Cards survive, advance in Division I field hockey tourney
Mia Vecchione scored as time expired in the second overtime to give the No. 7 Bishop Guertin High School girls field hockey team a 3-2 win over No. 10 Keene Thursday in the Division I preliminary round. Merisa Dion assisted on the game-winning goal, which advances the Cardinals (7-6-2) to the quarte
Mia Vecchione scored as time expired in the second overtime to give the No. 7 Bishop Guertin High School girls field hockey team a 3-2 win over No. 10 Keene Thursday in the Division I preliminary round.
Merisa Dion assisted on the game-winning goal, which advances the Cardinals (7-6-2) to the quarterfinals, where they'll face No. 2 Pinkerton at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Derry.
Morgan Karanasios opened the scoring for Bishop Guertin, and after Keene's Amanda Stubbs scored twice to give the Blackbirds a 2-1 lead, Jessica Lemos tied the game for the Cardinals with 12 minutes left in the second half. Becky Hack made 11 saves for Bishop Guertin.
No.5 Timberlane knocked off No. 12 Londonderry 2-1 in the prelims, and the Owls will now face No. 4 Merrimack in the quarterfinals on Sunday. The Tomahawks won the regular-season meeting 3-0 on Sept. 24.
No. 1 Winnacunnet will host No. 8 Manchester Memorial, which beat No. 9 Dover 2-1. No. 6 Exeter knocked off No. 11 Concord 2-1, and will face No. 3 Salem in the quarterfinals.
The semifinals will take place Oct. 28 at Exeter High School.
