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EXETER — With the score tied at 1-1 and overtime looming as an increasingly likely possibility, Pinkerton’s Courtney Velho surveyed the field, the ball resting right near the 40-yard line a few feet in front of her.

LYNN — Central goalie Amanda Fay stood by herself, watching and barking out encouragements as her teammates tried to milk out the rest of the clock.

LYNN — Pinned near the far sideline, Elayna Grillakis took the ball, pulled it back and heel kicked it around her defender, before spinning around and tapping it forward to thread the needle between the ball and the boundary.

Andover's girls soccer team held tough with talented Lincoln-Sudbury, trailing just 1-0 at the half, but L-S wore down the Warriors in the second half and pulled away for a 5-0 victory in the Division 1 North quarterfinals. Izzy Shih had six saves for Andover, which finished its season at 10-8-2.

North Andover lost a tough 2-1 first round matchup to Marblehead in the Division 2 North tournament. The Scarlet Knights finish the year 11-5-3.

NORTH READING — The North Reading girls soccer team is headed back to Manning Field once again, as the Hornets shut out Tewksbury 2-0 in Sunday's Division 3 North quarterfinal matchup.

Rachel Hill scored both goals for North Reading, and Katerina Hassapis made six saves to record the shutout. North Reading (14-4-1) will now face top seeded Swampscott in the semifinal on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

METHUEN - It was a tough night for Methuen girls soccer, losing a double-overtime heartbreaker to Medford 2-1 in the first round of the Division 1 North playoffs.

Jessica Cutler had the Rangers lone goal on an assist from Lindsay Saad, and Megan Langlois made seven saves in net.

BOXFORD — Trailing 1-0 at halftime, the Andover girls soccer team battled back with two goals in the last 10 minutes to beat Masconomet 2-1 in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament. Lydia Rankin scored the tying goal for Andover, and then with about five minutes left, Sara Dever came up with the winner to punch her team's ticket to the North quarterfinal. No. 12 seeded Andover (10-7-2) will now face No. 4 Lincoln-Sudbury in the Division 1 North quarterfinals on Monday at 2 p.m. The two teams faced off in Andover's regular season finale last Saturday, and L-S won that meeting 5-1.

HAVERHILL — The Haverhill girls soccer team completely destroyed Brighton Academy on Friday, scoring six goals in the first 10 minutes en route to a 10-0 win in the first round of the Division 1 North tournament.

Haverhill got three goals from Sydney Owen and two from Amy Hunt, and Audrey Therriault added a goal and three assists to pace the offense. The score was 7-0 at halftime and spent the majority of the last 60 minutes playing its reserves.

Nicole Langlois scored five goals, giving her a school record 56 for her career, as Methuen (10-4-6) blanked Lawrence 10-0 in girls soccer.