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New Canaan Scores and Standings: June 22

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New Canaan's Curtis Loop, a junior-to-be at Georgetown, carded  a 2-over par 73 Tuesday at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Wilton to finish tied for ninth in qualifying for the 109th Connecticut Amateur championship.

Loop posted a 36-hole total of 3-over 145. Also at 145 was Greenwich's David Pastiore, who reached the quarterfinals of match play last year.

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Wilton's John Murphy carded his second straight 2-under 69 Tuesday to earn medalists honors.

Murphy's two-round total of 4-under 138 was one better than first-round leader Branden Chicorka,who shot a 1-over 72 after opening with a 67 on Monday.

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The top 32 low scores advanced to match play, which gets under way Wednesday with the first and second rounds. The quarterfinals and semifinals are Thursday, leading to the 36-hole finale on Friday.

Loop battles No. 19 seed K.J. Camera of Ellington Ridgefield (146) in a first-round match Wednesday morning at 9:40 a.m.. In Loop wins, he will play a second-round match in the afternoon.  

Only four players finished under par in qualifying. Race Brook's Matt Dziubina carded his second straight 70 on Tuesday, leaving him third at 2-under.

Shorehaven's Tommy McDonagh, the 2006 amateur champion, finished fourth at 1-under after shooting an even par 71 on Tuesday.

Defending champion Bernie D'Amato of Weston also shot 71 Tuesday and finished fifth in qualifying with a 36-hole total of 1-over 143.

A junior-to-be at Princeton, D'Amato continued the steady iron play that won him last year’s Connecticut Amateur. He is looking to accomplish the rare feat of repeating as Amateur champion.  The last player to repeat was Will Strickler, who currently plays on the PGA Tour, in 2007-2008.

New Canaan's Will Delano (+10, tied for 37th) and Christopher Swift (+14, tied for 56th) missed the cut, which came at +8.

 Swift was in position to make the cut after  a 73 on Monday but posted an 83 on Tuesday. Delano, who carded a 74 after an 78 on Monday, missed by two strokes.

-- The New Canaan softball team, which advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIAC Class L state tournament for the first time in school history, had five players named to the FCIAC's second team.

The list of players includes pitcher Cydney Ventura, catcher Jordan Ventura and infielders Marlee Ready, Courtney Rogers and Brittany Overacker.

Vanderbilt falls to Florida at College World Series

Vanderbilt lost to Florida 3-1 Tuesday at the College World Series in the completion of  a game suspended on Monday night.

The Commodores face North Carolina in an elimination game on Wednesday (7 p.m.).

New Canaan's Curt Casali was 0-for-4 against the Gators and is 1-for-7 with an RBI in Vanderbilt's two World Series games.

TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE

American Legion Baseball

Darien/NC Sr. 5, Bridgeport Sr 1

Ridgefield Jr. 6, Darien/NC Jr 1

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Norwalk Jr. vs. Darien/NC Jr, 5:30 p.m., at City Hall Annex

Ridgefield Sr. vs. Darien/NC Sr., 5:30 p.m., at Darien High School

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STANDINGS

Team Record Points Greenwich Sr 9-1-0 18 Norwalk Sr 7-2-0 14 Bridgeport Sr 4-4-0 8 Stamford Sr 3-3-0 6 Wilton Sr 3-3-0 6 Westport Sr 2-4-0 4 Fairfield Sr 2-4-1 5 Darien/NC Sr 2-5-0 4 Ridgefield Sr 2-5-1 5 Trumbull Sr
1-4-0 2 Team Record Points Stamford Jr 7-2-0 14 Trumbull Jr 6-2-0 12 Wilton Jr 5-3-0 10 Ridgefield Jr 4-3-0 8 Darien/NC Jr
4-4-0 8 Westport Jr
3-3-0 6 Fairfield Jr 3-4-0 6 Norwalk Jr 2-3-0 4 Greenwich Jr 3-7-0 6 Bridgeport Jr 0-6-0 0
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