High School Beat: All in the family
St. Ann's baseball and softball squads benefit from strong blood ties
The St. Ann’s school varsity baseball team has reached the playoffs in each of the past 10 seasons, and gone as far as the New York State Independent Schools Championship Tournament two years running.
After losing 10 seniors from last year’s squad, which suffered a heartbreaking one-run, extra-inning loss to the Berkeley Carroll School in the Athletic Conference of Independent Schools title game at Coney Island’s MCU Park, the Steamers knew it would be a tough road back to the postseason.
But thanks to a pair of cousins, both of whom are vital members of this season’s unit, St. Ann’s is once again in contention for a coveted playoff spot this spring.
In local college sports news, the LIU-Brooklyn women’s golf team won its second consecutive Northeast Conference championship last Sunday on the Legends Course at the LPGA International Club in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Spearheaded by sophomore Alice Boothroyd’s top individual round, and third-place finish overall, the Blackbirds earned the right to visit Stanford, Calif., next week for the NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals.
Sophomore Christina Felip and freshman Victoria Fagan joined Boothroyd in boosting LIU into a highly competitive regional field, which will feature the likes of Stanford, Arizona, Harvard and top-seeded Pac-12 champions Southern California from May 9-11.
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