The Gateway Regional and Hopkins Academy girls soccer teams combined for three goals during a six-minute span in the second half.
The Gators netted the final one and hung on for a 2-1 victory, Wednesday in Huntington.
Rebecca Hyjek struck from 18 yards out, using her right foot to find the left side of the net and break a 1-1 tie for the Gators (11-2-1, 8-1-1 Pioneer North). Rachel Walzak had an assist 33 minutes into the second.
Samantha Jenks found Gabby Dyjach in a crowd two minutes early as the Golden Hawks (5-11-0, 1-9-0) tied the game.
Peyton Bucko took a corner kick for Gateway 27 minutes into the second. She found Ava Auclair, who headed a shot for the first goal.
Rebecca Herman made two saves in the win.
Gabby Palmisano had three saves for Hopkins.
Frontier Regional 3, East Longmeadow 0 โ Lily Spencer and Olivia Vecellio helped each other on their goals as the Red Hawks (10-5-3, 6-2-2 Valley league) closed the regular season with a win.
Emily DeMaio also scored, while Skyla Burniske made five saves for the shutout.
Belchertown 4, Pioneer 0 โ The Orioles (9-4-2, 7-0 Tri-County) received goals from Hailey Boutin, Kaleigh Cooper, Ashley Messier and Arianna Piedra in the road win.
Goalie Abigail Rothstein made four saves.
Chicopee 3, Belchertown 0 โ Marissa Courchesne had six kills and two aces, while Allison Cote added eight assists, but the Orioles (5-14) fell 25-5, 25-10, 25-22 on the road.
Commerce 3, Smith Vocational 1 โ The Vikings fell 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-17 on the road.
Sabis 6, Smith Academy 0 โ Ryan Belina made 12 saves for the Falcons (5-11, 1-8 McGrath), who fell behind 3-0 en route to the road loss.
Correction
The records for the Belchertown and Frontier Regional boys cross country team were incorrectly reported in Wednesdayโs Gazette.
Frontier finished 15-0 overall in the regular season, 7-0 in the Pioneer North. Hampshire Regional finished 11-1 overall, 9-0 in the Pioneer South.
Boys cross country
Ludlow 28, Belchertown 29
Belchertown 26, Central 29
Belchertown 15, Duggan 50
at Ludlow, 3.1 miles
Winner: 1. Evan Dunigan, 17:34
Belchertown (10-3): 4. Zach Bail, 18:16; 8. Evan Harrington, 19:20; 13. John Cowles, 19:45; 14. Matt Stelmokas, 20:03
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Girls cross country
Ludlow 15, Belchertown 50
Central 15, Belchertown 46
at Ludlow, 3.1 miles
Winner: 1. Kendyl Vermette (L), 21:04
Belchertown (4-8): 17. Rebecca Patel, 26:04; 18. Ashley McNamara, 26:38; 19. Hannah Bernard, 26:48; 20. Laura Potter, 26:59; 22. Rosili Borelli, 28:01
