Fairfied Sports Roundup: Feb. 23
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The Fairfield Ludlowe boys baslketball defeated Darien 51-34 on Wednesday to conclude the regular season at 9-11.
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The Fairfield Ludlowe boys basketball completed a strong finish to the regular season Wednesday with a 51-34 win at Darien.
Mark Cerulli scored 16 points and Tyler Bulkley added 10 for the Falcons, who won six of their final seven games to post their second straight 9-11 regular season under coach Brian Silvestro.
After being 3-10, Fairfield Ludlowe (9-9 in the FCIAC) missed out on an FCIAC playoff spot by only one game. The final three berths went to Stamford, Danbury and Bristol Central, who all won Wednesday.
Justin Berardino added eight points and six assists for Ludlowe, whose playoff hopes basically ended with Monday's 46-36 loss at Trumbull.
Liam Naughton scored 10 points to pace Darien, which finished at 2-18 and 1-17.
Ludlowe got off to a slow start, trailing 15-12 after the first quarter, but the Falcons outscored the Blue Wave 12-7 in the second period to take a 24-22 lead at the half.
Ludlowe then broke it open in the third quarter, outscoring Darien 17-5 to take a 41-27 advantage into the final period.
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The Fairfield Prep hockey team rebounded from Saturday's loss to Notre Dame of West Haven to black Catholic Memorial (Mass). 1-0 Wednesday afternoon at the Wonderland of Ice.
Billy D'Amore scored the only goal in the third period for the Jesuits, who improved to 15-3 heading into Saturday's battle at rival Hamden.
Riley Wikman made 26 saves in recording Fairfield Prep's sixth shutout of the season.Wikman has five of those shutouts.
Despite the 2-0 defeat to Notre Dame of West Haven, the Jesuits held on to a share of the top spot with the Green Knights in the New Haven Register top 10 media state poll.
Notre Dame (14-3-1) did collect one more first-place vote than the Jesuits with eight of the 15.
Ridgefield (18-2) remained third, followed by Hamden (10-4-2), Glastonbury (13-5-0), Darien (14-5-0), West Haven (10-6), Xavier (9-7-1), St. Joseph (14-6-0) and East Haven (11-5-2).
St. Joseph and East Haven were unranked last week with the Cadets entering the top 10 for the first time this season.
Darien dropped two spots following its 4-0 loss to last week to New Canaan (12-7-1), which is just outside the top 10 at No. 11.
Ridgefield posted an impressive 6-1 win over Glastonbury on Tuesday.
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The Fairfield boys hockey team was eliminated from the FCIAC tier one playoffs with a 5-2 loss to Darien on Wednesday afternoon at the Darien Ice Rink.
Dana Wensberg, Brendan Hathaway, George Gregory and John Knowlton scored for the Blue Wave, who improved to 14-5 overall and finished 11-1 in FCIAC play.
Wensberg scored an unassisted goal in the first period to give Darien the lead before Hathaway scored a four-on-four goal to make it 2-0 in the second.
Fairfield's Tom Kryspin cashed in a power-play goal less than a minute later to halve the deficit, but Gregory answered to give Darien a 3-1 lead with four minutes left in the middle period.
Knowlton scored before the end of the period to extend the Blue Wave's cushion to 4-1. Tyler DeMilt tallied with 4 1/2 minutes remaining to pull the Mustangs within 4-2.
Fairfield concluded the regular season at 10-10 and 7-5 and will compete in the tier two playoffs for the seventh- through 10th-place teams.
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The Fairfield Warde, Fairfield Ludlowe and Notre Dame of Fairfield girls basketball teams will play road games in the first round of the state tournament.
Warde (12-8) is the 19th seed in Class LL and will play at No. 14 Glastonbury (14-6) while Ludllowe (12-8) is seeded 31st and will visit No. 2 Lauralton Hall (19-1) in first-round games on Monday.
The Warde-Glastonbury winner will take on the winner of No. 3 Holy Cross-No. 30 Hamden. The Ludlowe-Lauralton Hall survivor faces either No. 15 East Catholic or No. 18 Norwich Free Academy in the next round.
Notre Dame-Fairfield (12-8) is the 18th seed in Class M and visits No. 15 Classical Magnet of Hartford (13-7) on Monday. Either No. 2 Tolland or No. 31 St. Paul Catholic awaits the winner.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Boys basketball
Fairfield Ludlowe 51, Darien 34
St. Joseph 64, Fairfield Warde 39
Boys hockey
Fairfield Prep 1, Catholic Memorial (Mass.) 0
Darien 5, Fairfield 2
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys hockey
Notre Dame-West Haven at Notre Dame-Fairfield, 6 p.m, Milford Ice Pavilion
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division |
FCIAC Record |
Overall Record |
| Westhill* | 13-5 | 14-6 |
| Danbury*l | 10-8 | 12-8 |
| Bridgeport Central* | 10-8 | 11-8 |
| Greenwich | 9-9 | 11-9 |
| Trumbull | 9-9 | 10-10 |
| Staples | 8-10 | 9-11 |
Central Division |
FCIAC Record |
Overall Record |
| Ridgefield* | 13-5 | 15-5 |
| Stamford* | 11-7 | 12-8 |
| Fairfield Ludlowe | 9-9 | 9-11 |
| Norwalk | 8-10 | 10-10 |
| McMahon | 4-14 | 4-16 |
| Harding | 3-15 | 4-16 |
East Division |
FCIAC Record |
Overall Record |
| St. Joseph* | 18-0 | 20-0 |
| Trinity Catholic* | 14-4 | 15-5 |
| Bassick* | 13-5 | 15-5 |
| Fairfield-Warde | 9-9 | 11-9 |
| Wilton | 8-10 | 10-10 |
| Darien | 1-17 | 2-18 |
| New Canaan | 1-17 | 2-18 |
GIRLS BASKETBALL
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West Division |
FCIAC Record |
Overall Record |
| Danbury* | 18-0 | 22-0 |
| Trumbull* | 15-3 | 19-3 |
| Staples | 11-7 | 12-8 |
| Westhill | 10-8 | 11-9 |
| Greenwich | 4-14 | 4-16 |
| Bridgeport Central | 1-16 | 2-17 |
Central Division |
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| Norwalk* | 13-5 | 15-6 |
| Stamford* | 11-7 | 12-10 |
| Fairfield Ludlowe | 7-11 | 8-12 |
| Ridgefield | 7-11 | 7-13 |
| McMahon | 3-15 | 3-17 |
| Harding | 2-15 | 4-15 |
East Division |
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| St. Joseph* | 15-3 | 17-4 |
| Wilton* | 13-5 | 15-6 |
| Trinity Catholic* | 12-6 | 13-8 |
| Darien* | 11-7 | 12-9 |
| Fairfield Warde | 10-8 | 12-8 |
| New Canaan | 8-10 | 10-10 |
| Bassick | 0-18 | 0-20 |
BOYS HOCKEY
| East Division | FCIAC Record | FCIAC Points | Overall Record |
| Darien* | 11-1 | 22 | 14-5-0 |
| Ridgefield* | 11-1 | 20 | 18-2-0 |
| St. Joseph* | 9-3 | 18 | 13-7-0 |
| New Canaan* | 8-4 | 16 | 12-7-1 |
| Wilton* | 8-4 | 16 | 10-10-0 |
| Trinity Catholic* | 8-4 | 16 | 9-11-0 |
| Stamford | 4-8 | 8 | 6-13-1 |
| West Division | FCIAC Record | FCIAC Points | Overall Record |
| Fairfield | 7-5 | 14 | 9-11-0 |
| Westhill | 5-7 | 10 | 5-12-2 |
| Trumbull | 4-8 | 8 | 11-9-0 |
| Staples | 2-10 | 4 | 8-11-0 |
| Greenwich | 1-11 | 2 | 3-17-0 |
| Norwalk/McMahon | 0-12 | 0 | 2-18-0 |
Girls Hockey
| Teams | FCIAC Record | FCIAC Pts | Overall Record |
| New Canaan* | 14-0 | 28 | 19-1 |
| Ridgefield* | 10-3-1 | 21 | 13-5-1 |
| Greenwich* | 10-4 | 20 | 12-5-1 |
| Darien* | 9-4-1 | 19 | 11-6-1 |
| Fairfield | 4-9 | 8 | 6-10-0 |
| Wilton | 4-9 | 8 | 5-11-1 |
| Staples-Trumbull | 3-11 | 6 | 6-12-0 |
| Stamford | 0-14 | 0 | 1-14-0 |
