66 THE sports QUEENS COURIER • MARCH 9, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM Maspeth HS Argonauts advance in PSAL playoff s BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport Aft er receiving a bye in the fi rst round of the Public School Athletic League (PSAL) Boys’ Varsity Basketball 2017 B Division playoff tournament, the Maspeth High School Argonauts made quick work of their second-round opponents, defeating Juan Morel Campos Secondary School by a score of 80-55, on Friday, March 3. The game was never in question, as the fi ft h-seeded Argonauts outscored the 28th-seeded Cougars in the fi rst three quarters (22-15; 19-12; and 24-13), and tied the fourth quarter as both teams scored 15 points in the frame. Maspeth was led by junior Luca Tamer, who scored 18 points in the victory. Junior Daniel Piszczatowski added 16, and senior Nathaniel Nickle dropped 11 points. Six other Argonauts got in on the scoring, leading to the big win for Maspeth. Photos by Joseph Swift@JSwiftSports Queens College women’s basketball team earns 2-seed in Division II Tournament For the third consecutive season, the Queens College women’s basketball team will be in the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. Th is year the Knights earned the No. 2 seed in the East Regional bracket. Queens College (24-4) will take on the seventh-seeded Assumption College Greyhounds (19-8) in the opening round on Friday, March 10. Th e East Regional will be hosted by top-seeded Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y. Th e regional semifi nals will take place on Saturday, March 11, while the regional fi nals will be played on Monday, March 13. Th e Knights are the only team in the region to have made the tournament in each of the last three seasons. Queens College was one of three East Coast Conference (ECC) teams in the region, as fellow members Molloy College and NYIT earned spots as well. Bentley University, Caldwell University and University of the Sciences rounded out the region. Queens College has already tied the program record with 24 wins this season, and ended their regular season with 16 straight wins to claim the ECC Regular Season Championship. Senior Madison Rowland, who leads the nation in steals per game, was named ECC Player of the Year, while redshirt senior MacKenzie Rowland was chosen as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, and head coach Elizabeth Naumovski was voted ECC Coach of the Year. Th e Knights and Greyhounds met back on Nov. 27, with Assumption earning a 67-59 home victory. In last year’s NCAA East Regional, the Knights defeated Holy Family University in the fi rst round before falling to national semifi nalist Bentley in the regional semifi nals.
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