HADLEY — Wyatt Soriano scored the deciding goal for the Hopkins Academy boys soccer team in its 1-0 win against Greenfield on Monday.
Soriano’s 23rd minute strike set in motion an action-packed sequence late in the first half as the Green Wave earned a penalty-kick opportunity shortly after the Golden Hawks’ go-ahead goal.
Hopkins goalie Matt Feltovic made the stop to preserve the hosts’ lead, which wound up being enough as the Hawks earned its second win of the season.
“They grinded it out,” Hopkins head coach John Fillio said. “It’s always going to be a physical game with Greenfield and our league in general, so we just got to play smart, not let it get to us, keep our heads and continue playing the way we can.”
The Green Wave pressed hard during the second half searching for the equalizer as it floated multiple balls just outside the Hawks’ goalposts, but ultimately never found the back of the net.
“We talk all the time about, you got to do the whole 80 minutes,” Greenfield head coach Erich Leaper said. “I thought defensively, we did pretty well, just that one moment, we kind of lost concentration there. We moved the ball, plenty of shots, another little lapses of concentration. I feel like this [was] a pretty even one.”
Soriano had the best scoring chance during the second frame as the Hopkins sophomore nearly doubled its lead after corralling a loose ball inside the 6-yard box, but rang the shot off the post.
Later on, Greenfield nearly converted on a corner kick as the ball got through the box, but a Green Wave attacker missed wide of the far post with the kick.
Multiple yellow cards were handed out on each side as the intensity ramped up in the second stanza, however the Hawks did just enough to hold on and secure the victory.
“Control the ball, get it up the field, play possession passing,” Fillio said, referring to his message to the team at halftime. “We got to clean up our defense. We got sloppy in the first half. We had to clean it up with clearing the ball and we did that a little bit in the second half, but it was still a sloppy game. Greenfield is physical and fast up front so it’s something we got to get ready for next time we play them.”
The defeat dropped Greenfield to 2-4-1 overall.
“We’re a team that we can’t afford to lose little moments,” Leaper said. “We lose a little moment here or there and it starts to go away, but you just got to keep pushing with it. We’ve had rougher games where they drop a moment and then they don’t figure it out. We kept moving, we kept playing, we just got to avoid the little things here and there.”
The Hawks (2-4) will play host to Holyoke next, while the Green Wave’s next matchup will be against Chicopee Comp at home.
Both games are on Wednesday and kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Girls soccer
Greenfield 3, Athol 1 – The Green Wave erased a 1-0 lead with three quick strikes late in the second half to secure the victory.
Tayler Bergeron knotted the score, 1-1, on an assist from Jamila Smith, before Elderina Cecunjanin curled in two goals on corners, directly from the kick. Greenfield goalie Lexi Berry totaled three saves.
Athol’s Marjorie Leive scored her first varsity goal on a beautiful 30-yard strike. Bears goalie Addy Proctor made eight saves.
Field hockey
Frontier 3, Westfield 0 – Addie Harrington’s two-goal day sparked a dominant Redhawks win on the road in Westfield on Monday, securing a fourth consecutive victory.
Frontier’s Macy DeMaio tallied a goal and an assist, while Rowan Reilly added a helper. Brooke Charest didn’t see any action in goal, as the Hawks’ stingy defense held the Bombers without a shot the entirety of the game.
Mohawk Trail 2, Turners Falls 1 – Warriors sophomore Libby Amstein scored the first goal of the game to set the tone in Mohawk Trail’s close win over the Thunder on Monday in Buckland.
Mohawk Trail improves to 1-2-3 after its first win of the season, while Turners falls to 1-4-2.
Golf
Hopkins 160, Athol 167 – Three rounds of 40 or better weren’t enough for the Bears to pick up a road win at Westover Golf Course on Monday afternoon.
Owen Stoddard (39), Dominik St. Andre (39) and Ethan Heuer (40) had great rounds while Rafael Lopez (49) also scored for Athol in defeat.
McCann Tech 161, Mohawk Trail 209 – Conner Bergeron’s team-low round of 43 wasn’t enough to top the talented Hornets, which had three scores of 40 or better on Monday afternoon at Forrest Park Country Club.
Sam Mizula (53), Gus Foote (55) and Carl Jernstrom (58) rounded out the Warriors’ scorers as they fall to 0-9 on the year.
Volleyball
Amherst 3, Frontier 0 – The Redhawks were swept by the Hurricanes for the second time this season, as they dropped a 25-18, 26-24, 25-15 bout on Monday evening on the road in Amherst.
Caitlin Maio had a team-high seven kills, added nine digs and two aces, Cadence Martin dished out 16 assists with three aces and Greta Hale had three kills, 10 digs and three aces. Frontier falls to 2-5 this fall.
PV Christian 3, Mahar 1 – Hayden Comeau and Madelynn Burgess starred for the Senators in the four-set loss.
Comeau compiled 12 digs, six kills and three aces while Burgess three digs, five kills and five aces and seven assists.
Mahar lost by scores of 25-22, 14-25, 25-14, 25-18.
Late weekend results
Boys soccer
Turners 4, Athol 0 – Yolvin Ovalle-Mejia netted two goals late to punctuate the Thunders’ shutout win over the Bears on Saturday.
Rojelio Galvez Mendez opened the scoring in the 14th minute off a feed from Noah Kolodziej, and John Ramirez Martin added a score in the 35th minute to give Turners a 2-0 advantage at the half. Ovalle-Mejia took care of the rest.
Drake Wing made 14 saves in goal for Athol, while Jackson Cogswell (two stops) earned the shutout for Turners.
Girls volleyball
Athol 3, Ware 1 – The Bears used seven kills and five aces from Giana Vaillancourt as they gentlemen swept Ware over the weekend. Set scores were 25-16, 25-10, 8-25, 25-19.
Ella Reed had an impressive day with seven aces, three kills and eight assists, Aby Spooner had three aces and a kill while Reese Nelson and Evelyn Robinson put down a pair of kills apiece in the Athol victory.