High schools: Niskayuna girls’ lacrosse romps under new coach

PHOTOGRAPHER: Stan Hudy

Ballston Spa’s Brianna Bonds is trapped between Niskayuna’s Ashlyn McPartlon, left, and Maria Isakalakos Monday afternoon in the teams’ high school lacrosse season opener at Niskayuna. Niskayuna won, 16-0.

In her first game as head coach at her alma mater, Alexis Licht’s Niskayuna girls’ lacrosse team produced a dominant win Monday to start its spring season.

Niskayuna topped Ballston Spa 16-0 in a Suburban Council game, as Hannah Collins scored four goals, while Sophia Boler and Dharma Makarowsky each added three.

Licht’s debut season as Niskayuna’s head coach was delayed a year when last spring’s campaign was canceled because of restrictions related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Before Licht was named head coach, she served as an assistant coach for former head coach Jason Bach.

“It’s been great to come back, and be here and be a part of this program again,” Licht said.

IN OTHER ACTION

Carly Wise scored six goals in Saratoga Springs’ 13-7 Suburban Council girls’ lacrosse win against Shaker.

In a non-league softball game, Emma Thompson’s walk-off hit scored Maryssa Sano in Troy’s 1-0 win against Catholic Central. In victory, Olivia DeCitise struck out 15 batters in a complete-game shutout.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

SUBURBAN COUNCIL

NISKAYUNA 16, BALLSTON SPA 0

Halftime: Niskayuna led 11-0. Ballston Spa scoring: None. Niskayuna scoring: Collins 4-1, Makarowsky 3-1, Boler 3-0, McPartlon 2-0, Reffelt 2-1, Cestaro 1-1, Tsakalakos 1-0, Zimmerman 0-1, Foley 0-2. Goalies: Ballston Spa, Hostetter, 15 saves. Niskayuna, Batko, 7 saves.

SARATOGA SPRINGS 13, SHAKER 7

Halftime score: Not reported. Shaker scoring: Bennett 1-0, Fecko 2-0, Pollicino 0-1, McCulloch 1-0, Resnick 1-1, Martino 1-0, Papa 0-1, Helm 1-0. Saratoga Springs scoring: Daly 1-1, Brooking 1-0, Burke 2-2, Wise 6-0, Wendell 1-0, Dean 2-3. Goalies: Shaker, Bette, 7 saves. Saratoga Springs, Rhude, 13 saves.

AVERILL PARK 19, ALBANY 3

Halftime score: Averill Park led 13-2. Albany scoring: Berry 1-0, Fish 1-0, Powell 1-0. Averill Park scoring: Gelder 4-0, Jamison 3-0, VanDerKar 2-1, Tessitore 4-2, Stern 1-0, Foster 3-4, Geraci 1-0, White 0-1. Goalies: Albany, Minarich, 4 saves. Averill Park, Garrison, 3 saves.

SOFTBALL

NON-LEAGUE

TROY 1, CATHOLIC CENTRAL 0

CCHS 000 000 0 — 0 5 0

Troy 000 000 1 — 1 3 0

Catholic Central highlights: Giuliano, 2 doubles. Troy highlights: DeCitise, 15 strikeouts; Ashline, 2 singles.

BOYS’ TENNIS

ADIRONDACK LEAGUE

HADLEY LUZERNE 7, CORINTH 0

Singles: Moulton (H-L) def. Glogowski 10-0; Smead (H-L) def. Smolinski 10-0; Hayes (H-L) def. Sprague 10-6; Smead (H-L) def. Tevendale 10-0; Schreiner (H-L) win by forfeit. Doubles: Wilson/Frasier (H-L) def. Glogowski/MacQueen 10-0; Kader/Winslow (H-L) def. Almontaser/Peterson 10-6.

LAKE GEORGE 7, WARRENSBURG 0

Singles: Dee (LG) def. Joe Nissen 10-7; Bruening (LG) def. Moore 11-9; Siletti (LG) def. Putney 10-1; Seale (LG) def. Lareau 10-0; Zachary Bruno (LG) win by forfeit. Doubles: Wagemann/Cornelius (LG) def. Rafferty/McGrath 10-0; Chiaravalle/McLarty (LG) win by forfeit.

NORTH WARREN 7, GRANVILLE 0

Singles: Buttino (NW) def. O’Leary 10-2; Jennings (NW) def. Weeden 10-3; Buttino (NW) def. O’Leary 10-0; Maxwell (NW) def. Lapierre 10-0; Swartz (NW) win by forfeit. Doubles: Peet/Robbins (NW) def. Weeden/Tooley 10-1; Staunches/Robbins (NW) win by forfeit.

FOOTHILLS COUNCIL

QUEENSBURY 7, HUDSON FALLS 0

Singles: Allen (Q) def. J. Morton 6-0, 6-0; Milza (Q) def. D. Morton 6-0, 6-0; Lamy (Q) def. Rohm 6-0, 6-0; Osika (Q) win by forfeit; LaFasciano (Q) win by forfeit. Doubles: Povie/Jones (Q) win by forfeit; Otruba/Crandall(Queensbury) win by forfeit.

SOUTH GLENS FALLS 4, SCHUYLERVILLE 1

Singles: Brennan (SGF) def. Ross 6-0, 6-0; Willis (SGF) def. Early 6-4, 0-6, 6-2; Dwyer (S) def. Ing 6-1, 6-1; Vasak (SGF) def. White 6-0, 6-3; Mallette (SGF) def. Bartholomew 6-1, 6-1.