for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com november 13, 2014 • The queens Courier 85 sports Weekend sports preview BY LARY FLEISHER absence as the fifth seed against No. 28 Environmental Studies. The Commodores were 10-0 during the regular Red Devils open PSAL playoffs season and won nine of 10 games in straight sets. Flushing High School will open the PSAL playoffs Bayside is led by senior setter Mariel Medina, who Saturday at noon by hosting Brooklyn’s South Shore compiled 150 assists during the regular season. If the High School. Led by senior running back D’Andre team wins, it will face Van Buren, and if it wins that Sapp, who rushed for 842 yards, the Red Devils game, will face either New Utrecht or Lab Museum. earned the seventh seed with an 8-2 record. Sapp had 135 yards and ran for two touchdowns last week in Francis Lewis volleyball to open playoffs a 48-7 rout of Campus Magnet. The Red Devils were against Bryant the fourth seed last season and beat Curtis and New Dorp before a 55-7 loss to top-seeded Lincoln in the Francis Lewis earned the eighth seed in the volleyball semifinals. playoffs by going 8-2 in the regular season and will open the playoffs against No. 25 Bryant. The Patriots Commodores look to make up for last were an eighth seed two years ago and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to top seed Susan Wagner. week’s loss in PSAL’s Varsity Bowl Should the Patriots advance, they will face the winner Bayside High School will host James Madison of the Flushing-Long Island City contest. in the PSAL’s Varsity Bowl Saturday at noon. The Commodores finished the regular season with an 8-2 Flushing Red Devils to start playoffs with record and earned the fourth seed. Bayside ended the highest seed in four years regular season on a down note with a 40-14 home loss to top seed McKee last Sunday in a game where it was Flushing High School will also open the playoffs outgained 468-93. Earlier this season, Bayside posted Wednesday as the ninth seed against No. 24 Long a 22-18 victory over Madison when Tyrell Plaza had Island City. The Red Devils went unbeaten (10-0) in 179 yards and two touchdowns. Bayside is seeded winning the Queens A North/East title and have their fourth for the second straight season. Last year, the highest seed over the last four years. Long Island City Commodores routed Staten Island’s Petrides High finished the regular season with a 7-3 record that was School 52-20 before losing to McKee in the second good for second place in the Queens A West Division. round. Townsend Harris and Jamaica neck and Bayside girls volleyball returns to playoffs neck as playoffs begin Bayside’s girls volleyball team returns after a one-year Townsend Harris earned the 16th seed and will face off against No. 17 Jamaica in the opening round of the volleyball playoffs. Townsend Harris finished 6-4 and in third in Queens A East and that included two victories over defending champion Cardozo. Jamaica was 7-3 and finished in second place in Queens A North East. Townsend Harris lost in the second round to Bronx Science last year while Jamaica lost to JFK in the first round. The winner will face top-seeded Brooklyn Tech. Red Storm to open season against Yale The St. John’s women’s basketball team will open its season Saturday afternoon with a visit to Yale. The Red Storm have been to five straight NCAA tournaments and were picked second in the preseason Big East coaches poll. St. John’s also received seven points in the preseason AP poll and 16 in the USA Today/Coaches poll. The Red Storm returns with its two top scorers from last season, Aliyyah Handford and Danaejah Grant. Queens College looks to end losing streak Queens College will open its men’s basketball season Friday at Goldey-Beacom in Wilmington, Delaware, and will try to rebound from a disappointing 9-18 season. The Knights lost their first 12 games before finishing 9-6 over the final 15 and will look to end a string of four straight losing seasons. The women’s team will begin the season against St. Michael’s in Vermont in the Doubletree Tip-off Classic.
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