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Central makes North final

WOBURN — State champion just two years ago, Central Catholic is hungry to get it back.

The Raider girls soccer squad gritted its way to the Division 1 North title game with a 1-0 win over Lincoln-Sudbury last night.

"It's nice to be back playing for a North championship," said Raiders coach Casey Grange, whose squad will face Beverly Sunday, 2:30 p.m., at Manning Field in Lynn.

"I can't say enough about their competitiveness.This team just refuses to lose."

Alli Wiggins netted the game's lone goal, 10 minutes into the second half on a sweet cross from Courtney Walsh, The Raiders made it stick.

"We knew we weren't going to have many chances, so we had to make this one stick," said Grange. "Our back line (Darion Summers, Erin Berube, Beth May and Maggie Carey) was a brick wall.

"Alexa Poulin was dynamite shadowing their top player, too,"

Lauren Flynn made six saves as the 15-0-4 Raiders posted shutout No. 11 on the year.

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Vengeance is the Raiders

Revenge provided Central Catholic girls soccer all the motivation it needed.

Losing to Winchester during the regular season last year and in a scrimmage this preseason, the Raiders turned the tide in a convincing 3-0 Division 1 North quarterfinal victory.

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Second-half surge

Once Kylie Regan scored in the second half, Central Catholic's offense soared to a 6-1 girls soccer tourney victory over 19th seed Lexington.

"We were dominating the entire game but our early shots were all going over the net," said Central head coach Casey Grange as her squad trailed 1-0 at halftime. "Once Kylie got us on the board, the floodgates opened."

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Andover pushes Raiders to limit

Alli Wiggins scored the equalizer with 75 seconds left to play, preserving Central Catholic's unbeaten season at 12-0-3 after a 1-1 tie with Andover. Veronica Alois had put Andover up 1-0 with the earlier goal.

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Quick strike

Megan Rauseo scored 47 seconds into the game to spark the unbeaten Central Catholic girls (12-0-2) to a 2-0 victory over North Andover.

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Central clinched league title

Courtney Walsh scored three goals and assisted on anoher as Central Catholic girls soccer clinched the MVC Division 1 crown with a 5-0 win over Lowell.

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Perfect 10

Behind two goals by Alli Wiggins and Courtney Walsh, the unbeaten Central Catholic girls soccer team whipped Billerica 6-1.

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Heading to 7-0

Sophomore Jenna Martin headed in a corner kick during the 60th minute of play as Central Catholic girls soccer won 3-2 over a fiesty Haverhill squad that led 2-1 during the first half.

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Carey on defense

Senior defender Maggie Carey stepped up with her best game of the season, turning back Andover's attack repetitively as Central Catholic dealt the Golden Warriors their first loss of the season, 2-1. "Maggie was rock solid," said Central head coach Casey Grange.

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No contest

Unbeaten Central Catholic (5-0) had no problem with Tewksbury, rolling to a 5-0 victory. Alli Wiggins had a goal and two assists for the Raiders.

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