Bishop Ireton High School | Archive | March, 2014

Kaitlin Luzik (13) is one of Ireton's high scoring attackers in the early season contests.

The Cardinals girls’ lacrosse team won a tough game Saturday afternoon 14-9 in a continuously hard, cold rain in Severn, MD, against IAAM opponent Archbishop Spalding. Ireton came out firing early and led 7-1 in the first half before a highly skilled Spalding squad rallied to make the score 7-5 at the half.

Draw control and smart passing were keys to the eventual victory in the second half. Bishop Ireton’s patient offense chewed up the clock and looked for opportunities to strike. Spalding held steady for most of the second half but the Cavaliers were not able to narrow the Cardinals’ lead to any closer than a two-goal margin. Turnovers late in the game allowed BI to strike quickly and expand their lead to five goals.

Junior Charlotte Sofield had one goal and five key assists; freshman Kate Carney notched four goals and one assist; and junior Kelly Mathews had three goals and two assists. Also finding the back of the net, senior Kendall Cunningham and junior Kaitlin Luzik each had two goals and one assist; and sophomore Kelly Larkin scored two goals. Junior Christine Macey added an assist just when it was needed most. Senior goalie Olivia Cole came up big when it counted with eight saves.

In total during the three-game season so far, the balanced Bishop Ireton scoring attack has seen 17 different players score goals and 12 different Cardinals have notched assists. Defensively senior goalie Cole has 19 saves and the team has an overall 5.33 goals against average.

The Nike/US Lacrosse poll currently ranks the Cardinals at #19 in the country while the StudentSports.com FAB 50 national poll has Ireton holding steady at #13 in its latest edition. The team is scheduled to travel to Holy Cross for a key WCAC game Tuesday at 4pm while conference foe Bishop McNamara comes to Fannon Field on Wednesday. A visit by Flint Hill’s Huskies  to Fannon this coming Saturday afternoon caps off the Cardinals 10th Annual Lacrosse Day festivities.

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Senior Kendall Cunningham (in white) rolls in for one of four goals on the day.

Charlotte Sofield with 4 goals and two assists and Kelly Mathews with a pair of goals and four helpers led Bishop Ireton to its second WCAC win, 19-5, of the weather-plagued start to the 2014 season over the visiting Knights of St. Mary’s Ryken.

Ireton (2-0, 2-0) got shutout goaltending from Florida-bound Olivia Cole for nearly 35 minutes as they raced to a 12-0 halftime advantage and a 17-0 bulge before the visiting Knights finally solved the senior net minder.

Kendall Cunningham and Kelly Larkin added four goals for the Cardinals Friday and each contributed an assist in the contest.  Freshman Kayla Duperouzel led the Cardinals in the all important draw controls dominating the majority of the 26 face off opportunities.

The Cardinals make the first road trip Saturday when they head to Maryland to challenge Archbishop Spalding of Severn in a 4pm start.  The junior varsity will also play at 4pm on an adjoining field. The young Cardinals whitewashed Ryken in the nightcap, 12-0 Friday.

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The PVI bermuda grass isn't green yet, but the Cardinals blossomed in a 1-0 11 inning win over PVI Saturday in Fairfax.

The Bishop Ireton Cardinals didn’t provide Kyle Delaney with much offensive support, but he didn’t need much.

Delaney pitched eight strong innings to carry the  Cardinals  to a 1-0 win over Paul VI in 11 innings on Saturday at PVI’s Panther Field Saturday.

Robert Corallo helped the redbirds take the lead in the eleventh inning. With the game scoreless in the eleventh inning Chandler Wilder reached on an error, advanced to second on a base hit, and moved to third on a  base on balls, bringing  Corallo came to the plate.  The slick fielding second baseman worked anther  walk scoring Wilder.

Sean Workman recorded the win for Bishop Ireton. He pitched two shutout innings. He struck out two, walked one and surrendered no hits.

Yianni Tsiamis was charged with the hard luck loss. He pitched the final 3 2/3 innings, walked two, struck out six, and allowed the game’s only run.

The win staked Ireton to a 1-0 record in the WCAC, 2-1 overall with a road game at Gonzaga slated for Thursday at the new Nationals Park training facility in Anacostia.  Cardinals meet McNamara Saturday.

Bishop Ireton  000  000  000  01  1 3 2

Paul VI             000  000  000  00 0 6 1

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Senior Kendall Cunningham leads a veteran team that hopes to return to the WCAC finals in 2014, after falling just short in title game last season.

The Bishop Ireton(1-0, 1-0) girls’ lacrosse team came away with a decisive 20-2 season-opening victory over WCAC foe Elizabeth Seton at Fannon Field on Thursday, March 20. Weather conditions forced the game to be moved from Seton’s home field in Bladensburg, MD. The Cardinals overwhelmed the Roadrunners with a very balanced scoring attack, strong defense, and excellent passing.

Ireton jumped up 5-0 in the first three minutes and 16 Cardinals scored as Ireton opened the regular season with a conference win.  Kelly Larkin scored three goals and freshman Kayla Marshall tallied four points on two goals and two assists in the win.”

Ireton enters their 2014 campaign with high pre-season expectations. The Nike/US Lacrosse poll ranked the Cardinals pre-season #22 in the country and the StudentSports.com FAB 50 national poll has Ireton ranked #13 in their latest edition.

The pre-season analysis from StudentSports.com said: “The Cardinals have steadily improved in each of head coach Rick Sofield’s three seasons, going from a 12-9 record in 2011 to 15-8 in 2012 to 17-6 and a WCAC runner-up finish last year. With 10 returning starters…Bishop Ireton has the potential to have a breakout year.”

The team right now includes eight future NCAA women’s lacrosse players: seniors Olivia Cole (Florida) and Kendall Cunningham (Rhodes); juniors Charlotte Sofield (North Carolina), Kaitlin Luzik (Virginia), Natalie Irwin (Navy), and Kelly Mathews (Boston University); and sophomores Kelly Larkin (Navy) and Brittany Dolan (Penn State).

The Cardinals play four games in five days next week—Tuesday, March 25 vs. Bishop McNamara; Wednesday, March 26 vs. Georgetown Visitation; Friday, March 28 vs. St. Mary’s Ryken; and their first away game of the year Saturday, March 29 at Archbishop Spalding in Maryland. All regularly scheduled varsity home games start at 4:00 p.m. at Fannon Field on Cambridge Road in Alexandria, VA.

Upcoming key WCAC games include an away contest at Holy Cross on Tuesday, April 1; and a home game versus Good Counsel on Tuesday, April 8. The team also faces tough competition this year from out-of-region opponents including home games against teams from New York and Pennsylvania; and away games against teams from Georgia, California, Illinois, and Delaware.

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Senior Susie Rhodes collected one of only 3 base hits in 2-0 setback Saturday to Bishop McNamara.

After scoring ten runs on Friday, the Ireton bats got quiet on Saturday afternoon as the redbirds fell to Bishop McNamara 2-0. The Mustangs scratched together a run in the second and added an insurance run in the fourth to complete the day’s scoring. McNamara’s Lori Irons picked up the win for Forestville visitors.

Ireton could not take advantage of another strong pitching performance from Susie Rhodes who struck out 8 while only giving up 2 earned runs. The offense could only scatter three hits with only a single runner reaching second base.

“We saw some improvement on defense today,” commented head coach Terri Pearson. “Overall, the pitchers are a bit ahead of the batters at this point in the season and I expect our bats to warm up soon.”

Ireton and McNamara meet again on Monday afternoon to kick off a full week of softball. The girls play host to Bishop O’Connell on Tuesday and Saint John’s on Friday before traveling to Richmond for a double header on Saturday.

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Sophomore second baseman Molly Jeffers had a big day at the plate in the Cardinals win at Holy Cross.

The Bishop Ireton Softball team shut the door early on Holy Cross, capturing a 10-0 shutout victory on Friday. The win evens their season record at 1-1.

Ten runs in the first three innings allowed Ireton to put the game away early. In the first, a walk by Clara Boggs, a bases loaded walk by Susie Rhodes, a hit batsman and a fielder’s choice supplied the early offense.

The redbirds increased their lead with six runs in the third. A single by Molly Jeffers ignited the offense, scoring Dominique Gil. That was followed up by a Heather Pearson single, plating Angela Kammen.

Heather Pearson was hot from the plate for the Cardinals going 2-4, driving in one run and scoring two others. She singled in the first and third innings.

Senior Pitcher Susie Rhodes kept Holy Cross off the scoreboard for all 5 1/3 innings she was in the circle. She pitched a shutout, allowing no runs on four hits while striking out four.

Remarking on the first victory of the season, head coach Terri Pearson commented, “After all the poor weather, it was just great to get out on the field and play. Am really proud of how well the girls adapted to a string on indoor practices.”

The Cardinals return to action Saturday March 21^st when they host Bishop McNamara.

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Seth Scalsky was 2 for 3 to lead Ireton at the plate in their season opening win at St Stephens.

Kyle Delaney struck out six and scattered three hits in a complete game shutout to  spur the Bishop Ireton Cardinals to a 2-0 win in seven innings over St. Stephens on Tuesday at St Stephens.

Both ball clubs played a clean, error-free game on the first baseball weather day of the season and the opener for both squads.

Seth Scalsky’s single to right helped the Cardinals break a scoreless deadlock in the sixth inning. The Saints’ B. Frerichs had pitched a strong game for the home team holding the visiting redbirds scoreless through the first five innings on four hits before James Swiger walked to get on base in the sixth. He then went from first to second on a single by Kyle Delaney.  Both scored in the pivotal sixth on the Scalsky RBI and a fielder’s choice.

Frerichs was the hard luck loser, walking two, striking out five, and allowing earned two runs.

Bishop Ireton (1-0, 0-0)               000  002  0   2 4 0

St Stephens/St Agnes (0-1, 0-0) 000  000  0   0 3 0

WP  K. Delaney (1-0)

LP B. Frerich (0-1)

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DeMatha’s Stags, a preseason favorite to be at or near the top of the WCAC boys’ lacrosse standings, did little to discount the lofty predictions with a convincing 17-1 win on Francis Fannon Field on Monday. It was the season opener for both squads.

As if the weather hadn’t hampered preseason preparations enough, the early season match up with one of hte area’s strongest programs wasn’t the prescription the Cardinals needed  as they look forward to an improved 2014 campaign.  Indeed, there will be  better days ahead for the Cardinals, but Monday it was simply a long afternoon against a tough opponent.

DeMatha, unofficially, was 21 for 22 on faceoffs and held a huge advantage in shots on goal.  Cardinal goalkeeper Ryan Verducci was a bright spot for the home team as he opened the game with three quality saves and logged more than a dozen for the game.

Kevin Abbed broke the ice for Ireton with his goal in the third period, one of seven shots the Cardinals launched in the game.  Steve Partlow, Michael Begelow, and Dylan Stein all tallied three times for the visiting Stags.

The Cardinals take to the road Thursday when they visit St Andrew’s Episcopal School.  Faceoff in the varsity contest is slated for 4pm.

The Cardinals’ junior varsity lose an exciting 7-5 contest in the night cap.

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Junior Kevin Lewis rams home his par putt on #3 at Argyle while partner Dominic Wagner looks on.

Coach Pete Davey’s  rebuilding Bishop Ireton Cardinal Golf Team traveled to Argyle Country Club in Silver Spring to take on the Falcons of Good Counsel on Monday, March 10th for the first match of the season.

The Cardinals, after graduating five starting seniors last year, have an almost totally new lineup for the 2014 campaign. Led by senior captain Jordan Zelasko and junior standouts Dominic Wagner and Kevin Lewis, the Cardinals faced an uphill battle against the Falcons, one of the preseason favorites in the WCAC.

Although the Falcons eventually prevailed in stroke play by a 217 – 228 count, Ireton battled and kept it close until the last group came in.  Lewis and Zelasko were low scorers for the Alexandria visitors.  Wagner, Jake Murray, Billy Marrin, and Jude Hetrick all started for the Cardinals.

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