Franklin Matters: FHS boys soccer advances with 1-0 win; girls soccer, volleyball, and field hockey teams end playoff runs

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

FHS boys soccer advances with 1-0 win; girls soccer, volleyball, and field hockey teams end playoff runs

Via HockomockSports.com, we share the results for the FHS fall sports playoff action on Monday, Nov 4, 2019.

Boys Soccer = D1 South = #11 Franklin, 1 @ #6 Natick, 0 – Final
– Franklin scored an early goal and the defense had a great game to earn a 1-0 upset of #6 Natick. Lucas Moura scored on an assist from Donny Tappin to put the visitors ahead. Jack Rudolph was outstanding in net in the shutout for Franklin. The Panthers will play the winner of #3 Brockton and #14 Braintree.

Field Hockey = D1 South = #5 Franklin, 0 @ #4 Westwood, 1 – Final

Volleyball = D1 Central/West = #6 Franklin, 1 @ #3 Algonquin, 3 – Final

Girls Soccer = D1 South = #9 Franklin, 0 @ #8 Oliver Ames, 1 – Final (OT)
Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

“Big girl soccer.”

That was just one of many positive mantras Scott Dolan was known for, and it was the perfect way to describe Monday evening’s clash between #8 Oliver Ames and #9 Franklin.

Eighty minutes wasn’t enough to decide the physical contest between the two league rivals, with neither team willing to give an inch.

But finally, in the 89th minute, OA sophomore Allison Evin delivered the game-winner with a perfectly struck shot to the far post, just sneaking inside the far post into the side netting to give the Tigers a 1-0 emotional overtime win over the Panthers.

“I felt like we could score one goal we had a chance,” said Oliver Ames head coach Britt Sellmayer. “The last time [Franklin] gave up a goal was forever ago. They had 12 shutouts in the last 13 games and the only team that scored against them was KP and they only got two. They are just so hard to break down because they have such quality players back there.”