Duxbury gets back to final
There’s just one stop left in Duxbury girls’ hockey’s title defense, and it’s on Causeway Street.
With two goals from Addy Harrington and the winner from Megan Carney, the top-seeded Dragons took down No. 5 Algonquin, 3-1, in a Division 2 semifinal Saturday at Loring Arena in Framingham.
They’ll next face either No. 2 Falmouth or No. 11 Marshfield as they look to repeat as state champions.
The Dragons (23-3-0) went down 1-0 when Algonquin freshman Ariya Tice knocked in a rebound on the power play — one of 16 total penalties in the game. But from that moment on, Duxbury kept the Titans (16-7-1) penned in their end, outshooting them 18-6 in the final two periods, 11-1 in the second.
“Mike Tyson once famously said, ‘Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth,’ ” Duxbury coach Dan Najarian said. “We got punched in the mouth, and that’s what happened in the first period. We got to the room, we’re able to regroup, reassess what’s going on, calm everything down, then we get a little puck luck.”
Harrington struck back at the start of the second on a powerplay rebound to level things. Carney gave the Dragons the lead less than a minute into the third when her clearance got through Algonquin goalie Addy Cagan (22 saves).
Moments later, the junior raced back to her own zone from the opposite goal line to lift the stick of Algonquin’s Maddy Glynn, who had nothing but ice ahead of her on a breakaway.
Division 1 state
Notre Dame (Hingham) 3, Malden Catholic 0 — A year after seeing an early lead slip away to Shrewsbury in the semifinals, Devon Moore and the top-seeded Cougars were not about to let history repeat itself.
The sophomore from Milton opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal in the first period and assisted on Lucy DelGallo’s goal in the third as Notre Dame Academy was dominant from the opening faceoff to the final horn against No. 4 Malden Catholic (16-4-4) at Gallo Arena in Bourne.
“I don’t think this team has ever forgotten the feeling that we endured last year losing to Shrewsbury,” said Moore, whose team led, 2-0, but lost, 4-3. “Going up 2-0 into the third period, the returners used that feeling to get hyped, get another goal and secure the win.”
Notre Dame (18-4-2) will face either No. 2 St. Mary’s or No. 11 Archbishop Williams at TD Garden next Sunday.
The Cougars played both squads twice during the regular season, splitting with St. Mary’s and sweeping Archies.
It will be Notre Dame’s first appearance in the final since 2019, when it lost to Wellesley in double OT.
In four playoff games, NDA has outscored the opposition, 15-2. Ava Larkin has not allowed a goal in eight periods.
Caroline Hartnett scored off a scrum in front of the net in the second period to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead.