Highlights
Girls' basketball improved to 9-4 in the EIL and placed fourth in the league, qualifying for the EIL Tournament. Maddie Burt '19 was selected All-New England.
Dan Sliney '18 was selected the Holt Conference Player of the Year for his work with the boys' ice hockey team.
Girls' ice hockey won the EIL Championship for the second year in a row, defeating Berwick 5-4 with a goal from Abbey Luth '18 in the last four seconds of the game. Abbey was selected EIL Player of the Year, All-New England, and hold the Portsmouth Abbey School record for All Time Point Scorer with 211 points.
Boys' squash finished third in the Class C Tournament, where Evan Boyd '19 and Marcello Oh '19 placed second in their flights.
Sheila Joyce '19 placed first in the 100 free at the Providence Cup Invitational, setting a new Portsmouth Abbey School record and a new Providence Cup record. At the EIL Championship, she won the 50 free and broke the School record. Sheila now holds five individual event School records and is a member of two relay teams that hold School records.
Wrestling won their second consecutive EIL Championship. Davey Appleton '20 placed third and was named EIL Wrestler of the Year. Owen Brine '20 and Richard Ryu '18 placed fourth. Davey and Richard also placed 13th Nationally at the Prep School National Tournament at Lehigh University.
Portsmouth Abbey School Varsity Athletics Awards
Boys' Basketball
Coaches Award: Ben Varieur '18
MIP: Nick Solomon '19
Captains: Shane Hoey '20, Tommy McSparren '19, Nick Solomon '19Overall record: 5-16
EIL 4-7, 5th Place
Girls' Basketball
The Pfeffer Cup: Maya Eid '18
MIP: Julia Sisk '21
Captain: Maddie Burt '19
Overall record: 10-7
EIL: 9-4, 4th Place
Boys' Ice Hockey
The Andrew M. Hunt and Carol Meehan Hunt Boys and Girls Hockey Award : Dan Sliney '18 and Jake Horoho '18
MIP: Josh Plumb '20
Overall record: 3-16-1
Holt :2-10
Girls' Ice Hockey
The Andrew M. Hunt and Carol Meehan Hunt Boys and Girls Hockey Award: Abbey Luth '18
MIP: Isabella Hannigan '19
Captains: Alessandra Alves '19, Riley Carter '19, Isabelle Fournier '19, Molly Hoefel '19
Overall record: 14-7
EIL: 7-1, *EIL Champions
Boys' Squash
Carlos Xavier Araujo '96 Memorial Squash Award: Carl Miller '18
MIP: Jason Lim '19
Captains: Jason Lim '19, Marcello Oh '19
Overall record: 9-6,
3rd Place NEISA Class C
Girls' Squash
Coaches Award: Gretchen Vietor '18
MIP: Ashley Breyer '20
Captains: Ashley Breyer '20, Faith Cournoyer '19
Overall record: 7-9
EIL: 2-5
Swimming
Coaches Award (Boys): Adam Suh '18
MIP: Patrick Feng '21
Boys' Overall record:4-6
EIL: 3rd out of four teams
Coaches Award (Girls): Sheila Joyce '19
MIP: Eve Loftus '19
Overall Record: 3-10
EIL:5th out of seven teams
Captains: Rafael Borromeo '20, Eve Loftus '19, Sarah Pelletier '19
Wrestling
Coaches Award: Henry Wilson '18
MIP: Ted Anderson '18
Captains: Chris Franco '19, Antony Ramirez '19
Overall Record:13-6
EIL: 5-0, *EIL Champions, 2nd EIL Invitational, 11th in NE
JV Awards
The Portsmouth Abbey Junior Varsity Award is given to the athlete who best demonstrates the spirit of Abbey Athletics. The award recognizes hard work, individual improvement, sportsmanship and a willingness to do what is best for the team.
Boys' JV A Basketball: Matt Walter '20
Boys' JV B Basketball: Chris Zaiser '20
Girls' JV Basketball: Casey Motta '21
Girls' JV Squash: Jane Dwares '19
Boys' JV Squash: David Sozanski '19
Coed JVB Squash (Boys): Ken Zheng '20
Coed JVB Squash (Girls): Sofia Ponce '20
Boys' JV Ice Hockey: Patrick Conlan '20
Girls' JV Ice Hockey: Ines Minundo '19
Boys' JV Swimming: Nathaniel Landers '20
Girls' JV Swimming: Delia Filippone '21