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Phillips Academy's girls soccer team, on a goal by Meghan Doherty in the first half, held on for a 1-0 win over Brooks in Class A New England prep tournament action. Brooks outshot Phillips 9-4, but Phillips goalie Alex Farrell was perfect on the day. Phillips will face Loomis-Chaffee in today's championship game at The Governor's Academy at 1 p.m.

With just four minutes left in the second overtime, Andover's Marina Moschitto blasted a perfect corner kick to Amelia Hammerl in front of the net, and the forward headed it in for the game-winning goal as Brooks downed Westminster 2-1 in the NEPSAC Class A quarterfinals last night.

QUINCY — The thrill is gone. Despite the Georgetown girls soccer team’s 1-0 loss to Millis in the Division 3 state semifinal last evening at Quincy’s Veterans Memorial Stadium, there is reason for optimism.

No. 5 seeded Georgetown crushed No. 1 Matigon 9-1 in a Division 3 North semifinal game and advanced to the fina at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Woburn. It will play the winner of today's semifinal between Shawsheen and Greater Lowell. 

Central Catholic gave powerhouse Winchester all it could handle, and it took a pair of overtimes for the Raiders to be beaten.

"It was amazing," said Central coach Anne Marinaro. "It does not get any better than Winchester, and we had them on the ropes."

Nicoline Holland took a pass from Nicole DiMaio off a corner and blasted home a goal with seven minutes left in the game to give No. 5  Georgetown a 3-2 win over No. 13 Weston in the Division 3 North quarterfinals.

No. 4 North Reading lost in a PK situation as No. 13 Bishop Fenwick earned an upset victory in this Division 2 North first-round tournament game, which remained tied 2-2 after two overtimes.

No. 18 Andover saw its season end as it was unable to stop Kayla Austin and the talented offense of No. 2 Winchester, which rolled 3-0 in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament.

Rachel Bourque picked the right time to heat up offensively. She scored twice to lead No. 7 Central Catholic to a 2-0 victory over No. 10 Lowell in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament. 

No. 6 Belmont scored off a corner kick with less than a minute left in overtime to beat No. 11 Pentucket 2-1 in the first round of the Division 2 North tournament.  

Pentucket ended its season with an 8-6-5 record.