North Adams – The Trailblazers volleyball team snapped a five game losing streak with a three game sweep of Bard College tonight at the Amsler Center by scores of 25-19, 25-18, 25-22. Bard (8-6) kept it close with a very young team sporting no seniors and only two juniors; but the Trailblazers came up with the key points at the right times.
MCLA (6-12, 1-3) was led up front by the usual duo of Christina Kidd of Glens Falls, NY (8 kills, 12 digs) and Kayla Bromback (Lee, MA) who had 10 kills; but also got some needed help by sophomore Amanda Borsotti (Lee, MA) with 8 kills of her own. Marta Brown (Glens Falls, NY) had a game high 26 assists and Amanda Lane (Swansea, MA) earned 10 digs and added 3 service aces as well. Bard got a strong game from sophomore Eva Steinmetz (Altadena, CA).
Bard next takes on Cazenovia College at home Saturday at 1:00pm. The Trailblazers have a tri-match at Mitchell College in New London, CT with Mitchell and conference foe the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The first match will start at 2:00pm.
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Navigators Hand SteepleCats Sixth Straight Loss
By Ben McDonoughFor iBerkshires.com
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Shore Navigators capitalized on aggressive baserunning and timely hitting Friday night, defeating the North Adams SteepleCats 13-4 at Joe Wolfe Field and dropping the Cats to 0-6 on the young NECBL season.
The Navigators struck first in the opening inning against North Adams starter Garrett Gates. Michael Brown opened the game by reaching after being hit by a pitch before Hunter Kingsbury followed with an infield single. After a double steal moved both runners into scoring position, Gates recorded his first strikeout of the season by retiring Jay Slater. North Shore quickly responded, however, as Grant Hunter lined a two-run double into the gap to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.
North Adams threatened in the bottom of the first. Bobby Stang singled and stole second while Evan Meier worked a walk, but North Shore starter John Hegarty escaped the inning without allowing a run.
Gates settled in during the second inning, striking out Luke Johnson and working around a two-out double by Tyler Shulman to post a scoreless frame. He added two more strikeouts in the third, but Slater connected for a solo home run over the left-field fence to extend the Navigators' lead to 3-0. Gates recovered by picking off Simmi Whitehill after a single and later struck out Hunter to end the inning.
The SteepleCats broke through in the bottom of the third. Alex Barrist reached base and advanced into scoring position on a throwing error before Nelphie Lopez worked a walk. A wild pitch moved both runners up, and after Evan Meier battled back from a 1-2 count to draw another walk, Tony Woodie delivered North Adams' biggest hit of the night. His two-run ground-rule double brought home Barrist and Lopez, cutting the deficit to 3-2.
North Shore answered immediately in the fourth. After Steven Sams entered in relief, the Navigators used a combination of walks, stolen bases, wild pitches and defensive miscues to plate three runs and stretch the lead to 6-2.
The game began to slip away in the fifth. Grant Hunter opened the inning with a single before the Navigators loaded the bases. Daniel Leikus delivered a bases-clearing double to right field, helping North Shore push four more runs across the plate. Jake Foster eventually entered to stop the rally, but the damage had been done as the Navigators moved comfortably in front.
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