Men’s Baseball
The Sharks had a successful weekend against Palm Beach Atlantic, winning game one on March 23 7-3. They won games two and three 14-6 and 16-5, respectively. Junior Ian Acevedo had a balanced offensive attack with a 3-for-3 effort at the dish in game one. In game two, the Sharks had a season-high four homers, with 12 different players having at least one hit, and junior Jake Anchia was the only player to have multiple hits. NSU had three more homers in game three.
On March 29, Anchia set the new NSU record for career home runs against Rollins. The Sharks won 11-1 and recorded eight hits over the final three innings.
Women’s Golf
NSU propelled to the top of the leaderboard March 26 at day one of the Barry U Invitational. Junior Sophie Madden grabbed the individual lead for a portion of the morning at (-2) 70. Senior and U.S. representative in the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup, Jamie Freedman, finished the final 13 holes bogey-free, five-under-par.
On the second day of the tournament NSU secured its sixth consecutive team title, with Madden collecting individual medalist honors for the first time in her career and Freedman finishing one shot back. Senior Michelle Ruiz tied for the tournament-high 12 total birdies.
Women’s Softball
The Sharks split a doubleheader with Flagler College Saints on March 21, first winning 3-2 then losing 16-3. Redshirt freshman Daniela Bautista scored her second homer of the season.
On March 29, NSU lost game one against Eckerd 7-3. Sophomores Kailynn Blackwood and Sydney Lageyre finished 2-for-3 with Blackwood adding one RBI. Sophomores Lexie Storrer and Alex Suzuki went 2-for-4; Storrer scored once and Suzuki tallied two RBI from her home run.
Women’s Tennis
On Saturday, March 24, the Sharks fell just short of victory against Rollins, losing 5-4 at the Bert Martin Tennis Complex. Junior Ana Navas and sophomore Isabella Lowrey prevented the sweep despite Rollins taking an early 2-0 lead.
The next day, sophomore Daniela Obando and freshman Alexandra Yeardley prevented another sweep against Academy of Art, winning a No. 2 8-6 victory.
On March 27, Obando and Lowrey secured wins in singles, but the team fell to the 2017 National Champion and third-ranked Barry Buccaneers 7-2.
Obando and Lowrey secured singles wins again on March 29, with the team losing again to the University of Delaware 5-2.
Men’s & Women’s Track and Field
Senior Amira Bendrif provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship in the triple jump on March 23. Junior Kamaria Johnson tossed 45.78 meters in the hammer throw while senior Maddy Kenyon was just shy of a season best in the javelin. Sophomore Zaheem Anderson set a personal-best in the long jump, 6.57 meters, while senior Jazmine Elleston placed fifth in the triple jump. On the track, sophomore Nisha Bryant ran a season-best 12.77 seconds in the 100 meter dash and freshman Michelle Bauer and graduate Thomas Ingalls had top-10 finishes.
