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Local roundup: Bulldogs power past Dennis-Yarmouth

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The Bulldogs are moving on.

Jess Mueller stepped up in a big way for the Monty Tech softball team Friday, lifting the 28th-seeded Bulldogs past No. 37 Dennis-Yarmouth, 8-4, in a Div. 3 preliminary contest.

With her team trailing 3-2 in the third, Mueller notched an RBI single to tie the game before Ashley Sevigny and Jessica Higbee each notched an RBI to put the Bulldogs (16-5) up 5-3. The hosts never trailed again.

Mueller added some insurance in the sixth, rapping a two-run single with the bases loaded for some breathing room. She finished the contest with three hits and four RBI.

Ashley Sevigny had two hits, including a double, and an RBI, while Danielle Belliveau had two hits, scored twice and stole four bases. Hannah Seymour scored a pair of runs, reaching twice on walks and stealing two bags.

Bailey Tammaro picked up the win, going the distance and allowing just one earned run on five hits while striking out five.

Monty Tech advances to the round of 32 and will hit the road to face No. 5 Middleboro (17-4) on Monday.

Volleyball

Leominster 3, Southwick Regional 0 The Blue Devils (14-5) won 25-19, 25-17, 25-17 in a Div. 2 preliminary match and advance to face No. 3 Westfield in the round of 32 on Sunday.

Dan Caetano led the way with 12 kills, 15 service points and six digs, while Andy Truong had 27 assists, eight service points and six digs. Tony Truong chipped in with nine kills, six service points and a block.

Girls tennis

Danvers 3, Leominster 2 The 36th-seeded Blue Devils (12-5) fell in a Div. 2 preliminary matchup, with Arielle Kouadio winning in first singles action and the duo of Gina Iacaboni and Kaitlyn Perrault winning in second doubles to improve to 6-0 on the year.

Teams eye CMADA tourney glory

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While state tournament seedings are still to come, several area teams will kick off their respective quests to claim some hardware when the Central Mass. Athletic Directors Association tennis and volleyball tournaments get underway Monday afternoon.

Seedings for the tournaments were released Friday afternoon.

Among those competing will be the Leominster High girls tennis team (12-3), which was tabbed the seventh seed in the Class A. The Blue Devils will travel to No. 2 Shrewsbury at 3:30 p.m. for a quarterfinal matchup.

In the same class, No. 5 Nashoba Regional (11-5) visits No. 4 Algonquin Regional at 3:30 Monday for another quarterfinal.

Nashoba’s boys (13-3) earned the sixth seed in the Class A tournament and will travel to No. 3 Wachusett Regional for a quarterfinal Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m.

A trio of boys volleyball teams will compete, headlined by No. 4 North Middlesex Regional hosting fifth-seeded Wachusett at 4 p.m. Monday in a Class A quarterfinal. Sixth-seeded Leominster (12-4) will head to No. 3 Keefe Tech on Monday, while eighth-seeded Fitchburg draws No. 1 Nipmuc Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

 

Local roundup: Patriots spoil Senior Night for Lunenburg

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Joe Williams scored four goals and added two assists as the visiting North Middlesex Regional boys’ lacrosse team picked up a 13-4 victory over Lunenburg Monday night at McCarron Turf Field.

The Patriots improve to 10-3 overall on the season while Lunenburg falls to 4-8.

Shaun Highley added three goals for the winners while teammates Mason Shultz and Jimmy O’Keefe each potted two goals.

Luke MacLean and Ryan Ahern split time in net for the Patriots. MacLean made one save and Ahern made five saves in a victorious effort.

Luneburg was led by Collin Dudek, who scored all four Blue Knights goals on Monday.

Dudek, Duncan Poitras, Zach Weigold, Brian Melendez, Mason Pyatt and Christian Heredia were honored prior to the game as Lunenburg celebrated Senior Night.

Girls lacrosse

Wachusett 16, Nashoba 12 Graham Straface netted eight goals, Lela Boermeester scored twice and Kate McKenna and Allie Vanasse  each had a goal as Nashoba fell to 6-4.

Baseball

North Middlesex 6, Littleton 3 Michael Reardon, Colin Lake and Ashton Donia each drove in a pair for the Patriots.

Softball

Oakmont 4, Groton-Dunstable 2 Ava Cote blasted a home run and drove in three in the win, while Jen Buszkiewics went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Gracie Martineau had a triple in the victory.

Monty Tech 13, Worcester Tech 1 Bridget Divoll pitched an outstanding game, allowing one run on just tow hits, striking out nine and not walking a batter to improve her record to 3-0 on the season.

Bailey Tammaro had a pair of hits and 4 RBI, scoring twice, while Jessica Mueller cohad two doubles and 3 RBI. Holli Blood chipped in with two hits and two runs scored, Danielle Belliveau and Hannah Seymour each scored twice.

Boys tennis

Nashoba 3, Littleton 2 Victor Xu, Philip Baykov and Tyler Brown swept the singles matches as the Wolves improved to 11-1.

Girls tennis

Nashoba 5, Littleton 0 Eugenia Kovtun, Davita Honig and Sarah Mulyono each won their singles matches for the Wolves (9-2). Nina Salvatelli and Maryam Mulyono won in first doubles and the duo of Heather Keane and Grace Hanley picked up the second doubles victory.

Volleyball

Leominster 3, Wachusett 1 Set scores were 25-18, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19 as the Blue Devils improved to 9-4.
Daniel Caetano had 30 kills, 19 service points, eight digs and five aces, while Andy Troung had 41 assists,  nine service points, seven aces and seven digs.