Winter & Spring Sports Wrap

Winter

Women’s Basketball ended its season 14–12 with 11 conference wins, earning its first-ever home playoff game. Centennial Conference second team player Serena Pluta ’24 led the team in scoring with 306 points on the season for an average of 12.2 per game.

Second team all-conference Men’s Basketball player Kedrick Fink ’24 led the team in points and rebounds, averaging 16.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game and tallying 392 points and 142 rebounds on the season.

Kylee Smith ’25 tallied 10 of the season’s top times in Women’s Swimming, four in the relays and six in individual events. … In Men’s Swimming Zach Affeldt ’25 and Shane Brice ’26 were named All-Centennial Conference swimmers. At the conference championships, Affeldt took bronze in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:02:35, and Brice also earned a bronze in the 200 butterfly with a personal best time of 1:53:66. 

In Men’s Swimming Zach Affeldt ’25 and Shane Brice ’26 were named All-Centennial Conference swimmers. At the conference championships, Affeldt took bronze in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:02:35, and Brice also earned a bronze in the 200 butterfly with a personal best time of 1:53:66. 

Spring

Trap & Skeet made it back to ACUI Nationals, finishing ninth overall in Division III, led by Gage Williams ’24 and Carter Weems ’24. The pair became the first shooters in program history to connect on 90% of their targets (Williams 91.17% and Weems 91%).

Sailing qualified for the America Trophy—MAISA Open Dinghy Championship after placing fourth at The Grant. Skipper Kennedy Jones ’24, with crew Rachel Morgan ’27 and Laurel Krause ’24, grabbed 17th overall with 205 points. The team also finished 17th overall. The team’s best finish of the season came in The Tom Noble Team Race, where Washington finished first out of six.

Women’s Rowing ended their season with three athletes named to the MARC All-Conference Rowing Team: Jordan Hyde ’25 first team, Makaela Oehler ’24 second team, and Mary Clymer ’27 all-novice team. 

 The highlight of the Men’s Rowing season was at the Battle at Brigantine, where both the first and second varsity eights came in first in their races to earn the overall Team Trophy. The varsity four also won the Petite Final at the MARC Championship with a time of 7:30:699. The team concluded its season at the Dad Vail Championships, where the varsity eight finished second in the Final 2 Race with a time of 6:52:391.

Softball ended the season 20–1–1 and secured the #1 seed in the Centennial Conference Tournament with 11 conference wins. The team was led by Centennial Co-Pitcher of the Year Lexi Barnhart ’24, who ended her senior year with eight wins, 60 strikeouts, and an ERA of 3.21. First team all-conference athlete Lilly Cook ’25 led the team in batting average with .352.

Logan Yi ’24 and Drew Kinsey ’26 had record-breaking seasons in
Baseball. Yi led the team with a .428 batting average and set the program record with 62 hits on a season. Kinsey set a new program record with nine home runs in a season. The pair were named All-Centennial Conference first team.

Men’s Lacrosse earned its way into the Centennial Conference Tournament for the first time in nine years. Ben Dickinson ’25 was named all-conference honorable mention after leading the team with 39 points.

Women’s Lacrosse kept its 12-year playoff streak alive and ended the season with three athletes named All-Centennial: Abby Laubach ’24, first team, Mia Salviaterra ’26, second team, and McKenna Seashole ’25, honorable mention. Laubach recorded career highs in assists with 26, points with 49, and draw controls with 91.

 Men’s Tennis saw two players named all-conference. Karl Hoegstedt ’24 earned first team honors with 11 solo wins. Hoegstedt and Aaradith Ravichandran ’25 were named second team doubles recording nine wins on the season.

Piper Sartison ’26 and Isabella Sorhegui ’26 won seven matches as doubles partners for the Women’s Tennis team. Sorhegui and Soleil Namunyola ’26 led the team in singles wins as well with nine each.

Men’s Golf began its first year as a varsity sport this spring. Their best finish was 11th in the F&M invite on April 15. The team’s top finisher was John Matthai ’25, who shot an 80 on the day and finished tied for 32nd overall. Matthai was also named to the Centennial’s All-Sportsmanship Team.