NEPSAC girls soccer tournament picture (Nov. 12): Dexter Southfield back on top in Class B, Thayer and Worcester climb into Class A's top eight

Andover's 3-2 win over Lawrence Academy put Dexter Southfield back in first in Class B. Thayer and Worcester are tied at .688 for the last two Class A spots on our table, with Nobles 10th. NEPSAC seeds come out Sunday, Nov. 15.

Mass Pitch Staff · 2026-11-12

Phillips Academy Andover moved two class tables with one result. Its 3-2 win over Lawrence Academy at Andover on Friday, Nov. 6, kept it first on our Class A page and dropped Lawrence out of first on the Class B page, where Dexter Southfield took it back.

This is the last tournament picture before the NEPSAC committee releases its seeds on Sunday, Nov. 15. Andover is 13-1-1 (.900). Dexter Southfield is 10-1-1 (.875). At the bottom of Class A's top eight, Thayer Academy and Worcester Academy are tied at .688, with Noble & Greenough School 10th at .656.

What the table is

Each class page has a "Tournament picture" table. It sorts the class by win percentage in games on The Mass Pitch, with a tie counting as half a win, and lists each school's record against the rest of its class. It is not an official ranking, a prediction or a seed list.

NEPSAC picks the fields. A committee selects and seeds an eight-team bracket in each class, weighing overall record, record against teams in the same class, head-to-head results and strength of schedule. Seeds come out Sunday, Nov. 15. The quarterfinals are Wednesday, Nov. 18, the semifinals Saturday, Nov. 21, and all four finals Sunday, Nov. 22, at The Rivers School in Weston, the schedule set in the 2026 NEPSAC girls soccer coaches' handbook posted Oct. 12.

Class A

Andover has not lost since a 1-0 defeat at Austin Preparatory School on Oct. 7. Its last three wins came by one goal: 1-0 over Deerfield Academy on Oct. 31, 1-0 at Noble & Greenough on Nov. 4 and 3-2 over Lawrence. It is 7-1-1 against Class A. Anne Dunn has 7 goals and 3 assists.

Austin Prep is second at 11-0-4 (.867) and is still the only Class A team without a loss. It beat Brewster Academy 1-0 at home on Wednesday, after a 4-0 win at Wilbraham & Monson Academy on Nov. 4, and it is 6-0-3 against the class. Ellie Poulos has 7 goals.

Three Connecticut schools are in the top six. Miss Porter's School (Conn.) is third at 9-1-1 (.864) after beating Choate Rosemary Hall 5-1 on Nov. 7 and Canterbury School 9-0 on Wednesday. Westminster School (Conn.) is fourth at 10-1-2 after a 2-1 win at Loomis-Chaffee on Nov. 7, and The Taft School (Conn.) is sixth at 9-2-2.

Milton Academy is fifth at 13-3-1 (.794), the same spot as a week ago, after an 8-0 win over The Governors Academy on Nov. 7.

The bottom of the top eight changed the most. Thayer was ninth last week and is seventh at 11-5-0 (.688). It has won three straight without allowing a goal, the last a 1-0 win at Buckingham Browne & Nichols on Nov. 7, and its 5-2-0 record against Class A includes a 2-0 win over Nobles on Oct. 17. All five of its losses came against Austin Prep, Andover, Lawrence, Tabor and Groton School.

Worcester was 12th and is eighth, also at .688, at 10-4-2. It beat Exeter 2-0 on Nov. 7 and won 5-0 at St. Mark's School on Wednesday, and it has not lost since a 2-1 loss to Milton on Oct. 31. It is 4-4-2 against the class.

Convent of the Sacred Heart (Conn.) is ninth at 5-2-2 (.667), with nine games on the site.

Nobles went the other way. It was eighth a week ago and is 10th at 9-4-3 (.656) after a 1-0 loss at Brooks on Nov. 6. It beat Rivers 2-0 on Wednesday, but its 1-3-3 record against Class A is the weakest among the teams from seventh to 11th. Loomis-Chaffee (Conn.) is 11th at 6-3-2 (.636).

Still to play: Thayer hosts St. George's on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 2:15 p.m. (game) and Miss Porter's on Saturday (game). Also Saturday: Nobles hosts Milton at 12:15 p.m. (game), Worcester plays at Cushing Academy (game) and Andover hosts Phillips Exeter Academy (game).

Class B

Dexter Southfield moved from second back to first. It has won five straight since its only loss, 1-0 at Worcester on Oct. 17, including 6-0 wins over Berkshire School on Nov. 4 and The Williston Northampton School (game) on Nov. 7. It is 8-0-0 against Class B.

Lawrence is second at 12-3-0 (.800) and is 9-0-0 against Class B. All three of its losses came against Class A schools: 1-0 at Milton on Oct. 12, 2-1 at Nobles on Oct. 31 and 3-2 at Andover. Tyler Martens has 12 goals for Lawrence.

The Pingree School is third at 10-3-2 (.733) after two draws, 1-1 with Portsmouth Abbey School (R.I.) on Nov. 4 and 3-3 with Middlesex on Nov. 6. Shauna O'Brien leads the NEPSAC leaderboard with 20 goals and 11 assists, and teammate Sydney Rech has 12 goals and 11 assists.

St. George's School (R.I.) is fourth at 10-4-1 (.700) and 8-2-0 against Class B after a 2-1 win at Rivers on Nov. 6.

Dana Hall School is fifth at 12-5-1 (.694) and has won five straight, the latest 4-0 over The Winsor School on Nov. 5. It is 5-5-1 against Class B.

Tabor Academy moved from seventh to sixth at 9-4-2 (.667) after a 6-0 win at St. Mark's on Nov. 7, its seventh straight win. Teagan Forde has 15 goals. Hopkins (Conn.) is seventh at 4-1-6 in 11 games, with four games against Class B.

Middlesex School is eighth for a second week, at 8-6-4 (.556) and 5-3-3 against the class. Suffield Academy (Conn.) is ninth at 5-4-2 (.545), 11 thousandths behind.

Brooks School climbed from 15th to 12th at 7-8-1 (.469) with the win over Nobles. Rivers fell from 14th to 16th at 5-9-3 after losses to St. George's and Nobles, though it is 5-4-3 against the class.

Still to play: Thayer hosts St. George's on Thursday. On Saturday, St. George's hosts Middlesex at 1 p.m. (game), Tabor plays Brooks (game) and Lawrence hosts BB&N at noon (game).

Classes C and D

In Class C, Montrose School is second at 6-1-0 behind Greens Farms Academy (Conn.), which is 5-0-1. Brewster Academy (N.H.) is fourth at 11-4-1 after the loss at Austin Prep, and it is 6-0-1 against Class C.

In Class D, Landmark School is 4-0-1 and hosts Lexington Christian Academy on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. (game). International School of Boston is 6-1-0 and Newman School is 4-1-3.

The top eight in all four classes are on the NEPSAC tournament page, and every NEPSAC league table is on the NEPSAC standings hub. Last week's picture: Nov. 6.

Source: Mass Pitch NEPSAC Class A, B, C and D pages and game results as of Nov. 12, 2026 (all games on The Mass Pitch, not conference-only).

Card photo: Dexter Southfield campus by Daderot / Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

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