Roundup: Lynn girls soccer teams blanked in rainy games

Despite persistent day-long rain Friday, a surprising number of schools got their athletic events in, including both Lynn girls soccer teams who were scheduled to play.Neither teams scored a goal.Swamspcott hosted English, and came away with a 5-0 win. The Big Blue’s Lauren Sullivan scored her first varsity goal for the 4-1-2 Big Blue. Also scoring were Erin Cassidy, Leah Dawley and Melinda Wilson.”Swampscott’s a very good team,” said English’s Ed McNeill, who gave props to three of his players, Abbie Martocchio, Taegon Nelson and Shanna Zeramby.Danvers 2, Classical 0At Manning Field, Delaney Zacha, with an assist by Meghan Kennedy; and Shannon Pohle, from Zecha, scored for the Falcons. Leah Ciampa had her fourth shutout.”This is the best Classical team I’ve seen in my 14 years here,” said Danvers’ Jim Hinchion. “You can tell they’re getting some good coaching.”Marblehead 5, Revere 1At Revere, the 4-1-2 Magicians (3-1-2 in the Northeastern Conference) were off and running with Mia Bonjiorno converted a penalty kick. They iced the game with goals from Rebecca Unterborn, Sydney Cayen, Sarah Cohen and Monica Thorne.Beverly 7, Gloucester 4At Beverly, Caitlin Harty scored four goals, and Casey Cook added two assists for the 6-1 Panthers. Also scoring for Beverly were Eva Gourdeau, Allison Collins and Becca Kemmer.Gordeau and Collins also had assists.BOYS SOCCERMarblehead 2, Revere 1At Marblehead, senior striker Brett LeBlanc broke a 1-1 tie off an assist from Ian McIver 24 minutes into the second half for the 3-4 Magicians.The Magicians took a 1-0 lead into the second half after a penalty kick by junior Cole Guyre 33 minutes into the game. But Revere’s Israel Madrigal tied it five minutes into the second half.FIELD HOCKEYFenwick 1, Westford Acad. 1At Westford, Erinn Johnson scored with four minutes left to forge the tie. Halle Mahoney and Maura Benson played well defensively for the 3-3-2 Crusaders.with four minutesleft.Beverly 4, Marblehead 0At Beverly, “it was pouring, and it was on turf, so they had quite a home field advantage,” Marblehead coach Linda Collins said.Collins singled out Leah Brooks on defense and Alli Hanratty on offense as playing well. Goalie Cassidy Alla had 16 saves.Steve Krause can be reached at [email protected].