Thursday was a day for big, round numbers. A 500, a 343, a couple of 300s, a 250, a 200, plus more. Despite the rain, a nearly full slate of baseball, softball, lacrosse, and tennis were played and conference and league crowns are being claimed with just over a week left in the regular season.
As always, we start with more than than 75 recaps from Thursday’s slate: Scoreboard | Baseball | Softball | Boys’ lacrosse | Girls’ lacrosse | Boys’ volleyball | Girls’ tennis | Boys’ tennis
1. Milestones and moments
We’ll get to the biggest number, but we must start with Braintree senior Bella Duffy, who not only netted the tying and winning goals to beat Weymouth, 10-9, but finished a five-goal, one-assist day with 343 points (272 goals, 71 assists), matching the program record set by former Sacred Heart standout Grace Reinold in 2018. Interestingly, Reinold has coached Duffy, who now has 81 goals and 17 assists this season, on her Laxachusetts club team.
The biggest number of the day belonged to Marblehead junior Tessa Francis, who struck out 15 in a 13-2 win over Latin Academy, finishing the day with exactly 500 career strikeouts.
Notching their 300th career points were North Andover senior Isa Robinson (7 goals in a 15-7 win over Billerica) and Medfield senior Kendall Herrick (3 goals in a 10-7 win over Reading). Robinson’s Scarlet Knights teammate Taylor Farrell made her 100th career save as the team claimed a Merrimack Valley Conference championship.
Sandwich boys’ lacrosse coach Mike McNeil notched his 250th career victory by beating Bridgewater-Raynham, 11-5, and Scituate senior Owen Hofford recorded his 200th career point in a 16-3 win over Pembroke.
2. Walk-off win
A wild pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth allowed the Burlington baseball team (9-7) to escape with a narrow 5-4 Middlesex League win over Wilmington.
3. Three stars
Edy Latour, Dighton-Rehoboth — The sophomore struck out seven and walked two while firing a no-hitter to beat Plymouth South, 8-0, helping her own cause with a hit and an RBI.
Ellie Barbarick, Georgetown — The sophomore blasted two home runs and knocked in four runs, leading the Royals to a 12-0 win over Amesbury, which clinched their first Cape Ann League Baker Division title in 15 years.
Lacey Roche, West Bridgewater — A menace on the basepaths, the seventh-grader collected four hits and five stolen bases, adding an RBI and a run scored in a 4-2 win over Fairhaven.
4. Going, going, gone
Dighton-Rehoboth’s Haleigh Kelley continued to crush the ball, matching Barbarick by delivering a pair of home runs in an 8-0 win over Plymouth South, giving her five round-trippers this month and six on the season.
North Attleborough freshman Alessandra Cautilli cranked an inside-the-park home run and Randolph eighth-grader Gianna Singleton sent one out. Kenley Thomas of Upper Cape and Kyle Doney of St. Mary’s also left the park Thursday.
5. Daily lacrosse leaderboard
Goals
Elle Murphy, Cardinal Spellman, 9
Julia Kipperman, Nauset, 8
Mac Cole, Pentucket, 7
Tim Donovan, Cohasset, 7
Isa Robinson, North Andover, 7
Conor Walsh, Whittier Tech, 7
Sophia Fruci, Walpole, 6
Ava MacLean, Walpole, 6
Willy Robinson, Scituate, 6
Charlie Siciliano, Bedford, 6
Gavan Biggins, Rockland, 5
Bella Duffy, Braintree, 5
Cylas Hickey, East Bridgewater, 5
Aaron McDonald, Weymouth, 5
Cole Rodgers, Sandwich, 5
Kam Tremblay, Billerica,
Points
Walsh, Whittier Tech, 12
Donovan, Cohasset, 10
Brayden Mattera, Walpole, 10
Robinson, Scituate, 10
Murphy, Cardinal Spellman, 9
Robinson, North Andover, 9
Kipperman, Nauset, 8
MacLean, Walpole, 8
Rodgers, Sandwich, 8
Charlie Carroll, Marshfield, 7
Cole, Pentucket, 7
Kyla Darmon, Sandwich, 7
Braden Martin, Billerica, 7
Shane Mulcahy, Cohasset, 7
7. Daily strikeout leaderboard
Tessa Francis, Marblehead, 15
Amaya Flood, Greater Lowell, 13
Brian Mancinelli, St. John Paul II, 11
Tristan Maher, Middleborough, 10
Carter Sahagian, Marblehead, 10
Liana Danubio, Abington, 9
Matthew Disarcina, Burlington, 9
8. College corner
The spring college awards season has arrived and former MIAA standouts are littering the lists.
In the NEWMAC, BC High graduate and Wheaton senior infielder Timmy Wagner was named baseball Player of the Year after hitting .398 with a .495 OBP, 1.121 OPS, league-leading 73 RBIs, and league-leading 30 walks.
Congrats to @WheatonLyons Timmy Wagner, who was voted the NEWMAC Baseball Player of the Year!
Hit .407 in NEWMAC play
— NEWMAC (@NEWMACsports) May 14, 2025
Beverly graduate Brayden Clark, a graduate student at Salve Regina, was crowned NEWMAC Pitcher of the Year after posting nine wins with 104 strikeouts and a 1.94 ERA in 74⅓ innings.
The NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Year was Ashland alum Brandon Grover, now a graduate student outfielder for Salve Regina, where he made 54 putouts without an error.
Making the NEWMAC First Team for baseball was AMSA graduate Andrew Cash (WPI) and the second team featured Brant Savage (St. John’s Shrewsbury/Charlton/Babson), Dom Mariani (Xaverian/Walpole/Clark), Casey Wensley (Bridgewater-Raynham/Wheaton), Evan O’Rourke (Arlington/Salve Regina), Jason Finkelstein (Walpole/Babson), and Shea Donovan (Milton/Salve Regina).
Local products were equally dominant in the NESCAC baseball awards, with Wellesley High graduate Kyle McCausland of Middlebury capturing Player of the Year honors for the second time in three years after a senior season in which he led the league in RBIs (47) and home runs (12), finishing with a .711 slugging percentage and 1.177 OPS.
HUGE Congrats to Nokona Alum Kyle McCausland @KMcCausland15 of @midd_baseball on being named PLAYER OF THE YEAR and 1st Team All Conference in the @NESCAC ! 2-time Player of the Year for the NESCAC and has rewritten the record books! Unbelievable career! So proud #nokona pic.twitter.com/YhLtNU4ZFT
— Nokona Baseball (@nokona_baseball) May 15, 2025
The NESCAC Co-Pitchers of the Year were Colby senior Ryan Grecco (Andover) and Williams sophomore Owen McHugh (Milton). Grecco went 5-3 with a 2.72 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 53 strikeouts in 53 innings to become the first Colby pitcher to win the award. Similarly, McHugh is the first Williams pitcher to claim the award after he posted a 2.27 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 39⅔ innings with a 3-1 record.
Making the NESCAC First Team for baseball were senior James O’Connor (Noble & Greenough/West Newton/Williams), senior Ben Leonard (Medfield/Tufts), and sophomore EJ Nevills (Westwood/Amherst). Earning spots on the Second Team were Chester Boynton (Middlesex/Concord/Hamilton), Liam Foley (Xaverian/Wrentham/Bowdoin), James Henshon (Roxbury Latin/Wellesley/Tufts), Ernie Little (Austin Prep/Melrose/Wesleyan), Will Bordes (Milton Academy/Groton/Bowdoin), Jacob Lapp (Phillips Andover/Tufts), and Jacob Sherf (Marblehead/Middlebury). Henshon is a former Globe Foundation/Phelps Scholar-Athlete recipient.
Making the NESCAC softball First Team was Bates’s Isabel Bettencourt, a Peabody graduate, and the Second Team featured her Bates teammate Ella Maher, a Newton North alumna.
Owen Sanders, a Catholic Memorial graduate and senior catcher at Hobart, was named to the All-Liberty League baseball third team. After transferring from Gettysburg, Sanders hit .263 with 16 RBIs in 26 games.
Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.
