Nantucket Current | Sports Roundup: Baseball Improves To 3-1, Girls…

This Whaler sports activities roundup consists of an replace on the baseball group following their second straight shutout victory to enhance to 3-1 on the season, the ladies lacrosse group following a convincing win of their dwelling opener, the boys lacrosse group following a street victory in opposition to a powerful Cape opponent, the ladies tennis group following a street matchup, and the crusing group following an away regatta in Hyannis.

The Whaler baseball group beat the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Crusaders 7-0 in 5 innings Wednesday afternoon to enhance to 3-1 this season. Senior Ronald Del Rosario Gomez went 2 for 3 with a team-high 3 runs batted in to guide the Whaler’s offensive assault.

“We’re feeling pretty good about where we are at right now,” Whaler head coach Jack Pearson said. “I can feel that there’s a confidence within the collective group. We hit the ball hard. We’re putting the pressure on the other team. I couldn’t tell you how many stolen bases in four and a half innings today and (Tuesday), but it was a bunch. We played clean defense and we threw strikes.”

Henry Tejada did somewhat little bit of all the pieces on the diamond Wednesday afternoon. He pitched three innings of scoreless baseball, struck out six batters, and allowed simply two hits. Tejada additionally completed the day 2 for 3 with an RBI double on the plate after hitting his first dwelling run of the season on Tuesday, and performed left discipline the ultimate two innings.

“Henry’s off-speed stuff has a good bite, but he hasn’t even really flashed the changeup, which is maybe his best pitch,” Pearson mentioned. Like (Tuesday) with Ronald, we caught to the sport plan which is we needn’t overpower anyone within the first inning. Let’s simply set up the zone, let’s fill it up with strikes and then you definately attain again on a couple of when you could, and combined within the breaking ball when the state of affairs known as for it, and stored them off steadiness.”

Keegan Bedell made his debut on the mound and tossed two shutout innings whereas putting out two batters.

The play of the day was made within the backside of the third inning when sophomore outfielder Justin Torres made an incredibly athletic move to leap over the Crusader’s catcher’s mitt to avoid a tag at home and lengthen Nantucket’s result in 6-0. Torres has had a superb begin to his sophomore season and the play was symbolic of the way in which this group has performed via 4 video games.

“That was maybe the most athletic play I’ve seen on a baseball field,” Pearson mentioned. “He had the right initial read, and then he didn’t trust it and he stopped in his tracks. Now he’s in no-man’s land and it was just like, ‘Well, I got to come up with something.’ Then he just vaulted over the catcher. That was pretty cool.”

Nantucket now heads off island for a matchup with their largest rival, Martha’s Vineyard. Since Pearson took over this system within the spring of 2021, the Whalers have solely overwhelmed the Vineyarders as soon as.

“The Vineyards is always a good benchmark game for us,” Pearson mentioned. “We’re deep. We’ve got six outfielders that could probably play centerfield on most of the teams we’re playing. They’re fighting for some playing time and that’s a good problem to have as a head coach. There is a team mentality to it. They’re feeling themselves right now.”

The Whalers will try to improve to 3-0 on Saturday, April 4^th when they host Martha’s Vineyard at 10:15 a.m. You can view more photos from this game here.

The women tennis group went on the street and performed the St. John Paul II Lions Wednesday afternoon to start their season, however misplaced 0-4-1.

In singles play, Gabby Nikolova received the nod because the group’s third singles participant and misplaced an in depth matchup in a tiebreaker. She gained the primary set 6-2, misplaced the second set 0-6, after which misplaced the tiebreaker 7-10. After the match, Nikolova mentioned it was an excellent first match for her.

“The first set I was hitting balls deep, having consistent serves, and hustling back and forth for every ball,” she defined. “My opponent was getting really angry and I was using that to my advantage. However, the second set I got in my head. I was making stupid mistakes, such as hitting the ball into the net and hitting the ball too hard. The tiebreaker was very close, but I double faulted which ruined my mentality. To improve I will work on my temper, as well as taking my time to time hitting the ball perfectly to avoid it hitting the net. Overall, I’m impressed with the way I played and will continue to work in practice to avoid these silly mistakes.”

Head coach Luke Thornewill mentioned afterwards that they have been enjoyable matches to look at with nice factors throughout the board.

“We lost but made it very difficult and uncomfortable for them,” he mentioned. “That was our realistic goal, which we accomplished. Special mention to the three top singles matches – exceptional play.”

The Whalers might be again in motion on Friday, April 3^rd for his or her dwelling opener in opposition to the Barnstable Red Hawks at 4 p.m.

The boys lacrosse group went on the street to play the Barnstable Red Hawks Thursday afternoon and gained 6-3 behind some stellar goaltending by senior captain Jeremy Jenkinson.

Jenkinson completed the sport with 14 saves. Nolen Mosscrop led the group with two targets whereas Arann Hanlon, Andrick Mooney, Marco La Chuisa, and Noah Stringer every scored one aim. Jake Grant led the group with two assists whereas Hanlon and Canton Jenkinson every had one helper.

Head coach Sam Aloisi mentioned he felt his group made their share of errors and that they need to’ve gained the sport by six or seven targets had they performed a cleaner sport. However, Aloisi acknowledged that Barnstable is a quick and bodily group that continues to enhance yearly and mentioned he felt this efficiency was “not too bad” for his or her first street sport.

Nantucket will try to enhance to 3-0 once they journey to Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday, April 4th for a 12:30 p.m. sport.

The Whaler crusing group went over to Hyannis to face Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod Academy on a chilly day on the water, and misplaced each regattas in accordance with head coach Bruce Turner. Nantucket’s subsequent regatta is scheduled for Saturday, April 4th at dwelling in opposition to Fairfield Ludlowe at 12 p.m.

SCHEDULE AHEAD:

Friday, April third:

The women tennis group will host Barnstable High School at 4 p.m.