Miller rallies for playoff win over Seton

By The Daily Progress Staff

Published: May 13, 2008

Thomas Stallings drove in the game-winning run as the Miller baseball team rallied for four runs in the last two innings in a 4-3 victory over Seton in the VISBA quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Stallings went 2 for 3 and knocked his game-winning hit off the top of the fence. Baron Fourtune drove in the game-tying run.
Mavericks pitcher Hunter Bacot had nine strikeouts. Miller faces the Hampton Christian-Hampton Roads Academy winner in the state semifinals on Thursday in Colonial Heights.
Albemarle tennis teams shut out opponents in region openers
The Albemarle girls tennis team made quick work of visiting Gar-Field, winning 5-0 to advance to the Northwest Region semifinals.
Patriots senior Morgan Watt did not drop a game in her 6-0, 6-0 victory over Shannon Howard at No. 3 singles. Kelly Anderson, Alison Angell, Valentina Moshnikova and Abby Lesnoff also won their singles matches for Albemarle.
The Patriots go on the road to face the winner of the Patrick Henry (Roanoke)-Loudoun Valley match on Thursday.
The Patriots boys also cruised to a 5-0 victory in their region opener, defeating Loudoun Valley.
Quentin Jenkins, Michael Koenig, Brian Chen, Cameron Hill and Jeff Barton won singles matches for Albemarle, which hosts E.C. Glass in the region semifinals today at 5 p.m.
Covenant boys advance to TILT lacrosse semifinals
The Covenant boys lacrosse team defeated Walsingham Academy in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, coming back from a late two-goal deficit to win 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the VISAA Division II tournament.
Trailing 6-4, the Eagles battled back to tie the game at 6-6 with about four minutes to play. The Eagles decided to hold the ball in the hopes to get a good look to take the lead, and sophomore Alex Kuehler scored on an assist by Luke Heinsohn from behind the net.
“Luke hit Alex on just a beautiful cut from up top and Alex stuck it with about 2:50 left,” said Covenant coach Dave Breslin.
The Eagles (14-4) will now take on third-seeded Virginia Episcopal on Thursday in the semifinals. Covenant lost to VES in the teams’ first meeting and knocked off the Bishops in overtime in the second matchup.
“Both teams know each other very well,” said Breslin, “and we certainly expect a great game. It’s a great opportunity for us to be able to achieve all of our goals that we set in the beginning of the season.”