Around the Granite State: Hanover field hockey rolls into D2 semis
Here are results from Friday's high school field hockey playoff action.
Sophia Mancini had a goal and two assists to help the Hanover High School field hockey team to a 5-0 win Friday over Lebanon in the Division II quarterfinals.
Greta Mancini added two assists for the No. 3 Bears (13-2-1) while Grace Healey, Joia Collins, Emma Richardson and Anna Farrell each had a goal.
Hanover jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter on goals by Healey and Sophia Mancini, then added two more in the second to take a 4-0 into the half. The Bears finished with nine penalty corners, scoring on two of them.
Ruby Lintner recorded two saves for Hanover while No. 6 Lebanon (10-8) had three corners.
The Bears move on to the semifinals for the second time in three seasons, where they will face No. 2 Bow at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter.
No. 2 Bow 5, No. 10 Oyster River 0
The Falcons got out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on the way to a win over the Bobcats in the D2 quarterfinals.
Peyton Vaughn had two goals to lead Bow (15-1) while Ainsley Herrick and Gianna Trott each had a goal and an assist. Chloe Nowakowski also scored and Elise Jacques had an assist.
Herrick opened the scoring with 5:18 left in the first quarter and Vaughn made it 2-0 three minutes later. Nowakowski put the Falcons up by three with just 12 seconds left in the quarter.
Bow makes its third straight trip to the semifinals, where it will face No. 3 Hanover at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter.
No. 4 St. Thomas 2, No. 5 Plymouth 1
Leah Walsh scored with 3:26 remaining to give the Saints the win over the Bobcats in the D2 quarterfinals.
Riley Thomas also had a goal for St. Thomas (10-5), as scored with 3:41 left in the first quarter. That was the game's only goal until Jill Rubbe scored with 7:55 left in the fourth to tie the game for Plymouth (8-7-1).
St. Thomas, which is in its first year back in D2 after winning the title in D3 last year, will play in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday against No. 1 Souhegan at Bill Ball Stadium in Exeter.
