Despite starting the game with nine players and playing the first half a man down, Frontier rallied to beat Northampton 3-2 in the Pioneer Valley Summer Soccer League regular season finale Friday.
Ari Venegas scored twice, while Connor Bagdon added a goal. Jake Hanieski stopped five shots for Frontier (8-2-1).
The playoff start Tuesday.
Frontier 8, Northampton 2 (5) โ Gabe Gochinski doubled and knocked in three runs, as Frontier moved to the winners bracket of the Mickey Mantle semifinals.
The game was shortened because of lightning and darkness.
Jack OโNeil added two hits and scored a run.
Ryan Campbell scored two runs.
Sam Dadmon (run) singled.
Xavier Santiago struck out four in five innings to earn the win.
Patrick Serio and Owen Shelffo singled for Northampton, while Jamie Berrios and Ben Fowler scored runs.
Northampton will play Mohawk in an elimination game at 10 a.m. Saturdy at Florence Field.
Frontier plays Dalton after at 1 p.m. in a winners bracket game. An elimination game between the losers will follow at 5 p.m.
The final two or three games, if necessary, are Sunday at Ziomek Field in Amherst.
Dalton 3, Amherst 2 โ JB Mills had an RBI single, but Amherst will drop into the Mickey Mantle championships losers bracket.
Amherst faces either Northampton or Mohawk at 5 p.m. Saturday at Florence fields in an elimination game.
Eli Slovin and Thea Hanscom singled.
Frontier 8, Northampton 2 (5)
Frontierย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 400 40 โ 8 ย 8 ย 1
Northamptonย ย ย 011 00 โ 2 ย 2 ย 3
WPโSantiago LPโSerio
Dalton 3, Amherst 2
Daltonย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 100 002 0 โ 3 ย 4 ย 2
Amherstย ย ย 001 010 0 โ 2 ย 4 ย 2
WPโMelleLPโHanscom
