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Pelham field hockey's first season in Division 2 has been a success. The No. 6 Pythons took down No. 3 Souhegan, 1-0, to advance to the Division 2 semifinals.

Madi Robito scored with nine minutes left in the first half off a corner, set up by Abbey Bevens. From there, goalie Ryan Atkins made eight great saves. One came when she had to jump to barely deflect what looked to be a sure goal over the cage.

The Newburyport field hockey team punched its ticket to the postseason on Thursday, beating North Reading 2-0 on the strength of two first-half goals by Callie Beauparlant. Newburyport is now 9-6-1 on the season and will face Triton on Monday.

Surging junior Maddie DiPietro had her fourth hat trick of the season and now has 22 goals on the year as the Central Catholic field hockey team improved to 10-1-3 with a 5-0 shutout of Lowell.

 Junior Abbey Bevens scored the 50th goal of her career and Sydney Nutter got the game-winner with three minutes left as the Pelham field hockey team edged Merrimack Valley 2-1 in the Division 2 first round of the state tournament. The Pythons will be at Souhegan at noon Saturday in the quarterfinals.

 Hannah Phelan scored twice to pace the surging North Andover field hockey team to its fourth straight win, 4-0 over Tewksbury.

The Pentucket field hockey team eeked out a tight 2-1 win over Amesbury, getting the winner from Janet Dickens with just over two minutes to play in the game. Dickens scored both of Pentucket's goals, but Amesbury was led by goalie Sydney Calderwood, who made 15 saves on the day and stood tall despite facing 17 corners. Pentucket has now won six in a row.

Haverhill's hard-working field hockey team remained winless, losing to a strong Chelmsford team, but Hillies' goalie Zoe Martin was outstanding, recording a whopping 54 saves in the 5-0 setback.

Claudia Crowe continued her scoring ways for Methuen in a 3-0 win over Stoneham, scoring two goals and assisting on the other goal as the Rangers improved to 8-4-2.

Andover's field hockey team bounced back from a pair of losses with a 1-0 win over Needham. Sydney Gregory scored on an assist from Anna Zdunczyk. The defense of Joanna Archambault, Carissa Agostino, Zdunczyk and Kate Gemmell was solid for the Warriors (8-2-2).

Abbey Bevens recorded her second hat trick in two days as the Pelham fiels hockey team beat Goffstown 4-1. Bevens, a junior, now has 15 goals on the season and 49 for her career. Pelham (11-3) opens in the Div. 2 tournament at home Wednesday.