Girls Soccer: Peabody, Danvers put on a show

Sometimes those eagerly anticipated matchups don’t live up to expectations, but Monday night’s showdown between Peabody and Danvers, both undefeated heading into the game, delivered the goods.After a couple of lead changes, the two teams had to settle for a tie, 5-5. The game was played under the lights at Danvers.”Judging from the amount of people in the stands, I think they got their money’s worth,” Danvers coach Jim Hinchion said.Both teams came into the game with 7-0 records and left with 7-0-1 marks. Peabody is sitting atop the NEC North and Danvers is in the same spot in the NEC South.The Falcons hadn’t given up a goal all season, but 18 minutes into the game, they trailed 2-0 with freshman Hayley Dowd scoring both Peabody goals.The Falcons haven’t won their first seven games without some firepower of their own. Twenty minutes into the half, Corey Persson scored (Joanna Zecha assist) and three minutes later, Brittany Russo tied the game at 2-2 (Persson assist). The Falcons took the lead at the 30-minute mark on Persson’s second goal of the night (Becky Landers assist), but Peabody’s Katie Brunelle tied things up a minute later.With less than a minute left in the first half, Russo netted her second of the night (Tess Saunders assist) to give Danvers a 4-3 lead, but Peabody’s Emily Manoogian tied the game at 4-4 on a penalty kick.Dowd notched her third of the game 21 minutes into the second half to put the Tanners on top, 5-4, but Persson scored her third (Becky Landers assist) to salvage the tie. Brienna Griffin (12 saves) was in net for Peabody.”It almost felt like whoever had the ball last was going to win,” Hinchion said. “The speed of both teams’ attacks was amazing. It was like a tournament game.”Peabody coach Dennis Desrosches would have liked a win, but was happy to come out of Danvers with the tie.”Hayley’s a freshman. She’s playing beyond her years. She stepped it up. The whole team did,” Desrosches said.Spellman 1, St. Mary’s 0At Brockton, the Cardinals scored in the first half and the goal stood up. Molly Carey had an opportunity to tie the game with about 10 minutes left, but the keeper made a great save. Sweeper Kristin Moccia and keeper Angela Dandreo played well for the Spartans (4-4, 2-3 Catholic Central League).Saugus 9, English 2At Anna Parker, Alyssa Wilkie scored four goals and Sara Kowalski added two for the Sachems (6-2). Kaleigh Evans, Emily Quinlan and Ashley Aldred each had a goal and Gabby Cogliano had four assists.”We scored a couple of goals right off the bat and that set them back on their heels,” Saugus coach Chris Coviello said.Mackenzie Clark (goal, assist) and Briana Moreno (goal) scored for English. Megan Forti had two assists. Melissa Toomey and Chelsea Cogliano split the game in net for Saugus.Swampscott 10, Classical 0At Swampscott, Tess Gorman and Merry Ball had two goals each and freshman Erin Cassidy had four assists for the Big Blue (5-1-1). Classical coach Marcy Durgin said her team (1-9) will put this game behind it and look ahead to the rest of the season.Fenwick 6, Austin Prep 0At Austin Prep, the Crusaders’ Kristen Verrette and Keri Acheson each had three goals while keepers Becca Graves and Allie Stote kept the Cougars out of the net. Fenwick is 2-1-4.Marblehead 6, Revere 1At Marblehead, Mary Keroack and Emma Crowley had two goals apiece with Micaela Adee and Kaley Braun accounting for the other two. Maggie Collins had two assists and Slivie Cohen was solid in net with four saves. Marblehead is 3-4-2.Winthrop 2, Salem 1At Winthrop, Haley Benson scored both Winthrop goals in an upset win over the 4-4-1 Witches. Jasmine Bryant had the Salem goal late in the game. Salem keeper Emma Titus had 10 saves. Johanna Fisher had a big game in net and Andrea Martucci played well on the wing for Winthrop (2-8).Gloucester 2, Beverly 1At Gloucester, the Panthers’ goal came from Mary Accomando, who scored 20 minutes into the game on a free kick to tie the game. Gloucester scored the game-winn