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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.

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

With its 4-0 win over Methuen, the No. 1 Central Catholic girls soccer team clinched the MVC Division 1 championship. Ashley Raphael had two goals and Elayna Grillakis had three assists.

Caitlin Regan netted a career-best four goals to lead Central Catholic soccer to a 5-0 win over Haverhill. Elayna Grillakis scord the other Raider goal.

Central Catholic, the top-rated girls soccer team in the state, had no problem defeating Tewksbury 5-0. Five different Raiders had goals, including Elayna Grillakis who also had two assists. The Raiders are a dominant 10-0, and they just returned senior captain Nicole Wiggins on defense from a torn ACL she suffered last basketball season.

Central Catholic (ranked No. 1 in the Boston Globe's girls soccer Top-20), got three goals from Elayna Grillakis to defeat No.4 ranked Lincoln-Sudbury 5-2 Monday. Ashley Raphael had a goal and two assists for the Raiders, and Amanda Fay made 13 big saves.

Amanda Fay made three huge saves and Central Catholic's girls soccer team got goals from Elayna Grillakis and Caitlin Regan to topple Ludlow 2-0. 

Central Catholic goalie Amanda Fay didn't need to make a save but she had an assist as the Raiders scored all their goals in the second half in a 3-0 win over Haverhill. Elayna Grillakis scored twice for Central.