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METHUEN — It’s usually how you finish that counts, and that’s exactly how the Methuen softball team is looking at their season.

A win by the Andover softball team would have qualified it for the state tournament, by finishing second in the MVC small, but Lawrence foiled the Warriors with a 7-1 victory. Jocelyn Valerio led the Lancers with three hits, three RBIs and a great catch in the outfield.

Brianna Martin was 3 for 3 including a homer and three RBIs as Central Catholic downed Lawrence 15-0. Corrine Gosselin added two hits and two RBIs for the winners.

 Whittier's softball crushed 15 hits in an impressive 7-3 non-league win over Lawrence. Tiffany Mannion was 4 for 4 for the Wildcats and Cassey Glode and Kristina Terry both had two hits and two RBIs. Caitlyn McHugh was 2 for 3 and scored twice and sophomore Taylor Miller threw a two-hitter for the win.

Andover junior Alex Allocca, called up from the JV because of an injury, had three hits and a big two-run

Two costly errors yielded six unearned runs and hurt Lawrence in a 17-8 loss to Lowell. Jerika Santiago played solid defense and got the Lancer offense going from the leadoff position with three runs scored, while Jocelyn Valerio had a two-run homer and an RBI single. Johanna Beltre also shined with several quality plays at third base.