The Hudson Valley men's lacrosse team will follow the big stick of sophomore Aaron Thorpe into the National Junior College Region III Tournament against Tompkins Cortland CC Wednesday in Dryden.

Thorpe, a sophomore from Malta (Ballston Spa High), leads the 9-3 Vikings with 47 goals and 29 assists for 76 points, the goals and points second in the school's one-season record book. He was named NJCAA Player of the Week on April 16 after scoring 23 goals with nine assists in two games the previous week.

The 6-foot-2, 185-pound attack has scored at least a point in every game and had 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points in a 26-1 victory over Mohawk Valley CC, eight goals and six assists for 14 points in a 30-2 triumph over Northern Virginia CC and six goals and four assists for 10 points in a 22-2 win over Broome CC on April 16. Thorpe had 26 goals and eight assists for 34 points last season.

The Vikings, who have outscored foes 163-76, give Thorpe plenty of help on offense. Freshman Nathan Bruce of Scotia (Scotia-Glenville High) has 34 goals and seven assists, sophomore Mark Calicchio of Loudonville (Shaker High) has 24 goals and 14 assists and sophomore Trae Dussault of Saratoga Springs (Saratoga High) has 15 goals and nine assists. Freshman Trevor Ham of Kingston handles the goalkeeping duties for the team.

HVCC faced Tompkins Cortland on March 8 in Dryden as lost 10-7. The Vikings led 5-3 at the half but four late goals did them in.

MILLER KEYS SAINTS EFFORT: The Siena baseball team defeated two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season champ Fairfield in two of three games last weekend in Fairfield, Conn. The Saints lifted their record to 10-27 overall and 8-7 in league play. Junior left-hander Tommy Miller of Castleton (Maple Hill) got Siena off on the right foot with a complete-game 5-0 victory on Saturday. He worked nine innings, scattered 11 hits with a walk and had eight strikeouts. The highlight for the Saints in a 4-2 second-game loss was senior Jordan Bishop of Wappingers Falls picking up his 200th career hit. Senior Joe Drpich of South Salem was 4-for-4 with four RBI in a 6-0 Siena triumph on Sunday.

CLAYTON A WINNER FOR DANES: The Albany baseball team took two of three games against America East foe Binghamton last weekend in Vestal and redshirt freshman John Clayton was the winning pitcher in a 3-2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader last Saturday. Clayton, from Glenville (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High), worked 6.2 innings and gave up three hits and one run, which was earned, with three walks and three strikeouts. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-hander is 4-3 with a 3.62 earned run average in nine starts for the Danes, who are 17-16 overall and 7-8 in league play.

HOFFMAN LEADS TIGERS: Senior third baseman Hannah Hoffman is batting .400 for the Cobleskill softball team. She stands eighth in the North Eastern Athletic Conference in hitting. Hoffman, from Troy (Averill Park High), has 26 hits in 65 at-bats with 12 runs scored and seven runs batted in for the Fighting Tigers who are 7-14 overall and 3-9 in league play. The Hudson Valley transfer had a double and single and knocked in both runs in a 2-1 league victory over St. Elizabeth on Sunday in Cobleskill and had five hits with three runs scored and three runs batted in a doubleheader sweep of Purchase last Wednesday.

SAGE WINS FOR SENIORS: The Sage softball team held Senior Day last Saturday in Troy and the Gators posted their first two Empire 8 Conference victories of the season - 4-3 and 2-1 in 10 innings over Houghton. Sage, 8-9 overall and 2-4 in league play, got plenty of hitting in the doubleheader. Senior Alexa Silk of Freehold (Greenville Central) had five hits including the game-winning RBI in the second game. Sophomore Destiny Wierzbicki of Albany (Troy High), junior Kiersten Duncan of Millerton (Taconic Hills) and sophomore Mikayla Culnan of West Sand Lake (Emma Willard) all had three hits in the two games.