Peddie Athletics

The Peddie varsity girls softball team (6-7) defeated The Hun School of Princeton, 6-4, at home. It was the first time in 10 years the Falcons defeated Hun.

Peddie trailed 4-1 entering the bottom of the third inning, but knotted the score with three runs in the home half. Grace Lee made a diving catch to her left at third base for the first out of the top of the sixth inning, up 5-4. Jules Miele caught a popout on the mound for the second out. Sophia Pei caught the final out of the inning in left field.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Noemi Ortiz scored from third base on a passed ball with two outs, giving the Falcons a 6-4 lead.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Falcons turned a double play for the first two outs of the inning. Miele caught a popup and the runner broke for second base. Miele handed the ball to Lizzie Danbury at first base to complete the double play. Danbury caught the final out at second base to seal the win.

“We started off slowly defensively and we were down early” Head Coach Tom Meneskie said. “But after that, everyone was making plays. The double play at the end was very important, especially in a close game like that.”

Miele threw a complete game, seven innings, allowing no earned runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking three.

“This team is just great when we have energy,” Miele said. “We’re girls, we just have fun out there. We showed up here to play and have fun. We’re building a team that’s really going to go far and I’m really excited to play.”

“What a great game by Jules as a freshman pitcher facing a good hitting team,” Meneskie said. “There are a couple of seniors on Hun who are going to play college softball and she held them in check all game. Sam Kent caught a good game behind the plate for her. Jules was just in total control. The moment wasn’t too big for her.”

Noemi Ortiz went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI. Ariana Gomez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a run scored, a double and a stolen base. Lizzie Danbury went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

The Falcons next host Princeton High School on Thursday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m. at the Varsity Softball Field.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Falcons turned a double play for the first two outs of the inning. Jules Miele caught a popup and the runner broke for second base. Miele handed the ball to Lizzie Danbury at first base to complete the double play. Danbury caught the final out at second base to seal the victory.

“We started off slowly defensively and we were down early” Head Coach Tom Meneskie said. “But after that, everyone was making plays. The double play at the end was very important, especially in a close game like that.”

Miele threw a complete game, seven innings, allowing no earned runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking three.

“This team is just great when we have energy,” Miele said. “We’re girls, we just have fun out there. We showed up here to play and have fun. We’re building a team that’s really going to go far and I’m really excited to play.”

“What a great game by Jules as a freshman pitcher facing a good hitting team,” Meneskie said. “There are a couple of seniors on Hun who are going to play college softball and she held them in check all game. Sam Kent caught a good game behind the plate for her. Jules was just in total control. The moment wasn’t too big for her.”

Noemi Ortiz went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI. Ariana Gomez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a run scored, a double and a stolen base. Lizzie Danbury went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

The Falcons next host Princeton High School on Thursday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m. at the Varsity Softball Field.

The Peddie varsity boys baseball team (8-3) fell to The Pennington School, 11-5, at home. The Falcons next host The Hun School of Princeton on Thursday, April 30 at 4:15 p.m at William M. Thompson ’35 Baseball Field.

The Peddie junior varsity boys golf team (4-3) fell to The Lawrenceville School, 233-206 at home. The Falcons next host West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School on Wednesday, April 29 at 4 p.m. at Peddie Golf Club.

The Peddie varsity boys golf team (8-3) fell to The Lawrenceville School, 187-194, in the final regular season home match of the season. Andrew Ma tallied a team-best 36. Sam Cohen recorded a 38. Brayden Chen and Oscar Jiang each had a 39. The Falcons next travel Brookside Country Club to face The Hill School on Friday, May 1 at 4 p.m.

The Peddie rowing team competed in the Garden State Scholastic Championships at Cooper River in Camden.

The 1V boys boat (Atharva Khamparia, Armaan Motiani, Chris Horsch, Francis McGovern and Frost Gill) comfortably qualified in the heats (top three advanced) for the final by placing third and only .34 seconds behind second. In one of the last races of the day, the 1V could not make up that small gap and missed medaling by .9 behind the same crew that edged them out in their heat.

The boys 2 (Mustafa Ekmecki, Doug Lopez, Aidan Lawler, Tevin Zhou and Jonathan Koo) and 3V (Griffin Truslow, Ryan Yan, Neal Patel, Eeshan Garikapati and Umay Sen) were both entered into the same event. The 2V looked comfortable and poised as they cruised to a 17 second win on the field.

The boys novice 8+ (Yurika Wu, Will Armaund, Henry Goodman, Ryan Yang, Wei Jie Ng, Joseph MacKenzie, Michael Chan, Charlie Zhan, Logan Scowen Arreloa) battled through some adversity with the 5 seat having only spent a few practices previously in a boat before racing twice today. While they made it through their heat,
they placed sixth in their final.

Results: 1V – fourth of 13 in the Boys HS Senior 4+ Event
2V – first of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
3V – fifth of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
Novice – sixth of nine in the Boys HS Novice 8+ Event

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2?job_id=10226&org_id=508

The Falcons next compete in and host the 2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. at Caspersen Rowing Center.

The Peddie rowing team competed in the Garden State Scholastic Championships at Cooper River in Camden.

The 1V boys boat (Atharva Khamparia, Armaan Motiani, Chris Horsch, Francis McGovern and Frost Gill) comfortably qualified in the heats (top three advanced) for the final by placing third and only .34 seconds behind second. In one of the last races of the day, the 1V could not make up that small gap and missed medaling by .9 behind the same crew that edged them out in their heat.

The boys 2 (Mustafa Ekmecki, Doug Lopez, Aidan Lawler, Tevin Zhou and Jonathan Koo) and 3V (Griffin Truslow, Ryan Yan, Neal Patel, Eeshan Garikapati and Umay Sen) were both entered into the same event. The 2V looked comfortable and poised as they cruised to a 17 second win on the field.

The boys novice 8+ (Yurika Wu, Will Armaund, Henry Goodman, Ryan Yang, Wei Jie Ng, Joseph MacKenzie, Michael Chan, Charlie Zhan, Logan Scowen Arreola) battled through some adversity with the 5 seat having only spent a few practices previously in a boat before racing twice today. While they made it through their heat,
they placed sixth in their final.

Results: 1V – fourth of 13 in the Boys HS Senior 4+ Event
2V – first of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
3V – fifth of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
Novice – sixth of nine in the Boys HS Novice 8+ Event

Every boat of the girls team came home with a medal. The girls 1V (Izzy Naso, Anna Terhaar, Ophelia Ni, Aria Shi and Diya Kondapalli) beat Blair Academy by eight seconds and recorded by far the fastest qualifying time for the afternoon final. Blair came back for the win in just under a boat length, but Peddie made big progress.

The 2nd varsity four (Sofia Cervantes, Sophia Chopan, Lea Weinberger, Veronica Simms and Malia Tilton) recorded a first-place finish by 17 seconds, and the 3V 4+ (Scarlett Liu, Abby Cohen, Allison Li, Amelia Kunamneni and Cirah Spurlock-Shackleton) had a third place finish.

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2?job_id=10226&org_id=508

The Falcons next compete in and host the 2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. at Caspersen Rowing Center.

The Peddie rowing team competed in the Garden State Scholastic Championships at Cooper River in Camden.

The 1V boys boat (Atharva Khamparia, Armaan Motiani, Chris Horsch, Francis McGovern and Frost Gill) comfortably qualified in the heats (top three advanced) for the final by placing third and only .34 seconds behind second. In one of the last races of the day, the 1V could not make up that small gap and missed medaling by .9 behind the same crew that edged them out in their heat.

The boys 2 (Mustafa Ekmecki, Doug Lopez, Aidan Lawler, Tevin Zhou and Jonathan Koo) and 3V (Griffin Truslow, Ryan Yan, Neal Patel, Eeshan Garikapati and Umay Sen) were both entered into the same event. The 2V looked comfortable and poised as they cruised to a 17 second win on the field.

The boys novice 8+ (Yurika Wu, Will Armaund, Henry Goodman, Ryan Yang, Wei Jie Ng, Joseph MacKenzie, Michael Chan, Charlie Zhan, Logan Scowen Arreloa) battled through some adversity with the 5 seat having only spent a few practices previously in a boat before racing twice today. While they made it through their heat,
they placed sixth in their final.

Results: 1V – fourth of 13 in the Boys HS Senior 4+ Event
2V – first of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
3V – fifth of five in the Boys HS 2nd Varsity 4+ Event
Novice – sixth of nine in the Boys HS Novice 8+ Event

Every boat of the girls team came home with a medal. The girls 1V (Izzy Naso, Anna Terhaar, Ophelia Ni, Aria Shi and Diya Kondapalli) beat Blair Academy by eight seconds and recorded by far the fastest qualifying time for the afternoon final. Blair came back for the win in just under a boat length, but Peddie made big progress.

The 2nd varsity four (Sofia Cervantes, Sophia Chopan, Lea Weinberger, Veronica Simms and Malia Tilton) recorded a first-place finish by 17 seconds, and the 3V 4+ (Scarlett Liu, Abby Cohen, Allison Li, Amelia Kunamneni and Cirah Spurlock-Shackleton) had a third place finish.

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2?job_id=10226&org_id=508

The Falcons next compete in and host the 2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m. at Caspersen Rowing Center.

New date, was originally scheduled on 4/30

New date, was originally scheduled on 5/2