Here is a quick look at how the Gators did . . .
Softball – Xavier made a long trek to Yuma, where the Gators faced Kofa High and came away with a 6-2 victory.
Kofa held Xavier scoreless until the fifth, when the Gators scored four runs. They added two more in the seventh.
Catcher Macy Lee and outfielder Cameron Martin each had two hits and two RBIs. Pitcher Riley Flynn earned the victory by giving up two runs on six hits, with 11 strikeouts.
Xavier (10-2) will play three games in the coming week – on Tuesday (April 2) against visiting Chandler Basha at Petznick Field, on Thursday (April 4) against Basha, this time at Basha, and Friday (April 5) at home against Gilbert Perry.
Beach volleyball – Coach Tim McHale’s crew raised their record to 9-0 with home victories over Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor, 3-2, on Wednesday (March 27) and Glendale Deer Valley, 5-0, on Friday (March 29).
The Gators will have two matches this week – on Wednesday (April 3) at Anthem Boulder Creek and Friday (April 5) against Phoenix Sunnyslope at XCP.
Lacrosse – The Xavier club lacrosse team is now 4-3 after a 17-5 setback to Scottsdale Chaparral, one of the top teams in the Arizona Girls LaCrosse Association.
Xavier will have three matches this week – at home against Phoenix Desert Vista on Monday (April 1), on Wednesday (April 3) at home against Scottsdale Notre Dame Prep, and on Friday (April 5) at Chandler Hamilton.
Track and field -- Xavier’s freshmen and sophomores finished second with 84 points behind winner Phoenix Desert Vista in the Fr. Olivier Invitational on Thursday (March 28) at the Brophy Sports Campus.
Xavier won three events – Brooke Bream in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs, Sammy Braun in the 3,200-meter run and the 4x800-meter relay team of Maria Benitez, Jamie Stelnik, Tatum Goforth and Sammy Braun.
In the Open Division, Xavier had two second-place finishes – Leila Grant in the 300-meter hurdles and Helen Innes in the 3,200-meter run.
The Gators will be involved in two large meets near the end of the week.
The first will be the annual Sun Angel Classic at Arizona State on Thursday (April 4) and Saturday (April 6). And the second will be the Arcadia (Calif.) Invite on Friday (April 5) and Saturday.
Tennis – Xavier rolled to a 9-0 win at host Chandler High on Thursday (March 28).
Singles winners were Lorelei Glidden, Kate Stegman, Emilia Chrostowski, Katelyn Cowan, Kate Greene and Izzy Kozub.
In doubles, the winning teams were Glidden and Chrostowski, Stegman and Cowan and Kozub and Greene.
Xavier has three matches this week – on Tuesday (April 2) against Gilbert Perry at XCP, on Wednesday (April 3) against Phoenix Desert Vista at XCP; and on Thursday (April 4) at Chandler Basha.