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Methuen's girls scored on goals by Courtnee Pickles and Kiera Fitzpatrick in the first half and then relied on its defense to defeat Beverly 2-1 in a Div. 1 preliminary round game.   

Zarina Pinto scored in the first 22 seconds of the game to propel Central Catholic to a 2-0 tournament victory over Lynn Classical. The Raiders advance to Saturday's first round game at 6 p.m. against Newton South.

 After being tied up in regulation, Pinkerton's girls soccer team advanced to the semifinals in the Division 1 Tournament Sunday when Chayse Dube sired a shot in overtie in the upper corner of the net to give the Astros a 2-1 overtime win over Dover. Kayla Silveira scored Pinkerton's first goal on an assist by Emily Hood.The Astros will play in the semifinals Wednesday.

Bella Keogh scored twice, giving her 37 goals on the year, but it wasn't enough as Timberlane bowed out of the Division 1 girls soccer tournament, losing to Bedford 6-2.

Whittier (13-5, 13-0 CAC) clinched the Commonwealth Conference Lower girls soccer title with a 3-0 win over Minuteman. Madison Gosse (2 goals) and Emma Terroux scored and Madison Dawkins (5 saves) earned the shutout. Monday the Wildcats will host Blackstone Valley in the State Vocational Large finals.

After battling to a 0-0 tie the first time they met, Andover got a second half goal from Michaela Buckley on an assist from Schwinn Clanton to nip rival North Andover, 1-0..

Methuen clinched the MVC Division 2 title for the first time in school history with a 4-0 win over Lowell. Kiera Fitzpatrick scored twice for the Rangers and Brooke Tardugno had three assists.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Timberlane scored all three of its goals in the second half to advance to the second round of the Div. 1 girls soccer tournament with a 3-1 victory over Windham. Bella Keogh and Alida Bates both had a goal and an assist for the Owls (14-3) and Norah Barry had her first career goal. Keogh's goal was her 35th of the year.

Emily Hood scored a season-high three goals, two on breakaways, leading No. 5 Pinkerton to a 4-2 victory over Merrimack in the Division 1 first round. Hannah Sippel added the other goal for the Astros, who next host No. 13 Dover in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Sunday (2 p.m.)