Falmouth clips Marshfield
Falmouth withstood a furious comeback by visiting Marshfield in the closing minute of their Atlantic Coast League lacrosse matchup yesterday, holding on for a 10-9 win.
The Clippers were up, 10-7, after having overcome a first-half deficit, but with 44 seconds on the clock Marshfield struck twice, the second with 19 seconds left, to put the game in jeopardy.
"At no time were we really out of the woods," said Falmouth coach Greg Gilbert.
Falmouth had fallen behind, 5-2, in the second quarter, but by halftime had managed to claw back to 5-4 on Roscoe Sweeney's goal as the horn sounded.
The Clippers took control in the third quarter, outscoring the Rams, 4-1.
The Clippers added two more scores in the fourth to get some breathing room.
Junior Shawn Price led the Clippers' attack, scoring three times and contributing an assist. Senior captains Mike Wilson, Tyler Sabens, and Terrence Dineen each scored twice as the experienced players helped pick the team up.
"To be down three goals to a good team like Marshfield, that was kind of frightening," Gilbert said. "I think that third quarter for us was huge, we got some big goals there."
Marshfield (4-3) won the faceoff battle, 13-9, but Falmouth (7-0) won the ground-ball fight, 40-33.
"We were lucky in some ways because they hit a couple of pipes," Gilbert said.
"But I was really proud of our guys for hanging in there."
Catholic Central: St. Mary's needed to play four overtimes before defeating Matignon, 5-4, on Joe Twomey's goal.
Independent: Freshman Stephen Brown notched two goals and two assists and junior attack Harry Maxwell assisted on four goals in St. Sebastian's 15-1 rout of Groton . . . Governor's Greg Allis netted four goals in a 14-5 victory over Belmont Hill . . . Senior Noah Beatty stopped 16 shots and David Lawson scored four goals and assisted on two others as Middlesex edged Nobles, 7-5.
Mass Tech: Minutemen Tech goalie Andy Taylor had 16 saves in a 2-0 win over New Bedford Voke Tech.
Merrimack Valley: Greg Demetriou, Pablo Maguire, and Matt Goyette each scored twice for Lowell in a 7-6 win over Central Catholic.
Nonleague: Marian's balanced offense was led by Tim McCullough (four goals), Sam Piscia (three goals), and Gino Ramano (two goals) as the Mustangs downed Ashland, 11-5 . . . Waltham beat Westford, 10-8, with Evan Mulla scoring four times and Mike Merrifield netting the winner . . . Derek Earp scored four goals and tallied an assist in Malden Catholic's 14-9 win over Peabody . . . Christian Kilburn and sophomore attack Jon Bryant each had four goals and junior attack Connor Mac Neil had five assists as Wayland doubled up South Hadley, 12-6.
Girls' lacrosse
Dual County: Sarah Livingston scored six goals - including the winner with 11 seconds left - and assisted on five others as Westford beat Chelmsford, 13-12. Chelmsford's Rebecca Dudley scored eight goals.
Eastern Independent: Hollis Hanley led the way for Portsmouth Abbey with eight goals and an assist in a 21-14 win over Winsor.
Maritime League: Laura Jennigan and Kate Cecilio each scored three goals and Hayley Pierce added two goals and two assists as Martha's Vineyard beat Bishop Stang, 11-4.
Independent: BB&N got five goals from sophomore Emily Tang in a 16-13 win over St. Mark's.
Baseball
Cape Ann: Mario Paeovani pitched a complete game and senior center fielder Vin DiCesare had three hits and two RBIs as Lynnfield beat Ipswich, 5-4.
Independent: Bobby Kelley drove in the winning run on a single to right-center, pushing Nobles past Middlesex, 4-3.
Nonleague: Dracut's Sean Sullivan had four RBIs and Jim Tully added three, driving in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, helping the Middies top Salem, N.H., 8-7.
Softball
Nonleague: Melissa Ruiz belted two home runs and drove in eight runs in Fenway's 22-6 triumph over Snowden.
Globe correspondent Shawn Medeiros contributed to this report.
