The Lynn Tech girls soccer team – buoyed by the inspired play of its captains and a keeper playing her first game in net -scored its first win of the year Friday, a 6-2 decision of St. Clement’s of Somerville.”They played a great game,” said coach Kerri Altieri. “They’ve come a long way. They were passing the ball, and getting it downfield. It was just a great game all around.”Co-captain Shanel Bird had the hat trick, and an assist. The other co-captain, Shaniqua Holcombe, scored a goal and two assists, and stopper Salone Johnson also scored.Christina Walters, in her first game in net, “did great,” Altieri said, adding that she had “six or seven” great saves.”We spent a lot of time in their end,” she said.N. Andover 2, Lynnfield 1At Lynnfield, “we played a great game, and it was a tough loss,” coach Mark Vermont said. “We had opportunities.”However, as the time wound down, North Andover scored on a throw-in.”We had 20 shots to their seven,” Vermont said.Jamie Harris, off a cross from Emily Stewart, scored for Lynnfield (3-1).Fontbonne 4, St. Mary’s 2At Fontbonne, Michelle Macchione and Chandler Cappozzi scored for the Spartans, “but we were flat,” coach Jim Foley said. “We weren’t ready to go.”BOYS SOCCERN. Andover 3, Lynnfield 2At North Andover, Andover broke out to a 3-0 lead early in the second half before Lynnfield (2-1-1) got going, with goals from Conno Dario (assisted by Marco Addonizio) and George Levantakos, with an assist from Steve Knox.”After they got ahead, we started taking it to them,” said coach Brent Monroe.Gloucester 2, Saugus 0At Gloucester, the Saugus fell to 1-2, but coach Tom Duplisea was happy just the same.”The guys played well ? they stepped it up a lot from the game the other day,” he said. “They played a lot more of a cohesive game.”Duplisea defenders K.J. Mills, Luke Rossi, R.J. Garrett had big games. He also gave shout outs to Carmen Bordonaro and Derek Coderre up front.FIELD HOCKEYSwampscott 0, Beverly 0At Swampscott, it was the best game of the early season, said Big Blue coach Toby Channen, who singled out two players – Georgia Polmeanakos and Taylor Maccario – as being effective on defense.Keeper Kelly Gillis scored her fifth straight shutout.Peabody 1, Salem 1At Salem, Brianna Buckley scored Peabody’s goal, assisted by Alysa Gaudet. Salem’s Sara Jinks, with an assist from Sophie Wyke, scored.Keeper Brittany Costa had six saves for Peabody.Also playing well for the Tanners, 2-1-2, were Andrea Saccardo, Morgan Yeo and Kim Lupo.Saugus 1, Danvers 0At Saugus, Jackie Doherty scored 19:00 in the second half as Saugus moved to 2-2.Lynnfield 5, Georgetown 1At Lynnfield, Mariam Gehret scored two first-half goalsl to get the Pioneers, 3-1, off to a good start. Mary Krieger assisted on the first one, and scored the third goal to give Lynnfield at 3-1 halftime lead.Angie Arakelian, who assisted on Krieger’s goal, got one in the second half, as did Emily Ladd, a ssisted by Gehret.VOLLEYBALLPeabody 3, Ham-Wenham 1At Hamilton-Wenham, the Tanners and Generals split the first two games, but Peabody came back to take the last two.Janelle Rodriguez had 14 kills and five blocks, Danielle Pierce had seven kills and two aces, Ginny Fleming added 17 assists and Jillian Rizzo had 12 digs.Also in volleyball, Lynnfield fell to Masconomet, 3-1.
