Smith Academy picked up a crucial win on Friday, defeating Mahar 9-0 on the road to improve to 6-4-3, ensuring the team has a winning record heading into the Western Mass. tournament.
Sophia Jagodzinski scored four goals to lead the Falcons.
Ashlyn Moynihan and Bella Gavron each recorded four points as well. Moynihan scored a trio of goals while adding an assists. Gavron had the reverse stat line with one goal and three assists.
Ashlyn’s older sister Maggie also hit a career milestone with her first varsity goal on Friday.
Bella Bramucci was the fourth Smith Academy player with multiple points by tallying two assists. Shae Moulton, Klare Bielski, and Elise Murray all recorded an assist in the win.
Goalkeeper Klare Santos recorded her first career shutout by making four saves.
With one game left before the postseason, the Falcons head to South Hadley to close out the season on Monday.
Belchertown 1, Tantasqua 0 — The Orioles won their final home game of the season to improve to 9-3-3 on the year.
Jocelyn McMahon scored the lone goal for Belchertown, assisted by Gianna Zenon. Goalie Lila Roy made four saves in net.
Belchertown closes out the season at Greenfield on Monday.
Hampshire 2, Palmer 1 — The Raiders picked up a crucial win to improve to 6-7-2 on the season.
Ella Brunelle and Anna Huard each score for Hampshire in the win. The team has one more game on Monday to try to reach .500.
Neely Rondeau and Trinity Fellows both tallied an assist. Sarah Zajac made one save in net for Hampshire
Agawam 3, Northampton 0 — The Blue Devils got a great performance out of goalie Abby Xu who made 19 saves in the loss at home.
Girls soccer
Northampton 0, Belchertown 0 — Two of the top teams in the area went head-to-head to close out the regular season. Shots were few and far between as the two goalies combined for seven saves.
Anna Oravec tallied three saves for the Blue Devils. On the other side, Ava Stelmokas stopped four shots for the Orioles.
Late Scores
Cross Country
Hampshire 19, Frontier 39; Hampshire 20, Greenfield 43 (boys) — The Raiders improved to 11-0 after a successful senior night. Over 80% of Hampshire runners set a personal-best on their home course.
Owen Cubi clocked in at 16:20, finishing first for Hampshire and third overall. Hobbes O’Sullivan finished 10 seconds behind him in fourth at 16:30. Both runners are now in the top-20 all-time for Hampshire cross-country runners.
Aidan Conklin also broke 17 minutes, coming in at 16:55 for fifth. Ben Zajac (seventh, 17:34) and Sam Plumer (eighth, 17:45) rounded out the scoring for the Raiders.
Hampshire 15, Frontier 46 (girls) — Like the boys team, Hampshire’s girls cross country team continued their undefeated season with strong win on senior day. The Raiders had six of the top seven finishers.
Kathleen Barry ran a 17:59 to win the race and set the third fastest girls time ever on Hampshire’s course. She is now the school’s second-fast runner in its history.
Brooke Hockenberry (second, 19:00) and Ada Corner (third, 19:27) both came in under 20 minutes.
The two Charlottes, Niswonger and Letendre, finished six seconds apart. Niswonger took fourth at 20:08 while Letendre got fifth at 20:14.
Senior Kai Calabretta-Rek rounded out the top-six with a seventh-place finish, timing in at 20:55.
Field hockey
Smith Academy 0, Northampton 0 — Neither team managed a goal in the scoreless draw on Thursday.
Girls soccer
Granby 6, Chicopee Comp 0 — Margo Healy posted four points in the Rams’ impressive win over the Colts on Thursday.
Healy had a hat trick, plus an assist, while Marcela Tapia (goal, two assists) and Kalli White (two goals) managed multi-point games for Granby.
Rams goalie Meredith Bartosz picked up the clean sheet with seven saves.
Girls volleyball
Amherst’s Olivia Nolan and Rosalie Davis both eclipsed 500 career assists this past week for the Hurricanes. Nolan is a senior while Davis is a junior and both serve as setters on Amherst’s varsity squad
