Spring Roundup 4/25-29
Mustangs heading into the final days of the regular season for 2023; girls tennis in position for a 4A team championship.
Mullen girls tennis is halfway home to another team championship.
The past week, the Mustangs rolled past Thomas Jefferson 7-0 and handled Discovery Canyon 6-1 through the first two rounds of the Class 4A team tournament, now in its second season
Head coach Jera Sturgell said her team remains confident heading into Tuesday’s semifinals at home against Thompson Valley.
“I actually felt really good about this season,” she said in recalling its outset. “We had strong tryouts, girls were moving up and they looked good.”
Mullen moved to 12-4 in dual meets and hasn’t lost a set through 14 lines of play. Sturgell points out that the Mustangs are strong throughout their lineup and they lost only 12 games in the TJ match, just three among their singles players Lexi Yost, Lilly Evans and Savanna Hanley. They also dropped only three games against Discovery Canyon
The other 4A semifinal will be Cheyenne Mountain vs. Kent Denver.
Mullen also will host a 4A Region on Wednesday, the tickets to the individual bracket that will be contested in Pueblo.
The Mustangs won the Colorado title in 2021, the year before officials added a team bracket to the postseason that wasn’t based on or associated with individual play.
CLASS 4A TEAM BRACKET
QUARTERFINALS
MULLEN 6, DISCOVERY CANYON 1
No. 1 singles – Lexi Yost def. Cosette Gaines 6-0, 6-2.
No. 2 singles – Lilly Evans def. Lannie Wilson 6-2, 6-2.
No. 3 singles – Savanna Hanley def. Hannah Ringstrom 6-3, 6-0.
No. 1 doubles – Grace Brouillette-Avery Walters lost to Ashleigh Sincock-Caroline Marshall 6-2, 7-6 (8-6).
No. 2 doubles – Clara Dailey-Claire Lenich def. Carly Creps-Audrey Wolff 6-3, 6-1.
No. 3 doubles – Anna Lawrence-Maisie McMorrow def. Lauren Sincock-Lauren Campbell 6-2, 6-2.
No. 4 doubles – Emma Lehman-Grace Jeffers def. Laena Linnenburger-Lily Gruber 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
PRELIMINARIES
MULLEN 7, THOMAS JEFFERSON 0
No. 1 singles – Lexi Yost def. AalyciaSophia Randall 6-0, 6-0.
No. 2 singles – Lilly Evans def. Lily Mullins 6-0, 6-1.
No. 3 singles – Savanna Hanley def. Stephanie Zabel 6-0, 6-2.
No. 1 doubles – Grace Brouillette-Avery Walters def. Carla Gutierrez Escalona-Juliana Willson 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 doubles – Clara Dailey-Claire Lenich def. SophieAnn Scott-Magnolia Mclain 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3 doubles – Anna Lawrence-Maisie McMorrow def. Dagny Mclain-Rachel Nelson 6-0, 6-4.
No. 4 doubles – Emma Lehman-Grace Jeffers def. Maria Georgen-Rachel Van Wagner 6-0, 6-1.
Baseball
On the diamond, the Mustangs notched two Centennial League victories, 4-3 over Smoky Hill and 5-2 against Arapahoe.
Mullen has moved to 9-6 overall, 3-2 in league.
“It’s about getting W’s,” Mustangs head coach Phil Stanford said in referencing his team’s postseason position heading into the final 15 days of the regular season.
Mullen was No. 16 in 4A RPI postseason qualifying through the past weekend. The top 32 will advance to regionals.
Against Smoky Hill, Ben Krza had two hits. He also drove home a run as did Sage Hurley and Gus Peonio. Ryan Jackson and Andres Bertaud handled the pitching.
In the Arapahoe victory, Mullen used a five-run fifth to decide it, aided by two RBIs by Colin Mackenzie. Thomas Stewart and Jackson had the mound duties.
It will be a busy week for the Mustangs – Monday at Cherokee Trail, Tuesday home vs. Eaglecrest, Thursday at Pine Creek and Saturday is the beginning of the new league tournament in which the two halves of the league will be seeded.
MULLEN 4, SMOKY HILL 3
Smoky Hill 200 010 0 -- 3 5 3
Mullen 012 001 x – 4 6 0
Mullen – Gamueda rf 4-0-0-0, Mackenzie cf 3-0-1-0, T. Stewart ss 2-1-0-0, Jackson lf 3-1-1-0, Krza c 3-1-2-1, R. Brady 2b 1-0-0-0, Hurley 2b 3-1-1-1, Dings 1b 2-0-0-0, Duke 1b 1-0-0-0, Peonio dh 2-0-1-1. Totals 24-4-6-3.
LOB – 5. 4. SB – Krza, Hurley. Caught stealing – Mackenzie. BB – Brady 2, Jackson, Hurley. 2B – Hurley.
Pitching – Jackson 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K’s; Bertaud (W) 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K’s. WP – Salazar. Salazar hit 1 batter.
MULLEN 5, ARAPAHOE 2
Arapahoe 001 010 0 -- 2 7 2
Mullen 000 500 x – 5 6 1
Mullen – Gamueda rf 2-0-0-1, Mackenzie cf 3-0-2-2, T. Stewart p-2b 3-0-0-0, Brady 3b 3-1-0-0, Jackson lf-p 2-1-0-0, Krza c 3-1-2-1, Hurley ss 3-1-1-0, Peonio dh 3-0-0-0, Walker 2b 1-1-0-1, Bertaud lf 1-0-1-0. Totals 24-5-6-5.
E – Walker. LOB – 4. BB – Jackson, Walker. 2B – Mackenzie 2.
Pitching – T. Stewart (W) 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K’s; Jackson 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K’s. WP – T. Stewart.
Girls Golf
In a weather-shortened Centennial No. 1 that had been postponed from April 4, the Mustangs and league members were limited again in the makeup outing to nine holes at Kennedy Golf Course.
Mullen was fifth among five teams and led individually by Sammy Yates’ 2-over-par 38 and Jane Gray’s 4-over 40.
Next is Centennial No. 4, Thursday, May 4, at Meadow Hills G.C. in Aurora, 12:30 p.m.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE NO. 1
At Kennedy G.C.
Par 36 (9 holes)
Team scores – Cherokee Trail plus-15, Cherry Creek plus-22, Grandview plus-25, Arapahoe p;lus-26, Mullen plus-28.
Mullen individuals -- 5. Sammy Yates, 38; 8. (tie) Jane Gray, 40; 21. (tie) Braelynne Lawler and Riley Stewart, 47; 32. Alia Martinez, 56.
Boys Lacrosse
In Lakewood, the Mustangs fell behind 7-0 early and didn’t recover in a 16-4 loss to Green Mountain at Trailblazer Stadium.
Mullen remains winless in a dozen matches, three in the 4A Foothills League.
‘Luke Desautels, Nicky Bond, Ethan Karr and Jeff Witwer scored for Mullen. Luke Dempsey, Talon Penrod and Brody meade had the assists.
Mullen enters its final week of the regular season with matches against Evergreen (home, Wednesday), Air Academy (away, Friday) and Conifer (away, Saturday).
GREEN MOUNTAIN 16, MULLEN 4
Mullen 0 2 1 1 -- 4
Green Mountain 7 2 3 4 -- 16
Mullen goals -- Luke Desautels, Nicky Bind, Ethan Karr, Jeff Witwer.
Mullen assists -- Luke Dempsey, Talon Penrod, Brody Meade.
Mullen 0 2 1 1 -- 4
Green Mountain 7 2 3 4 -- 16
Mullen goals -- Luke Desautels, Nicky Bind, Ethan Karr, Jeff Witwer.
Mullen assists -- Luke Dempsey, Talon Penrod, Brody Meade.
Girls Lacrosse
The Mustangs lost twice to Jefferson County, 12-2 to Green Mountain and 16-4 to Golden, both in the 4A West League, and once to Heritage 16-4 in nonleague..
Mullen is 1-11 overall, 1-3 in league.
The Mustangs will wrap up their regular season this week with matches against Evergreen (home, Tuesday), Cherokee Trail (away, Thursday) and Arapahoe (away, Friday).
GREEN MOUNTAIN 12, MULLEN 2
Mullen goals -- Stella Geffre, Margaux Giordano.
GOLDEN 16, MULLEN 4
Mullen goals -- Jordan Weber 2, Jamison Johnson, Charlie Smith.
Mullen assist -- Jamison Johnson.
HERITAGE 21, MULLEN 15
Heritage 11 10 -- 21
Mullen 9 7 -- 16
Mullen goals -- Jamison Johnson 5, Margaux Giordano 3, Harper Holmes 2, Mary Jane Archibald 2, Dri Eckman 2, Stella Geffre.
Mullen assists -- Stella Geffre 3, Margaux Giordano 2, Mary Jane Archibald, Dri Eckman, Stella Geffre.
Girls Soccer
Mullen goals -- Stella Geffre, Margaux Giordano.
GOLDEN 16, MULLEN 4
Mullen goals -- Jordan Weber 2, Jamison Johnson, Charlie Smith.
Mullen assist -- Jamison Johnson.
HERITAGE 21, MULLEN 15
Heritage 11 10 -- 21
Mullen 9 7 -- 16
Mullen goals -- Jamison Johnson 5, Margaux Giordano 3, Harper Holmes 2, Mary Jane Archibald 2, Dri Eckman 2, Stella Geffre.
Mullen assists -- Stella Geffre 3, Margaux Giordano 2, Mary Jane Archibald, Dri Eckman, Stella Geffre.
Girls Soccer
In going 1-2 in matches, the Mustangs won 2-1 in overtime against Eaglecrest, then were shut out by Grandview and Northfield, both by 1-0.
Mullen is 7-4-1 overall, 3-3 in league.
Against Eaglecrest, Kate Vezzani scored in regulation before setting up the game-winner, to Mattea Parsons, in the extra session.
The Mustangs remain in solid playoff shape – they enter the final week of the regular season at No. 8 in the regular season and will finish league play on Tuesday at home against Overland and have back-to-back nonleaguers against Lutheran (away, Thursday) and Liberty Common (home, Saturday).
MULLEN 2, EAGLECREST 1 OT
Mullen 1 0 1 -- 2
Mullen 1 0 1 -- 2
Eaglecrest 0 1 0 -- 1
Mullen goals -- Kate Vezzani, Mattea Parson.
Mullen assist -- Kate Vezzani.
GRANDVIEW 1, MULLEN 0
Grandview 0 1 -- 1
Mullen 0 0 -- 0
Grandview 0 1 -- 1
Mullen 0 0 -- 0
NORTHFIELD 1, MULLEN 0
Boys Volleyball
The Mustangs wrapped up their first sanctioned campaign by getting swept in the season-ending Centennial League tournament, but established themselves in another spring sport.
Mullen ended 5-15 overall, 0-10 in league, but will return 10 varsity players for next season.
LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
Mullen lost to Valor Christian 25-14, 25-12, 25-9.
LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
Mullen lost to Cherry Creek 3-0.
LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
Mullen lost to Overland 25-12, 25-18, 25-23.
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