Bridgewater State volleyball wins a third straight MASCAC title as Norwell boys soccer beats Greater New Bedford again
Saturday's late scores: Brockton, Plymouth, Weymouth and Hanson players help the Bears into the NCAA tournament, Norwell reaches the Division 3 semifinals and Holbrook's run ends by a goal.
College volleyball, high school boys and girls soccer and college football: Saturday's late scores
Bridgewater State University's volleyball team is headed back to the NCAA Division III tournament after sweeping Framingham State 3-0 on Saturday afternoon for its third straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament title, on the same day the Bears' football team clinched its own conference crown.
On the high school side, Norwell's boys soccer team beat Greater New Bedford 1-0 in a Division 3 quarterfinal, a rematch of last fall's state final, and Holbrook's girls soccer team fell by a goal in Division 5.
College volleyball
Bridgewater State 3, Framingham State 0 (MASCAC final). The top-seeded Bears won 25-13, 25-16, 25-20 at the Tinsley Center in Bridgewater for their 14th straight win, according to Bridgewater State Athletics. Senior Ava Crane of Dartmouth was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after 16 digs, nine kills and an ace, and senior captain Lily Welch of Hanson led the attack with 14 kills, six digs and two block assists, finishing the match with the final kill.
Junior Natalie Fredriksen of Plymouth set up 16 assists with an ace, and junior Kesmyn Alves of Brockton added eight kills. Sophomore Janasia Brandao of Brockton had a kill in the second-set run to a 22-14 lead and started the match's final three-point run with another, and junior Gracey Gorman of Weymouth had a first-set kill. Junior Charlotte Sullivan added seven kills and five aces, and senior Xin Ai Robinson had 25 assists.
The Bears (19-3) won every conference match this fall 3-0 and have won 23 MASCAC matches in a row dating to October 2024, the university reported. It is their third straight NCAA trip and 13th overall, and they learn their first-round opponent in the NCAA's selection show at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, on NCAA.com, with the tournament opening Thursday.
High school soccer
Norwell 1, Greater New Bedford 0 (boys soccer, Division 3). Third-seeded Norwell, the defending Division 3 champion and 13-3-2 entering the tournament, shut out No. 6 Greater New Bedford in Saturday's 4 p.m. quarterfinal at Norwell, according to the MIAA. The Clippers beat the same team by the same score in the 2025 Division 3 final at Curry College on Nov. 22, 2025.
Norwell opened this tournament with a 3-2 win over No. 30 Watertown on Nov. 9, when Mac Dyment had a goal and an assist and Tyler Kelley and Jerry Dunn also scored, The Boston Globe reported, then beat No. 14 Assabet Valley 4-1 on Thursday. Norwell meets the winner of Sunday's 2 p.m. quarterfinal between No. 2 Pope Francis and No. 7 Weston in the semifinals, while fourth-seeded Pembroke plays top-seeded Medfield in the other semifinal, so the two South Shore teams could meet only in the state final.
David Prouty 3, Holbrook 2 (girls soccer, Division 5). No. 13 David Prouty edged 12th-seeded Holbrook in Saturday's 5 p.m. quarterfinal at Holbrook, ending a Holbrook season that stood at 13-5 entering the tournament, according to the MIAA. Holbrook had reached the quarterfinals by beating No. 21 Ware 5-0 at home on Nov. 10 and winning 1-0 at fifth-seeded Monson on Thursday. David Prouty plays top-seeded Granby in a semifinal at 5 p.m. Monday at Ludlow High School.
College football
Robert Morris 14, Stonehill 3 (Northeast Conference). Stonehill's only points at Joe Walton Stadium in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, came on Domenic Scalese's 28-yard field goal with six seconds left in the first half, according to Stonehill Athletics. Carson Haggard threw second-half touchdown passes of 39 yards to Kymone Brown and 3 yards to Max Lopacienski for Robert Morris. For Stonehill, Jack O'Connell completed 13 of 30 passes for 125 yards, Aidan Garrett ran 13 times for 49 yards and Khalil Wilson caught three passes for 37, while Eric Miles had seven tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The Skyhawks (4-7, 3-3 NEC) close their season at noon Saturday, Nov. 21, against Wagner on Senior Day at W.B. Mason Stadium in Easton.
Bridgewater State's football team beat Massachusetts Maritime 21-14 in the Cranberry Bowl earlier Saturday to win the MASCAC title and an NCAA bid, a game covered in its own story.
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