Reading advances with second-half surge
A tie doesn't get you anywhere when tournament time rolls around - and for the 12th-seeded Reading field hockey team, which racked up six draws during the regular season, getting a win was the only way to keep the Rockets' season alive.
Though the game remained deadlocked through most of the second half, Reading surged ahead of fifth-seeded Salem to win 3-0 in MIAA Division 1 North tournament action.
Senior Kelly Hennessy registered two goals and Rachel McCarthy scored once for the Rockets (12-2-6) and goalkeeper Catie Murphy led a solid defensive front, holding the Witches scoreless.
"It was a nice team effort, up and down the field," Rockets coach Mim Jarema said. "Every kid that stepped on the field had to do her job, and they all did."
Division 1 South: Senior Taylor Silvestro tallied the winning goal in Walpole's 2-0 victory over Hingham.
Girls' soccer
Prep-Private: Senior Emily Little's two goals lifted Phillips Andover past Pingree, 4-0.
Nonleague: Pembroke defeated Bridgewater-Raynham, 3-0, courtesy of a two-goal performance by Hannah Earner.
Boys' soccer
Nonleague: Behind strong defensive efforts from senior sweeper Jordan Bello and sophomore midfielder Matt Flynn, Falmouth (12-7-1) shut out visiting King Philip, 2-0.
Volleyball
Division 2 South: Pembroke blanked Middleboro, winning 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-18). Berkley Hall had 16 kills and Adrianna Johnson had six aces and 16 digs. Pembroke hosts Apponequet tomorrow.
Division 1 Central/East: Hannah Sieber had 15 aces, Celina Chan seven, and Victoria Young had five kills as Newton South blanked East Boston, 3-0. 