Peabody Girls' Soccer Crowned Div. 1 North Champs [PHOTOS]

girls' soccer won its first Sectional title Sunday night, elevating the Lady Tanners into the semi-finals for the state tournament, along with being a berth the school hasn't seen in recent years.

Sunday at Lynn's Manning Field, Hayley Dowd fired off a pair of impressive goals followed by one from Victoria DiGiacomo to put Peabody up 3-1 over Chelmsford and giving the Lady Tanners the Division I North title.

Peabody (20-0-2) defeated a number of strong teams in the Sectional tournament -- , Concord-Carlisle, and now Chelmsford, all of which have failed to contain the Peabody powerhouse.

The Lady Tanners now face the Division I South Champion Oliver Ames Tuesday at Weymouth High School. Game time is 5:30 p.m.

The Lady Tigers, hailing from North Easton, entered the postseason with a far less impressive record (13-2-3) than Peabody's, but that didn't stop them from plowing through Falmouth, Needham, Bishop Feehan and Whitman-Hanson during the tournament. Oliver Ames also has its own recent state title.

The Lady Tigers were 2007 State Champions in Division II and then moved up to Division I in 2009.

If the Peabody girls prevail once again they will play the winner of the Nashoba/East Longmeadow game (Tuesday, 5 p.m.) for a shot at their first state title.