Coasting To Victory — Newtown High Lacrosse And Tennis Teams Keep Rolling

By Andy Hutchison

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ lacrosse and tennis teams put together successful weeks, with all four squads winning each of their competitions.

Lacrosse Results

The girls’ lacrosse team had only one game in the final week of April, and toppled Bethel 20-6 at Treadwell Park behind four goals and two assists by Kaitlin Brophy and a three-goal performance by Erin Kenning. Meredith Bridges, Meghan Carney, Julia Trudell, and Riley Wurtz all scored twice. Jill Jagoe stopped all three shots she faced in relief, and the NHS defense blanked Bethel in the second half. Newtown improved to 6-1 overall.

The boys blanked Pomperaug of Southbury 18-0 at Blue and Gold Stadium on April 21 and won 19-4 at Bethel on April 26. In the win over Pomperaug, Lewis Thompson had five goals and five assists for a whopping ten points to lead the Nighthawks. Colby Summerlin registered five tallies and added an assist, and Justin Brophy logged two goals and set up four other to also take home a six-point effort. Trey Trudell and Will Northrop each scored a goal and had a pair of assists, and Dan Hebert, Tom Murphy, Brendan McNamara, and Matt Genovese also scored. McNamara had nine of Newtown’s 50 ground ball scoops. The Nighthawks erupted for 11 first-quarter goals and led 15-0 at halftime.

Against Bethel, Thompson logged another five-goal performance and, along with Hebert who had two goals and five assists, finished with seven points. Trudell had three goals and an assist. Thompson and McNamara both scooped seven of the team’s 53 ground balls, and McNamara won 14 of the 16 faceoffs he took as Newtown improved to 7-0.

Tennis Highlights

The girls’ tennis team blanked New Milford 7-0 on April 25 and cruised past Stratford 7-0 the next day — winning both matches on the road to improve to 6-2 overall. Newtown carried a five-match winning streak into the middle of the week.

Results from the New Milford match are as follows:

Singles

1. Lauren Frazzetta defeated Nicole Durosko 6-0, 6-0.

2. Ale Fuentes defeated Jami Valzania 6-2, 6-2.

3. Grace Winans defeated Macey Farnsworth 6-2, 6-0

4. Maria Bondi defeated Ashlyn Pacific 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

1. Meghan Loose and Julia Frattaroli defeated Patricia Grob and Rachel Gioia 6-0, 6-0

2. Sara Benson and Stephanie Roman defeated Margaret Mester and Stephanie Palumbo 6-1, 6-1

3. Ayesha Dholakia and Maggie Kost defeated Anna Scillitoe and Lindsey Partlow 6-1, 6-2

The NHS boys’ tennis team defeated New Milford 5-2 at home on April 25 and blanked Stratford 7-0, also at home, the next day, to improve to 4-1 overall. In the win over New Milford, Newtown came out on top in all of the singles matches, and was victorious at No. 1 doubles. Results are as follows:

Singles:

1. Rob Beier defeated Mike Stoklosa, 6-1, 6-0;

2. Tyler Ruefenacht defeated Dan Winter, 6-3, 6-2;

3. Cam McCleary defeated Nick Eherts, 6-2, 6-1;

4. Ricky Fuentes defeated Liam Lynch, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles:

1. Connor Howell and Sean Elliott defeated Josh Jugler and Luke Stolz, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

2. Don Orcutt and John Rajagapalon (NM) defeated Adam Oelberg and Yossi Kohrman-Glaser, 6-4, 6-2

3. Matt Svinte and Adam Svinte (NM) defeated Nic Klein and Charlie Poarch, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

 

The win over Stratford marked Newtown’s fourth in a row, and gave the Hawks a perfect 4-0 mark in South-West Conference play. Results are as follows:

Singles: 

1. Rob Beier defeated Brandon Labraga, 6-0, 6-1

2. Tyler Ruefenacht defeated Dan Paproski, 6-0, 6-0

3. Cam McCleary defeated Ola Atayeb, 6-0, 6-0

4. Mason West defeated Richard Francois, 6-0, 6-0

 

Doubles:

1. Connor Howell and Sean Elliott defeated Marc Charles Morgette and Anthony Repasi, 6-3, 6-2

2. Adam Oelberg and Yossi Kohrman-Glaser defeated Nick Yarkur and Iruynson Mendes, 6-0, 6-1

3. Karan Marwak and Jordan Trager defeated Frank Sessa and Peter Lee Mesidoe, 6-0, 6-0