Norwood girls' soccer team celebrates its first berth day
A year after not winning one Bay State Conference match, the No. 6 Norwood girls' soccer team qualified for the state tournament for the first time in history yesterday with a 1-1 tie against Natick.
"We had numerous opportunities to finish that just went wide or over the net," said Norwood coach Jay Dupuis. "Ended up having to settle for the tie."
The Mustangs got on the board first when Bay State scoring leader Sam Vilaboa set up sophomore Brianna Quintiliani. Norwood held the lead until 17 minutes had elapsed in the second half.
Dupuis is proud of his team's improvement this season and attributed much of it to the play of the Ryan sisters, senior captain Courtney and freshman Cory, who have solidified the midfield and allowed Vilaboa (15 goals) to move back to forward. Cory (7 goals, 8 assists) is second on the team in points, and Courtney returned from a torn anterior cruciate ligament this season.
Vilaboa and the Ryans have combined for 25 goals for the Mustangs (9-1-2, 7-1-2).
Middlesex: Megan-Marie Delegas's goal with 3:15 left lifted Lexington (8-4-2) to a 1-0 victory over No. 4 Winchester (10-3-1) and into the state tournament.
ISL: Genevive Olson scored and added an assist as Thayer scored three unanswered second-half goals to beat Milton Academy, 3-1.
Boys' soccer
Catholic: Catholic Memorial sophomore Conor Askins made 12 saves, and BC High's Ryan Russell made four as their teams played to a 0-0 tie . . . No. 4 St. John's Prep got goals from Evan Ersing and Alex Farr to tie Xaverian, 2-2.
ISL: Birin Padam dribbled past six defenders en route to scoring the winning goal as Belmont Hill beat St. Sebastian's, 3-1.
Field hockey
Dual County: Sophomore midfielder Maria Posa scored twice and added two assists for Weston (9-2-3) in its 4-0 victory over Tyngsboro.
Nonleague: Kylee Sullivan had a goal and an assist in Arlington's 2-0 win over Bedford.
Volleyball
Nonleague: Bishop Feehan swept Durfee, 3-0, to improve to 13-0. Feehan was led by junior hitters Amy Lepley, who had eight kills up the middle, and Jackie Atkinson, who chipped in with seven from the outside . . . North Quincy (13-1) aced its test against Arlington Catholic, winning, 3-1, on the strength of 22 aces. Becca Goreham had nine aces and added seven kills for North Quincy.
