Worcester, Mass. — East Lyme High School coach Scott Mahon gave his girls' varsity eight a choice at Sunday's New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Championships on Lake Quinsigamond.

"I gave them two options, to go to grand (final) or go to petit (final). I didn't give them the third option of one-and-done," Mahon said with a laugh.

East Lyme, seeded seventh in the event, was second in its heat to reach the prestigious grand final. The Vikings then finished sixth overall in New England, coming off a championship at the Connecticut Public School championship last weekend.

East Lyme will next row at the nationals in Philadelphia in June.

"It was another feather in the cap," Mahon said of reaching the New England grand final. "They qualified for nationals last week and they solidified it with making grands today.

"They started working real hard way back in December, January, people rowing in the fall. ... They really bonded well. They knew every race they could improve and they could build and they were confident they could do just that. They never thought, 'We can't do it, coach.'"

Racing for the Vikings were coxswain Bianca Barroga, stroke Julia Lefurge, Katie Long, Rasa Kirvelevicius, Alexa Stewart, Gretchen Stelter, Allie Christensen, Lauren Alexandrescu and Kristina Fenton in the bow.

Girls' tennis

• Waterford advanced to the first round of the Class M tournament with a 5-2 win over No. 19 Law. Alaina Moger, Sophie Wang and Sarah Verity won singles matches for No. 14 Waterford (12-5). The doubles teams of Deepa Reddy-Cassandra Gonsalves and Tessa Dipollina-Margaret Lincoln also won for Waterford, which plays at No. 3 Lauralton Hall at 1 p.m. Monday. 

Baseball

• Connor Dulin pitched a five-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in No. 29 Norwich Tech's 6-0 shutout of No. 36 O'Brien Tech in the qualifying round of the Class M state tournament.

John Staubley had a two-run double in the first inning for the Warriors (11-11), who will next play at No. 4 Haddam-Killingworth on Tuesday. Mitch Clapsadle added a two-run single in the sixth and Jimmy Bellisle was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

• No. 30 Ledyard scored five runs in the sixth inning to break open a tight game and toppled No. 35 Nonnewaug 14-7 in the qualifying round in Class M. The Colonels (12-12) advanced to play at No. 3 Tolland on Tuesday. Austin Brandt had a single, triple, home run and four RBI for Ledyard and Anthony Viteritto was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.

Boys' lacrosse

• Tyler Price had two goals and Kevin Doherty one in No. 15 Montville's 22-3 loss to No. 18 St. Joseph in the qualifying round of the Class S tournament. Ryan Wilson, Jared Newel and Jared Mallozzi had four goals each for St. Joseph. Montville finished the season 9-8.