LYNNFIELD – The Lynnfield girls soccer team is heading back to familiar territory – the Division 3 North semifinals.Thanks to a dominant defense that shackled St. Mary’s star Amanda Webster and an offense led by freshman Scout Benson’s two goals, the third-seeded Pioneers took a 3-1 win Tuesday and will play conference rival and defending state champion Newburyport, 2-0 winners over North Reading, in the North semis on Thursday (site and time TBA).”Our defense was spectacular, rock solid,” Lynnfield coach Mark Vermont said. “Our midfielders were able to move the ball around and were able to control and serve.”Lynnfield’s defense held the Spartans (11-7-3) without a shot for nearly 30 minutes in the second half and freshman goaltender Nareh Sahakian had to make only two saves.”We made a couple of mistakes and they capitalized on them,” St. Mary’s coach Jim Foley said. “Lynnfield is a good team and when you allow them to do the things they can do, they make you pay.”The Pioneers (15-2-3) shadowed Webster effectively.”She really is a great player,” Vermont said. “But we have the luxury of four fantastic defenders and I was able to put them in and do a good job on her.”Lynnfield took control from the outset, attacking the Spartan backline relentlessly.Three minutes in, junior forward Jamie Harris, the Cape Ann League/Small Player of the Year, fired a shot goaltender Megan Brickley stopped. Courtney Marsolais got the rebound and chipped a shot that grazed off the crossbar and went over the goal.But after nearly 13 minutes of relentless pressure in its end, the Spartans got the game’s first goal.Brianna Anderson won a battle at midfield and passed to Webster in the middle of the field. Her backheel pass found Courtney Winters, who got the ball back to Webster for a shot over Sahekian for goal No. 101 of her career to make it 1-0 at 12:53.”Great players make great plays. And that was a good one,” Vermont said. “That was definitely against the run of play up to that point.”Foley was glad to see his team get the first goal.”We got the lead early and stayed right with them,” Foley said. “Then they made the plays and we didn’t.”The Pioneers wouldn’t be behind for long.After resuming their attack at the Spartan net, midfielder Whitney Montesanto made a nearly end-to-end dash towards the net. Her chance was diffused but Benson’s wasn’t as the freshman got the loose ball and beat Brickley inside the left post to tie the game with 14:32 left in the half.Less than a minute later, the Pioneers took the lead. Harris found senior co-captain Catherine Durant in the box for a shot that was blocked. Benson was in the right spot at the right time again and chipped the rebound home.”We’ve been down early before and have been able to find a way to stay composed and not panic,” Vermont said. “Scout is fast and having that speed definitely helps.”Just under four minutes later, Benson worked her way through traffic in the penalty area and fed a pass to Harris, who beat Brickley for her 32nd goal of the season, capping a three-goal outburst in 5:18.Foley called timeout following Harris’ goal and the moved worked as the Spartans put the pressure on in the final 10 minutes of the half. It nearly paid off when Anderson found a streaking Webster down the middle. But her shot from 15 yards out sailed just wide of the left post, preserving the Pioneers 3-1 halftime lead.”If we could have scored there at the end of the half, it would have been a big difference,” Foley said.The second half belonged to the Pioneers as their midfield and defense put on a clinic.St. Mary’s desperately tried to get back within a goal, but every attack was met by two or three white shirted defenders. The one chance the Spartans did get came with just over 11 minutes left in regulation when Webster was awarded a free kick from just inside the penalty area. But her shot over the wall of Pioneer defenders was caught by Sahekian.That proved to be St. Mary’s last hurrah as the Pioneers sto