Enfield Captures Openers in Girls Soccer, Field Hockey State Tournaments

ENFIELD, CT — A two-sport doubleheader at Enfield High School proved highly successful for the host school Wednesday.

Girls soccer opened the afternoon by blanking Hamden 2-0 in the opening round of the Class LL state tournament.

Bella Laramee and Danielle Delano scored the Eagle goals, with Mykenah Marcotte earning assists on both. Cat Fonseca earned the shutout in goal, making six saves.

Fourth-seeded Enfield will host No. 13 Wilton in the second round Friday at 6 p.m.

Shortly after the soccer game concluded, the second-seeded field hockey team took to the turf and duplicated their counterparts' efforts, posting a 2-0 victory over No. 15 Newtown to advance into the quarterfinals of the Class L tournament.

Enfield goals were tallied by Mikayla March, assisted by Taylor Geaglone, and Tori Geaglone, set up by Jessie Maier. Kelly Mazza stopped six shots to record the shutout for the Eagles.

Enfield will host No. 7 Norwalk Friday at 3 p.m., kicking off a second straight doubleheader of girls' tournament excitement.

Here are Wednesday's girls soccer and field hockey tournament results for schools within Hartford and Tolland counties. Click on the class header for a complete bracket.

GIRLS SOCCER

Class LL (first round)
No. 4 Enfield 2, No. 29 Hamden 0 (next: No. 13 Wilton at Enfield, Friday 6 p.m.)
No. 2 Suffield 6, No. 31 Simsbury 0 (next: No. 18 Fairfield Warde at Suffield, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 10 Newington 4, No. 23 Manchester 2 (next: Newington at No. 7 Amity Regional, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 6 South Windsor 2, No. 27 Hall 0 (next: No. 11 Middletown at South Windsor, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 17 Shelton 4, No. 16 Southington 0
No. 13 Wilton 1, No. 20 E.O. Smith 0
No. 3 Ridgefield 5, No. 30 East Hartford 1
No. 11 Middletown 4, No. 22 Conard 0

Class L (first round)
No. 17 Farmington 7, No. 16 Bullard Havens 0 (next: Farmington at No. 1 RHAM, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 10 Berlin 6, No. 23 North Haven 2 (next: Berlin at No. 7 Daniel Hand, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 11 Avon 4, No. 22 Wethersfield 2 (next: Avon at No. 6 Pomperaug, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 9 Sheehan 2, No. 24 Rockville 0
No. 13 Joel Barlow 6, No. 20 Bristol Eastern 1

Class M (second round)
No. 17 Tolland 6, No. 1 Plainfield 0 (next: Tolland at No. 8 Watertown, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 10 Northwest Catholic 3, No. 26 Rocky Hill 2 (next: No. 15 Immaculate at Northwest Catholic, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 3 Lewis Mills 4, No. 19 Morgan 1 (next: No. 27 New Fairfield at Lewis Mills, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 8 Watertown 3, No. 9 Granby Memorial 1
No. 4 Notre Dame-Fairfield 4, No. 20 East Catholic 1

Class S (second round)
No. 1 Capital Prep 4, No. 17 Stafford 3 (next: No. 24 Portland at Capital Prep, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 12 St. Paul 4, No. 5 Housatonic Regional 2 (next: No. 13 Old Saybrook at St. Paul, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 7 Coventry 2, No. 10 Holy Cross 1 (next: Coventry at No. 2 Old Lyme, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 14 Bolton 6, No. 3 Innovation 0 (next: Bolton at No. 11 Terryville, Friday 2 p.m.)
No. 24 Portland 5, No. 8 Public Safety/Aerospace 1
No. 2 Old Lyme 4, No. 18 Somers 1

FIELD HOCKEY

Class L (first round)
No. 1 Glastonbury 3, No. 16 Simsbury 2 (next: No. 8 South Windsor at Glastonbury, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 8 South Windsor 1, No. 9 Hamden 0 (next: South Windsor at No. 1 Glastonbury, Friday 4 p.m.)
No. 2 Enfield 2, No. 15 Newtown 0 (next: No. 7 Norwalk at Enfield, Friday 3 p.m.)

Photo credits: Tim Jensen

Video credit: Rob Fortier