Fitchburg hands Quabbin its first loss; five MIAA unbeatens left

Fitchburg beat Quabbin 2-1 on Tuesday, Oliver Ames beat King Philip 2-1 to split their Hockomock meetings, and Duxbury and Hingham both won with the MIAA's Nov. 3 rankings cutoff a week away.

Mass Pitch Staff · 2026-10-28

Quabbin had scored at least three goals in each of its first 14 games, 74 in all, and had not lost. On Tuesday night at Crocker Field, it scored once, and Fitchburg won 2-1. Quabbin had beaten Fitchburg 5-2 at home on Oct. 1. Fitchburg had lost three of its previous four games, the last a 3-0 home loss to North Middlesex on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Quabbin, No. 24 in Division 3 in the MIAA power rankings released Tuesday, is 13-1-1. It still scores more per game than any other MIAA team, at 5.00. It plays at Montachusett on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. and hosts Leominster on Monday, Nov. 2. Fitchburg (No. 53 in Division 3) is 9-6-1.

Ranks in this roundup are from that Tuesday, Oct. 27 release, which counts games entered by 4 a.m. that day. Records run through Tuesday. The MIAA's rankings cutoff is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Five without a loss

That leaves five MIAA teams without a loss. Medfield (16-0), No. 1 in Division 3, hosts Holliston on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. and plays at Hopkinton on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Cohasset (14-0-1), No. 1 in Division 4, won 6-0 at Carver on Monday. Brynn Dwyer scored twice and had an assist. Cohasset has allowed seven goals in 15 games and has 11 shutouts. It plays three games in six days: at Rockland on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m., at home against Hull on Friday, Oct. 30, at 4 p.m. and at home against Sandwich on Monday, Nov. 2.

Granby (14-0-3), No. 1 in Division 5, beat Hoosac Valley 4-0 at home on Tuesday and hosts Ware on Thursday, Oct. 29. Bishop Feehan (13-0-3), No. 5 in Division 1, hosts Chelmsford on Saturday, Oct. 31 and Duxbury (13-0-4) on Nov. 2.

Duxbury and Hingham both win

Duxbury (No. 1 in Division 2) and Hingham (No. 2) played to a 1-1 draw on Oct. 20. On Tuesday, Duxbury beat Plymouth North 5-0 at home. It has 10 shutouts and has allowed eight goals in 17 games. Hingham won 8-1 at Marshfield, and Taylor Bello scored four goals and had three assists. Hingham is 15-1-2 and has allowed seven goals in 18 games, with 13 shutouts.

Both are home on Thursday, Oct. 29: Whitman-Hanson at Hingham at 5 p.m. and Marshfield at Duxbury at 6 p.m. Duxbury's game at Feehan on Nov. 2 is the day before the cutoff.

Oliver Ames evens it with King Philip

King Philip had gone 13 games without a loss (10-0-3) since a 5-1 loss at Cumberland (R.I.) on Sept. 10. On Tuesday, Oliver Ames beat KP 2-1 at home in a Hockomock League game. KP won the first meeting 2-0 on Sept. 28.

Oliver Ames (No. 5 in Division 2) is 11-4-2 and is 5-0-2 since a 3-0 home loss to Medfield on Oct. 2. It plays at Sharon on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m. KP (No. 3 in Division 2) is 10-3-3 and hosts Franklin (No. 4 in Division 1) on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 3:45 p.m. Franklin won the first meeting 4-1 on Sept. 8.

At the line

In Tuesday's release, Andover was No. 31 in Division 1 and North Andover was No. 32. They played Tuesday at North Andover and drew 0-0. Andover is 6-5-6 and hosts Belmont on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. North Andover is 6-7-4 and hosts Wilmington on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m.

Plymouth North, No. 33 in Division 1, lost 5-0 at Duxbury and is 4-9-3. It plays at Silver Lake on Thursday, Oct. 29 and at Bridgewater-Raynham on Nov. 2.

In Division 2, Nashoba Regional, No. 33, beat Grafton 1-0 at home. Grafton is No. 8 in the division and is 7-4-6. Nashoba is 4-10-2 and hosts Medway on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Shrewsbury: a loss, then a shutout

Arlington (No. 18 in Division 1) beat Shrewsbury 1-0 at home on Monday. It was Shrewsbury's second loss, after a 2-1 home loss to Acton-Boxborough on Oct. 17. On Tuesday, Shrewsbury (No. 15 in Division 1) won 2-0 at Wachusett. It is 11-2-3 and has allowed seven goals in 16 games. Arlington (8-6-1) hosts Winchester (No. 7 in Division 1, 13-3-1) on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4:30 p.m.

Newburyport: three goals allowed

Newburyport (No. 11 in Division 2) won 2-0 at Georgetown on Tuesday. It has allowed three goals in 16 games and has 15 shutouts. It is 14-1-1, plays at Triton on Thursday, Oct. 29 and visits Central Catholic on Nov. 2. Lynnfield (No. 12 in Division 3) won 6-0 at Amesbury and is 14-2-1. Hamilton-Wenham (No. 12 in Division 4) beat North Reading 2-1 and is 11-2-4.

Around the state

• Tuesday, Oct. 27: Somerset Berkley beat Durfee 9-1 and is 14-2-1. Tyngsborough (No. 7 in Division 4) beat Hudson 6-0 and is 14-1-3. Belmont beat Reading 5-0. Brookline (No. 8 in Division 1) beat Newton North 1-0. Lexington won 1-0 at Woburn. Stoughton won 6-4 at Milford. North Quincy won 4-3 at Pembroke. Hanover won 2-0 at Plymouth South. Algonquin won 1-0 at Westborough. Sutton won 6-0 at Blackstone Valley. Advanced Math & Science won 5-0 at Doherty. In the west, Belchertown beat Frontier 5-0, Northampton beat East Longmeadow 2-0, Hampshire beat Southwick 2-0 and West Springfield won 1-0 at Minnechaug.
• Monday, Oct. 26: Pope Francis (No. 2 in Division 3) beat Amherst-Pelham 4-0, and Mila Dillard had three goals and an assist. Chicopee won 7-2 at Holyoke, and Cassidy Pytel scored four. Hopedale (No. 2 in Division 5) won 4-0 at Millbury. Ursuline beat Norfolk Aggie 8-1. Greater Lowell Tech won 2-0 at Shawsheen.

Games to circle

• Wednesday, Oct. 28: Ursuline at Cardinal Spellman (3:45 p.m.); Bay Path at Hopedale (4 p.m.); Winchester at Arlington (4:30 p.m.); Central Catholic at Acton-Boxborough (4:30 p.m.); Holliston at Medfield (6 p.m.); Cohasset at Rockland (6 p.m.); Swampscott at Beverly (6 p.m.).
• Thursday, Oct. 29: Franklin at King Philip (3:45 p.m.); Wellesley at Brookline (3:45 p.m.); Oliver Ames at Sharon (4:30 p.m.); Whitman-Hanson at Hingham (5 p.m.); Marshfield at Duxbury (6 p.m.); Quabbin at Montachusett (6 p.m.).
• Friday, Oct. 30: Hull at Cohasset (4 p.m.); Westford Academy at Concord-Carlisle (5:30 p.m.).

Statewide leaders

MIAA regular-season games through Tuesday, Oct. 27; minimum five games. Ties broken by goal differential, then goals for.

Top scoring offenses (goals per game)

1. Quabbin — 5.00 (75 in 15)
2. Medfield — 4.88 (78 in 16)
3. Greater Lowell Tech — 4.71 (66 in 14)

Top goal differential

1. Medfield — +66
2. Duxbury — +65
3. Hingham — +63
4. Newburyport — +61
5. Greater Lowell Tech — +59

Top defenses (goals allowed per game)

1. Newburyport — 0.19 (3 in 16)
2. Bishop Feehan — 0.38 (6 in 16)
3. Hingham — 0.39 (7 in 18)
4. Shrewsbury — 0.44 (7 in 16)
5. Cohasset and Cardinal Spellman — 0.47 (7 in 15 each)

Card photo: "Overlooking Quabbin Reservoir from Quabbin Hill Rd, Ware MA" by John Phelan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

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