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Andover crushed Everett, 7-2, behind a big 4-point effort from Sarah Oteri. Oteri netted 2 goals and 2 assists, and Heather Paonessa (2 goals, 1 assist) and Laura Drew (1 goal, 2 assists) chipped in with 3 points of their own. Megan Pettoruto turned aside 16 shots, as well.

Laura Drew netted two goals as the Andover girls hockey team topped Beverly, 3-1. Katie Shields rounded out the scoring with the Warriors' third goal, and Sarah Oteri recorded a pair of helpers. Megan Pettoruto turned aside eight shots to help Andover (7-2-1) secure its seventh win of the season.

 Londonderry High School graduate Katherine Donnelly, a freshman at Holy Cross, has been named the 2008 Patriot League Rookie of the Year for women's soccer as well as a first team league All-Star.

The Golden Warriors girls ice hockey team improved to 4-1 thanks to the continued strong play of goaltender Megan Pettoruto, who blanked Everett and finished with 13 saves. Pettoruto now has four shutouts on the year, all of which coming in Andover's past four games. Interestingly, the senior netminder has faced exactly 13 shots in each of the past three games.

Both Paonessa sisters, Heather and Danni, scored goals for Andover as it improved to 3-1 with a win over Reading. Andover goalie Meaghan Petteruto posted a shutout with 13 saves.

The Andover girls hockey team improved to 2-1 witha 7-0 win over Cambridge. Sarah Oteri was flat-out dominant, racking up three goals and an assist. It's her second hat trick of the year. Meghan McCarthy had a trio of helpers, and Nicole Giroux had a pair of goals.

Sarah Oteri scored three times to lead Andover (1-1) to a 4-0 win over Medford. The Golden Warriors fired 56 shots at Medford while goalie Megan Petteruto only faced six from the Mustangs. Alica Nader assisted on all Andover goals.

Mariana Walsh has been a wrecking ball this season, compiling a pair of hat tricks in Phillips Academy's first three games. Yesterday, Walsh (three goals, two assists) led the Big Blue to a 6-1 victory over Winchendon to help the team improve to 2-0-1. Alissa Fromkin racked up 22 saves and even assisted on Kaitlyn McInnis' third period goal. Phillips finished with an astounding 44 shots on net.

Taylor Steadman scored with less than a minute to play, propelling Brooks to a thrilling 2-1 win over Milton Academy. Marina Moschitto assisted on the game-winner and the duo connected in the first period with Moschitto scoring the goal.

Lincoln-Sudbury scored 25 seconds into the season opener with Andover and the goal stood up in a 1-0 decision.

The Warriors peppered Millicent Cruman with 40 shots but couldn't break the ice on the season.

Liz King passed to Emily Finneran for the winning goal midway though the third to give Brooks a 2-1 win over BB&N. Christy Donovan also had an assist on the goal.

Phillips Academy and Rivers battled to a 0-0 tie in a game highlighted by excellent defense and goaltending.

"It was remarkable, she had a great game," said coach Martha Fenton of goaltender Alissa Fromkin. "She had eight saves in the five minute overtime alone. I thought we came out firing in the first and third periods, but both teams played real strong defensively, and both goalies played really well."

Christy Donovan fired a pass to Jackie Kelleher, and she slid the puck across the crease to Andover's Marina Moschitto who redirected it for a goal late in the second period to give Brooks a 1-0 season-opening victory over Cushing. Goalie Amy Leichliter made an eye-popping 39 saves for the winners.

WATERTOWN | For the second day in a row, a shootout doomed Andover hockey.

The Golden Warriors allowed the tying goal with less than a minute to go in regulation, and like the Andover boys a day earlier came up short in the shootout and fell to Woburn 3-2 in the Division 1 quarterfinals.

Siblings Kyle and Megan Pettoruto admit that they don't talk about playing goalie too much anymore.

"I used to try to give her advice," said Kyle. "But she thinks I'm too harsh on her, so I had to lay off."