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Underclassmen come up big for Needham girls' soccer

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By Seth Lakso, Globe Correspondent

With less than two minutes remaining in the game, freshman Katie Belva scored her first career varsity goal on a header from freshman Kayla Steeves to give the Rockets (4-3) a 2-1 win over Natick.

Needham started the scoring in the first half when sophomore Clara Nowlan picked up her first career varsity goal.

But with just minutes remaining in the first the Red & Blue tied the game, when Taylor Flutie connected on a shot.

In the second half, the game went back-and-forth with Natick’s Lexi Gifford making several nice plays on defense to keep the game even before Belval’s game winner slipped past.

“We’re a very young team,” said Needham coach Carl Tarabelli. “After graduating 12 seniors off last year's team, it’s nice to see us making progress. Being as young as we are I’m very excited for the way this team played.”

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