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LOWELL — Given a second chance, Andover captain Olivia Schwinn-Clanton was right on the money Monday afternoon.

Her free kick from about 30 yards out early in the second half curved beautifully over the head of the Acton-Boxboro goalie and into the back corner of the net to give the Golden Warriors what proved to be the game-winner in a 2-1 Division 1 North victory.

Mary Stuart Kerrigan scored off a free kick from Rachel Chang in the second half and Phillips Academy girls soccer beat Phillips Exeter 1-0.

Izzy Papanicolaou scored with less than a minute to go in regulation to send the game into overtime, and Cece Shannon scored the decisive shootout goal to give Bradford Christian a 4-3 victory over CATS Academy in the Girls Independent League championship game. Claudia Lebron added two goals for BCA, which had lost to CATS twice in the regular season.

After battling to a 0-0 tie after regulation and overtime, the Bradford Christian Academy girls soccer team prevailed in the shootout to defeat British International School in the the GIL semifinals. Casey Hunt and Lydia Swartzentruber scored shootout goals for BCA (11-7-1), which will play in the GIL finals Thursday.

Olivia Gotobed, the MVC Player of the Year, was in prime form Monday as she paced the North Andover girls soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Peabody in the Division 1 North quarterfinals.

Mackenzie Currie tallied three goals and Jacey Jennings scored twice as No. 19 Pentucket rolled over No. 15 Shawsheen 7-1 in the Division 3 North preliminary round. 

Macy Graves scored in regulation and in PKs as No. 9 Pinkerton beat No. 8 Portsmouth in the Divsion 1 girls soccer prelims. The Astros won it in six rounds of PKs as Graves, Olivia Pavao, Chayse Dube, Adria Forand and Sawyer Jackson tallied for the 5-4 advantage. Jordan Wheaton, who came in for the PKs, made the one pivotal save to win it. 

The Astros are at 16-0 Exeter Sunday (2 p.m.) in the quarterfinals.

The Windham girls soccer team saw its season come to an end with a 2-0 loss to No. 4 Bedford in the Division 1 first round. Jess Thibodeau made six saves for the No. 13 Jaguars (6-11).