Sports Update: Local Teams Still Vying for Championships

Team Opponent Level Time/Date Location Game Notes Ward Melville Girls' Lacrosse Middle Country quarterfinals

Monday 5/21 – 4 p.m. (rain date 5/22)

Ward Melville HS No. 1 Ward Melville (15-1) enters the game after a first-round bye. The Patriots beat Middle Country (10-7) 10-9 in April. No. 8 Middle Country features Nikki Ortega, the No. 4 leader in points in Suffolk County. Ward Melville Boys' Lacrosse Smithtown East quarterfinals Tuesday 5/22 – 4:30 p.m. Ward Melville HS No. 6 Smithtown East (11-6) advanced to the quarterfinals with a win over No. 11 Walt Whitman last week. No. 3 Ward Melville had a first-round bye and enters the contest with a 13-3 overall record. Ward Melville Boys' Tennis Westhampton Seminfinals Tuesday 4/22 – 4 p.m. Ward Melville HS Ward Melville (15-0) enters the game as the No. 2 seed, and has at least 10 shutout matches this season. No. 10 Westhampton (10-6) overturned No. 7 Patchogue-Medford in the quarterfinals.
Stony Brook University Baseball Maine Round 1 of double-elimination tournament series Wednesday 5/23 – 3 p.m. Joe Nathan Field at SBU No. 1 Stony Brook (43-11) has won its second straight regular-season title and enters the double-elimination tournament having won 19 of its last 20 games. No. 4 Maine is 26-26 overall. Stony Brook University Track N/A NCAA Regional May 24-May 26 University of North Florida Eric Speakman (1,500), Patricia Barry (10,000), Olivia Burne (1,500), and Lucy Van Dalen (1,500) will represent SBU.