Longwood 13 Floyd 3, WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Bayona. March 29

Longwood 10 Sachem East 8, WP – LW: Noud. LP – Treanor. HR – LW: Worth 1; SE: Laird 1, Smith 1. March 30

Longwood 3, Commack 1: Andrea Karlman struck out four in a four-hitter and had two hits for Longwood in League I. Eighth-grader Leah Mele had the go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the third to put Longwood ahead 2-0. April 3

Longwood 14 Patchogue-Medford 3, WP – LW: Noud. LP – Rowland, Fazio. HR – LW: Klarman 2. Appril 5

Sachem North 3 Longwood 0, WP – SN: Sole. LP – N/A . HR – SN: Garry 1. April 7

Longwood 14 Brentwood 2, WP – LW: Lent. LP – Hernandez. April 8

Longwood 13 Ward Melville 1, WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Mussenden. April 12

Longwood 8 Lindenhurst 1, WP – LW: Noud. LP – Gallagher. April 13

Connetquot 1 Longwood 0, Erin Massman scored on a groundout by Nicole Wieczorek in the bottom of the fifth and Chelsea LaMarca threw a three-hitter with no walks and four strikeouts for Connetquot (6-1) in a League I/II crossover. WP – CON: LaMarca. LP – Klarman. April 15

Longwood 16, Bellport 10: Sara Rivadeneyra had five goals and two assists, Lindsey Eggers had four goals and two assists and Samantha Paluba made eight saves for Longwood (1-6) in non-league. April 24

Longwood 15 Sachem North 3, WP – LW: Noud. LP – Margolis. HR – LW: Klarman 1, Lent 1; SN: Nevola 1. Leah Mele went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Stephanie Worth 3-for-4 with an RBI for Longwood (8-1) in a League I/II crossover. April 26

Bay Shore 5 Longwood 2, WP – BS: McGowan. LP – Klarman. April 27

Northport 4 Longwood 2, WP – NPT: Jarrett. LP – Noud. HR – NPT: Jarrett. Molly Jarrett hit a three-run homer that also drove in Bree Halpin and Victoria Polla in the top of the third inning to give Northport (6-5) a 4-1 lead in a League I/II crossover. April 30

Whitman 4 Longwood 2, WP – WW: Schaber. LP – Klarman. May 3

Longwood 17, Central Islip 2: Andrea Klarman was 3-for-3 with three solo home runs and sophomore Noel Lent was 3-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high six RBIs for Longwood (9-4) in a League I/II crossover. Stephanie Keller was 2-for-2 with an RBI. May 4

Longwood 19 Floyd 4, WP – LW: Noud. LP – DiGiovanni. HR – LW: Klarman. May 6

Longwood 5 Sachem East 4, WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Treanor. HR – LW: Mele 1. May 10

Commack 10 Longwood 7, WP – C: Norotsky. LP – Noud. HR ; LW: Klarman.  May. 11

Longwood 9 Patchogue-Medford 2

WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Rowland. May 13

Longwood 16 Brentwood 0, WP – LW: Lent. LP – Hernandez. HR – LW: Lent 2, Klarman. May 20

Longwood 9 Ward Melville 4, WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Mussenden. HR – LW: Lent 2, Klarman 1. May 21

Suffolk Class AA first round

No. 5 Longwood 2  No. 12 Eastport-South Manor 0, WP – LW: Klarman. LP – Havens.

Klarman delivers big

CODY DERESPINA. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 26 May 2011:

Longwood standout pitcher Andrea Klarman put her team on her back for seven innings yesterday, allowing just three infield hits and no runs. Simultaneously, she helped end the playoff drought for a softball program that hadn’t seen a playoff win since 1986.

“The work that Andrea has put in to being a student of the game and being a smart pitcher is incredible,” coach Alicia Smith said.

On the strength of Klarman’s first shutout of the season and some aggressive play from the offense, No. 5 Longwood beat No. 12 Eastport-South Manor, 2-0, in the first round of the Suffolk playoffs.

Longwood hosts No. 13 Smithtown East tomorrow at 4 p.m.

The last time Longwood won a playoff game a gallon of gas was about 93 cents, Oprah Winfrey’s show debuted and the Mets won the World Series.

But the pressure of a quarter century never showed in a determined team that fought a hard battle with Commack and Sachem East for the League I title. All three eventually tied for the honor, going 14-5 in a tough schedule (1986 also was the last time Longwood won a league title, according to athletic director Kevin McCarthy).

In the bottom of the first, Longwood loaded the bases with nobody out on a single, infield hit and walk, and took a 1-0 lead on Alex Russo’s sacrifice fly. But ESM pitcher Catherine Havens stranded the remaining runners. 

In the fourth, Leah Mele crushed a one-out triple to left-center and scored on Sierra Noud’s suicide squeeze to make it 2-0.

“All I was getting was curveballs, so I moved in a little closer to the plate,” Mele said. “The umpire told me to back up. I backed up a tiny bit, but I was able to hit the curveball the next time she threw it.”

After taking the 2-0 lead, Klarman gave up a two-out infield hit in the fifth but then retired the final seven batters to seal it.

For the C.W. Post-bound Havens, the loss was the end of a brilliant career at ESM (11-8). The calm, gutsy hurler won a Suffolk Class A title last season and emerged as one of the top pitchers in the county.

“Obviously, I would have liked it to end a little better today,” Havens said. “But last year couldn’t have ended any better, and I have no regrets in my high school career.”

SCORECARD

LONGWOOD 2

ESM 0

Smithtown East 7, Longwood 5: Francesca Busa’s two-out, two-run single in the top of the eighth broke a tie at 5 to win it for No.13 Smithtown East in the Class AA quarterfinals. Andrea Klarman hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it for No.5 Longwood (15-7). Mackenzie Buckley went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs. Corinne Vazac went the distance for Smithtown East (14-8), which will play at No.1 Bay Shore at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. May 28