WINOOSKI, Vt. — Melanie Neil forced a shot through the goalkeeper after a scramble for the ball at the 6-yard box two minutes into the game, which was ultimately all the offense the Olympians would need for a 1-0 girls soccer win over Winooski on Wednesday afternoon.
“We were able to do a decent job of applying offensive pressure and had many chances, but we were unable to get the ball around the Winooski keeper,” coach Dan Thomas said.
Neil raised her team-high goal tally to 10 with the strike, her second in three games.
Makenna Simmons played a strong game in goal for Oxbow (8-4-1), which defeated Richford on Friday in its last game of the regular season.
EXETER, N.H. — The Wildcats allowed a late second-half penalty kick to drop to 4-4-2 on the season.
Vanessa Mateko hit the crossbar with less than a minute remaining in the game to give KUA a chance. Kimball Union travels to Proctor on Friday.
CHESTER, Vt. — Cora Day and Ryleigh Butler combined for 10 saves, but the visiting Raptors couldn’t prevail. Green Mountain scored the game’s lone goal in the 54th minute.
Rivendell (8-5) hosts White River Valley on Saturday for the Raptors’ senior day.
Rivendell 5, Windsor 0
WINDSOR — Zach Gould tallied a hat trick to lead the Raptors to a bounce-back win after a 2-1 loss to Arlington last week.
Gould converted a penalty kick in the 19th minute, scored on a pass from Nate Perkins in the 47th and finished his day with a hustle play in the 53rd. Rivendell (10-3-0) took its lead six minutes into the game when Johnny Vogelien netted a goal with an assist from Kyle Carter. A.J. Debois made the game 3-0 just before the half.
Goalies Owen Mansur and Jameson Gilbert combined for the shutout. The Raptors host Springfield for their senior game on Friday.
GILL, Mass. — The Wildcats allowed four second-half goals to Northfield Mount Hermon and were outshot 18-11 on the day.
KUA (6-2-1) hosts New Hampton on Friday.
THETFORD — Frank Loveland scored his first goal of the season, but the Panthers couldn’t overcome a 3-0 halftime deficit.
Goalie Riley Burkins made 12 stops for Thetford (2-11), which will play Northfield on Saturday night at Norwich University.
BRADFORD, Vt. — Freshman Xavier Beaudin scored a goal and goalie Dylan Bearce made 16 stops, but the Olympians fell to 0-13.
Oxbow plays its last regular-season game on Saturday at BFA-Fairfax.
LITTLETON, N.H. — Five players scored a goal for the Royals, who closed out the regular season with a 11-3-0 record. Natalie Poitras, Nikki Williams, Mackenzie Labrie, Amelia Wilson and Carmen Zani all had goals. Morgan Towne, Chloe Crate and Poitras each had an assist.
Mascoma will learn its state tourney fate on Monday.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — The Wasps outshot Brattleboro, 20-2, en route to their third win of the month.
Karen Kapuscinski, Linda Ricard and Angelina Bigwood tallied goals. Hannah Wood and Alyssa Slocum each had an assist. Glenna Ricard and Lindsey Young combined for the shutout. Windsor (10-2-1) hosts Springfield on Friday for Senior Day.
MANCHESTER, Vt. — Down 3-0 at the half, the Hurricanes mounted a comeback with five minutes to go.
Kennedy Mullen scored on a pass from Daisy Phelps with four minutes to play. Mullen assisted on Elsie Davis’ goal two minutes later. Time expired before Hartford (10-3-1) could score again.
Hartford learns its playoff assignment on Monday.
MERIDEN — The Wildcats overwhelmed Brewster with six first-half goals to get to .500 on the season.
Carissa Tambroni, Hailey Malozzi and Eloise Davis all had two-goal games. Kelly Benson had a goal and two assists, and Abby Flanagan finished with three helpers. Malozzi and Davis also had assists.
KUA (5-5-0) travels to New Hampton on Friday.
HANOVER — Dartmouth College running back Zack Bair is out for the season because of a knee injury suffered two weeks ago, Big Green coach Buddy Teevens said after Tuesday’s practice.
Bair, a sophomore who ran 16 times for 83 yards and a touchdown during Dartmouth’s first three games, appeared on the verge of a breakout campaign before getting his knee twisted in a pile at Pennsylvania on Oct. 4. Because he did not play in four games this season, Bair can apply for a fifth year of eligibility from the Ivy League.
Bair was deemed last season’s freshman of the year for Dartmouth, when he rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns.
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Hanover 7
Manchester West 0
MANCHESTER — The Marauders continued their quest for an undefeated regular season, improving to 13-0 and posting their 11th shutout.
Caroline Adams, Riley Craft and Charlotte Johnson each scored twice and Eleanor van Aalst struck once for Hanover, which received two assists from Craft and single assists from Johnson, Elsa Bollinger, Casey McGuire, Sage McGinley-Smith and Kira Smith. Bella Bardales and Lauren Ilsley combined on a two-save shutout for Hanover.
BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Wasps (5-7-1) surrendered the lone goal early in the second half.
NORTH SUTTON, N.H. — The Raiders improved to 11-1 and dropped the Cougars to 6-6-2 during an NHIAA Division II contest that was scoreless at intermission.
Logan Falzarano scored twice and Sam Twarog, Ryan Oliveria and Griffin Auch tallied once for the visitors, who received a four-save shutout from the duo of Ryan Tanski and Jorgen Leuthauser.
Lebanon is scheduled to host ConVal (11-0-1) on Thursday in a matchup of the top two teams in the NHIAA Division II standings.
QUECHEE — Olly Skeet-Browning netted five goals to lead Sharon (6-7) to its fourth straight win. Riley Eastman had a goal and two assists. Daniel Henderson and Peter North both tallied an assist.
The Phoenix closes out the regular season Friday when Proctor visits Sharon.
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock boys team won the SVL A Division Championships with an unofficial team score of 34 points.
The Wasps were led by Riley Shepherd, who won the 5K race with a time of 17:26. Mateo Bango finished fourth in 18:20 and was followed by teammate Owen Coates (18:46) in sixth.
The Thetford boys squad finished in fourth with 102 points. Tad Darrah (18:03) and Eamon Deffner (18:13) finished back-to-back at second and third. They were followed by Jason Wolstenholme, who finished 20th with a time of 21:09.
In the girls division, Woodstock finished third with 98 points. The Wasps were led by Bronwyn Morris (23:28) in ninth place and Molly Shearer (23:43) at 10th place. Morgan Myers clocked in 24:41 for 17th.
Abigail Egner (23:55) paced the Panthers, who finished fifth with a team score of 110, with a 13th-place finish. Morgan Gaffney had a time of 24:22, best for 19th. Teammate Alena Demidova (25:40) was two spots behind at 21st.