May 29—NORWICH — Norwich Free Academy’s No. 3 doubles team of Anajah Ingram and Valeria Yraita won a third set tiebreaker for the deciding point as the 14th-seed Wildcats edged No. 19 South Windsor 4-3 in the qualifying round of the CIAC Class LL girls’ tennis tournament on Friday.
NFA (9-5) will have a quick turnaround, traveling to No. 3 Farmington on Saturday for a first round match at 4 p.m.
Ingram and Yraita would up winning 6-2, 4-6, 10-6, while the Wildcats also picked up wins from its No. 2 doubles team of Cassidy White-Jenissa Varela (6-4, 6-3), and its top two singles players — No. 1 Anna Slopak (6-2, 6-1) and No. 2 Sarah Ericson (6-1, 6-4).
H.S. boy’s tennis
— Sixth-seeded Stonington was eliminated by No. 11 East Catholic 4-3 in the first round of the Class S tournament. The Bears, who finished 11-3, picked by singles wins by Tucker Callahan (6-1, 6-2) and Jack Conlon (1-6, 7-5, 10-2), and from the doubles team of Ben Mahoney and Marshall Thibodeau.
H.S. boys’ lacrosse
— Less than 24 hours after winning the ECC Division II title, Waterford’s season came to an end with a hard-fought 5-4 loss to No. 15 Brookfield in the Class M qualifying round. Nate Houggy scored two goals for the No. 18 Lancers, who finish 8-9, while Oliver Searle had a goal and an assist, Jackson Huta scored a goal, John Zimmerman had an assist and goalie Jake Kozlowski made 15 saves.
H.S. girls’ lacrosse
— No. 16 Waterford saw its season come to an end with a 10-3 loss to No. 17 Brookfield in the Class M qualifying round. Emily Gates had two goals for the Lancers, who finish 8-9, while Madison Gates also scored and goalie Ilyanna Rivera made eight saves.
College baseball
— Mitchell’s College’s second game at the NCAA Division III New York Regional in Auburn was postponed by rain. The fourth-seeded Mariners, who lost their opener in the double-elimination tournament on Thursday night to Keystone (Pa.), 7-1, will now play No. 6 Merchant Marine on Saturday at 10 a.m. Merchant Marine opened the tournament with a 2-1 upset win over top-seeded Eastern Connecticut, which was eliminated with a 3-0 loss to No. 2 SUNY Cortland in the only game played on Friday.
— UConn’s second game in the Big East tournament in Mason, Ohio, was also pushed back a day by rain. The top-seeded Huskies’ winners’ bracket game against No. 2 Creighton was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, but now will be played at noon on Saturday. Big East officials were still hoping to play an elimination game between No. 3 Seton Hall and No. 4 Butler on Friday night. Two games are now scheduled for Saturday with the Seton Hall-Butler winner playing the UConn-Creighton loser in an elimination game at 4 p.m.
H.S. boys’ golf
— Matt Orefice shot a 38 to earn medalist honors and East Lyme completed a perfect regular season with a 5.5-1.5 win over Montville in an ECC Division I match at Norwich Golf Course. Logan Rolfe added a 41 and Dan Singer a 42 for the Vikings (14-0, 12-0), while Aaron Muncaster shot a 47 for Montville (10-8, 6-6).
— Bacon Academy’s Lucas Baldinger earned medalist honors on his home course (Chanticlair GC) as the Bobcats beat Griswold 6-2 in and ECC Division II match. Bacon is 10-6, 8-2 and Griswold falls to 5-7, 4-6).
— Killingly improved to 16-1 with a 161-175 win over NFA at Connecticut National. Cooper Morissette, Harrison Giambatistta and Cameron Seiffert shared medalist honors for Killingly, each shooting a 40, while Kyle Sikorski and Costa Kapilotis each shot 43 for NFA (10-8).
College track and field
— Connecticut College senior Tarvis Hintlian finished 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the NCAA Division III women’s outdoor championships in Greensboro, N.C. Hintlian finished in 11 minutes, 17.13 seconds for the Camels in her final race.
Men’s lacrosse
— Conn College senior faceoff specialist Toby Almeida was an honorable mention selection to the Division III All-America team. Almeida led the New England Small College Athletic Conference by winning 71.6 percent of his faceoff attempts and averaging 14 ground balls per game. He was a first team All-NESCAC and All-New England selection.