MONROE, CT — Masuk High sports teams were busy, and successful, in game action during the first week of the season. The baseball, softball, girls golf, boys tennis and girls lacrosse teams all won on Tuesday.
Sluggers double up McMahon
Greg Nivison had three doubles, 4 RBI and two runs scored. Sean Minnick had two doubles and an RBI. Kaige Garrity had two hits and scored two runs. Brandon Fransico added an RBI single and Max Pizzolato hit a solo HR. Justin Feinstein started. Ryan Fedeli got the win, and Kaige Garrity and Colin Jarnutowski also worked relief with catcher Andrew LaBella.
Softball shutout
The Masuk softball team blanked Fairfield Warde 2-0. Kathryn Gallant allowed two hits for the win.
Natalie Lieto went 3-for-3 with 2 doubles and a single. Ella Bunovsky went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored. Gallant went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Sarah Falcone went 1-for-3 with a single and Izzy Viglione went 1-for-3 with a single and an RBI.
Fore!
At Whitney Farms, the girls golf team defeated Stratford 72-120. Carrie Wittenauer shot a 58, Kate Wittenauer a 49, Elissa Campos a 54, Izzy Roy a 55 and Gabby Peña a 56.
Boys tennis
Masuk 4, Newtown 3
Singles
No. 1 Sidarth Anil of Masuk defeated Sam Cannizzo of Newtown 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 Siddarth Pamulapati of Masuk defeated Josh Parsons of Newtown 7-6 (7-2 tie breaker), 7-5
No. 3 Anish Sharma of Masuk defeated Ben Ochs of Newtown 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
No. 4 Orion Bracksieck of Newtown defeated Aiden Silvestro of Masuk 6-4,-6-7, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 Owen Smith/Jack Dankenbrink of Masuk defeated Andrew Sposato/Alex Kyprianou of Newtown 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
No. 2 Michael Berry/Oliver Clancy of Newtown defeated Kevin Hayes/Sawyer Judge of Masuk 6-1,-6-2
No. 3 Ethan Hillefeld/Theo Anderson of Newtown defeated Daniel Sanchez/Manav Sannappanavar of Masuk 6-2, 6-2
Girls tennis
Newtown 5, Masuk 2
Masuk got wins at No. 3 singles as Kathry Conley defeated Ella Morits 6-3, 6-1, and No. 4 singles as Sara Leisawitz defeated Kessler Rhodan 6-1, 6-0.
Lacrosse action
Coming off a 17-goal performance and win over Shelton on Saturday, the girls lacrosse team toppled Trumbull 20-7 on Tuesday. The boys lacrosse team fell 6-4 to Trumbull on Tuesday.
Volleyball wins
In a match on Monday, the Panthers posted a 3-0 win over NFA on the volleyball court.
