There may be no fall sports action today but it is Monday which means a perfect time for another edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll saw baseball squeak out the top spot with 2 out of the 5 votes cast. This week’s question is… what’s the best Divison 1A college football conference in the country, SEC, ACC, Big 10, or other?

We head for the second week of post-season play with 2 Raider teams still in contention, and football heading into their final game before Thanksgiving. Depending on the results of the tournament games, this schedule is subject to change so keep an eye out. Here’s a look at this coming week!

Monday 11-6

No Games

Tuesday 11-7

Boys Soccer vs. Weymouth D1 South Quarterfinals 2 pm

Girls Volleyball @ Groton-Dunstable D1 Central-West Quarterfinals 7 pm

Wednesday 11-8

No Games

Thursday 11-9

No Games

Friday 11-10

Football @ Franklin 6 pm

Saturday 11-11

Girls Swimming @ Sectionals (MIT) 9:30 am

Cross Country @ Sectionals (Wrentham Development Center) TBA

Sunday 11-12

No Games

It was a busy day at the Wellesley College pool as all the Bay State Conference girls swimming teams gathered for the Bay State Conference meet. Coming off a 4th place finish a year, your Raiders were looking primed to vie for the top spot this time around. Would they be able to take home the crown, let’s find out!

Result for 11-5-17

Girls Swimming: Finished second at Bay State Conference Meet

It was certainly a busy Saturday of Raider action in both tournament and non-tournament games alike, as both girls soccer and field hockey looked to keep their seasons alive in the first round of the D1 South tournament while football hosted Newton North in their second non-playoff game. Would it be a trio of victories, we’ll find out but first here’s the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The last time Wellesley beat Needham in a tournament contest was… 2015 when the Raider boys soccer team defeated the Rockets in the D1 South semifinals. Now onto the recap!

Results for 11-4-17

Field Hockey: Needham 1 Wellesley 0 D1 South First Round

Girl’s finish their season at 13-5-2. Congratulations to the team on a successful season, and best of luck to the seniors in their future endeavors!

Girls Soccer: Newton South 4 Wellesley 1 D1 South First Round

Team finishes with a 8-7-3 record. Congratulations on a great season, and best of luck to the seniors going forward!

Football: Newton North 28 Wellesley 22

It was a doubleheader day of Raider tournament action as both boys and girls soccer hosted BC High and Durfee respectively in their tournament openers. Could they make it a clean sweep, let’s find out!

Results for 11-3-17

Boys Soccer: Wellesley 4 BC High 1 D1 South First Round

Team advances to take on Weymouth in quarter-finals

Girls Soccer: Wellesley 1 Durfee 0 D1 South Preliminary Round

Team advances to play Newton South in D1 South First Round

 

It’s the first Friday of November and thus the first Raider Friday Trivia or November. Today’s question is… when was the last time Wellesley beat Needham in a post-season contest? Answer tomorrow!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… well at least in terms of fall sports, as today kicked off the post season for two Raider teams. Field hockey hosted Hingham while girls volleyball traveled to Shepherd Hill. Could both extend their seasons for at least one more game, let’s find out!

Results for 11-2-17

Field Hockey: Wellesley 3 Hingham 0 D1 South Preliminary Round

Team advances to play Needham in first round.

Girls Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Shepherd Hill 2 D1 Central/West First Round

Team advances to play Groton-Dunstable in quarterfinals

The final teams to learn their postseason fates were the boys and girls soccer teams who’s brackets were released earlier today. The boys earned the 2 seed in D1 South and will host BC High in the first round on Friday, with the winner advancing to play the winner of Hingham and Weymouth. The girls meanwhile earned the 15 seed in the D1 South bracket and will host Durfee in the preliminary round on Friday with the winner advancing to take on Newton South. The weekly schedule has been updated and the full bracket can be found at miaa.ezstream.com!

Happy Halloween everyone, and hope everyone had lovely night wherever you are, whatever you were doing. This afternoon officially marked the end of the fall sports regular season, as in the final regular season contest girls swimming hit the road to take on rival Natick. The girls were looking to complete an undefeated regular season, could they get it done, let’s find out!

Result for 10-31-17

Girls Swimming: Wellesley 105 Natick 81

Gracie Meisner set a new WHS record in the 100 backstroke!