For the first time in more than two years, the Amherst Regional field hockey team won.
The Hurricanes beat Franklin Tech 3-0 on Tuesday in Amherst. The win snapped a 39-game losing streak that stretched to the last game of the 2014 season.
“They were absolutely joy-filled,” Amherst coach Michelle Risch said. “I think they felt a huge amount of relief.
Rachel Kawell, Lindsey Campbell and Sora Green found the net. It was Amherst’s highest scoring output since an 8-0 win over Cathedral in 2014.
Zora Dallman added an assist on Kawell’s goal for Amherst (1-3, 1-0 Tri-County).
Lyda Sullivan played the first half in net, making two saves, and Taiya Amaya stopped one shot in the second half.
Amherst tied Agawam in its second-to-last game in the 2014 season. Amherst last won when it beat West Springfield, 1-0, on Oct. 18, 2014.
Longmeadow 6, Northampton 0 — The Blue Devils trailed 1-0 at halftime before the Lancers put the game away in the second half.
Danielle Parent made seven saves for Northampton (1-2, 0-1 Suburban).
Minnechaug 2, South Hadley 0 — Brittany Cote stopped 20 shots in a home loss.
The Tigers (2-1) trailed 1-0 at halftime and put five shots on goal.
Boys soccer
Mahar 1, Smith Academy 0 — The Falcons (2-3, 2-1 McGrath) played the Senators tough, but a goal to the far post past a screened Matt Bouley resulted in the lone goal 16 minutes into the second half.
Bouley finished with nine saves.
Smith had six shots on net all turned aside.
Frontier Regional 1, Central 0 — Connor Bagdon scored the game-winner in the 46th minute unassisted.
Peter Bronke stopped five shots for the Red Hawks (4-0-2, 3-0 Moriarty).
Easthampton 2, South Hadley 0 — Anthony Soucy and Chris Williams scored for the Eagles, who got back in the win column.
Adam Johndrow and Nick Soucy added assists, while Drew Caires stopped four shots for Easthampton (4-2, 3-1 Schmid).
Clayton Koppi made nine saves for South Hadley (4-1, 1-1).
Southwick 3, Hampshire Regional 1 — Mike McColgan tied the game at 1-1 in the second half for the Raiders (1-4, 1-2 Holley), but the Rams (4-0, 3-0) answered with two more tallies to win in Westhampton.
Jordan Washburn had an assist, while Colin Boyle made nine saves.
Smith Vocational 1, Pathfinder 1 — Anthony Palazzi put the Vikings ahead in the first half, but Pathfinder equalized in the second.
Jacob Rafus added an assist, while Smith Vocational (0-2-1, 0-0-1 Tri-County) goalies Tom Doyle and Brett Hasteltine made four saves each.
Hopkins Academy 4, Athol 1 — Ben Anderson scored twice and added an assist for the Golden Hawks.
Jupiter Fetler and Mark Peirce also found the net, while Mik Gnobo had an assist. Adam Yahman stopped seven shots for Hopkins (5-1, 4-0 Schmid).
The game was tied at 1 at halftime. The Golden Hawks scored four goals in a row.
Minnechaug 3, Belchertown 0 — Quinn Roche and Marissa Courchesne each had three kills and two blocks in a 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 loss.
Cassidy Genereux added six assists for Belchertown (4-2).