Suffolk Softball Preview
O’Brien, Owen. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 31 Mar 2019:
LONGWOOD LIONS
Coach: Joe Calarco
2018 record: 21-3
KEY PLAYERS
Sarah Barrett, 2B/SS, Jr.; Kaelyn Correia, SS/2B/OF, Sr.; Natalie Intrieri, OF/P Sr.; Kayleigh Olsen, C/3B/SS, Jr.; Angelina Oquendo, P/2B, Sr.
Sam Butler went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and hit a walk-off two-run home run to lead Sachem North past Longwood, 5-3, in Suffolk I softball Thursday. She also struck out five in a complete game. Keira Mahoney’s RBI single in the bottom of the fifth tied the score at 3 for the Flaming Arrows. March 29
#LVS with an 11-1 win over Ward Melville. Kayleigh Olsen went 2/2 with a 2B, and a 3-Run-HR over the left center field fence. Jordan Mancuso earned her first Varsity Win, pitching 4 scoreless innings. Natalie Intrieri continues to play great, going 2/4 with a SB and 2 RBI’s. April 2
Sachem North 5, Longwood 3: Haylee Strazza had a sacrifice fly to drive in pinch-runner Sarah Berkits to give Sachem North (9-1) a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth in Suffolk I. Berkits pinch ran for Sam Butler, who had a double in the inning and recorded the win. Alicia Ventiere had a two-out, two-run triple in the seventh inning to give Sachem North a 3-2 lead and Kayleigh Olsen had an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score at 3 for Longwood. – Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 28 Apr 2019:
#LVS -4, WM -2. Samantha “Chicken” Marsala started the top of the 7th with a double and Danielle Wenzek later squeezed her in to get the scoring started! Kaelyn “KC” Correia later doubled in 2 runs and Natalie “Smooth” Intrieri drove in the 4th run to make #LVS 9-3 on the season.
Congratulations to Longwood Varsity Softball #LVS for clinching a playoff spot for the 3rd straight season yesterday with a 4-2 win over Ward Melville. #FacesChangeGoalsRemain #TTP #Family
#LVS-5, C.I.-4. Natalie “Smooth” Intrieri had an RBI in the first inning and later on, her and Kayleigh Olsen got tricky on the bases. Maddie ‘Hollywood” Heidrick had 5IP, and scored the winning run on a fly ball by Danielle Wenzek in the 7th to give #LVS (10-3) the win. May 3
#LVS-14, William Floyd-1. #LVS (11-3) had great performances all over the diamond. Great games by Angie Oquendo and Kaelyn Correia!
Jessica Hanley triples, scores only run in Commack victory
There wasn’t much time to think. Jessica Hanley just had to go for it.
After three scoreless innings, Hanley knew she needed to spark a rally to lead off the fourth. What she didn’t realize is she would start and finish the scoring. After lining a triple down the rightfield line, she scored with a head-first slide following an overthrow on the cutoff in host Commack’s 1-0 victory over Longwood on Thursday in Suffolk I softball.
“I knew since I was leading off the inning, the team really needed to get some runs on the board,” Hanley said. “So when I got the hit, I just thought ‘Run.’ I didn’t think anything of it.”
Hanley was unsure whether coach Harold Cooley would send her home, but when he was waving her around third, she wasn’t going to be denied the run — even if it meant some scrapes and a trip to the medical kit.
“I thought he was stopping me at first, but I knew I had to go,” Hanley said. “I was scared he was going to send me, but confident once I got to the plate. I just thought ‘Go for it.’ ”
“I was sending her either way,” Cooley said. “If she gets thrown out, she gets thrown out. At that point, there weren’t many hits in the game. I felt defensively we were still in control, so sometimes in a tight game like this, you need to take shots.”
Longwood (11-5) fought back in the seventh, when Kaelyn Correia led off by reaching on an error. With one out and Correia on second, Emmi Katz entered in relief of Sarah O’Connor. She induced a groundout, followed by a walk, and ended the game with a strikeout. Katz, who usually starts, called coming in relief a “challenge,” but she wanted the ball in her hand.
“It’s definitely one of those things where the adrenaline keeps me going,” Katz said.
O’Connor tossed 6 1/3 innings for Commack (8-5), allowing two hits and one walk, with four strikeouts. Angie Oquendo threw a complete game for Longwood, surrendering four hits and one walk, striking out three.
“I love the pressure and I really put myself out there,” O’Connor said. “I give it my all and I don’t let the mistakes affect me and I just go with it. I have to prove it to everyone else.”
#LVS -13, Riverhead-4 Congratulations to the Longwood Varsity Softball team for defeating Riverhead in the first round of the 2019 playoffs!! Danielle Wenzek went 4/5, with a Grand Slam, a solo Home-Run, a 2B, and 7 RBI’s! Next up is Bellport on 5/22 at 4pm at Longwood! May 21.
Samantha Rieb, Bellport: She tossed a three-hitter with eight strikeouts as No. 16 Bellport defeated No. 1 North Babylon, 1-0, in the first round of the Suffolk AA playoffs Monday. She then allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts in a 1-0 loss to Longwood Wednesday. May 26. – #LVS-1, Bellport-0, behind an amazing Complete Game Shutout by Angie Oquendo, the Lions now travel to West Islip for an 11am game. Come out and support our girls today, 5/24, at West Islip HS!! #LVS #FAMILY #TTP
#8LVS -4, #4West Islip -2. #LVS is back in the SEMIS 2 years in a row!! Oquendo went the distance with another solid 7, Emily “SCOOPS” Fenezia got the O going in the 3rd, and Sarah “WORM” Barrett had a great game. Great team WIN! #LVS #TTP #PlantSeedsWatchThemGrow #WeBelieve. May 25
#LVS BACK IN THE COUNTIES 2 YEARS IN A ROW! #TTP #PlantASeedWatchItGrow #Together. #LVS mounted a comeback and tied it up. In the top of the 7th with 2 outs and nobody on “Worm” got us started, then Danny kept it going, “Smooth” with the game winner, Olsen with the no doubter and KC & Marelli with the icing on top! AO with a CG 2-hitter!
Alexa Berry paces Commack win over Longwood in Suffolk AA softball final
By Peter Kersich[email protected]June 1, 2019
Commack had its back up against the wall for the fourth consecutive day as the Cougars met Longwood in the Suffolk Class AA softball finals Saturday afternoon.
Longwood, defending county champion, had yet to lose a playoff game, while Commack had already suffered a loss and was playing in its fourth elimination game.
“Every single game we just treat it as one more,” Commack shortstop Alexa Berry said. “We were seeded tenth and didn’t think we should have been seeded that [low]. We wanted to prove everyone wrong.”
Berry went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs and three RBIs to lead No. 10 Commack to an 8-3 win over No. 8 Longwood at Eastport South Manor Complex.
Commack (19-7) and Longwood (17-5) will play in a winner-take-all game Sunday at 2 p.m. at the same location for the county title.
Berry led off the top of the third with a blast to deep leftfield to give Commack a 2-0 lead. The homer was her seventh of the season and second of the playoffs.
Berry came through once again in the fourth when she ripped a two-out single to drive in Brianna Onal and Kellie Gentile to put the Cougars ahead 4-0, giving starting pitcher Emmi Katz all the run support she needed. Gentile had an RBI single, Onal went 2-for-3 with two runs, and Gabby Gomez and Alaina DePasquale each went 2-for-4 with a walk.
Katz struck out three in 6 2/3 innings and allowed six hits, no earned runs and one walk to earn her fourth win in four days.
“The first couple of days were tough,” Katz said. “After a while my body got used to it and I have been able to adjust really well.”
Heading into Sunday, there is no doubt in the mind of Commack coach Harold Cooley III of who will be in the pitching circle.
“She’s 100 percent taking the ball,” Cooley III said.
Katz added: “I’m going to take an Epsom salt bath when I get home, put ice on both my knees and my arm, icy hot on my back and I’ll be ready to go.”