Sports

Sports Round-Up – Nov. 26

The St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, men’s soccer team won its third Northeast Conference (NEC) championship title in the past four seasons with a 1-0 victory over St. Francis University, Loretto, Pa.

Junior forward Lukas Hauer delivered the match-winning penalty kick in the second overtime. Senior midfielder Sal Barone, a graduate of Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, was awarded NEC playoff MVP honors.

The win secured the Terriers a spot in the NCAA College Cup, where it fell to Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in the opening round.

 

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St. Francis Prep Varsity Volleyball

An exciting season of CHSAA fall sports concluded recently. Here are the champions for girls’ volleyball and boys’ and girls’ soccer:

In girls’ volleyball, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, varsity won the diocesan title in Division I and then the ‘AA’ city championship.

St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, was the varsity Division II diocesan champion and finished at the ‘B’ city championship runner-up.

St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, finished as varsity ‘B’ city championship runner-up.

Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, JV capped off an undefeated 23-0 season by capturing the Brooklyn-Queens Division I title en route to a victory in the ‘AA’ city championship.

Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, won the Division II Brooklyn-Queens JV title and finished as the ‘A’ city championship runner-up.

Archbishop Molloy JV Volleyball
Archbishop Molloy JV Volleyball

 

In girls’ soccer, in its first year with female enrollment, the Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, JV won the Tier 1 Brooklyn-Queens title as well as the city championship.

Christ the King H.S., Middle Village, won the varsity Tier 1 diocesan title and city championship.

In varsity Tier 2, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, won the Brooklyn-Queens title.

St. Agnes Academic, College Point, emerged as the varsity Tier 3 city champions.

 

In boys’ soccer, Archbishop Molloy JV captured both the diocesan and city championship titles.

In the varsity ‘AA’ division, Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, won the Brooklyn-Queens title.

St. John’s Prep, Astoria, won the North division of varsity ‘B,’ while St. Edmund Prep won the South.

Holy Cross Varsity Soccer
Holy Cross Varsity Soccer