Claremont — Ethan Sweet had two goals and two assists as second-seeded Stevens High opened the NHIAA Division III boys soccer tournament on Thursday with a 5-0 second-round shutout of No. 15 Sanborn.

“We had a great week of practice and felt pretty good about our plan going into tonight’s game,” Stevens coach Jason Stone wrote in an email. “We were quick to win the ball and then we put it in great spots quickly.”

After Sweet’s first goal gave the Cardinals a 1-0 halftime lead, Stevens, which received a first-round bye, broke out for four second-half goals.

The Cardinals’ Noah Spaulding had a goal and two assists, and Drew Grenier and Caleb Royce also scored. Coby Hussey added an assist.

Stevens (15-2) hosts No. 7 Campbell on Sunday afternoon in a D-III quarterfinal.

Prospect Mtn. 6, Mascoma 0

Alton, n.h. — Ninth-seeded Mascoma (10-6-1) was shut out by No. 8 Prospect Mountain in the second round of the NHIAA Division III tourney. Seniors Tucker Stenger, Alex Schwarz, Micah McCullough, Jacob Dow, Cameron Holmes, Connor Morley, Evan Peck and Kyle Langlais played their final games for the Royals, who received four saves from Hunter Whyte.

Girls SoccerWoodsville 2Moltonborough 0

Moultonborough, n.h. — Sarah Britton scored 59 seconds into the game, and ninth-seeded Woodsville (8-8-1) topped No. 8 Moultonborough in the first round of the NHIAA D-IV tournament.

Molly Clough assisted on Britton’s goal. Teammate Suzy Bazzell added an insurance goal in the second half.

Kenzie Dennis made 12 saves in goal for Woodsville, which visits No. 1 Sunapee on Sunday in the quarterfinals.

Girls VolleyballCampbell 3, Sunapee 2

Sunapee — The Lakers’ reign as NHIAA Division III champions came to an end in a taut five-setter, claimed by the visiting Cougars, 17-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 15-8.

“This was quite a match,” Sunapee coach Tom Reney said. “Campbell played great defense and never let up. Our girls played very well. As always, they worked together and supported each other. We just came up a little short.”

Sunapee servers combined on 14 aces, led by six from Abi Downey. Meg Frederick led the offense with 11 kills, followed by eight from Downing, six from Elsa Pierson and five from Hannah Drummond.

“This is a very fun team to coach, and I’m sorry to see the season end,” Reney said. “I’m proud of these girls.”

Cross Country TA, SJA Duel

Thetford — The Thetford Academy cross country team warmed up for the upcoming state meet with a dual date with St. Johnsbury on Wednesday.

The Panthers’ Meaggie Balch won the girls race in 19 minutes, 54 seconds, but the Hilltoppers put the next nine right behind her to record the team victory. Ellenor Koppers (10th, 23:52), Emma Bauer (13th, 25:54), Hanna Schwarz (14th, 26:39) and Anabelle Reining (15th; 27:07) cracked the top 15 for TA.

Riley Fenoff, the sole runner sent from Danville, won the boys race in 17:09. Malcolm Silver-Van Meter was third (17:55) and Ian Spellman took seventh (19:06) for the Thetford boys, who didn’t post a team score.

Women’s HockeyMinus Coach, Big Green Hits Road

Hanover — Dartmouth visits ECAC rivals St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend without first-year head coach Laura Schuler, who is traveling with the Canadian national women’s hockey team.

Dartmouth (0-2 overall, 0-1 league) faces the No. 6 Saints (5-0-1) tonight and the No. 8 Golden Knights (4-3-1) on Saturday. Dating back to last season, the Big Green has lost its last five games and 19 of its last 22 contests.

The Canadian national team, for which Schuler is in her second year as head coach, will soon participate in the 21st Four Nations Cup. The field is comprised of Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.

The Canadians, who finished second last year, play Finland in an Oct. 30 exhibition game before clashing with it again in the teams’ opening tournament game on Nov. 1. The event concludes Nov. 5. Dartmouth’s next games are not until Nov. 11-12, when it hosts ECAC rivals Quinnipiac and Princeton.

Assistant coaches Chris Cobb and Courtney Sheary will run the Big Green bench in Schuler’s absence. Cobb has a year of NCAA Division I experience, serving as an assistant last season at Union, which finished 0-28-6. Sheary, a former University of New Hampshire women’s hockey standout, previously coached in the prep school ranks, starting in 2011.

— Tris Wykes