Hanover — Carly Craft finished off a cross from Pepper Joseph just three minutes into the game and goalkeeper Bella Bardales made six saves as the No. 4-seeded Hanover High girls soccer team advanced to the NHIAA Division II semifinals with a 2-0 win over No. 5 Oyster River on Sunday afternoon.

Cate Wagner added an insurance goal with three minutes remaining in the second half off of a free kick. It was her second goal in two postseason games this fall. Craft has four goals and an assist in the playoffs. Joseph has a goal and a helper heading into Thursday’s semifinal match against No. 1 Bow (17-1).

“We looked good early,” said Hanover head coach Doug Kennedy. “We spent a lot of the first half on our heels. They were coming at us. … The second half was much more even. As the half went on, we played better and better.”

The Marauders (14-2-2) enter the semifinals, their second appearance in two seasons, on a six-game winning streak. Their last lost came on Oct. 10, a 2-0 decision against Bow. Hanover lost to Bow twice during the regular season, including a 1-0 loss on Sept. 1.

Thursday’s game will take place at Bill Ball Stadium, in Exeter, N.H. Game time is 6 p.m.

Woodsville 2, Lin-Wood 0

Woodsville — Suzy Bazzell scored her 20th goal of the season as the No. 4-seeded Engineers (15-3) dropped No. 12 Lin-Wood in their NHIAA Division IV quarterfinal match.

EmmaLee Smith also scored for Woodsville. Molly Clough and Olivia Sarkis finished the match with one assist each. Mackenzie Dennis made three saves.

“The girls played a good game,” said Engineers’ head coach Ann Loud. “They played a really good second half.”

Woodsville was 8-9-1 a year ago, a season that ended in the D-IV quarterfinals. This season, it has outscored opponents 66-17 in 18 games and enters the semis on a five-game winning streak.

The Engineers will face the winner of No. 1 Sunapee (14-2) and No. 9 Gorham, a quarterfinal game that was postponed on Sunday due to weather conditions.

Boys Soccer

Gilford 1, Stevens 0

Gilford, n.h. — Tanner Durkee made seven saves as the Cardinals’ season ended in the D-III quarterfinals.

“I thought it was awesome; it was a really good game,” said Stevens head coach Jason Stone. “It’s a bummer, but I’m really happy with how the team played.”

Mitchell Paquette, the Cardinals’ leading scorer, had Stevens’ best chance to score but was stopped on a breakaway. Gilford scored with 25 minutes remaining in the second half off of a corner kick.

Stevens finishes its season with a 13-5 record.

Men’s Hockey

Harvard 5, Dartmouth 0

Cambridge, Mass. — Third-ranked Harvard, fresh off a trip to the Frozen Four last season, exploded for three goals in the opening frame at Bright-Landry Hockey Center, picking up the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League win in the conference opener for both teams.

The Crimson scored its other two goals in the second period. Last year’s Ivy League player of the year, Ryan Donato, scored twice, a shorthanded marker in the first period and a power-play goal in the second.

Dartmouth senior netminder Devin Buffalo stopped 13 shots while allowing the five goals before sophomore Adrian Clark came into the Big Green crease to stop all 13 shots he faced in 27:24 of relief action.

At the other end of the ice, Harvard’s goalie Merrick Madsen recorded his eighth career shutout, stopping all 19 shots Dartmouth managed to throw his way.

The Big Green finished the night 0-for-4 on the man advantage with the penalty kill thwarting two of the Crimson’s three power-play opportunities.

Dartmouth (0-2-0)begins its home slate next weekend, beginning with a game against Brown on Friday at 7:05 p.m. at Thompson Arena.