School: Lynnfield girls tennis prevails in the twilight over Beverly

Lynnfield coach Craig Stone was standing in the near darkness on Monday wondering if his team was going to get its match against Beverly completed. With the match tied 2-2, the first singles match was the lone one remaining as dusk set in.”I was standing there wondering if this was going to be the first time we didn’t get a match finished in all my years of coaching,” Stone said.Fortunately for the Pioneers, Allison Bodek was on her game as the sun set, steamrolling to a 6-1 win in the third set to give Lynnfield the 3-2 win over the Panthers.The Pioneers’ other wins came via a sweep of the doubles. Alicia Leone-Eva Grava won 7-6 (5), 6-4 in first doubles while Courtney McQueen-Tori Copelas won 6-2, 6-2 in second doubles.Arl. Catholic 3, St. Mary’s 2At Arlington, the Spartans (3-1) had four matches go three sets, but in the end, the Cougars came away with a point in second doubles to tip the match in their favor.Megan Fitzgerald won for St. Mary’s at second singles, 6-1-4-6, 6-1 and Lauren Carifio outlasted her opponent in third singles, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.Fenwick 5, Williams 0At Quincy, the Crusaders (3-1) didn’t drop a set in the win. Lizzy Trainor won 6-0, 6-0 at first singles; Caroline Trainor took a 6-0, 6-1 win in second singles and Meredith Maguire dropped only two games in her third singles win.Demi Velonis-Sophia Bruno breezed to a 6-2, 6-0 win in first doubles and Sarah James-Katrina Piedman won 6-1, 6-1 in second doubles.Swampscott 4, Gloucester 1At Gloucester, the Big Blue (1-0) got a big win on the road. Kara Gilberg won 6-0, 6-2 at second singles; Tatum Peterson won 6-4, 6-0 in third singles; Kate Hall-Rita Tsokanis took a 6-0, 6-3 first doubles win and Kelsey O’Brian-Shannon Toner won 6-0, 6-1 at second doubles.BOYS TENNISSt. Mary’s 3, Arl. Catholic 2At GE Field, Grant McKinnon won at third singles, 6-2, 6-2; Kevin McCarthy and Matt McDermott at first doubles, 6-1, 6-4, and Connor Janson-Rob Goggin at second doubles, 6-1, 6-3 to help the Spartans improve to 2-1.Marblehead 5, Gloucester 0At Marblehead, the Magicians (3-0, 2-0 Northeastern Conference) had wins from Justin Hyte, first singles, 6-0, 6-0; Tyler Gelineau, second singles, 6-3, 6-2; Ian Hyte, third singles, 6-1, 6-0; Ryan Dempsey-Dylan White, first doubles, 6-0, 6-0, and Seamus Maguire-Jonah Katz, second doubles, 6-0, 6-0.Prep 5, Everett 0At Danvers, the Eagles (5-0) didn’t drop a set against the visitors. John Corvi won 7-5, 6-2 at first singles before Chris Toner and Brad Noyes each won 6-0, 6-0 in the last two singles matches.Mark Corvi and Lynn’s Mike Beluch won 6-0, 6-0 in first singles and Reid Perry-Will Hochbrunn won 6-0, 6-0 in second doubles.Malden Catholic 4, Fenwick 1At Peabody, Fransisco Anzoatequi won the first singles match: 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 for the Crusaders’ (0-3) lone win.VOLLEYBALLPrep 3, Haverhill 0At Danvers, the Eagles (4-1) won 25-20, 25-23, 25-17 thanks to strong play by Luka Ralic (35 assists) and senior middle hitter Andrew Lutz (16 kills).BOYS TRACKSwampscott 105, Saugus 31At Saugus, Olisa Obiesuna picked up three first-place finishes for the Sachems (0-2): 200 (24.6); long jump (19-4); and the triple jump. The Sachems had two other first-place finishes: Brendan Nichols, 2-mile (10:33); and Dave Cacciola, 400 (55.8).The Big Blue (2-0) had 11 first-place finishes: Jared O’Connell, low hurdles (64.5); Oliver Narcisse, 100 (11.5); Nick Hartman, mile (5:12); Lonnie Smith-Mathews, Joseph Nigro, Dave Wilson and Narcisse, 4×100 (46.6); Jermaine Kelly, high hurdles (16.6); Patrick Gavin, 800 (2:15.7); Dave Wilson, discus (117-0); Chris Fagone, shot put (38-8); Nick Moll, javelin (152-10 1/4); Zach Beermann, high jump (5-11); and Matt Carroll, Ryan Kelly, Hartman and Chris LeClerc, 4×400.GIRLS TRACKSwampscott 75, Saugus 66At Saugus, Nancy Do won a pair of events for the Big Blue (2-0): 200 (29.07); and high hurdles (17.9). Swampscott had six other first-place finishers: Bethany Conroy, Colleen Meagher, Tiara Smith-Matthews and Melinda Wi