — 3 4 0

King’s Fork 000 220 x — 4 9 0

W—Holloman (7-5). L—Szozepanda.

Stephanie Wheeler went 2 for 3 with the game- winning RBI and scored a run. Megan Oliver was 2 for 2 with an RBI.

Landstown 9, #4 Salem 2

Salem 100 001 0—2 6 2

Landstown 030 123 x—9 12 0

W—Buffington (5-12). L—Garman.

#9 Ocean Lakes 3, #7 Cox 2

Ocean Lakes 002 000 1 — 3 8 1

Cox 000 002 0 — 2 4 3

W—Riley (11-6). L—Bunch. HR—C, Etheridge.

#10 Churchland 4, Lake Taylor 3

Lake Taylor 101 010 0 — 3 6 6

Churchland 010 020 1 — 4 5 3

W—Cornell (13-2). L—T. Cevora.

Grassfield 2, Deep Creek 0

Grassfield 200 000 0 — 2 6 0

Deep Creek 000 000 0 — 0 2 1

W—McDougall (6-5). L—C. Buritt.

Lindsey Inzana had a 2-run single in the first inning to lead the Grizzlies to victory. Lacy McDougall had 5 strikeouts in a 2-hit shutout.

Tallwood 1, Princess Anne 0

Princess Anne 000 000 0 — 0 1 1

Tallwood 000 100 0 — 1 4 2

W—Stubbs (10-10). L—Long.

Mariah Stubbs drove in the winning run and pitched a one-hitter.

Bayside 3, Kempsville 2

Kempsville 000 200 0 — 2 2 1

Bayside 000 003 x — 3 6 2

W—Hupp (4-4). L—Ronker.

Chelsea Lord and Tiffany Russinyak each had 2 hits for the Marlins, while Katie Hupp tossed a two-hitter

Lakeland 15, Indian River 0

Indian River 000 00 — 0 1 4

Lakeland 531 6x — 15 15 0

W—Saunders (7-9). L—Carlie.

Sarah Saunders pitched a complete game shuout with 8 strikeouts.

Nandua 7, Northampton 0

Nandua 330 010 0 — 7 6 0

Northampton 000 000 0 — 0 0 1

W—Harte. L—Rippon (4-10).

Girls soccer

#1 First Colonial 2, Ocean Lakes 1

G—FC, Beaty, Simeone. OL, White.

#2 Kellam 3, Princess Anne 0

G—Staylor, Diersen, Ballou.

#3 Cox 6, Tallwood 0

G—Morrison 3, Sherrill, Fee, Scotland.

#6 Hickory 3, Western Branch 0

G—Pollard 3.

Christine Pollard’s hat trick enables the Hawks to secure the Southeastern District title.

#9 Indian River 2, Deep Creek 0

G—Beasley, S.Regan.

Grassfield 8, Lakeland 0

G—Phillips 2, Ryan, Mason, Jefferson, Dutter, Carlson, Degruttola.

Courtney Sump had her 6th Southeastern District shutout.

Great Bridge 4, Nansemond River 0

G—Kerns, Dill, Butler, Bethea.

King’s Fork 1, Oscar Smith 0

G—Tew

Landstown 5, Green Run 0

G—Massey 2, Wilson 2, Deppen.

Natalie Massey also had two assists for the Eagles (4-7-2, 2-5-2).

Salem 2, Bayside 0

G—Hunnicutt, A.London.

Stephanie Rocha had two saves for her second shutout.

Girls tennis

Eastern Region quarterfinals

Cox 5, Granby 0

Lee d. Demasuit, 6-2, 6-3; Wexel d. Johnson, 6-0, 6-0; Reid d. Marshall, 6-1, 6-0; Goode d. Moskel, 6-0, 6-0; Hajek d. Tomar, 6-1, 6-0.

Great Bridge 5, Menchville 1

Epley (GB) d. Sumner, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Johnson (GB) d. Hixon, 6-2, 6-1; Lassiter (Gb) d,. Hildalgo, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Sain (M) d. Sun, 6-3, 6-3; Floros (GB) d. Gillen, 6-3, 6-2; Curran (GB) d. McKee, 6-1, 6-0.

First Colonial 5, Maury 2

Ritter (FC) d. Oswald, 6-0, 6-0; Dinapoli (FC) d. Godbout, 6-3, 6-2; Gallagher (M) d. McEwen, 7-5, 6-1; Wood (FC) d. Tynes, 6-4, 6-4; Luke (FC) d. Brock, 6-2, 7-6; Edwards (M) d. Carpenter, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles: Ritter-McEwen (FC) d. Oswald-Godbout, 6-3, 7-5.

Western Branch 6, Denbigh 2

Hill (WB) d. Hernandez, 6-3, 6-2; Moore (WB) d. Armamento, 6-1, 6-1; Conides (D) d. Perrine, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Pineda (D) d. Zhou, 6-0, 6-1; Gaddy (WB) d. Schultz, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Ruffin (WB) d. Avery 6-1, 6-2; Hill-Moore (WB) d. Hernandez-Pineda, 6-1, 6-0; Zhou-Pappen (WB) d. Schultz-Avery 6-1, 6-0.