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Spellman, Newburyport and Wayland hand unbeatens their first losses as Masconomet and Pope Francis reach 10-0

Cardinal Spellman edged Bishop Fenwick 3-2, Newburyport won 2-0 at Lynnfield, Wayland beat Acton-Boxborough 2-1 and Groton-Dunstable won at North Middlesex, while Norwell held Cohasset to a 3-3 draw and Masconomet and Pope Francis moved to 10-0.

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Monday and Tuesday did not wait for the weekend. In two days, four programs that had not lost all season took their first defeat, a fifth gave up its perfect record in a six-goal draw, and the teams at the top of the state kept stacking wins.

On Monday, Cardinal Spellman edged Bishop Fenwick 3-2. On Tuesday, Newburyport won 2-0 at Lynnfield, Wayland beat Acton-Boxborough 2-1, and Groton-Dunstable won 1-0 at North Middlesex. Masconomet and Pope Francis both reached 10-0 along the way.

Results that moved the needle

Cardinal Spellman 3, Bishop Fenwick 2. On Monday, Spellman held off Fenwick at home in a meeting of Catholic Central unbeatens. Spellman moves to 9-0-1 and has allowed three goals in 10 games. Fenwick is 6-1-2.

Newburyport 2, Lynnfield 0. On Tuesday, Newburyport went to Lynnfield and turned around a 3-2 loss from the Sept. 8 opener. Newburyport has won four straight without conceding and is 7-1-1 with eight shutouts. Lynnfield is also 7-1-1.

Wayland 2, Acton-Boxborough 1. On Tuesday, Wayland won the Dual County meeting of unbeatens at home to reach 7-0-2. Acton-Boxborough is 4-1-3.

Groton-Dunstable 1, North Middlesex 0. On Tuesday, Groton-Dunstable snapped a three-game skid with a road win over a North Middlesex side that entered 4-0-4. The two drew 1-1 in September.

Norwell 3, Cohasset 3. On Monday, Norwell and Cohasset traded six goals. Cohasset remains unbeaten at 9-0-1. Norwell, which drew Duxbury 2-2 on Saturday, is 5-1-3.

Douglas 2, Sutton 0. On Tuesday, Douglas won 2-0 at Sutton to sweep the season series. Douglas is 7-1; Sutton is 7-2-1.

Central Catholic 5, North Andover 0. On Tuesday, Chloe Fourtzialas scored and set up two more, and Addison Brosnihan, Sarah Tressler and Leighton Hickey also found the net as Central Catholic blanked North Andover to stay perfect at 8-0.

Hingham 1, Scituate 0; Shrewsbury 1, Algonquin 0. Both on Tuesday, both on the road. Hingham is 9-1, and Shrewsbury is 5-0-3 with two goals allowed in eight games.

Unbeaten watch

Records below run through Tuesday, Oct. 6.

The perfect starts: Masconomet (10-0; won 5-0 at Saugus on Monday), Pope Francis (10-0; won 4-1 at East Longmeadow on Monday), Greater Lowell Tech (9-0; beat Nashoba Tech 4-0 on Monday), Central Catholic (8-0), Keefe Tech (8-0; won 3-1 at Abby Kelley Foster on Monday), Medfield (8-0; beat Dedham 4-1 on Monday), Smith Vocational (8-0; blanked McCann Tech 6-0 on Tuesday) and Sturgis Charter East (5-0).

Unbeaten with at least one draw: Blue Hills (9-0-1), Cardinal Spellman (9-0-1), Cohasset (9-0-1), Hopkins Academy (9-0-1; beat Holyoke 7-0 on Tuesday), Duxbury (9-0-2), Tyngsborough (9-0-2; drew 1-1 at Tahanto on Tuesday), Northampton (8-0-1; won 3-0 at Ludlow on Monday), Pioneer Charter School of Science (8-0-1), Bay Path RVT (8-0-2; won 4-0 at Prouty on Monday), Bishop Feehan (7-0-1), Quabbin (7-0-1), Wayland (7-0-2), Granby (6-0-3; won 1-0 at Amherst-Pelham on Monday), Parker Charter (5-0-1) and Shrewsbury (5-0-3).

First losses this week: Bishop Fenwick, Lynnfield, Acton-Boxborough and North Middlesex.

Big nights

Duxbury had the two-day stretch of the week: a 2-0 win at Notre Dame (Hingham) on Monday, then a 9-0 win at Quincy on Tuesday that lifted Duxbury into the statewide goal-differential top three.

On Monday, East Bridgewater won 10-0 at Randolph, Beverly won 9-0 at Winthrop, and Winchester won 6-0 at Watertown. On Tuesday, Somerville won 9-0 at Lynn English, Dracut won 8-0 at Lawrence, and Westport won 7-0 at Wareham, a day after beating Seekonk 3-1.

Also on Tuesday, Clara Hamblin and Allie Feldman scored as Newton South beat Boston Latin 5-0. On Monday, Fiona DiPasquale and Rylie Dallaire-Boogaard scored, with assists from Laylah Gomez and Cali Vasta, as Shawsheen Valley Tech won 2-0 at Whittier.

Around the state

West: On Monday, Hampshire Regional blanked Monson 5-0, South Hadley won 7-2 at Chicopee Comp, Pittsfield beat Mount Greylock 2-1, and Monument Mountain won 4-1 at Drury. On Tuesday, Hampshire added a 1-0 win over Amherst-Pelham, Chicopee won 6-0 at Greenfield, and Springfield International Charter beat Hoosac Valley 3-0.

Central: On Monday, Auburn beat Tantasqua 7-2, Leicester beat Blackstone Valley 8-2, AMSA won 5-2 at Bromfield, and Northbridge won 3-1 at Milford. On Tuesday, Hudson blanked Lunenburg 4-0, Blackstone-Millville won 4-0 at St. Bernard’s, Wachusett won 1-0 at Nashoba, and Fitchburg beat Narragansett 6-0.

North: On Monday, Marblehead blanked Gloucester 6-0, Danvers won 3-0 at Swampscott, and Belmont won 2-1 at Wilmington. On Tuesday, North Reading won 4-0 at Pentucket, Hamilton-Wenham won 4-1 at Amesbury, Chelmsford beat Lowell 6-0, and Tewksbury beat Haverhill 3-1.

Metro: On Monday, Malden won 3-2 at Everett; Everett rebounded Tuesday by blanking Lynn Classical 4-0. Also on Tuesday, Wellesley beat Brookline 3-0, Bedford won 3-0 at Waltham, Westford beat Weston 3-1, and Needham and Braintree drew 2-2.

Hockomock and Tri-Valley: On Monday, Dover-Sherborn won 4-0 at Norwood and Norton won 3-1 at Hopkinton. On Tuesday, Oliver Ames beat Mansfield 3-0, and North Attleborough and King Philip drew 2-2.

South Shore, Cape and South Coast: On Monday, Hull beat Abington 3-1, Rockland won 1-0 at Middleborough, Somerset Berkley won 3-2 at Apponequet, and Fairhaven beat Greater New Bedford 3-1. On Tuesday, Whitman-Hanson beat Pembroke 2-0, Silver Lake won 2-1 at Plymouth South, Martha’s Vineyard beat Monomoy 5-1, Falmouth beat Nantucket 4-1, and Blue Hills won 6-0 at Upper Cape.

Catholic schools: Spellman’s win over Fenwick headlined the group. On Monday, Archbishop Williams won 6-0 at Arlington Catholic, St. Mary’s (Lynn) blanked Bishop Stang 3-0, and Notre Dame Academy (Worcester) beat South High 3-1. Nauset beat Saint John Paul II 4-0 on Tuesday.

Games to circle (through Friday’s roundup)

Tuesday’s circled games delivered: Newburyport won the rematch at Lynnfield, Douglas won at Sutton, Wayland edged Acton-Boxborough, Central Catholic beat North Andover 5-0, and Hingham won 1-0 at Scituate.

By the numbers: statewide leaders

Regular-season games through Tuesday, Oct. 6. Minimum five games; ties broken by goal differential, then goals for.

Top scoring teams (goals per game)

  1. Greater Lowell Tech (9-0): 5.44, 49 goals in 9 games
  2. Westport (8-2): 5.30, 53 in 10
  3. Greater Lawrence Tech (5-1-1): 5.14, 36 in 7
  4. Central Catholic (8-0): 5.13, 41 in 8 (ahead of Quabbin, also 41 in 8, on goal differential)
  5. Quabbin (7-0-1): 5.13, 41 in 8

Top goal differential

  1. Greater Lowell Tech (9-0): +46 (49-3)
  2. Westport (8-2): +42 (53-11) (ahead of Duxbury, also +42, on goals for)
  3. Duxbury (9-0-2): +42 (47-5)
  4. Masconomet (10-0): +38 (39-1)
  5. Cohasset (9-0-1): +37 (44-7) (ahead of Hingham, Cardinal Spellman and Keefe Tech, all +37, on goals for)

Top defenses (goals allowed per game)

  1. Masconomet (10-0): 0.10, 1 goal allowed in 10 games
  2. Keefe Tech (8-0): 0.25, 2 in 8
  3. Concord-Carlisle (7-1): 0.25, 2 in 8
  4. Shrewsbury (5-0-3): 0.25, 2 in 8
  5. Cardinal Spellman (9-0-1): 0.30, 3 in 10

Most shutouts: 9, Masconomet. Cardinal Spellman, Hingham and Newburyport have eight each.

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