Today we bring you our first-ever playoff reset as we take a look at how the spring sports teams have fared in the 2016 playoffs. We are doing this alphabetically, just like the Pirates Week in Review and Pirates Athletes of the Week.
We begin our reset with baseball, which has advanced to the semifinals of the South, Group 2 Tournament.
The #6 Pirates (13-11) won their first round game against #11 Sterling 6-2 and their second round game against #14 Collingswood 10-9.
Cinnaminson will have at least one more home game in the tournament on Tuesday when the Pirates host #10 Manchester Township.
Baseball has not lost at home this year (10-0 including a win at Memorial Park 4-2 over Riverside).
Staff ace Brandon Staub has had an impact in both playoff games to this point. In the win over Sterling he recorded a save by throwing three scoreless innings in relief of starter Jack Conville.
In the win over Collingswood Staub pitched two innings of relief, allowing two earned runs, as he picked up his sixth win of the season.
This is the fourth straight year that the Pirates baseball team has advanced to at least the sectional semifinals, including the state title win in 2013 that began the streak.
The boy’s tennis team advanced to the second round (quarterfinals) of the South, Group 2 Tournament before falling to #4 West Deptford 4-1.
The Pirates lone win against West Deptford came at first doubles as Steve Chao and Ronnie Ronquist won their match by scores of 6-3, 1-6 and 6-2.
The Pirates took down #12 Delsea 4-1 as the #5 seed in the opening round. The win over Delsea was at the time the team’s 13th in a row after starting the season 0-2.
Cinnaminson got back on track after the playoff loss to West Deptford by completing the season with a 3-2 win over Holy Cross to finish the year undefeated in the Freedom Division to take home the crown.
It was the first division title for the Pirates since 2014.
The boy’s track and field program will open the post-season on Saturday when it competes in the South, Group 2 Sectional meet at Central Regional High School in Bayville.
Check the site late Saturday for full results from the South, Group 2 Sectional meet.
Boy’s volleyball enjoyed a turnaround season in 2016, advancing to the playoffs after missing the post-season in 2015. The Pirates finished the regular season at 17-12, earning the #10 seed in the South Tournament.
Cinnaminson traveled to #7 Donovan Catholic this week for a first round match.
The Pirates fell in two sets, 2-0, to see their season come to a close with a record of 17-13.
Cinnaminson fell in the first set 25-18 and 25-22 in the second set to Donovan Catholic.
The Cinnaminson girl’s lacrosse team earned a berth in the South, Group 2 Tournament this season as the #13 seed. The Pirates traveled to #4 Red Bank Catholic in the first round.
Cinnaminson dropped the first round contest by a score of 19-4. Goals were scored by Katie O’Connor (two), Julia Averill and Casey Joyce.
The loss ended the Pirates season at 9-8.
The girl’s track and field program will also travel to Central Regional High School in Bayville on Saturday for the South, Group 2 Sectional meet.
Check Cinn City Sports late Saturday for complete results from the South, Group 2 Sectional meet.
Cinnaminson’s golf team enjoyed yet another incredible season in 2016, recording the program’s second straight undefeated regular season (15-0).
The Pirates won the Central-South Group 1 Sectional Title in Woodstown and finished in second place at the Group 1 Championship to North Warren.
At the annual BCSL Tournament this week the Pirates finished in second place behind Moorestown.
The Pirates softball team has also advanced to the semifinals of the South, Group 2 Tournament.
#4 Cinnaminson (12-12) defeated #13 Medford Tech 19-0 in the first round and #5 Overbrook 2-0 in the second round, both home games.
The Pirates have now won five in a row, including their final three regular season games.
Cinnaminson will travel to #1 West Deptford on Tuesday for a 4pm semifinal game. This is the first time in 11 years that the softball program has advanced to the sectional finals.
The offense has been red hot of late, knocking in 21 runs on 28 hits in the two playoff games.
To make matters worse for their opponents, pitcher Rebecca Martino has been nearly unhittable. Martino has allowed just two hits in 10 innings pitched across the two playoff games.
She has struck out seven. She has picked up the win in both games.
Chelsea Price pitched two scoreless innings in the five-inning win over Medford Tech. Price allowed one hit and struck out four.
That will do it for our first-ever playoff reset. We hope you enjoyed taking a look back at what the spring sports teams did this postseason and where some are headed this coming weekend and next week.
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