DURHAM — The Oyster River High School volleyball team rebounded from its first loss of the season earlier in the week, and beat Somersworth, 3-1 in a Division II match on Friday, Oct. 16.
Both teams are now 13-1 on the season. Individual set scores were 25-22, 25-16, 19-25, 25-21.
Emily Runions had 18 kills for Somersworth, while Abby Brown had 11 kills and 13 digs. Teammates Paige Demers (eight kills, four blocks), Kylie Pettengill (33 assists) and Nina Sousa (five aces, 13 service points) all shined for the Hilltoppers.
GIRLS SOCCER
Oyster River 2
St. Thomas Aquinas 0
DOVER - Alyssa Monahan and Abby Davis both scored a goal for Oyster River in its Division II win.
Portsmouth Christian 7
Mount Royal 0
DOVER — Tilly Arico's three goals and one assist led PCA (12-1) to this Division IV win. Jaela Stockbower added two goals for the Eagles, while Sylvie Wamberg had a goal and two assists, and Sophie Anderson added a goal. PCA goalkeeper Eliza Arwood made five saves.
Marshwood 2
Sanford 1
SANFORD, Maine - Aubree deWildt and Tiegan Boisvert both scored for Marshwood (7-5-1) in its Class A South win.
CROSS COUNTRY
Dover boys, Portsmouth girls win tri-meet
PORTSMOUTH — Nils Anderson and Zach Lefebvre finished second and third overall to lead the Dover High School boys cross country team in a tri-meet against Portsmouth and Newmarket.
The Green Wave placed five runners in the top 10 and finished with 28 points. Portsmouth was second with 34 points, followed by Newmarket with 72.
Portsmouth sophomore Gavin Leader won the race in 17 minutes, 32.9 seconds. Anderson followed in 17:45, while Lefebvre was third in 17:46.5. Newmarket's Benjamin Patrick placed fourth in 17:55.2.
Luke Dean finished fifth for Dover in 18:21.2, while Portsmouth's Wilson Jaggers (18:25.3), Nicky Beidleman (18:51.1), Dover's Finn Polzin (18:53.3), Portsmouth's Victor Mohedano (19:25.8) and Dover's Tom Wintle (19:27.6) rounded out the top 10.
In the girls race, Dover's Janelle Poulin captured the individual title in 20:48.1, but Portsmouth's depth proved to be the difference as the Clippers edged Dover by a point.
Portsmouth finished with 29 points, defeating Dover (30) and Newmarket (76).
Portsmouth's Natalie McCormack was second in 22:10.6, while Dover's Lily Fiorenza (22:22.1) and Evalee James (22:41.5) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Portsmouth placed all five scoring runners inside the top nine to secure the team victory. Jenny Ryan finished fifth in 23:03.5, Addie Lynch was sixth in 23:16.0, Kayla Ryan seventh in 24:35.5, and Charlotte McClain placed ninth in 24:51.7.
Dover's Lily Glode rounded out the Green Wave scoring in eighth place with a time of 24:43.2.
VOLLEYBALL
Portsmouth Christian Academy 3
Newfound 1
DOVER — Dylan Anderson had 11 kills and five blocks and Lexi Jordan had 27 assists and nine aces as PCA improved to 13-1 with this Division III win.
The Eagles won by scores of 25-13, 24-26, 25-10, 25-19.
Bea Monahan added eight kills and three aces in the win, while Molly Conner had eight aces and nine digs.
-Coaches are asked to e-mail game summaries to sports@seacoastonline.com.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Friday Seacoast Roundup: Oyster River, Somersworth meet in volleyball clash, more results