Pioneer boys and girls lacrosse sweeps Huron and more Monday results
The Pioneer boys lacrosse team celebrates a goal against Skyline earlier this season.
Boys Lacrosse
Pioneer 10, Huron 5
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Pioneer scored eight times in the first half and hung on to down rival Huron, 10-5, in boys lacrosse action Monday night.
Charlie Markel and Zach Weber each scored three goals for Pioneer, and Dylan Graham and Niko Michos tallied two goals apiece.
Trevor Kuhnlein led Huron with three goals as Sacha Moravy-Pechansky registered 10 saves in defeat.
"This is sort of low scoring, but I played games last year that were 3-2," Huron coach Greg Monroe said. "Tonight I think both teams possessed the ball and made an effort to really get the look they wanted on offense and wear the defense down."
Softball
Lincoln 10, Huron 0; Lincoln 10, Huron 2
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Lincoln's Emily Eickhoff struck out 14 Huron hitters in six innings of work, while giving up only two hits and a walk in the Railsplitters' 10-0 mercy-shortened Game 1 home win on Monday. Eickhoff helped her cause by going 3 for 3 from the plate with three RBIs in the two games.
Lincoln's Brooke Snyder earned the win in Game 2, striking out four in six innings, while allowing two runs, five hits and three walks. Arielle Matthews led the Lincoln hitters with three hits and five RBIs on the day, and Alexandria Glazier added three hits and two RBIs.
Baseball
Huron 9, Lincoln 2; Huron 9, Lincoln 4
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Nasheed Bass drove in two runs with three hits for Huron, and Domenic DiGiovine batted in three runs along with pitching seven innings, striking out seven and giving up three runs for the River Rats.
"I thought we played pretty well," Ann Arbor Huron coach Terry Bigham said. "We pitched well and we finally started to hit the ball.
"It's been tough hitting weather lately and hitting is pretty contagious so everyone started coming alive today."
Myles Ivory hit a double and drove in a run for Lincoln, and Maverick Bristol hit two singles and drove in a run for the Railsplitters.
Girls Lacrosse
Pioneer 14, Huron 2
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Pioneer’s Andrea Martin scored three goals in a 14-2 win against host Huron on Monday. Sam Zwolan scored two goals and had four assists, and Mercedes Reyes added two goals and two assists. Miranda Kruse made nine saves.
“It was an extremely fast-paced game,” Pioneer coach Zachary Maghes said. “We had a lot of connections and defensive rides. We’ve been working together on defense more so than we have in other games.”
Boys Golf
SEC Red Quad at Pine View
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Saline took first place in the Southeastern Conference quad meet at Pine View Golf Course on Monday, with a score of 156.
Saline's Will Harden, Ian Martin, Ryan Peruski and Matt DeIrala each shot 3-over-par 39's, tying for first place on the day.
"Their goals are to be right around par, especially on the course we played today," Saline coach Debbie Williams-Hoak said. "We have high expectations this year, we want to be one of the teams competing for a state title.
"Last year we were ninth in the state, and we want to improve on that."
Pioneer finished in second place with a score of 168, paced by Ted Xiao's 5-over 41 and Matthew Faunce's 6-over 42.
SEC White Quad at Hudson Mills Metropark
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Danny Langa shot a par 35 to help Huron beat Chelsea and Dexter at a meet hosted by Skyline Monday at Hudson Mills Metropark Golf Course in Dexter.
Huron shot a 161, followed by Skyline, 162; Dexter, 172 and Chelsea, 182.
Rounding out Huron scorers were Reid McCallister, 40 and Guy Frydenlund and Will Hanselman, 43 apiece.
"Danny at par 35 pretty well speaks for itself," Huron coach Dee Drake said. "It's an excellent score early in the year under the tough conditions we've played. It's hard to develop that early in the year, he's a third-year varsity player who went to the state finals as a freshman.
Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com.