Victoria Capozucca didn’t leave anything to chance in her final game in Bay Ridge.
The Poly Prep senior ace, who hasn’t lost a game at home in five seasons, pitched a perfect game and struck out 15 batters in No. 1 Poly Prep’s 6-0 win against No. 5 Hackley in the NYSAISAA semifinals Monday. The Blue Devils will meet No. 2 Horace Mann in the championship game Wednesday at Manhattanville College in Westchester. They are trying to extend their record streak to five straight state titles.
Capozucca also did it with the bat. She had a two-run double in the first inning for the second game in a row to give Poly an early, 2-0 cushion. She wouldn’t need anything more than that, though Erica Sollazzo added an RBI single late in the game.
“That was really the big hit of the game,” coach Mildred Piscopo said of Capozucca’s double.
Now the focus turns to Horace Mann, a team Poly Prep has beaten twice this season. In the first meeting, though, the Blue Devils won just 1-0. As the old saying goes, it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season.
“I’ve seen it happen,” Piscopo said. “It happened to our lacrosse team this year.”
But psychologically, Poly is in a good spot. The Blue Devils beat the Lions, 9-2, two weeks ago.
“I feel good about that, the kids feel good about that,” Piscopo said. “It’s fresh on their minds.”
PSAL CLASS B SECOND ROUND
No. 18 A. Philip Randolph 17, No. 2 InTech 14: Danielle Minaya went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored and Amanda Croce, Genesis Garcia, Sonia Adon and Sonia Cabral each had two RBIs to lead Randolph (12-3), which meets Lab Museum in the quarterfinals Thursday. InTech finishes 17-1.
No. 3 Telecom 9, No. 14 Long Island City 4: Liza Acevedo went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored and gave up two earned runs on eight hits and struck out five in seven innings to lead Telecom (18-1), which meets No. 11 Queens HS of Teaching in the quarterfinals Thursday. Samantha Batsikas added an RBI. LIC finishes 11-6.
No. 5 Jamaica 7, No. 12 Norman Thomas 0: Je Lisa Rhodes pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out 12 and went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored to lead Jamaica (14-1), which meets No. 13 Beacon in the quarterfinals Thursday. Magnolia Perez and Bria Tull added RBIs. Thomas finishes 11-4.
No. 9 Economics & Finance 9, No. 8 Brooklyn Studio 8: Jaritza Rivas went 2-for-5 with four RBIs and Danielle Dunn went 3-for-6 with three RBIs and three runs scored to lead Economics & Finance (14-4), which meets division rival and No. 1 LaGuardia in the quarterfinals Thursday. Ashley Rivera had two RBIs and three runs scored. Brooklyn Studio finishes 16-3.
No. 13 Beacon 1, No. 4 FDA 0: Beacon (12-3) meets No. 5 Jamaica in the quarterfinals Thursday. FDA finishes its season 13-2.
No. 11 Queens HS of Teaching 7, No. 6 American Studies @ Lehman 4: QHST (15-2) meets No. 3 Telecom in the quarterfinals Thursday. American Studies finishes 16-3.
No. 7 Lab Museum 12, No. 23 FDR 10: Lab (13-2) meets No. 18 A. Philip Randolph in the quarterfinals Thursday. FDR finishes 13-5.
No. 1 LaGuardia 10, No. 16 South Bronx 0: LaGuardia (18-0) meets No. 9 Economics & Finance, its division rival, in the quarterfinals Thursday. South Bronx finishes 12-5.