The Pomfret women’s basketball team is enjoying another great season as they either steamroll or squeak by opponents.  Regardless of their methodology they manage to continue to pick up victories behind the fine play of Juliette Lawless, Alyzae Davis and Mary Redmond.

Marianapolis, playing a rugged schedule, is putting it all together behind coach Lauren Moore and Hyde-Woodstock struggles to reach the .500 plateau.

Tourtellotte continues as the top high school quintet despite a week in which it was dropped twice, both times by bigger opponents.  Plainfield riding the coattails of Alicia Cournoyer and Madeline and Adrienne Lorange has already qualified for state tournament play as have the Lady Tigers of coach Carla Faucher.

Griffins and Golden Knights Have Undefeated Weeks

Pomfret School raised its record to 9-1, picking up victories over Suffield Academy and Cushing Academy.  One win was a cakewalk, while the other required overtime to decide the outcome.  Against Suffield the Lady Griffs jumped out to a big 31-16 halftime advantage and rolled to a 63-34 victory.  Rebecca Erosa with 16 points was the high scorer followed by Lawless (15) and Redmond (14).

Pomfret outscored Cushing 37-30 in the first half only to be outscored in the second half by seven before putting the game away in overtime 58-54.  Redmond and Davis with 20 points apiece were immense in victory.

Marianapolis meanwhile picked up wins over The Hun School (61-38), Cheshire Academy (51-22) and Westminster (58-35).  Rachel Aho with 14 points and nine rebounds led the Lady Knights past The Hun School of New Jersey.  Jill Bodreau (11) and Caroline Soucy (10) were also in double figures.

The Golden Knights romped past Cheshire Academy much to the delight of the large home crowd.  Bodreau with 10 points paced a balanced scoring attack.  Soucy stepped into the offensive mode, scoring 17 points to lead the way over Westminster.  She was joined in double digits by Bodreau 12 and Madison Springfield 11.  The team is currently 8-3 overall and 6-2 in the NEPSAC – A.

Hyde-Woodstock, which is 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the SENE lost to St. Andrew’s 42-26 as only Janicha Diaz was able to hit double figures with 11 points.  The Wolfpack came back with a solid 38-12 victory over Williams School.  Diaz (16) and Dossou Ndiaye (17) were the top point producers.

Marianapolis II picked up its second win of the year with a 34-18 romp over Cheshire.  The 2-6 overall and 0-6 SENE Lady Knights were beaten by St. Andrew’s 38-13 in their only other game.

Plainfield and Tourtellotte Tournament Bound

The Plainfield Lady Panthers enjoyed and undefeated week, beating Windham 43-38 and Wheeler 58-32.  Behind Adrienne Lorange (13) Plainfield jumped out to 16-4 first period advantage and never looked back against the Whippets.  In the big win over Wheeler the other half of the Lorange sisters, Madeline had 19 points to pace the 8-3 Plainfield offense.

Tourtellotte stepped out of the ECC Small Division three times and came away with one victory as it now stands at 9-3 on the year.  The Lady Tigers opened the week with a 50-44 win over Killingly.  Sophomore Abby Poirier was the top gun with 19 points.  She was joined in double figures by Nicole Dion with 10 points.  Meagan Bianchi (17) and Karissa Slowik (12) were Killingly’s top scorers.

The Tigers then lost at the hands of Stonington 60-41 and Montville 48-31.  Ali Ablondi (15) and Poirier (10) were the leading Tiger scorers against the Bears.  Ablondi with 15 points once again was the lone double figure scorer in the loss to Montville. Killingly in its only other game lost to Lyman 46-36 despite a 17 point effort by Bianchi and 10 from Slowik.  The Redgals are 1-10 on the season. Putnam, Woodstock and Ellis Tech were all winless in last week’s play.  The 3-6 and 1-2 in the CSC East Division Lady Clippers lost to Windham Tech 49-35 despite 12 points from Makenzie Kaylor and 10 from Cynthia Briere.

Woodstock at 1-11 overall and 0-5 in the ECC Large lost a pair, falling to Fitch 48-34 and Bacon Academy 53-36.  Ellis Tech lost its only contest to Norwich Tech 47-21.  The Lady Eagles are 0-8 and 0-3 in the CSC East.  

Scoring Leaders: Meagan Bianchi – Killingly – 15.8; Janicha Diaz – Hyde-Woodstock – 15.8; Alyzae Davis – Pomfret School – 15.5; Mary Redmond – Pomfret School – 14.5; Ali Ablondi – Tourtellotte – 14.0. Three-point Leaders: Mary Redmond – Pomfret School – 17; Adrienne Lorange – Plainfield – 16.

 

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