Frontier Regional School held the upper hand from a statistical and a possession standpoint, but the Red Hawks were unable to find the back of the net and settled for a 0-0 independent field hockey draw against West Springfield High School Wednesday night at Clark Field in West Springfield.
In a battle of squads expected to contend for Western Massachusetts Tournament titles in their divisions, the Red Hawks (10-1-1) held a 9-3 shot advantage and a 4-3 edge in corners. However, Terriers goalkeeper Chloe Pastore was equal to the challenge, rejecting all 9 shot she faced.
Frontier goalie Skyla Burniske turned aside all three shots she faced to record the shutout against West Side (5-1-5).
“The girls played well,” said Red Hawks head coach Missy Mahar. “Being on turf was nice. We executed the possession style of play we were looking for, and the midfield helped generate our offense within the offensive 25 (-yard line). I think (turf) plays to some of our strengths. We generated some good scoring chances, but (Pastore) made some great saves.”
Frontier hosts Amherst Regional High School Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
Holyoke 7, FC Tech 1 — Bella Courchesne scored two goals and added an assist to power Holyoke High School over Franklin County Technical School, 7-1, in a PVIAC Western Division field hockey game Wednesday evening in Holyoke.
Katie Keane added a goal and an assist for the Purple Knights, who led 2-0 at halftime. Sarah Healy, Kassidy Lawrence, Abner Alderando and Maya Birks also scored a goal. Ashlee Townsley scored the only goal for the Eagles, and Kailynn Mason-Emond made 13 saves in net.
Franklin Tech (1-9-0) hosts Southwick-Tolland Regional High School Friday at 4 p.m.
Turners 3, East Longmeadow 1 — Turners Falls High School climbed back over the .500 mark by knocking off East Longmeadow High School, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 25-15, in independent girls’ volleyball action Wednesday evening in East Longmeadow.
Sienna Dillensneider led the Indians’ offense with 19 assists, 8 aces and a kill. Jordyn Fiske totaled 7 kills and 5 aces, Adri DiMiao racked up 18 digs and Abby Loynd contributed 2 kills, 4 aces and 3 digs.
“We played well (tonight),” said Indians head coach Kelly Liimatainen. “We had some spark in us. We missed a lot of serves, but we served tough, hit the ball well and were aggressive at the net.”
Turners (6-5) heads to Sabis International Charter School Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Pioneer 3, Duggan 0 — Pioneer Valley Regional School earned its third win of the year, 25-11, 25-7, 25-7 over John J. Duggan Academy in an independent girls’ volleyball match Wednesday in Springfield.
Kiana McGraw registered a dozen aces to go along with 5 blocks and 3 kills, and Caroline Merkle finished with a team-high 10 aces for the Panthers.
Pioneer (3-8) travels to South Hadley High School Friday at 6 p.m.
Turners 12, Mohawk 12 — Turners Falls won its match by virtue of a tiebreaker after the Indians and Mohawk finished in a 12-12 tie in Bi-County League North golf action Wednesday at Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls.
Kyle Kucenski was match medalist with a 40 and took 4 points for the Indians (3-,9 2-7 North), while Patrick Salls carded a 45 and took 3½ points and Tyler Noyes took 3 points.
Andy Robertson led the Warriors (0-10, 0-10) with 2½ points.