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# Hollis Brookline boys lacrosse hands Plymouth first loss in D3 semifinals
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/hollis-brookline-boys-lacrosse-hands-plymouth-first-loss-in-d3-semifinals/
- Published: 2014-06-09T15:49:55.000Z
- Updated: 2014-06-09T15:49:55.000Z
- Description: NASHUA - A lot can happen in three minutes in a high school boys lacrosse game.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, Spring Sports, boys lacrosse, Brookline, Division III, Hollis, playoffs, Plymouth, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

![Hollis Brookline's Ryan Papineau, left, and Peter Traver celebrate after a goal during Saturday's Division III semifinal against Plymouth.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jmhblax060714-h21-31.jpg)

Hollis Brookline's Ryan Papineau, left, and Peter Traver celebrate after a goal during Saturday's Division III semifinal against Plymouth.

NASHUA - A lot can happen in three minutes in a high school boys lacrosse game.

In Saturday's Division III semifinals, in three minutes, No. 3 Hollis Brookline put an end to No. 2 Plymouth's undefeated season.

The Cavaliers scored four goals during a three-minute penalty to open the fourth quarter to turn a close game into a 10-goal victory, as HB beat the Bobcats 16-6 at Stellos Stadium.

![Plymouth's Jared Kuehl fires a shot during Saturday's game.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jmplylax060714-p31-1.jpg)

Plymouth's Jared Kuehl fires a shot during Saturday's game.

The win sends the Cavs to the championship game against No. 1 Derryfield, which won its 38th straight game with a 16-3 win over No. 5 ConVal in the other semifinal. The teams will meet Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Stellos.

"I couldn't be more proud of my boys," HB coach Mike Soucy said. "(Goalie) Logan Blake was unbelievable. He kept us in there in the first half and made some unbelievable saves in the second half.

"We made a couple of adjustments at halftime as to what we wanted to do offensively to open things up for (Ryan Papineau and Sam Whitaker), as well as Zach Nardone and Patrick Dunn. Those are our main guys from an offensive standpoint. We opened things up and we got them to come out and play us and when teams do that, we have an opportunity to go by them and certainly that happened."

HB (15-2) got six goals from Papineau and five from Whitaker as the Cavs outscored the Bobcats (16-1) 12-2 after halftime. Plymouth had controlled play for much of the first half, but couldn't take advantage of its opportunities.

"The difference was that they capitalized on their man-up situations, to their credit," Plymouth coach Glenn Mausolf said. "They're able to move the ball quickly and find the two-on-one situation and put it in the back of the net."

Peter Bertone and Dunn each added had two goals and Nardone had a goal and two helpers, while Blake finished with 10 saves.

![Hollis Brookline's Patrick Dunn tries to avoid a hit from Plymouth's Amani Mwingira.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jmhblax060714-h37-1.jpg)

Hollis Brookline's Patrick Dunn tries to avoid a hit from Plymouth's Amani Mwingira.

The Cavs trailed for most of the first half, but Whitaker and Nardone scored 41 seconds apart, the second of which came with 1:04 left in the half, to tie the game. At that point, being tied felt like an advantage to Soucy because of how many times his team was down a man in the first half.

"I thought our defense, at about the eight-minute mark of the second quarter, the defense was gassed," Soucy said. "I didn't think they had much left in the tank because we had played so much defense. They just held solid."

HB scored again to open the third and was able to push the lead to two goals, 7-5, with 4:49 left in the quarter. Plymouth got back within one on a goal by Amani Mwingria with 3:20 to go in the frame, but Dunn scored 1:09 later to put the Cavs back up by two.

The Bobcats suffered a bad break when Evan Bolognani was assessed a penalty for having an illegal stick and was locked in for the first three minutes of the fourth quarter. Papineau scored twice and Plymouth’s Jared Kuehl took another penalty to put the Bobcats down two.

HB scored again on the two-man advantage and added one more with Bolognani still off to go ahead 12-6\. The Cavs ended up closing the game with a 9-0 run.

"Penalties were definitely the name of the game," Mausolf said. "We just took some penalties and it just kind of snowballed on us. They made plays. They're outstanding players and you have to give them credit."