The South Hadley girls volleyball team upended Frontier, 3-1, in the Western Mass. tournament Class B quarterfinal on Tuesday.
The fourth-seeded Tigers won by set scores of 25-21, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-23 over the fifth-seeded Redhawks.
South Hadley’s Grace Matyszewski led the attack, concluding with 15 kills, eight aces and 25 digs. Maya Lamirande also contributed 14 assists for the Tigers.
South Hadley advances to the semifinal round, where it’ll meet top-seeded East Longmeadow.
The contest is set for Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m.
Class A
Amherst 3, West Springfield 0 — The Hurricanes eased into the semifinal round, shutting out the Terriers.
Set scores read 25-7, 25-10, 25-10 in favor of Amherst, which will take on No. 1 Central next.
Class B
East Longmeadow 3, Holyoke 0 — The top-seeded Spartans were too much for the eighth-seeded Purple Knights.
Kelcy Brunelle’s seven kills and Tatiana Gonzalez’s 10 assists stood out for Holyoke in the loss.
Class C
Lenox 3, Smith Voc 0 — The Vikings’ run in the Class C bracket was shortlived as the Millionaires earned the sweep.
Rylie Rose (four aces, five kills, assist, 10 digs) was a bright spot for Smith Voc in the defeat.
Boys soccer
Class A
Northampton 3, Central 0 — The Blue Devils blanked the Golden Eagles to move on to the semifinal round.
Northampton, the No. 1 seed, will host No. 4 West Springfield next.
West Springfield 2, Amherst 0 — The Hurricanes failed to find the back of the net in the quarterfinal round defeat.
Class D
Hopkins 2, PVCA 1 — The Golden Hawks sqeaked past the Eagles in the quarterfinal round.
Jason Campbell and Drew Crutch provided the offense for Hopkins while goalie Jacob Laramie totaled 13 saves.
The second-seeded Hawks will host third-seeded Granby on Thursday in the semifinal round.
Monson 2, PVCICS 1 — The Dragons were knocked out in heartbreaking fashion, losing on a golden-goal penalty kick in overtime.
Lobsang Rabten netted PVCICS’ only goal in the second half, following a 1-0 Mustangs lead at halftime.
Wyatt Humphrey had seven saves in goal for the fourth-seeded Dragons.
Girls soccer
Class A
Northampton 2, East Longmeadow 0 — A goal in each half lifted the Blue Devils past the Spartans.
Isla Claps and Olivia Busone found twine for No. 3 Northampton, while goalie Anna Oravec turned aside all five shots faced for the clean sheet.
Class B
Ludlow 2, South Hadley 1 — The reigning Class B champs were ousted in the quarterfinal round, falling in penalty kicks to the Lions.
Jenna Sabourin secured South Hadley’s strike, which occured during the first half.
Tigers goalie Olivia Athas was busy, finishing with 17 saves in the defeat.
Hampshire 2, Southwick 0 — The Raiders received goals from Olivia Whittaker and Claire Pickard to advance to the semifinal round.
Emilia Berrena picked up the shutout for Hampshire, making two saves.
Class D
Granby 4, Hoosac 0 — The Rams withstood an early push from the Hurricanes before tallying all four goals in the second half to move on to the semifinal round.
Granby garnered goals from Carlie Zobka, Sophia Wright and Kalli White, plus an own goal, while Marcela Tapia totaled three assists.
Rams keeper Meredith Bartosz made one save for the shutout.
State Voc playoffs
Smith Voc 6, Franklin Tech 0 — A four-goal first half fueled the Vikings to their MVDA Small Voc State semifinal victory on Tuesday.
Emily Tryon, Erin Miller, Savannah Fredette and Isabella Letourneau scored early for Smith Voc, before Julianis Suarez tacked on two more in the second half.
Suarez and Evelyn Wanczyk combined for the one-save shutout.
Smith Voc will play the winner of Norfolk County Tech and Old Colony Voc/Tech in the championship at a time to be determined.
Regular season
Field hockey
Hampshire 2, Northampton 0 — Sunali Driver deposited both Raiders goals to down the Blue Devils.
Grace Layman and Sarah Zajac totaled three saves in goal for Hampshire, while Northampton’s Abby Xu made five saves.
Consolation
Boys soccer
Smith Academy 3, Renaissance 2 — Goalie Callan Payne stood tall for the Falcons, totaling 18 saves, as Smith Academy earned its first win of the season.
Jason Fahmy flicked in two goals to pace the Falcons offense.
Monday Results
Sci-Tech 4, Holyoke 2 — Xevier Davila posted two assists, but the Purple Knights were outdueled by the Cybercats.
