Hailey Bogusz had 10 assists and three aces on Tuesday and Turners Falls kicked off the season with a 25-20, 25-18, 25-13 girls volleyball victory over Easthampton in an independent match in Turners Falls.
Taylor Murphy finished with seven kills and three aces for the Thunder. Dabney Rollins had four kills and one ace, and Mercedes Morales had four aces.
PV Christian 3, FC Tech 0 — Sarah Emerson served five aces and added eight assists to lead Pioneer Valley Christian Academy to a 25-13, 25-20, 25-17 win over Franklin Tech Tuesday in Springfield.
Angie Murzin added four aces and two kills in the win.
Reagan Fiske had a nice season-opener for the Eagles with two aces, two kills, two assists and three digs. Emily Miner finished with one ace, two kills, one assist and four digs, Renee Reed had one ace, one kill and three digs, and Kelly Trudeau added two aces, one kill and one dig.
Chicopee 3, Mahar 0 — Ava Santana played well for Mahar on Tuesday but the Senators fell to Chicopee, 25-17, 25-20, in an independent match in Chicopee.
Murdock 2, Athol 1 — A pair of first-half goals propelled Murdock past Athol, 2-1, in the season-opening field hockey game Tuesday in Winchendon.
Murdock scored less than four minutes into the game and Emily Smith then made it 2-0 in favor of the hosts with 13 minutes, 16 seconds to play in the first half.
The tide turned in the second half as Athol stepped up. The Red Raiders made it a one-goal game with 16:35 to play when Ashley Rouleau scored from Christa Cucchi. Despite several quality chances, the Red Raiders were unable to get the equalizer. Coach Emily Hall was pleased with her team’s second-half performance.
“We played much better in the second half,” she began. “We were able to stop them from scoring, which was wonderful. We got a lot of shots off, we just couldn’t get it in the net.”
Ryley Pond made 13 saves for Athol, and Abby Kirwan played well defensively.
Athol travels to Franklin Tech Friday afternoon.
Hopkins 15, Mahar 5 — Connor Asselin shot a 34 on Tuesday to help Hopkins to a 15-5 win over Mahar in a Suburban West golf match in Amherst.
Four of the six matches were modified to four holes due to the heat.
Taylor Barry shot a 37 for Hopkins.
Tucker Ninteau and Andrew Finch each paced Mahar with a 50.
Murdock 2, Athol 1
Athol 0 1 — 1
Murdock 2 0 — 2
Goals: (A) Rouleau. (M) L. Smith, E. Smith.
Assists: (A) Cucchi. (M) Garner, L. Smith.
Shots: Athol 8. Murdock 15.
Saves: (A) Pond 13. (M) A. Signa 7.
Corners: Athol 9. Murdock 10.