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LYNN — Central goalie Amanda Fay stood by herself, watching and barking out encouragements as her teammates tried to milk out the rest of the clock.

LYNN — Pinned near the far sideline, Elayna Grillakis took the ball, pulled it back and heel kicked it around her defender, before spinning around and tapping it forward to thread the needle between the ball and the boundary.

Andover's girls soccer team held tough with talented Lincoln-Sudbury, trailing just 1-0 at the half, but L-S wore down the Warriors in the second half and pulled away for a 5-0 victory in the Division 1 North quarterfinals. Izzy Shih had six saves for Andover, which finished its season at 10-8-2.

North Andover lost a tough 2-1 first round matchup to Marblehead in the Division 2 North tournament. The Scarlet Knights finish the year 11-5-3.

METHUEN - It was a tough night for Methuen girls soccer, losing a double-overtime heartbreaker to Medford 2-1 in the first round of the Division 1 North playoffs.

Jessica Cutler had the Rangers lone goal on an assist from Lindsay Saad, and Megan Langlois made seven saves in net.

NORTH READING — The North Reading girls soccer team is headed back to Manning Field once again, as the Hornets shut out Tewksbury 2-0 in Sunday's Division 3 North quarterfinal matchup.

Rachel Hill scored both goals for North Reading, and Katerina Hassapis made six saves to record the shutout. North Reading (14-4-1) will now face top seeded Swampscott in the semifinal on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

BOXFORD — Trailing 1-0 at halftime, the Andover girls soccer team battled back with two goals in the last 10 minutes to beat Masconomet 2-1 in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament.
Lydia Rankin scored the tying goal for Andover, and then with about five minutes left, Sara Dever came up with the winner to punch her team's ticket to the North quarterfinal.
No. 12 seeded Andover (10-7-2) will now face No. 4 Lincoln-Sudbury in the Division 1 North quarterfinals on Monday at 2 p.m. The two teams faced off in Andover's regular season finale last Saturday, and L-S won that meeting 5-1.

HAVERHILL — The Haverhill girls soccer team completely destroyed Brighton Academy on Friday, scoring six goals in the first 10 minutes en route to a 10-0 win in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament.

Haverhill got three goals from Sydney Owen and two from Amy Hunt, and Audrey Therriault added a goal and three assists to pace the offense. The score was 7-0 at halftime and spent the majority of the last 60 minutes playing its reserves.

Nicole Langlois scored five goals, giving her a school record 56 for her career, as Methuen (10-4-6) blanked Lawrence 10-0 in girls soccer.

Chloe Cashin made 11 saves and the Timberlane defense was stellar, but a late scoring opportunity fell short and the upset-minded No. 9 Owls lost to top-seeded Bedford 1-0 in double overtime in the Division 1 state quarterfinals.

Rachel McAbee, Ashley Cioto and Lily Ashford all starred on defense as Timberlane nearly dealt Bedford just its second loss of the season.

Reanna Romano fired a pass to Britney Johnson, who sent the ball into the net in overtime to give No. 3 Pinkerton a 2-1 victory over No. 7 Winnacunnet in the New Hampshire Division 1 soccer quarterfinals.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Julia Bousquet tied the game up for the Astros with a header goal. Pinkerton moves on to play No. 2 Manchester Central on Thursday at Exeter's Bill Ball Stadium at 4 p.m.

Freshman Emily Donovan scored the first goal of her varsity career, and senior Nicole Langlois scored goal No. 51 of her career as Methuen downed Lowell 2-0.

Elayna Grillakis had three goals in the first seven minutes and four overall as the unbeaten Central Catholic girls blanked Chelmsford 8-0.

Emma Liporto scored three goals and Samantha Newyman added two as North Andover wrapped up the regular season with an 11-4-3. The Knights had already clinched the MVC Small soccer crown.

Georgetown got two second half goals, both from Veronica Gaberth to come back and beat Essex Tech 3-2 in the team's last game of the year. Casey Smith had the Royals other goal, and also recorded an assist.