Local sports round-up: volleyball, lacrosse and more

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Bronx Science and DeWitt Clinton are locked in a tight race for the Bronx ‘A’ Division Volleyball title as both teams come down the stretch with identical 8-1 records. Last week Bronx Science got 10 service points and eight aces from Alexander Smyk while Xhorxhi Shkoza added eight service points and four aces in the Wolverines 2-0 victory over JFK Campus. Andrew Choi added five service points in the win for Science, which is now off until its regular-season finale at Walton on May 2.

Meanwhile Clinton won both of its contests last week when the Governors knocked off both Walton and Columbus by identical 2-1 scores to also go into the spring break with an 8-1 mark. Clinton will conclude its regular season with a match against Truman on May 4 before prepping for the PSAL playoffs.

Lucky 13

The Bronx Science girls’ lacrosse team is two victories away from completing a perfect regular season as the Wolverines go into the break toting a 13-0 mark after their 9-8 decision over Lehman last week. Sarah Rosenthal had three goals in the win while Jamie Powers added a pair. Rosenthal now has 27 goals on the season while Powers has 17. The Wolverines have two more regular season games remaining as they take on Susan Wagner H.S. of Staten Island on May 2 and Stuyvesant on May 4. Both games will be played at Randall’s Island.

On cloud nine

The Bronx Science boys’ lacrosse team is also among the area’s best and ran its record to 9-3 on the season in its’ final game before the break when the Wolverines knocked off rival Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, 14-7, at Randall’s Island. Samuel Grossman led Science with six goals on 11 shots to run his season total to 37 goals. Griffin Rubin and Kyle Mietkowski added two goals apiece in the victory for the Wolverines. Despite the loss, RKA, which got three goals from Calvin Amaro, stands with a very respectable 7-5 mark in just the second year for the coach Mike Hirsch’s program.

Playoff push

The Mount St. Vincent women’s softball team closed out its regular season by splitting a doubleheader with Sage College this past weekend, losing the first game, 6-2, before taking the nightcap, 8-7. The Dolphins finished the regular season with a 14-4 conference mark and earned the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Skyline Conference Tournament. The Dolphins were scheduled to face either Purchase College or Old Westbury in an opening-round single-elimination game on April 27.

New leader

Lehman College bolstered its athletic department this past week when the school announced it had hired former Pacific Lutheran University coach Erin Van Nostrand as its new associate director of athletics.

Van Nostrand is no stranger to winning. In 2012, she led Pacific Lutheran, located in Tacoma, Washington, to the NCAA Division III National Championship in softball while piling up over 100 wins during her five years at the school. Van Nostrand was also named the NCAA National Softball Coach of the Year in 2012.

Prior to her time at Pacific Lutheran, Van Nostrand was the head softball coach at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she logged over 20 wins in each of her four seasons, including a school-record 31 wins in 2008.

“Erin Van Nostrand brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this position and to our athletics department,” Lehman Director of Athletics Martin L. Zwiren said in a statement. “Her experience in coaching, athletic administration and compliance, not to mention her outstanding record as an NCAA National Championship winning coach, will be an asset to our athletic department. I am confident our department, coaching staff and our student-athletes will benefit from Erin’s experience and knowledge that she gained coaching at the national level.”

Van Nostrand will begin her new job immediately.

“I’m extremely grateful to Dr. Zwiren and the Lehman College administration for this opportunity,” Van Nostrand said.

Bronx Science, DeWitt Clinton, volleyball, lacrosse, CMSV, Lehman, Erin Van Nostrand, sports notebook, Sean Brennan

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