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The North Andover softball team rallied for eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but it wasn't enough as Newburyport held on for the 13-11 win. Susan Mather went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs and Erin Murphy went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.

Danielle Wilson was 5 for 5 with four RBIs and Susan Mather was 3 for 5 and scored four runs as North Andover's softball team won its third game, 11-9 over Newburyport.

Michaela Kane had two hits, scored twice and had a pair of RBIs as Haverhill blanked North Andover 7-0. Bryanna Michitson threw a two-hitter for the win.

Lawrence earned its first victory over an MVC opponent in four years, scoring three runs in the top of the ninth for a 9-6 victory at North Andover.

"It was kind of funny after (North Andover's) third out (in the bottom of the ninth) they weren't sure what to do," said Lawrence coach Chris Boardman, who won for the fifth time in his three years. "I told them they should walk into school a little higher tomorrow."

North Andover's softball team won its first game in a wild one, edging Triton 22-21. The Knights overcame a 10-run Triton inning in the fifth by drilling 23 hits, led by Danielle Wilson's three hits and five RBIs, Susan Mather's three hits and four RBIs and Maddie Laspisa's three hits, four RBIs and three runs scored.

Maddie LaSpisa blooped a lead-off single but Kayleigh Forgetta (4 innings) and Lauren McDonough (1 inning) threw no-hit ball the rest of the way and Methuen beat North Andover 16-0 in five innings. Kat LeFebre (4 RBI), Coralie Mathieu (2 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBI) and Morgan Adames (pinch-hit RBI double) were offensive stars.

Meg Hartnett stroked two doubles and drove in five runs while her sister Paige Hartnett also had two doubles and knocked in two runs. Andover beat up on North Andover, 17-0.