Soccer: Tenacious Classical girls tie Beverly

The Lynn Classical girls soccer team turned a lot of heads on Wednesday evening by tying Beverly, the top-ranked program in the state, 3-3, at Manning Field.?We played a great game against a great team today. I?m very proud of my girls, and they were proud of themselves,” said Rams coach Justina Alicudo. “Beverly is worthy of their ranking; they are well coached and an incredibly skilled team, so this was a big moment for us.”The Rams (1-0-2) opened the scoring with a Krista Cuozzo tally before the Panthers responded with the equalizer less than a minute later. Beverly (2-0-1) would take the lead before the half ended on a goal from Caitlin Harty, but Alicudo and the Rams never felt down.?At the half, I told them they needed to realize we were in the game just as much as Beverly was,” explained Alicudo. “They knew that they were down but couldn?t let that change anything and they came out hard in the second half.”Classical knotted the score at the 31-minute mark with Jess Perez finishing off a Franki Galeazzi feed.Beverly restored its lead on a Caitlyn Munzing goal with 15 minutes to play before a dramatic finish that saw Shannon Magner score off a Galeazzi throw-in with 1:30 to play.?Classical played an outstanding game tonight,” said Beverly coach Kristin Simpson. “We were coming off a big win on Monday and didn?t seem to show up mentally prepared, but that?s not to take away anything from Lynn.”Eva Gourdeau had three assists for the Panthers.?This has to be the best moment in my time as the varsity coach,” said Alicudo. “Hopefully we can keep up the momentum and show that we are as good as we played tonight.”Lynnfield 4, Amesbury 0At Amesbury, Jackie Whelan scored 12 minutes into the game for a 1-0 Lynnfield lead and again at the 56-minute mark for a 2-0 Lynnfield lead.Her second goal came on a breakaway. Whelan got the ball between the 40-50 yard line, sidestepped a couple of defenders and knocked it in.Paige MacEachern made it 3-0 at the 67th minute (Jess Duhaime assist) and with five minutes remaining, Katie Scanlon (MacEachern assist) wrapped up the scoring.Center back Sam Filippe also played well as did Syd Johnian, who had an assist.?It was a good team win today. Everybody had to sub a lot (because it was so hot). Everybody had to contribute,” coach Mark Vermont said.Filippe played 75 minutes and Vermont said, “She?s very calm and composed and gets the job done.”Marblehead 1, Rockport 0At Rockport, the Magicians (1-0) waited a while for their opening game, but it was worth it. Mia Bonjiorno scored the game-winner off a free kick with about 18 minutes remaining in the game.?He (the Rockport coach) packed it in quite tight. That forced us to go wide and look for crosses. We were patient,” coach Andrew Bub said.Marblehead is at Swampscott today.?There was quite a lapse between tryouts and now,” Bub said of yesterday?s win. “The girls were just itching to play.”The Magicians had a new goalie, Lauren Unterborn, who faced two shots.Newburyport 7, Saugus 1At Saugus, the Clippers came out flying and by the half, led 4-0.Abby Murphy had the Sachems goal with the assist going to Gabby Alba.Caitlin Williamson made about 30 saves in a losing effort.The Sachems (0-2-1) also had strong play from Cathryn White and Katherine Salvetti at center back and outside defense, respectively.Whittier Tech 2, Lynn Tech 0At Manning Field, the game was scoreless for most of the first half (each half was reduced to 30 minutes due to the heat). Freshman Coral Gonzalez was solid in net for the Tigers while Brenda Guevara excelled at sweeper and Beyla Najarro at right midfielder. The Tigers play Greater Lawrence Friday.BOYS SOCCERLynnfield 2, Amesbury 0At Lynnfield, the Pioneers (1-1-1) took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Eliot Scangas and added an insurance tally in the second half courtesy of freshman Will Klotzber. Goalie Joe Bassi and senior captain and defender Trevor Cory also came up big.Newburyport 6, Saugus 5At Newburyport, the Sa