It’s official, girls hockey will face Falmouth tomorrow with a trip to the Garden on the line! Tomorrow’s game will be at 5 at Warrior Ice Arena, between two teams who know each other well over the last decade. Here’s a look at how they both got here!
Wellesley:
21-1
1 Seed
Beat Westwood 6-1
GF: 99
GA: 13
Falmouth:
13-5-5
12 Seed
Beat Dennis Yarmouth 2-1
GF: 76
GA: 44
Hope everyone is having a good Friday so far. What better time to close out the work week than for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…When was the last time girls hockey beat Falmouth in a postseason contest? Answer tomorrow!
Now that both Wellesley and Canton have secured their spots in the D2 Semifinals, I thought it would be fun to preview the remaining D2 Quarterfinals taking place tomorrow at Warrior Ice Arena. One of those (Dennis-Yarmouth/Falmouth) will decide who faces Wellesley in the semis. The other D2 Quarterfinal will feature Norwell and Notre Dame Academy for the right to face Canton. Here’s a look at both matchups!
Dennis-Yarmouth/Falmouth
Dennis Yarmouth:
13-2-3
4 Seed
Beat Dedham 3-2
GF: 64
GA: 23
Falmouth:
12-5-5
12 Seed
Beat Sandwich 1-0
GF: 74
GA: 43
Notre Dame Academy/Norwell
NDA:
14-5-3
7 Seed
Beat Natick 5-1
GF: 66
GA: 31
Norwell:
19-2
2 Seed
Beat Burlington 7-1
GF: 110
GA: 43
The hunt for a 3rd straight state title continued tonight for girls hockey as the girls squared off with Westwood in the D2 Quarterfinals. Could the girls continue their march towards a 3 peat, lets find out!
Result for 3-4-20
Girls Hockey: Wellesley 6 Westwood 1 D2 Quarterfinals
Girls advance to meet winner of Falmouth/Dennis Yarmouth in semifinals!
It is less than 36 hours till face off as girls hockey will take on Westwood in the D2 Quarterfinals tomorrow night at Warrior Ice Arena. These two teams are definitely familiar postseason foes as they have met 3 times in the postseason since 2012, all Westwood victories. Let’s see how the teams stack up this time around!
Wellesley:
20-1-0
1 Seed
Beat Medfield/Norton 3-0
GF: 93
GA: 12
Westwood:
15-5-3
9 Seed
Beat Algonquin/Hudson 3-2
GF: 82
GA: 51
It’s the first Monday in March and that means it’s time for the first March edition of Monday Poll. Today’s poll question is…Will girls hockey make it back to the state finals for the 3rd straight year? Comment with your answers!
The schedule for this first week of March is once again an evolving schedule as the date/time of girls hockey’s quarterfinal has yet to be announced. We do have alpine skiing though on the docket so I am posting that date below, but as I said stay tuned as this schedule is subject to change.
Wednesday 3-4
Alpine Skiing @ State Championships (Berkshire East) 9 am
Girls Hockey vs. Westwood D2 Quarterfinals (Warrior Ice Arena) 8 pm
Sunday 3-5
Girls Hockey vs. Falmouth D2 Semifinals (Warrior Ice Arena) 5 pm
On this Leap Day it was a big day for both boys and girls hockey as the boys looked to keep their tournament run alive facing Archbishop Williams in the quarterfinals while the girls opened up their tournament run finally facing Medfield/Norton. Before we get to the results however time to answer yesterday’s trivia question! The last time boys hockey made it past the quarterfinals was 2017 when they fell to Braintree in the D1 South Semifinals. Now onto the recap!
Results for 2-29-20
Boys Hockey: Archbishop Williams 2 Wellesley 1 D1 South Quarterfinals
Boys end season 11-9-2. Congratulations on a great run and best of luck to the seniors going forward!
Girls Hockey: Wellesley 3 Medfield/Norton 0 D2 First Round
Girls advance to face Westwood in quarterfinals!
After their upset win vs. Marshfield yesterday boys hockey moves on to face Archbishop Williams tomorrow in the D1 South quarterfinals. The winner will advance to meet the winner of Natick/Franklin in the semifinals. Here’s a look at how both teams got here!
Wellesley:
11-8-2
11 seed
Beat Marshfield 2-0
GF: 42
GA: 34
Archbishop Williams:
9-8-4
14 Seed
Beat BR 2-1
GF: 52
GA: 50
It’s the second to last day of February in this Leap Year, and that means it’s time for the last February edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…When was the last time boys hockey advanced past the quarterfinals? Answer tomorrow!
