NORTHAMPTON — There was no shortage of goals during the Smith Vocational girls soccer’s senior night on Monday against Putnam, as the Vikings erupted for four tallies in the first half and added five more in the second to trounce the Beavers 9-0 – improving their perfect record to 7-0 this fall.

Caitlin Willard, Vanessa Antil and Maggie Lauder were celebrated following the game, and how fitting that all three of them impacted Monday’s contest in several ways.

Willard dazzled for a hat trick, scoring four goals and adding two assists to pace Smith Voc’s offensive attack. Antil, who normally plays center back, moved up to record a goal in the second half after shutting down Putnam’s offense through the first 40-plus minutes.

And although Vikings head coach Alicia Carter wanted to involve Lauder in the goal-scoring party, her goaltending prowess made it tough for Carter to pull her out of the box.

“I would’ve liked to have gotten [Lauder] on the field, but goalies are hard to take out, especially playing against a stronger Putnam offense who was giving us a little bit of a battle back there,” Carter said. “To have the other two seniors score on senior night is always a great accomplishment, especially [Antil] who doesn’t get that opportunity often.”

Erin Miller tallied one goal and two assists while Willow Hicks, Monique Fredette and Natalie Gaudette each scored one goal apiece to round out the Vikings’ goal scorers.

The trio of seniors are a huge reason why Smith Vocational is in prime position to win the Tri-County league in dominant fashion. Including Monday, the Vikings are currently outscoring opponents a combined 44-0 through their first seven games.

“The dedication, the commitment, and the leadership out of them – it’s incredible,” Carter said of her seniors. “They’ve led the way these last few years, and they mean so much to the underclassmen. Half the time I don’t even have to tell them to do stuff, they already have it done.”

Carter is in her sixth season with Smith Voc, and she’s never had a team as skilled as the one this fall.

“I don’t even have words for it, it’s incredible,” Carter said of the Vikings’ season. “It’s the strongest season we’ve had since I started in 2019. It’s the strongest team – just the whole realm of it all, they just work so well together.”

Smith Voc (7-0) looks to keep the train moving full steam ahead on Thursday afternoon when it travels to Hampden Charter East.

Amherst 3, Granby 0 — Angely Rivas scored in the first half before Madeline Hockman scored twice in the second half in the Hurricanes’ victory over the Rams Monday. 

Melanie Vasquez, Beatrice Eggemeier and Sama Mady provided the assists while Neeha Chinappa made 10 saves for Amherst. Eleanor Szlosek and Meredith Bartosz each made four saves for Granby. 

Easthampton 0, Hopkins 0 — Emmalyn Schmidt made two saves for the Golden Hawks while Addison Barr stopped five shots for the Eagles in a scoreless draw Monday. 

Northampton 9, Monson 1 — Livi Busone and Lilah Sage each had a hat trick while Malia Silver, Willow Claps and Olive Little also found the back of the net as the Blue Devils cruised to a win over the Mustangs Monday. 

Silver (2), Margaux Galvin, Claps, Teagan McDonald, Little, Sage and Eleanor Lewis provided the assists while Immani Power-Greene made one save in the victory. 

Frontier 7, Smith Academy 0 — Maddie Fagan scored twice and dished an assist, Jazzy Hayes finished with a pair of goals, Skyler Steele scored and dished two assists, Josie Fosnot and Carly Robertson each had a goal and an assist while Maggie Nichols and FaytheSobieski both had an assist in the Redhawks’ triumph Monday. 

Aylen Shaw stopped all five shots she saw in the shutout while Vivian Higuera made 18 saves for the Falcons.

Boys soccer

Hampshire 3, Mount Greylock 0 — It took awhile for the Raiders to find the back of the net, but once they did, they were in complete control.

Hampshire scored all three of its goals – Elijah Picard, William Warren and Eli Fern the scorers – in the second half to pull away for the win. Owen Miller had two assists and Joe Moro had one while Colin Holt grabbed six big saves in goal.

Turners Falls 1, Holyoke 0 — The Purple Knights were held scoreless in a loss to the Thunder on Monday afternoon.

Minnechaug 1, Belchertown 0 — The Orioles suffered a close loss to the Falcons on Monday night, their first defeat since Sept. 5.

Field hockey

Frontier 2, East Longmeadow 0 — Ashlie Galenski tallied in the first half and added a second goal in the second half, propelling the Redhawks past the Spartans on Monday in South Deerfield. 

Claire Kirkendall and Stella Heflin provided the assists while Kyra Richards made eight saves in the win. 

Greenfield 4, Northampton 0 — Charlotte Johnson-Mersack made an impressive 24 saves for the Blue Devils in a loss to the Green Wave Monday. 

Girls volleyball

Amherst 3, Turners Falls 1 — Set scores were 25-19, 25-23, 21-25, 25-15 as the ‘Canes battled to a road win on Monday.

Golf

Amherst 189, Chicopee Comp 190 — Ben Scott fired a 45 while Nate Ziomek shot a 46 as the Hurricanes edged out a win over the Colts on Monday at Amherst Golf Club Monday. 

Phineas Pyecroft (47) and Callum Bohne (51) also scored for Amherst. 

Belchertown 162, Northampton 169 — Two of the best teams in Hampshire County clashed on the links on Monday, with the Orioles getting a stellar round of 36 from Michael Murray (match medalist) to help fend off the Blue Devils.

Reilly Fowles of Northampton shot a 38 to pace his squad in defeat.

Franklin Tech 161, Hopkins 196 — Ryley Regan (37), Jack Dyjach (47), Chase Earle (50) and Jessica Waskiewicz (52) scored for the Golden Hawks in a loss to the Eagles at Holyoke Country Club Monday. 

Pioneer 171, Easthampton 203 — Jacob Murrett (48), Kaden Cormier (50), Amelia Gruber (51) and Aiden Subocz (54) scored for the Eagles in a loss to the Panthers at Holyoke Country Club Monday. 

Frontier 173, Chicopee 234 — Cam Skiffinton was the medalist with a 41 while Ryan Cetto shot a 42 in the Redhawks’ triumph over the Pacers at Chicopee Country Club Monday. 

Brady Wood (44) and Porter Hall (46) also scored for Frontier. 

Late weekend results

Boys soccer

Hampshire 1, Brattleboro 0 — Owen Miller put home the game-winner for the host Raiders on Saturday afternoon, finishing off a pass from Jack Cameron.

Colin Holt made five saves on five shots in the shutout victory.

Smith Academy 3, Gateway 1 — Cajun Benson netted a pair of goals for the Falcons while Jack Brady added one, securing them a win over Hampshire County foe Gateway on Friday night. Harrison LaFlamme, Ian Guzowski and Matthew Scagel tallied assists each recorded assists for Smith Academy while Jake Wilcox stopped three shots in goal.

The Gators’ lone goal belonged to Theo DeAngelos-Page assisted by Roan Boeri. Gateway goalie Zack Hess made nine saves in the box.

Easthampton 1, Frontier 0 — Brayden O’Connor scored the one and only goal during Friday’s contest between the Eagles and Hawks, securing a huge win for Easthampton.

Sam Barr made a whopping 20 saves in goal to earn the shutout.

Golf

Smith Vocational 183, St. Mary’s 200 — Behind a match-low round of 43 and a three more scores below 50, the Vikings enjoyed a win over the Saints on Friday.

Dom Crouchier (45), James Lavallee (46) and Conor Braunschweig (49) were the other scorers for Smith Vocational.

Girls soccer

Hopkins 2, Smith Academy 0 — The Golden Hawks remained undefeated with a goal in each half during Saturday’s contest with the Falcons.

Ephie Vissas and Alayna Bailey scored goals for Hopkins while Olivia Earle and Helen Vissas dished out assists.

Smith Academy keeper Madison Zononi grabbed 17 saves in a strong effort in goal.

Field hockey

Frontier 1, St. Mary’s 1 — The Redhawks grabbed a goal in the first quarter off the stick of Macy DeMaio (assisted by Stella Heflin), but they couldn’t put home any other goals in what ended up being a draw with the Saints.

St. Mary’s added a goal in the fourth to knot the game up.

Cross country

Northampton

Ten girls and eight boys from Blue Devils cross country programs competed in the MSTCA Frank Kelley Invitational at Wrentham Development Center over the weekend.

The Northampton girls had a strong showing, with a fourth-place finish behind three Division 1 schools. Northampton was the top Division 2 team at the meet.

Three Blue Devils medaled – with Maeve O’Neil (10th, 18:52.22)  breaking 19 minutes and Mairead O’Neil (19:17.23) taking 13th. Charlotte Shimpach (19:48.57) grabbed 22nd as the field inclu ded 100 top 10 runners from both  large and small schools.

On the boys side, Owen Daggett led the way with a 17:09.33 personal record, good for 79th place.

Amherst

The Hurricanes hosted the 28th annual Amherst Invitational held at Amherst Regional High School over the weekend.

For the girls, Amherst narrowly defeated Concord-Carlisle 45-54 behind strong performances from Megan Moran (fourth, 19:37), Genevieve Dole (seventh, 21:16) and Marit MacDonald (eighth, 21:22).

The ‘Canes boys finished second out of 10 teams with 76 points. Shrewsbury won with 27 points. Amherst's top finisher was Calvin Miller in 17:01, with Ro drigo Miranda (17:10) right behind him in sixth and Amherst's Nico Lisle (17:18) taking eighth.