Girls’ Soccer

The Tigers’ girls’ soccer squad was living in shutout city last week by blanking Norwich Free Academy 4-0 on Oct. 10 and defeating East Haven 6-0 the next day. Hand later posted a 6-2 blowout of Lyman Hall on Oct. 14 to finish the week at 8-1-3.

Taylor Scully scored four goals to lead Hand over Lyman Hall. Senior captain Sam Mayhew added a goal and an assist, plus senior captain Nicole Luongo had one goal. Sophie Dickman and Sophie Cohen each added assists for Hand. Goalkeeper Lily Geshwind made five saves with the Tigers outshooting the Trojans 28-6.

“Defender Viv Mazzarella had a strong game, winning balls and starting the attack out of the back, connecting passes to midfielders and forwards. Outside midfielder Gabby Egidio was always dangerous penetrating out wide. She was robbed twice by Lyman Hall goalkeeper Aquia Providence,” said Head Coach David Dikranian. “Even though we scored early and were playing well, we had a little bit of a letdown and allowed Lyman Hall to get back into the game late in the first half. But to our credit, we came out strong the second half, played hard, and played better.”

Girls’ Volleyball

Hand notched a five-set win over Lauralton Hall on Oct. 11. Three days later, the Tigers took a 3-0 loss to Mercy to drop to 11-4 overall and 5-1 in the SCC Oronoque Division.

Field Hockey

Hand took a non-conference loss by a 4-0 final to Darien on Oct. 10.

The Tigers were then edged out 2-1 by Lauralton Hall the following day with Glena-Kate Gies scoring Hand’s goal from Jacqui Sandor.

After that, Hand netted a 7-0 win over North Haven on Oct. 13. The Tigers’ goal scorers were Hollis Wivell, Gies, Sophie Schreck, Sandor, Maddy Combs, Allison Lord, and Claire Doheny. Kelsey Delahunt, Mariah Concannon, Gies, Schreck, Nora McCarthy, Taylor Leckey, Jessica Lundgren, and Jenni Burns tallied assists. Abby Meehan made one save in net for the Tigers.

Hand finished the week at 5-5-2 overall and 5-2-1 in SCC-counting games following a 1-1 draw with Cheshire on Oct. 14. Erickson Richard scored the lone goal to tie the game with 7:17 left before halftime. Kylie Gargiulo made six saves.

Girls’ Cross Country

The Tigers had a tri-meet in Guilford on Oct. 13 and took a 22-33 defeat to the host Indians, but defeated Foran 17-44.

Meghan Phillips finished the race in third with a time of 19:45. Gabby Martin followed in fourth (20:05), Emily Baker was seventh (20:10), and Jade Law was 10th (20:35). Additionally, Madison Rotermund finished 11th (20:55), Victoria Hartmann was 13th (21:00), Emily Connelly finished in 15th (21:15), Ariana Cullam placed 18th (21:54), and in 20th was Ashlinn Virgulto (22:10).

Boys’ Cross Country

Hand took a 15-49 loss to Guilford in a road meet on Oct. 13.

Girls’ Swimming and Diving

Hand lost 94-87 to Cheshire on Oct. 10 and then defeated Branford 91-87 on Oct. 13 to push its record to 7-3.

Against Cheshire, there was a third place finish by the 200 medley relay team of Ruby Redlich, Caroline Genther, Case Porter, and Allie Mascia (2:01.77). In the 200 freestyle, Genther took second (2.08.26). In the 200 individual medley, Kelly Doktorski took first in 2:20.96 with Gaby Wira in third at 2:32.52. Mascia took first in the 50 free (25.7). For the 100 butterfly, Doktorski took first (1:03.99) and Emma Connolly was second (1:04.02). Mascia finished third in the 100 freestyle in 58.03. In the 500 free, Hand finished second and third behind Genther (5:32.86) and Redlich (5:53.44). The 200 free relay team of Kylie Scarpellino, Porter, Sammy Tuveson, and Doktorski finished with a time of 1:59.36. The 100 backstroke saw a second place finish by Redlich at 1:08.18. In the 100 breaststroke, Wira in first for Hand (1:18.98) and Scarpellino followed in 1:23.94. The meet finished with a time of 4:03.63 for the 400 free relay of Erin Reilly, Redlich, Doktorski, and Mascia. In diving, Noelle Bergere took first (265.50) with Mary Huminski in fourth (178.87) and Julia Bloomfield in fifth (168.22) as all three qualified for states.

Facing Branford, the Tigers took first and second in the 200 medley relay with the teams of Kayla Mendonca, Genther, Porter, and Mascia (first in 1:59.04), as well as Redlich, Wira, Connolly, and Erin Reilly (2:04.36). The 200 free was won by Genther (2:08.32), who was followed in third by Redlich at 2:11.66. Doktorski took first in the 200 IM in 2:21.43. In the 50 free, Mascia took first in 26.17 with Reilly in third at 28.61. In the 100 fly, Hand placed first and second behind Connolly (1:04.2)5 and Porter (1:06.74). There was also a 1-2 finish in the 100 free by Mascia (57.30) and Doktorski (57.90). In the 500 free, Genther came in first at 5.31.44 and Grace Lawton was second in 6:01.66. The 200 free relay of Scarpellino, Wira, Mendonca, and Doktorski took second in 1:52.45 with the team of Kathryn Chimbolo, Abby Falato, Tuveson, and Lawton in third at 2:06.61. In the 400 free relay, the team of Connolly, Doktorski, Mendonca and Mascia finished in 3:55.33. Bergere took first in diving at 234.95, Mary Huminski was third (172.95), and Julia Bloomfield finished fifth (162). In exhibition, Redlich swam the 100 back in 1:04.83, while Wira finished the 100 breaststrooke in 1:18.05