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Mystic Valley Girls Volleyball Sweeps Kipp Academy

By Emily Brennan

The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School girls volleyball team (8-12) swept the Northeast Knights at home on Thursday evening in three sets. Mystic Valley dominated the first set, as the Knights held on for the first seven points but could not stop the Eagles from there. Mystic Valley went on to an 11-point run and finished the set with a win.

The Knights scored the first five points in the second set, but Mystic Valley made a fast comeback and took control of the set once again. The second frame ended with a Mystic Valley win for a confidence boost and motivation for a sweep going into set three.

Set three was the closest of the match, as the knights managed to keep Mystic Valley within four or five points through much of the frame. Mystic Valley pulled away in the final points, as they went on to win the set and sweep the Knights.

Fransabelle DaSilva led the Eagles in kills, scoring nine. Eva Truong and Lexi Beacom-Domotor each scored one. DaSilva scored a game high of six aces, while Ashley Cohen and Maeve Collins each added three. Ashlee Guillame was the leader in blocks with four, followed by Melody Sullivan with one. DaSilva was the team leader in digs with eight, followed by Collins and Beacom-Domotor with one each. The Eagles recorded the most team kills (18) they have in any match of the 2023 season.

Eagles Defeat Northeast on Senior Night

  The Mystic Valley girls soccer team defeated the Northeast Knights by the score of 4-0 on Monday afternoon. The match was dominated by the Eagles from the opening kickoff, as Reilly Hickey found the back of the Knights net within the first two minutes. Ten minutes later Evie Reynolds would find the foot of Hickey, giving the Eagles a two-goal lead. Hickey would close out the half scoring an unassisted goal, and the Eagles took a comfortable lead into halftime. The second half continued to be an all-Eagles affair, as a pass from Lucia Antonucci would lead to another Hickey goal to close out the game. Eighth grade goalkeeper Emily DeLeire earned her fifth clean sheet of the season.

Eagles Cruise Past Whittier Tech

  Mystic Valley girls’ soccer defeated Whittier Tech, 3-0, in Haverhill on Thursday afternoon. The Eagles improved their record to 10-6-1.

After the game, coach Offner emphasized how the team controlled the flow of the game. “We moved the ball well and generated several scoring chances.”

The game started with the Wildcats on the attack, firing a shot just five minutes into the match. However, it was denied by Mystic Valley goalkeeper Emily DeLeire. Mystic Valley quickly responded with two separate scoring chances within two minutes, but the Wildcats’ defense denied each opportunity. At halftime, DeLeire had saved three of the three shots she faced.

After a scoreless first half, the Eagles came to life. Evie Reynolds was the first to score, sinking the ball into the top of the net from a pass by Hickey at the 51-minute mark. Hickey scored her first goal of the game just five minutes later, to increase the Eagles’ lead to 2-0. In the 65th minute, Antonucci intercepted an aerial pass and quickly found Reynolds up the field. Reynolds turned and slid the ball between the Wildcats’ defense towards Hickey, who then placed a shot past the Whittier goalkeeper and into the net for the 3-0 advantage. The Wildcats created one more scoring chance, but the Eagles’ defense denied the opportunity.

Mystic Valley will finish the regular season on Monday afternoon against Northeast at 5:30 p.m.