Susan Wagner coach Marco Altieri picked up his 100th victory Wednesday as the Falcons swept Petrides in PSAL Staten Island A9 girls volleyball. The 10th-year coach has guided Wagner to three straight semifinals berths, including a trip to the final last year – the first appearance in the championship match for a Staten Island team in three decades.
“Yeah, it’s a milestone for me as a coach, but really it’s a milestone for the program,” Altieri said.
Wagner (5-0) has now won 41 straight Staten Island league matches. Making Altieri’s feat even more impressive was that he started out 15-31 before things began turning around in 2006. Since then, the Falcons are 85-24 and have become one of the PSAL’s premier programs.
“I remember looking at Tech and looking at Curtis and Tottenville,” the coach said. “I’ll be honest, I was so caught up in one day winning the division. That’s all I wanted to do. Having those good playoff runs make you want so much more.”
Wagner fell to Cardozo in last year’s final, letting a 24-21 lead in the decisive third set slip away. The Falcons have come a long way since his first few years on the bench. Altieri has been a catalyst for club volleyball on Staten Island and the sport has grown in popularity, especially at Susan Wagner.
“Ultimately we want to win a championship,” he said. “That’s our goal. We came so close last year. Only one point.”
Bronx Science 2, Clinton 0: Mary Platt had 11 kills and Dominique Watt had seven kills to lead Science (5-0) to a 25-7, 25-13 win in Bronx A1. Elissa Shiau had 20 assists. Clinton is 1-4.
Stuyvesant 2, Lab Museum United 0: Melissa Chin had eight kills and Natalie Kozlova had six kills to lead Stuy (5-0) to a 25-7, 25-10 win in Manhattan A4. Lisa Qiu had 16 assists. Lab is 2-2.
Hunter College HS 2, Fashion Industries 0: Courtney Ligh and Helen Nam each had five kills and five aces to lead Hunter (5-0) to a 25-12, 25-5 win in Manhattan A5. Gaby Frid had 13 assists. Fashion is 0-4.
Brooklyn Tech 2, George Westinghouse 0: Colette Littell had 10 kills and Amy Ye had six kills and 12 digs to lead Tech (5-0) to a 25-5, 25-7 win in Brooklyn A2. Alexandra Kiosse had 12 assists and Iryna Anufriyeva had five aces and five digs. Westinghouse is 0-4.
New Utrecht 2, Sheepshead Bay 0: Jennifer Cheng had five kills and Vera Zhuk had eight assists to lead New Utrecht (4-0) to a 25-11, 25-11 win in Brooklyn A3. Sheepshead is 1-3.
Townsend Harris 2, Bayside 1: Yipin Yuan had eight kills and eight digs, Sahityasri Thapi had 11 assists and Jennifer Yu had 17 digs to lead Harris (3-1) to a 14-25, 25-20, 25-22 win in Queens A6. Nicole Lopilato had six digs and Christina Dunn had four blocks. Bayside is 2-2.
Francis Lewis 2, RFK 0: Sandra Arcabascio and Stacy Paickattu each had six aces and Naya Harris had five aces to lead Lewis (3-2) to a 25-2, 25-11 win in Queens A6. Jessica Chung had five assists and Lisa Camargo had four kills. RFK is 0-4.
Midwood 2, Lincoln 0: Michaela Appel had six kills and five aces and Elizabet Genis and Marcela Jimenez Rodriguez both had five assists to lead Midwood (4-1) to a 25-6, 25-13 win in Brooklyn A3. Lincoln is 1-3.
Forest Hills 2, Hillcrest 0: Lisa Wiggins had nine aces and Megi Brahimaj had seven aces to lead Forest Hills (3-1) to a 25-23, 25-19 win in Queens A8. Hillcrest is 0-4.
Curtis 2, Port Richmond 0: Danielle Santucci had eight kills and Taylor O’Gara had 16 assists to lead Curtis (2-3) to a 25-21, 25-14 win in Staten Island A9. PR is 0-5.
Van Buren 2, Edison 0: Veda Gajadhar had four kills and four digs and Deandra Cooke had five digs to lead Van Buren (3-1) to a 26-24, 25-19 win in Queens A8. Edison is 0-5.
CHSAA
Maria Regina 3, St. Catharine 0: Samantha Miano and Sofia Przyblyek each had five assists to lead Maria Regina to a 25-10, 25-11, 25-12 win in Bronx/Westchester. SCA is 1-6.
Good Counsel 3, Cardinal Spellman 2: Amanda Butler had 11 kills, five aces and five blocksf for Spellman (4-2) in a heartbreaking loss, 25-18, 14-25, 18-25, 25-21, 17-15, in Bronx/Westchester. Jessica Ricciardi had 28 digs and Kerri Connelly had 20 assists.
Christ the King 3, Kearney 1: Kerry Mackey had 17 kills, Christina Juran had 15 kills and Priscilla Brown had 29 digs to lead Christ the King (1-5) to a 25-19, 25-15, 13-25, 25-16 win in Brooklyn/Queens. It was first-year coach Bob Mackey’s first victory since he guided the Tolentine girls in the 1980s.
IVY LEAGUE
Trinity 3, Horace Mann 2: Rachel Lander had eight kills and two blocks and Amanda Appleson had 23 assists for Horace Mann (3-3) in a 25-13, 25-18, 18-25, 22-25, 15-6 loss. Trinity is 3-1.
PSAL CLASS B
ENY Family Academy 2, Jefferson 0: Oksana James had nine aces and Charlena Mackey had eight aces to lead Family Academy (3-1) to a 25-15, 25-11 win in Brooklyn B4. Jefferson is 1-3.
Clara Barton 2, Banneker 0: Taliah Moore had seven kills, nine aces and five digs and Ashley Andrews had six aces to lead Clara Barton (2-2) to a 25-16, 25-20 win in Brooklyn B3. Banneker is 0-5.
Construction 2, Queens Vocational 1: Reiana Amarsing had six kills and Jona Kerluku and Catherine Chiccola each had five aces to lead Construction (4-1) to a 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 win in Queens B10. Queens Vo is 0-5.
All City Leadership 2, Brooklyn Law and Technology 0: Kathleen Guzman had eight aces to lead All City Leadership (5-0) to a 25-8, 25-11 win in Brooklyn B4. Brooklyn Law and Tech is 2-2.
OTHER SCORES
Lane 2, Grand Street Campus 0
Lehman 2, Roosevelt 1
Fort Hamilton 2, Goldstein 0
FDR 2, Lafayette 0
George Washington 2, FDA 0
