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Boston Globe
03-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Setter Parth Pawar notches 2,000th assist, guides Acton-Boxborough boys' volleyball to comeback win
Pawar joined the team a year after it went 0-10, and now has led the program to its second trip to the state quarterfinals (reached semifinals in 2014). He found classmates Matan Worcel (10 kills) and Obi Umeh (9 kills) on the attack, helping rebound from the first-set loss. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'Honestly, first-set nerves were definitely there. It was all about being confident,' Pawar said. 'With my sets and their swings, we were cautious … I was setting a bit off the net. Second set and on, we played with much more confidence. I was setting tighter which my hitters liked, more in tempo. My hitters took more aggressive swings, which helped.' Advertisement Darren Gwin was assistant coach to Mark Starr in the 2014 season, but guided A-B to this winning rally against the tough Wamps (16-6). 'I think the big thing for us was to stay calm and stay confident. Compete together,' Gwin said. 'We can be a really great team, and it came down to, no matter what happens, we need to smile, high-five, look at each other, and say we have each other's backs. When we were able to do that and not earn points for Braintree, good things ended up happening, especially when things got tight.' Advertisement A-B awaits the winner of No. 17 Newton South at No. 1 Brookline for its quarterfinal matchup. Division 2 State Latin Academy 3, Milton 0 — Timmy Lewis (9 kills), James Urbaez (8 kills, 6 aces), and Tri Duong (6 aces) led the No. 9 Dragons (12-10) to a first-round victory over No. 24 Milton (8-14). Wayland 3, Greater Lowell 1 — Finn Bell (21 kills, 2 aces), Dylan Engelhardt (9 kills, 4 aces, 3 blocks), and Zach O'Donnell (37 assists, 3 blocks, 3 kills) powered the No. 3 Warriors (14-8) over No. 14 Greater Lowell (18-4) in a second round matchup, 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 25-8. Boys' tennis Division 1 State Newton North 3, Westford 2 — The Newton North boys' tennis team did just enough to advance in the Division 1 tournament Monday, as the fourth-seeded Tigers edged No. 13 Westford Academy, 3-2, in a second-round contest. Newton North (14-3) got wins from freshman Colin Hwang (6-2, 6-3), junior Warren Feldman (6-0, 6-0), and seniors doubles pair Jim Greene and Gabe Lubitz (6-1, 6-1) to oust the Ghosts (10-5). St. John's Prep 5, Belmont 0 — The top-seeded Eagles (19-0) swept No. 17 Belmont (12-10) in the second round with dominant singles wins from junior Rudr Malayya (6-1, 6-0), senior Jack Prokopis (6-0, 6-0), and senior Luke Free (6-0, 6-1). The Prep completed the sweep with doubles wins from senior Luke Prokopis and junior James de Buy Wenniger (6-1, 6-3), and juniors Wade Evitts and Evan Haykal (6-4, 6-0). Advertisement Girls' tennis Division 1 State Winchester 4, Needham 1 — The No. 8 Red & Black (17-3) earned a second-round victory over ninth-seeded Needham (14-5) behind singles wins from Daryana Skobeleva (6-1, 6-0) and Andrea Bilic (6-1, 7-5), and doubles wins from Esha Bhalla and Mia Lock (6-3, 6-2), and Cate Sheehan and Avery Machemer (6-0, 6-1). Division 2 State Duxbury 4, North Attleborough 1 — The 10th-seeded Dragons (16-4) earned a second-round victory over No. 7 North Attleborough (16-4) on the strength of singles wins from Sophia Smith (6-0, 6-1) and Anna Manganello (6-2, 6-3). Duxbury's doubles duos of Audrey Hubbs and Catherine Driscoll (2-6, 6-2, 6-3), and Tiffany Strachan and Lena Harati (6-1, 7-6 [7-4]) added key wins. Wayland 4, Marblehead 1 — The second-seeded Warriors (12-5) earned a second-round victory over No. 18 Marblehead (14-5) with wins from Elena Ton (6-0, 6-2), Olivia Todd (6-1, 6-0), Yumi Niimi (6-2, 6-1), and doubles pair Emi Niimi and Rhea Sethi (7-6 [7-5], 6-0). Westborough 5, Oliver Ames 0 — The sixth-seeded Rangers (13-5) earned a second-round sweep over 11th-seeded Oliver Ames (14-4) in a match highlighted by senior Gina Hajiseyedjavady's close win over fellow senior Hannah Farber (1-6, 6-2, 7-6 [12-10] at first singles. Westborough added singles wins with Diya Bhattacharya (6-0, 6-0), Rachel Dubrovsky (6-2, 6-2), and doubles wins from Sahasra Kommineni and Evelyn Wood-Dunfey (6-0, 6-1), and Ella Glasgow and Katie Xia (6-2, 6-1). Division 4 State Hamilton-Wenham 4, Millis 1 — The fourth-seeded Generals (15-2) won their second-round matchup over No. 13 Millis (11-9) with dominant singles wins from Naomi Provost (6-1, 6-0), Emily McIntosh (6-0, 6-0), and Charlotte Ireland (6-1, 6-0). Doubles pair Olivia Romans and Evelyn Esdaile added a 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 victory. Advertisement Ipswich 3, Sutton 2 — The No. 7 Tigers (14-4) notched a second-round victory over No. 10 Sutton (14-7) on the strength of their doubles pairs. Ipswich earned doubles wins from sisters Lila and Mae Borgman (6-3, 6-0), and Alex Marino and Frannie Hertz (6-0, 6-3). Sophie Johannknecht notched the lone singles win (6-1, 6-1). Henry Dinh-Price contributed to this report. AJ Traub can be reached at
Boston Globe
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Globe Top 20 boys' volleyball poll: Despite loss, Brookline remains at No. 1
It was another productive week for Methuen. After The big win of the week, excluding the Bay State clashes, belonged to Greater Lowell, whose senior trio is clicking after a four-set victory over Acton-Boxborough. The Gryphons have won six in a row, which should improve their No. 25 power ranking in Division 2 (they were the 11-seed in last year's tournament). Related : Advertisement Records based on scores reported to the Globe. The Globe's Top 20 boys' volleyball poll The Globe poll as of May 10, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff. No. Team Record Previous 1. Brookline 11-1-0 1 2. Natick 11-2-0 4 3. Needham 13-2-0 3 4. Newton North 12-3-0 2 5. Lexington 14-1-0 5 6. Wayland 10-5-0 6 7. Milford 9-6-0 7 8. Taunton 11-1-0 8 9. Cambridge 11-4-0 9 10. St. John's Prep 11-5-0 10 11. Lowell 12-1-0 12 12. New Bedford 10-2-0 13 13. Acton-Boxborough 7-5-0 14 14. Methuen 11-3-0 18 15. Chelmsford 9-3-0 15 16. Newton South 7-5-0 17 17. St. John's (S) 7-8-0 11 18. Winchester 11-3-0 16 19. BC High 7-6-0 19 20. Greater Lowell 13-3-0 – AJ Traub can be reached at
Boston Globe
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Eastern Mass. boys' volleyball: Globe Players of the Week for April 17-24
Anthony Rubim , Greater Lawrence — As the Reggies came back against a Greater Lowell team that had won the first matchup, the junior's 35 assists helped Greater Lawrence to a 15-13 fifth-set decision in the Commonwealth tilt. Tuto Sampaio , Winchester — The senior captain knocked 21 kills in four sets as the Red & Black won the semifinal matchup of the ALS One Tournament over Greater New Bedford. Advertisement Vitou Seng , Lowell — The junior amassed 45 assists and eight kills in four sets as the Red Raiders took down Greater Lowell in nonleague play. Teammates Logan Uy (56 digs) and Aundre Rivera (19 kills, 23 digs) also put up monster lines. AJ Traub can be reached at
Boston Globe
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Eight high school sports takeaways from Thursday, including milestones, walk-offs, and college transfers
Junior Sophia Cappiello lofted a walk-off sacrifice fly that scored Kayleigh Martin and gave Tewksbury a 7-6, 11-inning win over Chelmsford. Scituate junior Matt Monahan provided a walk-off single to beat Martha's Vineyard, 2-1, in the JL Murphy Tournament. On the lacrosse field, Emily Berube provided the overtime winner for Bishop Feehan, battling crosstown rival Attleboro to a 10-9 victory. Related : Advertisement Technically there was still a second left on the clock, but Marshfield essentially walked off Westwood, 7-6, on Brody Jordan's goal with one second remaining. That followed Nate Cochran's equalizer with under a minute remaining, both of which came off Charlie Carroll assists that followed Sam O'Brien faceoff wins. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up North Andover's Isa Robinson poses after scoring her 200th career goal in a win over Natick. Courtesy 2. Milestones North Andover's Isa Robinson enjoyed a six-goal day in a 16-4 win over Natick, pushing her past 200 goals for her career. Related : Medfield's Izzy Kittredge and Greater Lowell's Emma Finch both recorded their 100th goal. Kittredge scored four goals in a 17-7 win over Algonquin and is just 6 points away from 200, while Finch scored seven times in a 13-4 win over Monty Tech. Advertisement 3. Three stars Jayla Jones , North Andover — The 5-foot-3-inch sophomore shortstop, who moved from South Texas, delivered six RBIs in a 14-0 win over Lawrence. Related : Tuto Sampaio and Julien He , Winchester — The duo combined for 36 kills, with Sampaio providing 21 and He adding 15, to beat Greater New Bedford, 3-1, in the ALS One Invitational. Ryan Solimini , Abington — The junior chipped in everywhere, making two diving catches, pitching 4 2/3 innings of relief with seven strikeouts to pick up his fifth win, and driving in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning triple to beat Millbury, 6-5. 4. Going, going, gone It was not a day for power, but those with wheels did deliver a pair of round-trippers as Revere's Caleigh Joyce and Medway's Bryanna Frauton both raced to inside-the-park homers. 5. Daily lacrosse leaderboard Goals Julia Kipperman , Nauset, 8 Reese Bromby , Newburyport, 7 Emma Finch , Greater Lowell, 7 Kyla Darmon , Sandwich, 6 Nick Emsing , BC High, 6 Isa Robinson , North Andover, 6 Seamus Cable , Wakefield, 5 Nick Hitchman , Melrose, 5 Nico Smith , Mansfield, 5 Elisabeth Stutzman , Sandwich, 5 Charlie Thurlow , Manchester Essex, 5 Points Desmond Csizmadia , Methuen, 8 Kipperman, Nauset, 8 Cooper Masso , Bishop Feehan, 8 Robinson, North Andover, 8 Smith, Mansfield, 8 Bromby, Newburyport, 7 Darmon, Sandwich, 7 Thomas Donovan , Mansfield, 7 Finch, Greater Lowell, 7 Dillon Albert , Canton, 6 Meghan Daley , North Andover, 6 Emsing, BC High, 6 Cole Hogencamp , Mansfield, 6 Izzy Kittredge , Medfield, 6 Sara MacLeod , Billerica, 6 Thurlow, Manchester Essex, 6 6. Daily strikeout leaderboard Jill Ondrick , Weymouth, 21 Rebecca Hornung , Southeastern, 12 Sam Luekens , Newburyport, 12 Elsie Testa , Abington, 12 Reese Taylor , Apponequet, 11 Jack Mangone , Mystic Valley, 9 Max LaMonica , North Quincy, 8 7. College corner Drew Bourdeau , a former Newburyport boys' lacrosse star and assistant coach at Marblehead and North Andover, led Saint Anselm to its first outright Northeast-10 regular season title with a perfect 8-0 record in his first season with the Hawks. Bourdeau, a Saint Anselm's graduate ('18), was hired away from coaching Bedford High, where he was named 2024 US Lacrosse New Hampshire Coach of the Year, to replace Mike Sciamanna , who left for Merrimack. Advertisement 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏆🥍 The Hawks clinched their first-ever outright NE10 regular season title (second title overall) last weekend and completed an undefeated regular season👏 Read the full story below ⬇️ 📰: — Saint Anselm Men's Lacrosse (@STAHawksMLAX) 8. Commitment central Originally from Lynn, Jason Asemota is returning close to home by committing to Boston College basketball. The 6-foot-8-inch, 205-pound power forward played one season at Baylor after attending Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix, Ariz. Asemota played in 24 games last year, averaging 1.6 points and 1.5 rebounds in 6.2 minutes per game. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Dante Reno (Sturbridge), who attended Loomis Chaffee and Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, is entering the transfer portal after one year at South Carolina. The son of Yale coach Tony Reno , the 6-foot-2, 214-pound redshirt freshman will have four years of eligibility remaining. He threw for 2,358 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior for Cheshire. South Carolina QB Dante Reno is entering the transfer portal, he tells Reno was a 4-star prospect in the 2024 class. He has 4 years of eligibility — NCAA Transfer Portal (@RivalsPortal) Brendan Kurie can be reached at
