Baseball
Varsity
Overview
NJ PREP A CHAMPIONS
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Blair’s baseball program is highly competitive. We play a 24-game schedule against strong Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) opponents (Peddie, Lawrenceville, Hun, Hill and Mercersburg) and top public high schools. The season culminates with the New Jersey prep “A” tournament. Blair's JV team (freshmen and sophomores) plays a 14-15 game schedule.
The School's Wakefield Diamond is one of the finest baseball facilities in the state. It includes a beautiful bluegrass infield with DuraEdge infield mix, an outfield with college dimensions, state-of-the-art dugouts, pitching/fungo machines, two indoor and two outdoor batting cages, four outdoor bullpen mounds and three indoor mounds.
Blair's baseball philosophy is to be as fundamentally sound as possible. The team concentrates on proper mechanics for each phase of the game and then incorporates them into game situations. No detail is too small. Players must be ready to play every pitch for the team to be successful. Blair teams are always well prepared and are in the hunt for the MAPL and New Jersey prep championships every year.
Many Blair baseball players have gone on to play at the collegiate level at schools including Vanderbilt University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Brown University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Virginia, Creighton University, University of Massachusetts, Old Dominion University, Rollins College, Rider University, Babson College, Widener University, Wofford University, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio University, Lafayette College, Trinity College, Nicholls State, Union College, Middlebury College, Dickinson College and Lynchburg College.
For more information on Blair baseball, email Coach Haase.
Teddy Cillis ’13
Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 MLB draft
Blair gave me the tools to not only be successful on the diamond, but also the skills to thrive in the classroom and beyond. I am grateful for the experiences I gained at Blair that allowed me to further my baseball career with the Kansas City Royals organization.
Liam Sabino ’14
Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2018 MLB draft
Attending Blair started me on the path that has led me to where I am today. The entire experience of living away from home at such a young age, going to school and interacting with people I came to admire became my classroom. There isn’t much I come across in my life now, especially with the life I lead and the journey that brought me here, that I didn’t encounter at Blair first, and that’s the definition of preparation through experience. For a parent, I’d imagine that’s exactly what you’d want for your child: the comfort of knowing that he or she will graduate a prepared, well-rounded individual, associated with influential people in their lives going forward. Being a Blair student from 2011 to 2014 was a pivotal time in my life, filled with incredible lessons and memories, and I would encourage anyone with the opportunity to attend to seriously consider it.
Meet the Coaches
About Coach Wagner
Joe Wagner joined Blair’s science faculty in 2014. He teaches biology honors and AP biology and serves as head coach of varsity baseball and dorm head of Freeman Hall. Joe is a graduate of Hamilton College with a BA in biology and a minor in religious studies. He was a four-year varsity pitcher at Hamilton and served as baseball team co-captain his senior year. He earned an Ed.M. in the mind, brain and education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2020.
Contact Coach Wagner at wagnej@blair.edu if you have any questions.
About Coach Russell
Michael Russell joined Blair’s history faculty in 2019. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Georgetown University (1998); JD at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (2008); and master’s degree in teaching at the University of the Cumberlands (2013). A former attorney in the Massachusetts state courts, Michael taught history for six years prior to coming to Blair at Dubai American Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia Pacific International School in Seoul, South Korea, and Taipei American School in Taipei, Taiwan. He teaches modern European history and Advanced Placement comparative government and politics at Blair; he also coaches JV boys’ soccer and varsity baseball. Michael and his wife, Associate Dean of College Counseling Shana Russell, are the housemasters of Freeman Hall, where they reside with their sons, Teddy and Ripley. The Russell family enjoys traveling the world to experience new cultures, foods, sights and geographies.
Schedule
View directions to athletic events. To read recaps about past events, go to the "Team News" tab above.
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Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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Peddie
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
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Pennington
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
Mercersburg (double header)
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
Mercersburg (double header)
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
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Warren Hills
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Peddie
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Hun
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Hun
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Hill School
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Belvidere High School
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Warren Hills
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Hill School
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
States TBD
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TBD
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TBD | CANCELLED | ||
States @ Hun
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TBD
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
States @ Hun
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TBD
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Away | CANCELLED |
Roster
Team News
News & Recaps
It was another successful spring season for Blair Academy in the MAPL, as the Bucs were crowned as Softball and Boys' Golf champions. This season, Blair had a number of athletes earn All-MAPL honors, as they displayed extraordinary performances throughout the year.
The varsity baseball team scraped out a win against Hill, defeating the Blues 1-0 in a defensive oriented game. Chris Tung '22 was on the mound, only allowing three hits and pitching a shutout.
The varsity baseball team defeated Lawrenceville in dramatic fashion, winning 7-6 in the bottom of the tenth due to a walk-off hit by freshman Chris Tung '22. The Bucs rallied offensively as they totaled 14 hits in the high scoring game.
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Past Results
Spring 2019
Opponent | Date | Time | Advantage | Result | Score | Status |
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Peddie
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Away | Loss | 2-8 | |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Away | Loss | 3-7 | |
vs.
Pennington
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Away | Loss | 8-12 | |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Home | Loss | 2-3 | |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Home | Win | 15-5 | |
vs.
Sparta High School
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Away | Loss | 1-14 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Away | Win | 8-3 | |
vs.
Hun
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Home | Loss | 1-11 | |
vs.
Princeton Day School
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Home | Loss | 0-5 | |
vs.
vs. Peddie @ Richmond County Bank Stadium (Staten Island), Peddie
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Home | Win | 5-4 | |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Home | Win | 7-6 | |
vs.
Hun
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Away | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Newton High School
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Away | Loss | 4-5 | |
vs.
Hill School
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Away | Win | 1-0 | |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Home | Win | 7-4 | |
vs.
Oratory Prep
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Randolph High School
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Home | CANCELLED | ||
vs.
Hun
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Away | Loss | 0-11 | |
vs.
Hill School
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Home | Loss | 3-6 | |
States vs. Peddie
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Away | Loss | 1-4 | |
States vs. Lawrenceville
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Away | Loss | 0-10 |
Spring 2018
Opponent | Date | Result | Score |
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Peddie
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Win | 4-3 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Loss | 8-18 |
vs.
Mercersburg
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Loss | 3-8 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Win | 4-3 |
vs.
Hun
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Loss | 0-17 |
vs.
St. Benedict's Prep
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Win | 11-1 |
vs.
Hill School
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Loss | 0-7 |
vs.
Newton High School
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Loss | 3-13 |
vs.
Hun
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Loss | 3-4 |
vs.
Warren Hills
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Loss | 1-11 |
vs.
Lawrenceville
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Loss | 0-13 |
vs.
Pennington
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Loss | 8-18 |
vs.
High Point
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Loss | 4-10 |
vs.
Oratory Prep
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Loss | 6-18 |
vs.
Peddie
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Win | 13-12 |
vs.
Hill School
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Loss | 4-22 |
States vs. Lawrenceville
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Win | 4-2 |
Hun - States (finals) @ Rowland Park Fields
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Loss | 4-5 |
Spring 2017
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Results |
3/23 | Rye Country Day School | Away | 6:00 pm | 1-2 L |
3/23 | Cedar Grove High School | Away | 8:30 pm | 2-8 L |
3/24 | North Hills High School | Away | 3:00 pm | 3-14 L |
3/29 | Peddie | Away | 4:00 pm | 11-1 W |
4/1 | Hun | Home | 2:00 pm | 1-6 L |
4/5 | Princeton Day School | Away | 4:15 pm | 2-8 L |
4/8 | Mercersburg | Home | 1:00 pm | 1-8 L |
4/8 | Mercersburg | Home | 3:00 pm | 5-6 L |
4/10 | Pennington | Away | 4:30 pm | 3-4 L |
4/12 | Lawrenceville | Away | 3:30 pm | 2-1 W |
4/19 | St. Benedicts | Home | 4:00 pm | 14-1W |
4/22 | Hill | Away | 2:00 pm | 12-5 W |
4/26 | Peddie | Home | 4:15 pm | 11-1 W |
4/29 | Hun | Away | 2:00 pm | 2-9 L |
5/1 | North Warren | Away | 4:15 pm | 2-9 L |
5/3 | Lawrenceville | Home | 4:00 pm | 2-6 L |
5/4 | East Brunswick High School | Away | 5:00 pm | 0-7 L |
5/8 | High Point | Home | 4:00 pm | 7-2 W |
5/11 | Warren Hills | Away | 4:00 pm | 3-13 L |
5/13 | Hill | Home | 2:00 pm | |
5/15 | Hill | Home | 4:15 pm | 3-13 L |
5/17 | Hun - State Tournament | Away | 3-12 L | |
5/20 | Peddie - State Tournament | Away | 15-5 W | |
5/20 | Lawrenceville - State Tournament | Away | 10:00 am | 6-7 L |
Spring 2016
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Results |
3/24 | Newark Academy (scrimmage) | Home | 4:30 pm | |
3/30 | Pennington | Home | 4:15 pm | 4-15 L |
4/2 | Hun | Home | 2:00 pm | |
4/4 | St. Benedict's | Home | 4:30 pm | |
4/5 | Hun | Home | 4:15 pm | 2-5 L(OT) |
4/9 | Mercersburg | Away | 12:30 pm | |
4/10 | Mercersburg | Away | 12:00 pm | 2-15 L |
4/10 | Mercersburg | Away | 2:00 pm | 0-15 L |
4/13 | Lawrenceville | Home | 3:30 pm | 1-7 L |
4/16 | Peddie | Home | 2:30 pm | 1-2 L |
4/18 | St. Benedict's | Home | 4:15 pm | 14-2 W |
4/20 | Hill | Away | 4:00 pm | 14-15 L(OT) |
4/22 | North Warren | Home | 4:15 pm | 8-5 W |
4/25 | Princeton Day School | Home | 4:15 pm | 1-5 L |
4/27 | Peddie | Away | 4:15 pm | 2-7 L |
4/30 | Hun | Away | 2:30 pm | 1-6 L |
5/4 | Lawrenceville | Away | 4:00 pm | |
5/5 | Rutgers Prep | Home | 4:30 pm | 2-0 W |
5/7 | Newton | Home | 3:00 pm | |
5/10 | Lawrenceville | Away | 4:15 pm | 2-3 L |
5/12 | Randolph High School | Home | 4:15 pm | 5-14 L |
5/14 | Hill | Home | 1:30 pm | 0-4 L |
5/18 | Hun (states) | Away | 4:15 pm | 2-1 W |
5/20 | Peddie in state tournament | TBD | 12:00 pm | 1-2 L |
Spring 2015
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Results |
3/24 | Rutgers Prep (scrimmage) | Home | 4:15 pm | Canceled |
3/28 | Berkshire | 1:00 pm | PPD | |
3/31 | St. Benedict's | Home | 4:15 pm | PPD |
4/1 | Hun | Home | 4:00 pm | PPD |
4/4 | Pennington | Away | 2:00 pm | 2-0 W |
4/6 | High Point | Home | 4:15 pm | 8-0 W |
4/8 | Peddie | Away | 4:00 pm | 1-7 L |
4/11 | Mercersburg | Home | 1:30 pm | 0-4 L |
4/11 | Mercersburg | Home | 4:00 pm | 3-4 L |
4/13 | St. Benedict's | Home | 4:15 pm | 10-2 W |
4/15 | Lawrenceville | Home | 3:30 pm | 9-1 W |
4/16 | Lenape Valley | Home | 4:15 pm | 3-1 W |
4/17 | Princeton Day School | Away | 4:00 pm | 7-2 W |
4/18 | Vernon | Home | 2:00 pm | 10-12 L(OT) |
4/21 | Hun | Home | 4:15 pm | 5-10 L |
4/22 | Hill | Away | 4:00 pm | PPD |
4/23 | Hill | Away | 4:15 pm | 3-1 W |
4/25 | Peddie | Home | 2:30 pm | 7-0 W |
4/27 | North Warren | Home | 4:15 pm | 4-0 W |
4/29 | Newton | Away | 3:45 pm | 7-4 W |
5/2 | Hun | Away | 3:45 pm | 1-5 L |
5/5 | Pequannock | Home | 4:15 pm | 3-11 L |
5/6 | Lawrenceville | Away | 4:00 pm | 4-2 W |
5/7 | Randolph High School | Home | 4:15 pm | 4-3 W |
5/9 | Hill | Home | 2:30 pm | 2-1 W |
5/13 | Lawrenceville (state quarters) | Home | 4:00 pm | 1-0 W |
5/16 | Hun (state semis) | Away | 1:00 pm | 4-0 W |
5/17 | Hun (state finals) | Away | 11:00 am | 0-2 L |
5/17 | Hun (state finals) | Away | 1:30 pm | 12-0 W |
Alumni Playing in College
Blair Baseball Alumni Playing in College
![]() Teddy Cillis '13 Hofstra University |
![]() Andrew Green '13 University of Maryland |
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![]() Jake Spezial '13 Brown University | ||
![]() Jordan Barbarotta '14 UMass Amherst |
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![]() Kyle Jacksic '14 Lynchburg College |
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![]() Sean Lubreski '14 NJIT |
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![]() Liam Sabino '14 Vanderbilt University |
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![]() Eddie Lehr '15 Babson |
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![]() Brett Lubreski '15 NJIT |
JV
Overview
Blair’s baseball program is highly competitive. We play a 24-game schedule against strong Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) opponents (Peddie, Lawrenceville, Hun, Hill and Mercersburg) and top public high schools.
The season culminates with the New Jersey prep “A” tournament. Blair's JV team (freshmen and sophomores) plays a 14-15 game schedule.
The School's Wakefield Diamond is one of the finest baseball facilities in the state. It includes a beautiful Bermuda grass infield with DuraEdge infield mix, an outfield with college dimensions, state-of-the-art dugouts, two outdoor batting cages and four bullpen mounds.
Blair's baseball philosophy is to be as fundamentally sound as possible. The team concentrates on proper mechanics for each phase of the game and then incorporates them into game situations. No detail is too small. Players must be ready to play every pitch for the team to be successful. Blair teams are always well prepared and are in the hunt for the MAPL and New Jersey prep championships every year.
Many Blair baseball players have gone on to play at the collegiate level at schools including Vanderbilt University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Brown University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Virginia, Creighton University, University of Massachusetts, Old Dominion University, Rollins College, Rider University, Babson College, Widener University, Wofford University, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio University, Lafayette College, Trinity College, Nichols State University, Union College, Middlebury College, Dickinson College and Lynchburg College.
For more information on Blair baseball, email Coach Delwiche.
Meet the Coach
Meet Coach Thomas
Matt Thomas earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of Central Florida (2005) and brought more than a decade of government and public policy experience to his role as a Blair history teacher when he joined the faculty in 2017. He began his career as a staff assistant to Senator Bill Nelson before becoming a lobbyist and government-relations specialist in 2007. Matt worked for two major Washington, D.C., law firms over the next 10 years, serving as an advisor to attorneys and clients on a variety of issues before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies; his areas of expertise include energy, the environment, data and cyber security, federal funding and appropriations, and financial regulatory reform. He authored articles for several publications, including Law360, Lexology and Inside Cybersecurity, and co-authored a textbook chapter covering federal policy perspectives on the rise and use of big data. Matt teaches U.S. history and western civilization at Blair and coaches 3rds boys’ basketball and JV baseball. He lives in Hillside House with his wife, Assistant Dean of College Counseling Britt Freitag.
Schedule
Roster
Photos
Past Results
Spring 2018
Spring 2017
Date | Opponent | Location | Start | Info | |
4/5 | Princeton Day School | Away | 4:15 pm | 13-8 W | |
4/12 | Lawrenceville | Away | 3:30 pm | 13-9 W | |
4/19 | High Point | Home | 4:00 pm | ||
4/22 | Peddie | Home | 2:30 pm | ||
5/1 | North Warren | Away | 4:15 pm | ||
5/3 | Lawrenceville | Home | 4:00 pm | ||
5/6 | Hun | Home | 1:00 pm | ||
5/8 | Belvidere | Away | 4:15 pm | ||
5/10 | Lawrenceville | Home | 4:00 pm | 8-7 W | |
5/11 | Warren Hills | Away | 4:00 pm | ||
5/13 | Hill | Home | 2:00 pm | ||
5/17 | Gill St. Bernard's | Home | 4:00 pm |
Spring 2016
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Results |
4/2 | Hun | Away | 2:30 pm | PPD |
4/11 | Lawrenceville | Away | 4:30 pm | PPD |
4/19 | North Warren | Away | 4:15 pm | 9-7 W |
4/23 | Lawrenceville | Home | 2:30 pm | 5-2 W |
4/26 | Peddie | Home | 4:30 pm | Canceled |
4/29 | Hun | Home | 4:15 pm | 6-25 L |
5/6 | Princeton Day School | Home | 4:15 pm | PPD |
5/11 | Peddie | Away | 4:15 pm | 8-2 W |
5/13 | North Warren | Home | 4:15 pm | Canceled |
5/17 | High Point | Home | 4:15 pm | 4-9 L |
Spring 2015
Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Results |
4/1 | Hun | Away | 4:00 pm | PPD |
4/6 | High Point | Home | 4:15 pm | 1-9 L |
4/8 | Peddie | Away | 4:00 pm | 4-17 L |
4/10 | St. Benedict's | Home | 4:15 pm | PPD |
4/15 | Lawrenceville | Home | 3:30 pm | 6-7 L |
4/17 | Princeton Day School | Away | 4:00 pm | 8-2 W |
4/18 | Vernon Home | 2:00 pm | 2-21 L | |
4/22 | Hill | Home | 4:00 pm | Canceled |
4/25 | Peddie | Home | 2:30 pm | 5-9 L |
4/27 | North Warren | Home | 4:15 pm | 12-12 T |
4/29 | Newton | Away | 3:45 pm | 6-14 L |
5/2 | Hun | Home | 2:00 pm | 7-20 L |
5/6 | Lawrenceville | Away | 4:00 pm | 11-15 L |
5/9 | Hill | Away | 2:30 pm | 3-4 L |
5/12 | Roxbury | Home | 4:15 pm | 5-8 L |