Or maybe they enjoyed it too much.
Five days later the Tigers’ season came to a crashing end in a 19-4 loss to Suffolk…
By Dylan Butler
The Queensborough Community College baseball team had very little time to enjoy its second straight CUNYAC baseball championship.
Or maybe they enjoyed it too much.
Five days later the Tigers’ season came to a crashing end in a 19-4 loss to Suffolk Community College in the first round of the Region XV tournament at Legion Field in Brooklyn Monday.
Anthony Amira went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs and two runs scored to lead No. 6 Suffolk (14-16), which advanced to play Dutchess CC in the second round.
“When you play the CUNY before (the Region XV tournament) and win it, it’s almost like the season is over, said Queensborough coach Craig Everett. “To some of the guys, they already won the championship.”
In the CUNY title game May 5 at the College of Staten Island, Whitestone native Frank Turzo was named MVP after going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs, Felipe Martinez was 3-for-4 with an RBI and former Grover Cleveland standout Mike Boothby earned the win in three innings of relief.
“That was definitely one of the goals we set at the start of the season,” Everett said. “We expect to be in that game every year and we won it again.”
Catcher Anthony Gonzalez and Martinez at third base both earned All-Region XV first team honors, while outfielder Tommy Reo and second baseman Ricky Cruz were named to the second team for Queensborough, which finished its season with a 14-10 record in the region.
Baseball
St. John’s 8, New York Tech 2. Blake Hershelman belted a three-run third-inning home run and Anthony Varvaro improved to 7-2, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out five with four walks for St. John’s (30-16) in a non-league game at The Ballpark at St. John’s Saturday.
The two teams meet again Thursday on Senior Night before the Red Storm opens a critical Big East series at home against Seton Hall Saturday.
Softball
Notre Dame 3, St. John’s 0. Sara Schoonaert went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Steffany Stenglein threw a complete-game three-hit shutout for No. 22 Notre Dame (46-16, 18-2 Big East), which completed a doubleheader sweep of St. John’s (28-26, 10-10) Sunday.
In her final game at St. John’s, Courtney Fitzgerald picked up the loss in 1.1 innings, dropping to 17-5.
Notre Dame 8, St. John’s 1. Carrie Wisen went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Mallorie Lenn went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Fighting Irish in the opening game of the doubleheader. Allina Sainz went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Red Storm.
St. John’s 4, Syracuse 1. Fitzgerald and Brittany Crouch combined to throw a five-hitter, and Jillian Sandoval and Tami Hill each drove in a run for the Red Storm to complete a doubleheader sweep Saturday.
St. John’s 4, Syracuse 3. Cassie Morales drove in two runs and Megan Oliver scored the winning run as the Red Storm rallied to score four runs in the final two innings in Game 1 of the doubleheader.
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