Friday Seacoast Roundup: St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer cruises in opener

DOVER — Junior Ryan Dyer scored less than a minute into the match and finished with four goals and an assist to lead the St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team to a 6-1 Division III season-opening victory over Pelham on Friday, Aug. 28.

>"Honestly, I knew he had a few goals today, but until I looked down at our stat sheet, I didn't know he had four," St. Thomas head coach Ethan Rech said. "I thought he played well. He got into some really good positions to finish, and credit to the players who were able to feed him the ball today."

>Conall Ciaschini added two goals and two assists for the Saints, while Camden Murphy, Eli Koelker and Philipp Redder each recorded an assist.

BOYS SOCCERBedford 6

>Winnacunnet 1

>BEDFORD — David Cuceu, assisted by Nate Dillon, scored the lone goal for Winnacunnet in its Division I season opener. WHS goalkeeper Jed Ziolkowski made three saves.

>Portsmouth Christian 1

>Woodsville 0

>WOODSVILLE — Sam Monahan scored the game's lone goal off an assist from Logan Summers in Portsmouth Christian's Division IV season opener.

>PCA goalkeeper Jackson Malone made three saves to earn the shutout.

GIRLS SOCCERExeter 3

>Bishop Guertin 0

>NASHUA — Harper Levitsky, Olivia Plante and Mallory Fisher each scored as Exeter opened its Division I season with a victory at Stellos Stadium.

>Mya Dinneen recorded two assists, while goalkeeper Brynn Anderson made three saves in the shutout.

>Dover 1

>Merrimack 1

>DOVER — Noelle Pelletier scored Dover's lone goal in its Division I season opener. Goalkeeper Norah O'Malley turned aside 19 shots.

>Newmarket 4

>Lin-Wood 2

>LINCOLN — The Mules trailed 1-0 at halftime and later fell behind 2-1 before scoring three unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes to claim the Division IV season-opening victory.

>Audrey Orcutt recorded a hat trick to lead the offense, while Dimitra Zygouri added a goal and two assists. Arianna Moulton and Sofia Bellamente each had an assist.

>Ashlyn Szelog was in goal for Newmarket.

>Portsmouth Christian 2

>Woodsville 0

>WOODSVILLE — Freshman Sylvie Wamberg scored both goals in Portsmouth Christian's season-opening Division IV victory. Shea Howe added an assist.

FIELD HOCKEYExeter 2

>Goffstown 1

>GOFFSTOWN — Jane Lyons scored both goals to lead Exeter to a Division I season-opening victory over Goffstown.

>This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Friday Seacoast Roundup: St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer cruises in opener