Sports Roundup: Boys & Girls Lax Earn High Seeds In Tournament Brackets

This Whaler sports roundup includes an update on the boys and girls lacrosse teams after their tournament seedings were revealed on Wednesday, as well as a look ahead to who both teams will be playing. This roundup also includes an update on the boys tennis team after winning on the road and the girls tennis team after their first-round match was postponed.

Boys Lax #4, Girls Lax #8 In Respective Tournament Brackets

The boys lacrosse team will begin their state title defense this weekend after earning another top five finish in the Div. 4 state tournament bracket. Nantucket will be #4 in this year’s bracket after finishing as the #1 seed last year as they went on to beat the Sandwich Blue Knights 7-6 in the state title game.

The Whalers finished the regular season 12-5 and will host the #29 seeded Lenox Memorial High School Millionaires (10-7) on Saturday, May 31^st at 4 p.m. The Whalers and Millionaires did not have any common opponents this year.

Lenox High School was the #30 seed in last year’s Div. 4 state tournament and lost to the Sandwich Blue Knights 17-3. If Nantucket were to advance, they would play the winner of #13 Sandwich (in a state title rematch) or #20 Rockland on Nantucket.

Led by senior captain Mayson Lower, who scored her 100^th career goal last week, up front and senior captain Maddie Lombardi and junior Myah Johnson on defense, the girls lacrosse team earned another top 10 finish in the Div. 4 state tournament bracket.

The Whalers will be the #8 seed in this year’s tournament. They begin their tournament run at home on Saturday, May 31^st at 1 p.m. against #25 Wahconah Regional High School – right before the boys lacrosse team plays.

Nantucket finished their regular season with a 13-4 record while Wahconah finished with a 12-7 record.

These two teams did not have any common opponents during the regular season. Wahconah High School did not qualify for the state tournament last season. They finished with a 4-15 record and were the #43 seed in the Div. 4 standings. Nantucket advanced to the state quarterfinal last season as the #2 seed following a 20-0 regular season.

If Nantucket were to advance, they would play the winner of #9 Manchester Essex Regional High School and #24 Mount Greylock Regional High School on the island.

Boys Tennis Upsets Rockland

The boys tennis team, ranked #18 in the Div. 4 state tournament, traveled to Rockland to play the #15 seeded Bulldogs Wednesday afternoon and pulled off a 4-1 upset victory to advance to the Round of 16. Below are the scores from each matchup.

First Single: Nik Krastev won his match in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.

Second Single: Boyan Kalpazanov won his match in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

Third Single: Knox Keating had the closest match of the day, beating his opponent 7-6 in the first set and then 7-5 in the second set.

First Doubles: Forbes Keating and Thomas Schroeder made up the Whaler’s first doubles pairing and won in straight sets 6-3, 7-6.

Second Doubles: Sawyer Holland and Alec Anguelov handled the duties of Nantucket’s second doubles team on Wednesday, but lost in straight sets 4-6, 2-6.

Nantucket will now move on to play #2 seeded Lynnfield High School on Monday, June 2^nd at 1:30 p.m.

Girls Tennis Postponed To Sunday

The girls tennis team had their round one matchup against Randolph High School postponed to Sunday, June 1^st at 1 p.m. due to rain and poor weather on Thursday.

Nantucket finished their season with an 8-6 record while Randolph finished with a 7-9 record. These two teams did not have any common opponents during the regular season. The Whalers are the #8 seed in the Div. 4 bracket while Randolph is #25.