Eagles Notebook: Varsity Baseball Wins Series Over Panthers

Baseball

Rocky Point improved its league record to 5-1 by taking two out of three games in a series against crosstown rival Miller Place last week.

Game 1

In Game 1 on Monday, the Eagles got out to an early lead only to see the Panthers come back from a three-run deficit before ultimately retaking the lead and closing out a 7-6 win.

Miller Place was trailing 4-1 before they flipped the switch and hit two two-run home runs, one by Nick Acevedo and Shane Paparelli to take a 5-4 lead. The Eagles ended up winning on a sacrifice fly by Dan Alkon in the top of the seventh. Acevedo took the loss on the mound for the Panthers, while Eagles' pitcher Joe DeFrank earned the win.

Game 2

The Eagles sealed the series win Thursday with a 10-2 victory over the Panthers in easy fashion.

Eagles pitcher Brine Gill allowed just three hits while striking out four to earn the win. Cody McPartland went yard for the Panthers

Game 3

The Panthers were able to avoid a sweep as they held on to a 5-4 victory.

McPartland earned his first varsity win as the Panthers got out to a 5-2 lead in the sixth inning thanks in part to a Matt Hinchy RBI double. The Eagles cut it to one run, but Hinchy's big game (3-4, 3 RBIs) was enough of a cushion for the win.

The Eagles will take on Shoreham-Wading River (4-2) in a three-game set on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. All games start at 2 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse

The struggles continued for the varsity boys lacrosse team as they remained winless and fell to 0-5 in League II play with a loss to Glenn (3-1) Wednesday and Bayport-Blue Point (4-1) Friday.

Wednesday's game went to three overtimes before Glenn's Mike Trufano scored in the third OT to seal an 11-10 loss for the Eagles.

Kevin Cain made 15 saves in net and Nick Loscalzo scored three goals for the Eagles in the heartbreaking loss.

On Friday, the Eagles found themselves facing an eight-point deficit heading into halftime which proved too large to overcome in an 11-5 loss to Bayport-Blue Point

Loscalzo added three more goals and an assist for the Eagles in the loss.

Softball

The Eagles dropped to 3-4 with one win and two losses during the week.

Annie Kennedy took the loss in a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Shoreham-Wading River (5-3) Monday and in a 12-0 loss to Eastport-South Manor Thursday. Kennedy, however, starred at the plate in Friday's 16-6 at League V's Harborfields with three hits.

Boys Tennis

The Eagles improved to 6-2 in Division IV action with a 6-1 win over Hampton Bays (0-6) Monday and a 4-3 win over Center Moriches (1-6) Thursday.

The boys have the week off before facing Floyd on Monday, April 25.

Boys Track and Field

The boys fell to 1-3 with a 77-60 loss to Sayville (1-2) Tuesday and a 85-56 loss to Shoreham-Wading River (2-1) Thursday.

Girls Track and Field

A 95-55 loss to undefeated Shoreham-Wading River (3-0) Monday drops the Eagles' record to 1-2 on the year.