FOOTBALL
Maury junior RB commits to Tribe
William & Mary gained a commitment from Maury junior running back Leon “Fatman” Clark.
Last season, he earned second-team All-Class 5 Region B honors for the state champion Commodores. Listed at 5-foot-9 and 195 pounds, he had 110 carries for 899 yards and 20 touchdowns.
10000% COMMITTED!!!
— Leon Clark aka âFatmanâ (@leonclark_)
Former Maury standout considering portal
Penn State wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith, a former Maury High star, is strongly considering entering the transfer portal, according to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports. Lambert-Smith did not play in Penn State’s spring game Saturday.
Nittany Lions coach James Franklin declined to comment on the reports and said after the game, “I’m really happy to talk about any of the guys that played in the game today and are in the locker room. Besides that, I don’t have a whole lot.â
Lambert-Smith, who quarterbacked Maury to the 2019 state Class 5 championship, would have to wait until Monday to enter the portal, if he decides to do so. He acknowledged the rumors on Instagram with a post saying, “I see it all. Stand on it lol [laugh out loud].”
He led all Penn State wideouts with 673 yards receiving and four touchdowns in 2023, but he had just two receptions in the Nittany Lionsâ final three games.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Hokies to retire Kitley’s jersey
Virginia Tech legend Elizabeth Kitleyâs jersey is set to be retired, athletic director Whit Babcock announced Saturday.
Kitley, the programâs most decorated player, concluded her career in Blacksburg with three ACC Player of the Year awards, numerous program records and many memorable moments. She soon figures to be selected in the WNBA draft.
She is Virginia Tech’s all-time leader in starts, minutes, points and scoring average.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Hampton holds off Drexel
Hampton (12-27, 5-12 CAA) edged visiting Drexel 7-6 to square their series at a victory each. Emuily Kepple drove in three runs and Aitirihna Aiken two for the Pirates. The Dragons (13-19, 8-8) scored five in the seventh but came up short.
Morgan State (23-14, 12-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) earned an 8-0, 10-6 sweep at Norfolk State (4-35, 3-11). Vic Fletcher pitched a one-hit, five-inning shutout in Game 1, yielding only a fourth-inning single to Loren Hudson. Amber Rivas was 3 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs, missing only a home run for the cycle.
In Game 2, NSU’s Aniyah Michalak was 3 for 4 with three runs and two RBIs, but the Bears went ahead for good in the fourth. Rivas was 2 for 4 and scored three times.
Christopher Newport (22-5), ranked No. 9 in Division III, posted an 8-1, 5-1 sweep at Mary Washington (13-17) to increase the Captains’ winning streak to seven games.
In Game 1, Jamie Martin (7-1) yielded two hits in six shutout innings, and Isabel Hall hit her first home run of the year, a two-run drive.
Kate Alger (10-4) pitched a complete game in the nightcap. Caroline Pollock finished the doubleheader 3 for 8 with three RBIs.
Host Virginia Wesleyan (20-7, 10-2 ODAC), ranked 12th in Division III, split with Lynchburg, winning 3-2 before losing 9-4 in eight innings.
In Game 1, Emma Adams won with a complete game and Olivia Knight doubled in two runs.
In Game 2, with the game tied at 4, Lynchburg scored five runs in the eighth on two hits and an error. Sarah Watts’ two-run single was the key play.
Emma Adams and Julia Piotrowski each were 2 for 4, and Knight scored twice.
NSA graduate gains win for N.C. State vs. UVA
ĂÛèÖAPP Carolina State (23-19, 3-14 ACC) edged Virginia 10-9 in Charlottesville as Nansemond-Suffolk Academy graduate Madison Inscoe (7-7) pitched her way to victory. The 2021 All-Tidewater Player of the Year allowed six runs on nine hits with three walks and a strikeout in 3 2/3 innings.
Madi Harris (7-3) suffered the relief loss for UVA (27-13, 10-7), allowing three runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts in two innings. N.C. State went ahead to stay with three runs in the fifth inning.
No. 15 Hokies shut out Boston College
Freshman Emma Mazzarone and junior Molly Jacobson combined to throw a shutout as No. 15 Virginia Tech blanked Boston College 9-0 in Blacksburg.
Mazzarone (8-2) started and picked up the win for Virginia Tech (30-9-1, 13-4 ACC), going four innings. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy alumna Addy Greene had a double and an RBI, Cameron Fagan had a home run and three RBIs, and Bre Peck also homered. BC fell to 25-15, 5-9.
COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE
No. 8 CNU downs Kean
Freshman Kevin Miller had five goals and three assists as Christopher Newport (9-4, 2-1 Coastal Lacrosse Conference), ranked eighth in Division III, won 19-7 at Kean (8-6, 0-3) in Union, New Jersey.
COLLEGE MEN’S TENNIS
No. 50 ODU earns share of Sun Belt title
No. 50 Old Dominion (17-7, 7-1) clinched a share of the Sun Belt regular-season title with a 4-0 victory at James Madison.
Cosme Rolland de Ravel, Maxime Mareschal-Hay and Aryan Saleh earned victories at spots 1, 5 and 6, respectively, against the Dukes (7-13, 0-8). ODU next will compete in the conference tournament this week, starting Thursday in Rome, Georgia.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TENNIS
No. 70 ODU goes to 9-0 in conference
No. 70 Old Dominion (13-5, 9-0 Sun Belt) won its home finale 4-3 over Georgia Southern (16-4, 5-3), overcoming the loss of the doubles point to take four singles matches in straight sets.
Alexandra Viktorovich, Allison Isaacs, Lidiia Rasskouskaia and Kira Matushkina won at No. 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. All of them also won in singles Friday as ODU defeated Coastal Carolina 6-1.
No. 22 CNU scores breakthrough victory at No. 23 Mary Washington
Christopher Newport, ranked 22nd in Division III, had lost to Mary Washington in all 32 of their previous official dual matches â until Sunday on indoor courts in Fredericksburg.
The Captains (10-5) won 9-0 against the Eagles (6-7) as Raine Weis, Tessa Trate, Mia Linam, Sam Robertson and Kylie Schaefer won in singles and doubles. CNU gained a leg up in the race for the top seed in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference tourney. Linam and Robertson edged Maury High graduate Addison Felts and Tabb alumna Emily Beckner 8-7 (8-6) at No. 2 doubles to give the Captains a 3-0 lead.
East Carolina (11-7) won 4-0 at home against Norfolk State (2-15).
COLLEGE MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
NSU wins four events at Duke
Norfolk State’s team made its mark at the Duke Invitational over the weekend, headlined by four winning performances.
Kai Cole (10.27 seconds in the 100 meters), Victor Jumo (1,500) and Isaac Haywood (49 feet, 0.25 of an inch in the triple jump) each earned individual victories, while the Spartans also won the 4×400 relay (3:07.88).
Jumo ran a personal-best time of 3:50.33, beating Charleston Southern’s Griffin Gillespie by just three one-hundredths of a second.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
NSU’s Kimaiyo again resets school record
Norfolk State’s Mercyline Kimaiyo broke her own school record once again. She finished the 5,000 meters in a MEAC-record 16 minutes, 58.85 seconds to lead the Spartans at the Duke Invitational. The performance earned her third place in an invitational race.
