Durfee and Bristol-Plymouth lead seven road upsets as the MIAA girls soccer tournament opens

No. 33 Durfee won at Andover and now visits top seed Concord-Carlisle, Hopkinton scored seven in the first Round of 32 game, and every No. 1 seed knows its opponent.

Mass Pitch Staff · 2026-11-09

Seven lower seeds won on the road in the preliminary round of the MIAA girls soccer tournament from Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 8, and six of them are still playing. The biggest jump came in Division 1, where No. 33 Durfee won 3-1 at No. 32 Andover on Saturday. Durfee's reward is a Round of 32 game at top seed Concord-Carlisle on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Forty-seven preliminary-round games and the first four Round of 32 games are final. The Round of 32 continues Monday and Tuesday in all five divisions, and every No. 1 seed now knows its opponent.

Seven road wins

Bristol-Plymouth, No. 38 in Division 2, opened the tournament on Friday by winning 3-2 at No. 27 Billerica Memorial, the widest seed gap of any upset. Its run ended on Sunday in a 3-2 loss at No. 6 Milton, a one-goal game against the sixth seed two days after its first-round win. Billerica Memorial scored twice in its loss.

Also on Friday, No. 35 Westport won 2-1 at No. 30 O'Bryant in Division 4. Westport plays No. 3 Douglas on Monday at 7 p.m. at Auburn High School.

Durfee was one of five lower seeds to win on the road on Saturday. The other four:

• In Division 2, No. 34 Shepherd Hill won 1-0 at No. 31 Longmeadow. Shepherd Hill plays No. 2 Hingham on Monday at 6 p.m.
• In Division 3, No. 37 Dighton-Rehoboth won 1-0 at No. 28 North Middlesex and plays No. 5 Foxborough on Monday at 6:30 p.m.
• Also in Division 3, No. 34 Saint Mary's won 2-0 at No. 31 Groton-Dunstable. Saint Mary's plays No. 2 Norwell on Monday at 5:15 p.m.
• In Division 4, No. 36 Blackstone-Millville won 4-3 at No. 29 Mashpee. Natalia Morais scored three goals and assisted on the fourth. Blackstone-Millville plays No. 4 Sandwich on Monday at 5 p.m. Mashpee scored three times in the one-goal loss.

Round of 32 opens

Four Round of 32 games were played on Sunday.

No. 18 Hopkinton won 7-3 at No. 15 Newton South in Division 1. Hopkinton plays the winner of Monday's game between No. 2 Wellesley and No. 31 North Andover in the Round of 16.

In Division 2, No. 17 Northampton won 1-0 at No. 16 Marblehead and will play the winner of top seed Duxbury and No. 32 Stoughton. Milton beat Bristol-Plymouth 3-2 and plays the winner of No. 11 Sharon and No. 22 North Quincy.

In Division 5, No. 16 Saint John Paul II beat No. 17 Nashoba Valley Tech 3-2 at Barnstable High School. It plays the winner of top seed Granby and No. 32 Hoosac Valley.

The top seeds' opponents

Three of the five 32-versus-33 games ended 1-0.

• Division 1: Concord-Carlisle hosts Durfee on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
• Division 2: Duxbury hosts Stoughton, a 1-0 winner over No. 33 Archbishop Williams, on Monday at 6 p.m.
• Division 3: Medfield hosts Falmouth, a 1-0 winner over No. 33 Quabbin Regional, on Monday at 5 p.m.
• Division 4: Cohasset hosts Easthampton, a 1-0 winner over No. 33 Gardner, on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• Division 5: Granby hosts Hoosac Valley, a 3-0 winner over No. 33 Collegiate Charter School of Lowell, on Monday at 2 p.m.

No. 3 Bishop Feehan hosts No. 30 Chelmsford in Division 1 on Monday at 5 p.m.

Double digits

Four teams scored 10 goals. No. 24 Marshfield beat No. 41 Chelsea 10-0 in Division 2, No. 19 Southwick beat No. 46 Athol 10-0 and No. 20 Leicester beat No. 45 Excel Academy Charter 10-0 in Division 4, and No. 31 Gateway beat No. 34 Avon 10-5 in Division 5. Avon scored five goals in the 15-goal game, the most by any team that lost in the preliminary round.

Division 1

Preliminary round:

• No. 31 North Andover beat No. 34 Everett 4-0 and plays No. 2 Wellesley Monday at 4:30 p.m.
• No. 33 Durfee beat No. 32 Andover 3-1 and plays No. 1 Concord-Carlisle Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Round of 32, Sunday:

• No. 18 Hopkinton beat No. 15 Newton South 7-3.

Division 2

Preliminary round:

• No. 38 Bristol-Plymouth beat No. 27 Billerica Memorial 3-2.
• No. 24 Marshfield beat No. 41 Chelsea 10-0 and plays No. 9 Grafton Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• No. 25 Melrose beat No. 40 Malden 8-0 and plays No. 8 Whitman-Hanson Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 26 North Attleborough beat No. 39 Diman 3-0 and plays No. 7 Notre Dame (Hingham) Tuesday at 4 p.m.
• No. 28 Canton beat No. 37 Somerville 3-2 and plays No. 5 Oliver Ames Monday at 4:30 p.m.
• No. 29 Mansfield beat No. 36 Middleborough 2-0 and plays No. 4 Masconomet Regional Monday at 2 p.m.
• No. 30 Nashoba Regional beat No. 35 Dartmouth 2-0 and plays No. 3 King Philip Regional Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 32 Stoughton beat No. 33 Archbishop Williams 1-0 and plays No. 1 Duxbury Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 34 Shepherd Hill beat No. 31 Longmeadow 1-0 and plays No. 2 Hingham Monday at 6 p.m.

Round of 32, Sunday:

• No. 6 Milton beat No. 38 Bristol-Plymouth 3-2.
• No. 17 Northampton beat No. 16 Marblehead 1-0.

Division 3

Preliminary round:

• No. 24 Hudson beat No. 41 Boston Latin Academy 6-0 and plays No. 9 Bishop Fenwick Monday at 6:30 p.m.
• No. 19 Weston beat No. 46 Revere 6-1 and plays No. 14 Norton Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 20 Swampscott beat No. 45 Shawsheen Valley Tech 6-0 and plays No. 13 Ursuline Academy Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• No. 21 North Reading beat No. 44 Montachusett RVT 6-0 and plays No. 12 Lynnfield Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 22 Scituate beat No. 43 Fitchburg 3-0 and plays No. 11 Dedham Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 23 Pembroke beat No. 42 Chicopee 5-1 and plays No. 10 Tewksbury Memorial Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 25 Nauset beat No. 40 Pittsfield 5-0 and plays No. 8 Cardinal Spellman Monday at 4 p.m.
• No. 26 Salem beat No. 39 Marlborough 2-1 and plays No. 7 Hanover Monday at 6 p.m. Makenzie Eichel scored for Salem.
• No. 27 Ludlow beat No. 38 Martha's Vineyard 2-0 and plays No. 6 Belchertown Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• No. 29 Nipmuc Regional beat No. 36 Oakmont Regional 2-1 and plays No. 4 Pope Francis Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 30 Old Rochester beat No. 35 Greater Lowell Tech 3-0 and plays No. 3 Dover-Sherborn Monday at 5:30 p.m.
• No. 32 Falmouth beat No. 33 Quabbin Regional 1-0 and plays No. 1 Medfield Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 34 Saint Mary's beat No. 31 Groton-Dunstable 2-0 and plays No. 2 Norwell Monday at 5:15 p.m.
• No. 37 Dighton-Rehoboth beat No. 28 North Middlesex 1-0 and plays No. 5 Foxborough Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Division 4

Preliminary round:

• No. 19 Southwick beat No. 46 Athol 10-0 and plays No. 14 Wahconah Regional Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 23 Frontier beat No. 42 Springfield International Charter 8-0 and plays No. 10 Littleton Monday at 6:15 p.m.
• No. 35 Westport beat No. 30 O'Bryant 2-1 and plays No. 3 Douglas Monday at 7 p.m.
• No. 17 Georgetown beat No. 48 Brooke Charter 9-0 and plays No. 16 Millis Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
• No. 18 Northbridge beat No. 47 Westfield Technical Academy 3-0 and plays No. 15 Lunenburg Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 20 Leicester beat No. 45 Excel Academy Charter 10-0 and plays No. 13 West Bridgewater Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 21 Blue Hills RVT beat No. 44 Cathedral 3-0 and plays No. 12 Advanced Math & Science Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
• No. 22 Ipswich beat No. 43 Lynn Vocational Technical 4-0 and plays No. 11 Mount Greylock Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 24 Abington beat No. 41 Lowell Catholic 9-0 and plays No. 9 Hamilton-Wenham Monday at 6 p.m.
• No. 25 Bay Path RVT beat No. 40 St. Bernard's 1-0 and plays No. 8 South Hadley Monday at 7 p.m.
• No. 27 Uxbridge beat No. 38 Greater Lawrence Tech 4-0 and plays No. 6 Hampshire Regional Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• No. 28 Manchester Essex beat No. 37 Sturgis Charter East 6-0 and plays No. 5 Rockland Monday at 6:30 p.m.
• No. 31 Sturgis Charter West beat No. 34 Tri-County RVT 1-0 and plays No. 2 Sutton Monday at 4:30 p.m.
• No. 32 Easthampton beat No. 33 Gardner 1-0 and plays No. 1 Cohasset Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• No. 36 Blackstone-Millville beat No. 29 Mashpee 4-3, with three goals and an assist from Morais, and plays No. 4 Sandwich Monday at 5 p.m.
• No. 26 Seekonk beat No. 39 Keefe Tech 6-0 and plays No. 7 Tyngsborough Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Division 5

Preliminary round:

• No. 26 Old Colony RVT beat No. 39 Mount Everett Regional 5-1 and plays No. 7 Norfolk County Agricultural.
• No. 27 Lee beat No. 38 South Shore Charter 7-0 and plays No. 6 Rockport Monday at 4 p.m.
• No. 29 Mahar beat No. 36 Pathfinder RVT 8-0 and plays No. 4 Hopkins Academy Tuesday at 2 p.m.
• No. 31 Gateway beat No. 34 Avon 10-5 and plays No. 2 Hopedale Monday at 2 p.m.
• No. 28 Bristol County Agricultural beat No. 37 Boston International 4-1 and plays No. 5 Monson Monday at 2 p.m.
• No. 32 Hoosac Valley beat No. 33 Collegiate Charter School of Lowell 3-0 and plays No. 1 Granby Monday at 2 p.m.

Round of 32, Sunday:

• No. 16 Saint John Paul II beat No. 17 Nashoba Valley Tech 3-2.

Statewide leaders

MIAA players only. Totals are from The Mass Pitch's leaderboard.

Goals: Taylor Bello (Hingham) 34; Natalya Raiford (Academy of Notre Dame) 30; Sidney Heavey (Medfield) 27; Sarah Tressler (Central Catholic) 25; Natalie Stouch (Acton-Boxborough) and Mila Dillard (Pope Francis) 23.

Assists: Brynn Dwyer (Cohasset) 18; Bello 14; Maggie Blosser (Masconomet) 9; Tressler, Stouch, Dillard, Olive Straayer (Acton-Boxborough), Chloe Fourtzialas (Central Catholic) and Aryanna Lee (Mashpee) 8.

All of the leaders' teams except Mashpee are still in the tournament. Bello and Hingham play Shepherd Hill on Monday, Heavey and Medfield play Falmouth on Monday, Tressler and Central Catholic host No. 25 Algonquin on Monday at 6:30 p.m., and Dillard and Pope Francis host Nipmuc Regional on Monday at 5 p.m.

Key dates

The Round of 32 continues Monday, Nov. 9, and Tuesday, Nov. 10. The full list of matchups is in our Round of 32 schedule, and seeds for every division are in our Nov. 6 bracket story. Seeds and results in this roundup are from MIAA's official brackets. Some game times have changed since the brackets were released, so check the division bracket before traveling. The previous roundup covered Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Card photo: Marcus Kiley Junior High soccer field, Springfield, Mass., by davidpinter, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).