No. 6 Amity 8, No. 27 Newtown 1: Emily Fox had two hits and two runs, and Dana Blydenburg tossed a five-hitter with five strikeouts for Amity in a first-round win at Woodbridge. Jacqui Ferraiolo added three hits and scored twice for the Spartans (19-5). Newtown finishes at 10-12.

No. 20 Cheshire 3, No. 13 Pomperaug 1: Bryanna McIntosh went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the Rams win at Southbury.

Nicole D’Amato allowed just three hits in the win for Cheshire (13-8). Sam Collins had an RBI double for Pomperaug.

No. 14 Shelton 13, No. 19 East Hartford 1: Winning pitcher Emily Komornik had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs for the host Gaels in this first-round win.

Kaysee Talcik had a single, home run and four RBIs and Marissa D’Angelo had a single, home run and three RBIs for Shelton (14-8).


Read more roundup here.

No. 1 Foran 8, No. 8 North Haven 2
No. 7 East Haven 3, No. 2 Law 2 (9)
No. 3 Amity 5, No. 6 Guilford 0
THURSDAY
No. 5 Mercy at No. 4 Shelton

SEMIFINALS
THURSDAY
No. 3 Amity vs. No. 7 East Haven, 7 p.m. at West Haven
FRIDAY
No. 1 Foran vs. No. 5 Mercy/No.4 Shelton winner, 7 p.m. at West Haven

The SCC softball quarterfinals have been posted Tuesday.

Here is the schedule as of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Quarterfinals – Wednesday

No.8  North Haven at No. 1 Foran – 3:45 p.m.

No. 7 East Haven at No. 2 Law – 3:45 p.m.

No. 6 Guilford at No. 3 Amity – 3:45 p.m.

No. 5 Mercy at No. 4  Shelton – TBA (depending on completion of Shelton at Mercy regular-season game on Wednesday)

Semifinals – Thursday, TBA

Championship Game – Saturday at West Haven, 6 p.m. 

The Southern Connecticut Conference tournament field is complete. Well, sort of.
The eight teams that have qualified for Tuesday’s quarterfinals have been determined. Now it’s just a matter of seeding.

Here are the seeds currently:

1. Foran
2. Law
3. Amity
4. Shelton
5. Mercy
6.
7.
8. North Haven

Seeds No. 6 and No. 7 are contingent on two games today, East Haven vs. Cheshire and Guilford vs. Wilbur Cross.

If East Haven and Guilford both win, East Haven is sixth and Guilford is seventh.
If East Haven loses and Guilford wins, the seeding is swapped. 

The quarterfinals will be played at the higher seed and begin at 3:45 p.m. Semifinals are set for 5 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Biondi Field and the championship game is Thursday at 7 p.m. at the same site.
SCC commissioner Al Carbone says the league will take it “day by day” concerning any weather issues.

Brianne Melillo had three hits and three RBIs to lead North Haven to an 10-1 SCC interdivision win over East Haven.

Mary Casey and Amanda Kenny added two hits each for the Indians.

Shelton 8, Lyman Hall 1: Rachel Cataudella had two hits, including a double, along with three RBIs to lead the Gaels to an SCC Housatonic Division win in Shelton.

Kendall Hansen added a solo homer for the Gaels (10-6, 4-3). The Trojans fall to 3-13, 0-8.

Read more roundup here.


Seymour's Katie Petroski has been nominated for Thursday's STAR. VOTE!


VIEW Friday's Schedule here.

SHEEHAN 3, CHESHIRE 1

(at Cheshire)

Lex Bukowski, Missy Pereira and Maddie Mizenko all drove in runs for the visiting Titans in this SCC Housatonic Division win on Friday.

HIGHLIGHTS

SHEEHAN: Bukowski and Katie Gill had two hits.
CHESHIRE: Nicole D'Amato hit a solo home run.

WP: Kayla Humphrey (Sheehan) 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks
LP: Nicole D'Amato (Cheshire) 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks

Team records: Sheehan 10-3 (4-1 SCC Housatonic Division); Cheshire 8-6 (3-3)

SHELTON — There wasn’t any Amity rally this time.

Instead, it was the Shelton softball team that erased a one-run deficit and hung on to defeat the Spartans 3-1 Wednesday in this Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division contest.

PHOTOS: Shelton gets by Amity

On May 16, Amity, ranked 10th in the Register Poll, trailed by three runs entering the seventh inning but scored four times in a 7-6 victory over the Gaels.

Read more here.

ROUNDUP

No. 3 Foran 4, Guilford 0: Pitcher Jess Harkness struck out seven and scattered four hits to lead the Lions to their SCC Hammonasset win in Guilford.

Ashley Mendillo had two hits and three RBIs for the Lions.

Law 4, Hand 3 (9): Shea Lagonigro hit a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning that scored Amanda Leone with the winning run as the host Eagles walked off with this SCC Hammonasset Division win at Milford.

Leone finished with two hits and an RBI. Melissa Nelson had two doubles and scored twice for Law (12-1, 5-0). Alyssa Ahern had a hit and scored for the Tigers (4-9).


Read more ROUNDUP here.


VOTE for Shelton's Jen Sicinski for Wednesday's STAR of the DAY

Shelton 3, Amity 1
(at Shelton)

Jen Sicinski hit a three-run double in the fifth inning to left the host Gaels to this upset over the No. 10 Spartans in this SCC Housatonic Division contest on Wednesday.

HIGHLIGHTS

AMITY: C.J. Semones, Corina Zdrowski and Julie Luce had hits. Jacqui Feraiolo scored.

SHELTON: Brittany Lampert, Rachel Cataudella and Danielle Persson scored. 

WP: Emily Komornik (2-1): 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ks

LP: Dana Blydenburg: 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 Ks

Team records: Amity 10-3 (4-1); Shelton 7-6 (2-2)

Join us today for coverage of Amity at Shelton softball. I'll be live tweeting updates of this battle between SCC Housatonic Division rivals. First pitch is at 3:45 p.m.

Monday afternoon’s battle between Southern Connecticut Conference powers Foran and Amity was billed as a must-see contest. It lived up to the hype.

In a game that saw a no-hitter, a milestone and some stellar defense, Foran, ranked No. 3 in the New Haven Register Top 10 poll, defeated No. 10 Amity 3-0 in Woodbridge.

“We are 11-1,” Foran coach Jeff Bevino said. “I would have signed up for that in the beginning of the season. We are in our 12th game and we have played nine teams with seven or more wins. We have played a tough schedule. I am very pleased."

Read more from Mike Madera here.


VOTE for Harkness for Monday's STAR!

ROUNDUP

Hand 2, Cheshire 1 (8): Katie Omdahl tripled and then scored on Sabrina Simpkins to lift the visiting Tigers to this SCC interdivision win.

Hale-Ray 5, Old Saybrook 3: Alex Lafemina had three hits, a run, an RBI and three stolen bases for the host Noises in this Shoreline Conference win at Moodus. Rachel Pease earned the win for Hale-Ray (6-5). Lauren Pascoe had two hits and scored for the Rams (6-5).


Guilford 6, Shelton 3: Brittney Maio had a two-run triple to give visiting Guilford the lead for good in this SCC interdivision win. Leah Torre had three hits and two RBIs and Olivia Boudreau had two hits for Guilford (9-3).

Sheehan 13, Hillhouse 1: Jenna Gogliettino had two hits and scored three times for the host Titans in this SCC interdivision win at Wallingford. Katie Gill had two hits, a run and an RBI for Sheehan (8-3).

Read more Roundup here.

No. 2 Foran 5, Guilford 4: Brooke Phelan scored the winning run on Dani Kemp’s walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the host Lions to this SCC Hammonasset Division win at Milford.

Phelan, who had two hits and an RBI, walked and then stole second before Kemp drove her home for Foran (6-0, 1-0).

Becky Mahoney had two hits and two RBIs for the Indians (4-2, 0-1).

No. 10 Amity 7, Shelton 6: Corina Zdrowski scored from first base on Julie Luce’s walk-off double to lift the host Spartans to this SCC Housatonic Division win at Woodbridge.

Jacquie Ferraiolo scored the tying run on Luce’s hit. Jenna DiLorenzo hit a two-run double for Amity (5-1).

More Monday roundup here.

Hamden holds off West Haven.

Hamden's Angelica Colon has been nominated for Monday's STAR. VOTE!

Tuesday's Schedule

If West Haven defeats North Haven Wednesday night (at Biondi Field, 7 p.m.), the Westies will earn the No. 2 seed for next week's SCC tournament. Foran has already clinched the top seed.

West Haven is currently 11-5 overall and 10-3 during the all-important crossover games, which determine seeding.

After losing three of their first five games, the Westies have won nine of their last 11.

"We're pretty satisfied," West Haven senior captain Shannon Connor said. "Even though we have five losses, the biggest thing is we're playing as a team right now."

West Haven went 6-0 and won the Quinnipiac Division, earning the team an automatic berth into the SCC tourney.

"It's awesome," Connor said. "Every year since my freshman year, Mercy has always been the team that has always beat us and always won the division. This year, to beat them twice, is just awesome."

West Haven coach Frank Biondi has been pleased with his team's performance.

"It's been a great year," Biondi said. "We lost a lot of great players from last year. It's a great thing for me to see these seniors step up."

SCC Tournament Breakdown
IN
Foran, No. 1 seed, Hammonasset Division champion
West Haven, Quinnipiac Division champion
Cheshire, Housatonic Division champion
Amity, wild card
Sheehan, wild card

Oronoque Division
Either East Haven or North Haven will win the automatic bid. Both went 6-2 in the division and are 8-6 in crossover games.
Team will be determined after the remaining crossover games are played this week.

In contention
Sacred Heart Academy (8-5, one crossover left)
Shelton (8-5, one crossover left)
Mercy (8-5, one crossover left)
Guilford (8-6, crossover schedule complete)


Quarterfinals: Mat 24 at site of higher seed
Semifinals: May 25 at West Haven, 5 and 7 p.m.
Final: May 26 at West Haven, 7 p.m.

Each Monday, the Register will highlight last week's top performances in Diamond Gems.

Miranda Baldassare, East Haven: Hit a two-run home run for the Easties in a 5-4 win over Mercy on Monday.

Alena Bounocore, Lyman Hall: Had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Trojans to a 9-1 win over Hand on Thursday.

Brittany Lampert, Shelton: Went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases and two runs in an 11-8 win over East Haven on Friday.

Sam Monaco, North Branford: Had three hits, including a double, to lead the Thunderbirds to a 6-5 win over Haddam-Killingworth on Monday.

Colleen Murphy, Hamden: Had two hits, including a two-run homer, in a 5-1 win over Lyman Hall on Friday.

Shelton defeated Foran 4-3 on Thursday. Read the game story here.

Recap: Designated player Emily Komornik hit a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning to lead the host Gaels to this SCC interdivision victory.

Shelton: Sam Rossetti had two hits, a run and an RBI. Brittany Lampert had two hits and a run.

Foran: Rachel Booth had two hits. Brooke Phelan, Rebeka DeRosa and Dayna Finch had RBIs.

WP: Rossetti (3-1) 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2BB, 7 K

LP: Taylor Harkness (2-2) 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 BB

Records: Foran 2-2; Shelton 3-1