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Carolyn Malloy was teetering on the brink of a school record for 52-plus minutes yesterday.

She sat tied with Chelsey Feole's 2002 mark of 28 goals in one season after scoring twice against Pinkerton in the semifinal. Then, with 7:19 left in the game, she broke the record with Salem's third goal of the game.

The word "dynasty" is used all too frequently these days. But the Salem field hockey is as close to one as any team that has had the word heaped upon it in recent years. The Blue Devils bore that out yesterday, cruising to a 4-0 win over Timberlane in the Class L championship, and clinching their third state title in a row and sixth in the last seven years.

BEDFORD | The Bedford FieldTurf hadn't cooled off from Salem's onslaught when Timberlane came out in the nightcap smoking hot right from the opening whistle.

By the time the game was six minutes old, the Owls held a 2-0 advantage against the tourney's Cinderella team, Concord. With 13:26 left in the opening half, Timberlane led 4-0 and the sixth-seeded Crimson Tide were finished, not getting their first shot on junior Brittany McFarland-Bateman until 47 minutes were played.

Stephanie Glazier scored a hat trick, giving her six goals in the last three games and leading No. 2 Timberlane to a 5-1 victory over No. 8 Dover in the quarterfinals of the Class L tourney.

"We came out a little tight," said Owls coach Mim Ryan. "We hadn't played in 10 days. We let them tie it up before the half, but then we really came out and played our game." Entering the half tied 1-1, Timberlane broke it open with four goals in the second half. Kaitlyn Lavallee and Annie Hansbury each added a goal while Brittany McFarland-Bateman made eight saves.

PLAISTOW, N.H. | There were no losers, but there were winners.

In fact, don't for a moment think that nothing was gained yesterday afternoon when unbeatens Salem and Timberlane battled to a 2-2 tie in one of the biggest regular-season showdowns in recent area memory.

Kaitlin Hill took a pass from Julie Sickel and scored 15 minutes into the second half in Timberlane's 1-0 win over Winnacunnet. Brittany McFarland-Bateman made seven saves and Annie Hansbury stood out on defense for the Owls.

Ashley Mulkey, Carolyn Malloy and Tatum Dyer are ready to move in a new direction.

Field hockey teammates since starting the sport together in Windham as sixth graders, they are captains for two-time defending Class L champion Salem, which has a showdown of unbeatens at 4 p.m. Friday at Timberlane.

PLAISTOW, N.H. | Timberlane field hockey coach Mim Ryan may need to switch some personnel around Friday when the Owls host two-time defending champion Salem in a Class L showdown of unbeatens.

On the other hand, with senior Sarah Cannon on the team, that won't be a problem.

Kaitlin Hill and Kaitlyn Lavallee both scored twice as Timberlane pounded Manchester Central 7-0. Chelsea Sickel added three helpers, and Stephanie Glazier chipped in with two. Brittany McFarland-Bateman made two saves to earn the shutout.

Stephanie Glazier scored twice and Sarah Cannon netted a goal and an assist as Timberlane downed Dover 4-2. Kaitlin Hill chipped in a pair of assists.