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No. 4 Andover girls tennis suffered its first loss of the season, falling to No. 5 Winchester 5-0 in the Division 1 Round of 8. The Golden Warriors finished the season 20-1.

Abhay Yajurvedi and Nik Narina won No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-1 and Nate Gellman and Conor Rea took No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-2 as Andover edged Boston Latin 3-2 in the Division 1 Round of 32. Joe Colecchi added a win at No. 2 singles (6-0, 6-1) for the Golden Warriors, who now await the winner of Brookline and Malden which will be played on Tuesday.

HAVERHILL – Not long ago, things looked bleak for the Haverhill boys volleyball squad. With a Covid outbreak and injuries dragging them down, the Hillies were hovering around the .500 mark entering the second week of May.

Brian Gibson's perfect suicide squeeze plated 2 runners as Andover defeated Penntucket  2-0 in the consolation Game of the Jim Genoulis  Peabody Tournament. Chase Lembo was the winning pitcher throwing a complete game shutout, striking out 6.

Tess Gobiel scored a game-high six goals as Andover topped Methuen 17-13. Kiera Fitzpatrick led the Rangers with five goals.

Andover boys capped an undefeated MVC campaign winning its 11th straight with a 5-0 victory over North Andover. The Warriors enter the postseason having won 14 of its 16 matches. Andrei Giurgiu got Andover started with an epic 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-7 win at No. 1 singles. Things went easier for Joe Colecchi and Akarsh Janarthanan who combined to win 24 of their combined 27 sets.

Chase Lembo was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored and was the winning pitcher as Andover topped Newton North 8-4. Evan Brenner, John Besette and Joe Bucci each added two RBIs for the winners.

Haverhill's Riley Windle celebrated her 18th birthday Friday with a single, double, and three runs driven in as the Hillies qualified for the postseason with a 15-3 win at Andover. Haverhill (10-7) had eight players with at least one RBI, including Liv DeCicco, who allowed no earned runs and earned the win.

Andrew Perry delivered the game-winning two-run hit in the eighth as North Andover edged Andover 5-3. AJ Lawrence had a two-rjun single in the second then doubled and scored in the fifth while working 3 1/3 inning relief to earn the pitching victory.

Ryan Difloures scored 14 kills and Devon Buscema had 35 assists to lead Haverhill to a 3-0 win over Andover. Reuben Osborne had 14 service points for the Golden Warriors.