Sports briefs: Marin softball rivalry takes college stage

Former MCAL rivals Sadie Leonard and Rose Malen squared off for the first time in college in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday between Williams College and Chapman University.

Leonard, a former standout at Redwood High, started for Williams and pitched all seven innings, allowed two hits and one earned run in a 4-2 victory. Leonard, who is fresh off being named the New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference pitcher of the week, had 15 strikeouts in the game.

Malen, a former Marin Catholic standout, went 6.2 innings and allowed nine hits and four earned runs while striking out five.

Leonard and Malen battled each other throughout last season, meeting four times with Redwood winning the two regular-season games and MC winning the two postseason encounters. All four meetings required extra innings.

• Dominican University split a doubleheader with Chaminade on Monday. After dropping the first game 3-0, the Penguins came back to take the second game 7-3. Dominican freshman Annabelle Burke drove in a pair of runners, while freshman Marina Medina led the way with three hits. Senior Shelby Keltner allowed three runs in her 3 1/3 innings of work while freshman reliever Jayla Cadena was awarded the win after giving up just one hit and no runs in her effort for the Penguins (12-13, 9-5 PacWest).

Prep baseball

San Domenico’s Alex Tavano homered, doubled and drove in three runs during a big do-it-all day as the Panthers shut out Marin Academy 14-0 Monday. On the mound, Tavano struck out eight of the 10 batters he faced, and walked one. San Domenico reliever Oliver Bennett finished the shutout. The Panthers (3-1, 2-1) got hits from six of their starting players.

Prep tennis

San Domenico avoided the shutout in a 4-1 loss to Lick. The Panthers’ lone win came at No. 1 doubles, where Charlie Aspatore and Harry Wan won 6-2, 5-7, 12-10.

Golf

Tam High’s Ben Friedman finished 2-under 138 to capture first place in the boys championship flight over the weekend in the National Junior Tour of California Spring Series event in Paso Robles. Friedman carded back-to-back rounds of 69 with eight birdies total.

Meanwhile, Mill Valley’s Adam Dahl tied for fifth place in the boys flight at 18-over 158. Greenbrae’s Elizabeth Liu tied for 10th in the girls championship flight at 20-over 162.

Water polo

Several girls from Marin County joined the USA Waterpolo Girls Olympic Development Program National Championships in the Tri-Valley area of Northern California.  Following the tournament, National Team Selection Camp selections were announced including local athletes Gabby Reichley (Marin Academy) and Anya Frey (St. Ignatius), who were both on the Pac Zone Red Team that finished first. Aurora DeVilbiss and Samantha Riley were also selected for Development NTSC.

Some other local athletes that attended the ODP National Championships were: Elizabeth Harlow, Amelia Murphy, Caroline Starrett, Giselle Orson, Nadia Wachelka, Hannah Reichley, Holly Hovey, Julia Ulvestad and Zara Zedlitz. For a complete list, visit www.usawaterpolo.org.

Swimming

This weekend, Aqua Marin Synchro, a local artistic swim team, will host a Pacific Association Championship meet from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Miwok Pool at College of Marin in Novato. Admission is free to the public.

Reporting scores

Coaches are encouraged to report scores, stats and game details via email to sports@marinij.com or to @marinij_sports on Twitter following games. Anything that comes in after the deadline for print – around 8 p.m. typically – will be included the following day.