The ball crosses the net during the women's beach volleyball semifinal match between Austria and Lithuania at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, June 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Credit: Dmitry Lovetsky

The Belchertown girls volleyball team will head into the Western Mass. tournament winners of seven straight following its 3-0 sweep against Ware on Thursday night.

The Orioles completely controlled the match against the Indians from start to finish, taking sets by scores of 25-18, 25-8, 25-12.

Cassidy MacLean contributed a team-high 12 kills, while Olivia Skora had 25 assists and Kaiya Cavanaugh concluded with 18 digs for Belchertown.

The Orioles closed out the regular season at 11-5.

Smith Voc 3, Veritas Prep 1 — The Vikings claimed their 11th win of the season in the home victory.

Leah Franklin (five aces, six kills, eight assists, five digs), Ainsley Chrzanowski (four aces, kill, 22 assists, four digs) and Rylie Rose (two aces, seven kills, assist, four digs) stepped up for Smith Voc.

Holyoke 3, Easthampton 1 — The Purple Knights put an end to their two-game skid to wrap up the regular season in the win column.

Set scores read 27-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19 in Holyoke’s favor.

Kelcy Brunelle bashed 22 kills and Tatiana Gonzalez grabbed 22 assists for the Purple Knights.

The Eagles were paced by Kathryn Koval’s eight kills, Brooke Skowron’s 20 assists and Summer Routhier’s 12 digs.

Amherst 3, Westfield 0 — The ‘Canes will look to carry over momentum from the win into the postseason following the sweep against the Bombers.

Amherst won by scores of 25-18, 25-17, 25-16.

Girls soccer

Northampton 3, Amherst 0 — Goals from Alysha Parshall-Matylas, Lilah Sage and Millie Gafney lifted the Blue Devils past the Hurricanes.

Northampton goalie Anna Oravec obtained the shutout with nine saves, while Amherst goalie Aliya Morales-Fernandez posted 10 saves in the defeat.

Boys soccer

Easthampton 6, Hopkins 0 — The Eagles soared past the Golden Hawks, led by a two-goal performance from Ivan Skazka.

Luc Tetreault, Jake McGee, Brigham Conner and Noah Terry-Loughnane also found twine for Easthampton.

Eagles goalie Lewin Coady picked up the clean sheet with six saves. Hopkins keeper Jacob Laramie made 16 saves in the loss.

Wahconah 5, Granby 0 — The Rams allowed four goals in the second half to drop their third straight contest.

Lenox 4, PVCICS 1 — Kai Petit-Darling prevented a Millionaires shutout, scoring the Dragons’ lone goal in the defeat.

Wednesday Results

Girls volleyball

South Hadley 3, Holyoke 2 — The Tigers outlasted the Purple Knights in an evenly matched Southern league contest.

Grace Matyszewski powered South Hadley, finishing with 14 kills and 25 digs, while Maya Lamirande and Tali Quinn combined for nearly 30 assists.

Holyoke’s Kelcy Brunelle recorded nine kills to lead the team, while Nemesis Torres Sanchez (16 digs) and Tatiana Gonzalez (11 assists) were active in the match.

Set scores were 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-10 in favor of the Tigers.

Boys soccer

Hopkins 3, Holyoke 1 — The Golden Hawks earned their third straight win after downing the Purple Knights.

Nate Rickles registered two strikes for Hopkins, while Drew Crutch added the other.

Hawks goalie Jacob Laramie made six saves.

Ryan Ames is a sports reporter at the Gazette. A UMass Amherst graduate, he covers high school and college sports and is on the UMass hockey beat. Reach him at rames@gazettenet.com and follow him on Twitter/X...