Charlie Breitrose
Watertown senior Rachel Campbell fires a shot. She had one goal in the Raiders\’ 4-0 win over Newburyport in the state tournament game.
The Raiders scored early and pulled away late in the MIAA North Section quarterfinal against Newburport Friday afternoon.
Watertown won 4-0, with two goals coming from sophomore Kourtney Kennedy. She started the scoring less than 5 minutes into the game with a blast of a shot from over 10 yards away from goal that whizzed past Newburyport goalie Jade Carpenter.
After getting off to fast start, the Raiders had trouble getting a second tally.
“They had a lot of players piled back there,” said senior midfielder and co-captain Allie Doggett. “They were packed in there on defense.”
Charlie Breitrose
Watertown sophomore Kourtney Kennedy scored twice in the State Tournament game against Newburyport.
With around two minutes left in the first half junior Mikayla Paone scored off a pass to give Watertown a 2-0 lead.
With Newburyport concentrating on defense, they struggled to even get across midfield. They did not even have a shot on goal.
Watertown got two more goals in the final minutes of the second half, one by senior Rachel Campbell and a second from Kennedy.
Doggett expects to have some tough practices getting ready for the North Section semifinal against Tewksbury, which beat Triton 1-0 in overtime Friday.
“There is always someone wants to put a target on our back,” Doggett said.
Everyone wants to beat the Raiders, but no one had in five plus years. Watertown, 19-0 thi sye, extended its unbeaten streak to 134 games – the longest ever in Massachusetts and the second longest in the nation, ever.
Charlie Breitrose
Watertown senior co-captain Allie Doggett looks to pass the ball against Newburyport at Victory Field on Friday.