Daily Sports Digest: Ramondelli Nets 100th Career Point as New Rochelle Wins 4-2

Award Season Comes Early For Gaels

senior Mike Glover picked up his third Conference Player of the Week honor as the Gales went 3-0 last week and Glover averaged 20 points and six rebounds in the wins.

This is the seventh time Glover has won the award in his two seasons in New Rochelle and the fifth time a Gael has won it this season as classmate Scott Machado won it twice earlier in the season.

Currently Glover and the Gaels are 13-3 overall and are undefeated in five conference games this year. The team season will pick back up on Thursday when Iona hosts Manhattan to begin a three-game homestand.

The Lady Gaels swept the Conference’s weekly awards for the second time this season as freshmen guard Damika Martinez was named MAAC Player of the Week and Aleesha Powell was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week.

Martinez averaged 23 points and Powell picked up 11 per game as the Gaels went 2-1 over the last week.

Down and out

The Rider University women’s basketball team is 8-4, but the Broncs most likely would have been doing even better if Shereen Lightbourne of Elmsford was in the lineup.

Lightbourne, a junior guard out of Alexander Hamilton High School, was lost for the season after suffering a knee injury in September.

Lightbourne was the team’s most valuable player as a sophomore after leading the team in scoring and field goals made while playing in 29 games, making 26 starts. She was also tied as Rider’s second-best free-throw shooter at 75 percent.

At Alexander Hamilton, Lightbourne was a four-year letter-winner in basketball, earning all-League and team MVP honors each year as a team captain. She scored more than 1,000 points in her scholastic career, and also earned three varsity letters in track and one in volleyball.

Lightbourne is a member of the honor roll and student council. Her father, Lester, is a lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department, and her mother, Delores, is a social worker.

McSharar Continues Stellar Season

Jen McSharar of Garnerville, a forward on the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team, was named Freedom Conference player of the week on the heels of her third double-double of the season.

McSharar, a graduate of North Rockland High School, had 12 points and 12 rebounds as the Valiants beat rival Purchase College, 76-47. She also had back-to-back double-doubles earlier this season against New York University and Messiah College on Dec. 7 and Dec. 17, respectively.

Against Purchase, McSharar also had three steals and a blocked shot. The junior leads the team averaging 7.8 rebounds per game through the first 12 games of the season. She also leads the team in steals with 22, blocked shots with six, and is second on the team in assists with 23.

Junior guard Taylor Wilson of Pearl River had eights and two assists in the win over Purchase. For the Panthers, senior guard Alyse LaPadula of New Rochelle dished off on nine baskets, to go along with six rebounds and two points.

Manhattanville (5-7, 0-2 Freedom) enters the conference portion of the schedule for the rest of the season that starts Wednesday night (Jan. 11) at 6 p.m. when the Valiants visit FDU-Florham in Madison, NJ. Game coverage will be available for both the women’s game and the men’s game which follows at 8 p.m. on WMVL 88.1 FM.

The Valiants are back at Kennedy Gym in Purchase on Jan. 14 to battle Wilkes University (4-8) in Wilkes-Barre, PA, at 1 p.m.

The Purchase women’s team (3-6, 0-3 Skyline Conference) hosts SUNY College at Old Westbury on Thursday night (Jan. 12) at 5 p.m.

The Purchase men’s team (6-5, 4-0 Skyline Conference) meets their counterparts from SUNY College at Old Westbury at approximately 7 p.m., following the women’s game. The Panthers’ roster includes veteran forward Justin Person of Greenburgh and Woodlands High School, and freshman center Joel Neri of Port Chester.

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Yesterday’s Results:

Sport: Ice Hockey

Game: New Rochelle vs. Carmel

Score: New Rochelle Won 4-2

Highlights: Chris Ramondelli picked up his 100th career point on varsity as he picked up a goal in New Rochelle’s 4-2 win over Carmel. Brett Barry, Kyle McLean and John Valente also scored in the win for the Huguenots. Jackie Barnes picked up both Carmel goals.

Sport: Girls Basketball

Game: Ursuline B vs. Palisade Preparatory

Score: Ursuline B won 43-15

Highlights: Lindsay Betke led the way for Ursuline B with eight points in the victory while Angie Bargon scored all 15 points in the loss.

Today’s Schedule:  

In Boys Swimming, New Rochelle and Scarsdale will meet up at Westchester Community College at 5 p.m.

In Wrestling, Eastchester heads to New Rochelle at 4:15 p.m.

In Boys Basketball, Iona Prep heads to St. Edmunds at 4:30 p.m.