Danvers got a goal and assist from both Emma Sutherland and Rylee Sullivan in the first 5 minutes of the game Monday night to help lead the Falcons to a 6-0 over Chelsea in a Div 2 prelim match.  Lila Doucette helped to set up the first goal and then scored her own in the 14th minute of play off an assist from DeAnna Figueiredo.
 

The Danvers defense of Ali Doucette, Lily Delefano, Cassidy Randall, Maddie Hanas, Lila Flynn, and Sabina Sturgeon rarely let Chelsea over midfield with the ball. Midfielders Addi McCarty, Ashley Freitas and Kaia Glover worked the ball around the pitch quickly and found open teammates throughout the first half. With three minutes to play in the half Claudia Draco’s made it 4-0 on a goal, assisted by Sullivan and set up by Glover. One minute later, Rylee Sullivan picked up her fourth point of the half of the second goal, assisted by Sturgeon to make the score 5-0 at the half.

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“The girls were really fired up to get the tournament going and they came out flying. They almost played a little too fast at times. Those were great early goals from Emma and Rylee and they really set the tone for the rest of the game. Chelsea played hard, but we had a lot of offensive pressure on them for all 80 minutes tonight.”

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Danvers added a 6th goal five minutes into the second half on a great individual play by Addi McCarty. Maggie Lamar and Sophia Blodgett had an excellent second half moving the ball quickly and setting up teammates for scoring chances. Kaitlyn Rosa played a very fast speed along with Flavia Locilento and Paige Dembowski on the forward line. Reagan Cassidy saw quality minutes at the center back and cousins Danny Scarpaci and Ella Cangiano added the strong defending on the back line with Ariana Fajardo. Goalkeeper Taylor Landry only had to make four saves in the evening, but two were terrific saves that kept the shout out intact.

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“We had a lot of young players on the field for the final 20 minutes and they looked great. They played two touch and played very un selfish. This was a good team win and we’re happy to be advancing.”

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Danvers advanced to play number nine seed Newburyport on Wednesday night at 6:30. The Falcons beat the Clippers three to one in round to a year ago.