Burns catches fire in O’Bryant victory

Grace Burns notched a hat trick for the O’Bryant girls soccer team yesterday as it scored a 3-1 win against New Mission in the Boston City League. Behind Burns’ three-goal effort, the Tigers improved to 7-6.

Stephanie Kemp tallied a pair of goals to go with an assist, and Mansfield (11-11) knocked off Attleboro, 5-0 in the Hockomock League.

Rylie Lage scored a goal and had an assist to fuel Shawsheen (7-6-1) in a 4-0 win against Greater Lowell in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference.

Audrey Lavey recorded a hat trick, and Newton South (14-1) shut out ConcordCarlisle, 3-0, in a Dual County League battle.

Carey Allard scored twice to boost Belmont (121) past Lexington, 3-0, in the Middlesex League.

Hannah Duran (three goals, two assists) and Lauren Anastos (goal, four assists) each had five-point games for Hull (9-5) in a 7-2 nonleague victory against Bristol-Plymouth.

Boys soccer

John Alves scored the tying goal and Josh Atemkeng drilled home the winner with two minutes left to lift Peabody (7-5-1) to a 2-1 win against Marblehead in the Northeastern Conference.

Jake Sacks scored twice and Brookline (6-4-4) cruised to 7-0 win against Milton in the Bay State Conference . . . . Ryan Clare had a goal and two assists as Wellesley (9-2-1) edged Framingham, 4-3.

Nate Horner scored both for Pembroke (7-2-5) in a 2-0 win against Hanover in the Patriot League.

Girls volleyball

Olivia Brown and Dora Beslic combined for 27 kills as Brookline (13-2) rolled to a 3-0 sweep of Milton in the Bay State Conference.

Megan Herr led the attack with nine kills, and Concord-Carlisle (12-1) clinched the Dual County League title with a 3-0 shutout of Weston . . . . Abby Reynolds had 16 kills and 13 digs, leading Cambridge (113) to a 3-0 sweep of Boston Latin . . . . Paige Kacherian put up 15 kills and five aces to power Westford (14-1) to a 3-1 victory against Newton South.

Jayden Dias recorded 11 kills to lead Case (10-6) past Dighton-Rehoboth, 3-1, in the South Coast Conference.

Boys hockey

The MIAA tournament management committee approved the return of the “modified” double-elimination format for the Super Eight, beginning with the 2018 postseason.

The double-elimination bracket, which was used in various forms from 19912003, replaces the Hockey East-style college tournament format that had been in place since 2013. The “modified” double-elimination tournament will have a single championship game, regardless of whether the winner has zero losses or one.