Daily Archives: October 12, 2022

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Knights soccer domination win over Bay Hawks

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On Saturday Oct. 8, NECC Knight dominated Bristol Community College Bay hawks 6 to 1 at home.

Assistant head coach Marcos Viera Filho was taken over for coach Eusebio Marote who did not attend in the game because he was sick.

“Momentum is actually key word,” Viera Filho said. “Something we going to talk about in our pre game talk right before kick off basically carried that momentum into our third potential win just keep it rolling,” he said before the game.  

Bay hawks are desperate and anxious for a win as they were winless 0-6 heading into Oct. 8 contest against the Knights.

Game time officially started at 12:03 pm.

The Knights didn’t waste no time scoring four goals in the first 18 minutes of the game.

Knights facing Bristol soccer at home
Knights facing Bristol soccer at home Photo by Editor-in-Chief/ Sports Editor Jose Rodriguez

Two goals from Fadi Serhan of Middletown and both assist of Serhan goal came from Sam De Amorim of Methuen.

De Amorim had two assist and a goal in a rout of 6-1 win on Saturday afternoon.

“I am glad that we took the win, I am glad that I help my team with two assist and one goal everyone here play really good and I’m happy about the result,” De Amorim said after the game.  

Ethan Mugwany of Haverhill scored the third goal of the game in the 12 minutes mark in a assist of Johnathan Diaz of Methuen.

Diaz in the 18 minutes mark make it 4-0 in favor of the Knights unassisted on the play.

In the 31 minutes mark Steve Sime of Haverhill increased their lead to 5-0.

In the first half the Knights had nine shots and  Bay Hawks zero shots on goal. The Knights also had four corner kick in the first half while Bay Hawks had one. The Knights had one foul and Bay hawks had zero. The Knights had two offside while Bay Hawks had one. No team had a yellow card Knights had one fouls and Bay Hawks 2. The Knights had two offside and Bay Hawks one.

I ask assistant coach Viera Filho how huge was having a five goal lead into the half ?

“Yeah it was big, but sometimes it’s a little worried because sometimes we might unconsciously  get the foot of the pedal but at least the guys keep it rolling and manage to put a couple goals in the second half so I am happy with that,” he said.

The Knights got ball first in the second half. 50 minutes into the game it came the sixth goal for the Knights it was De Amorim who scored who already had two assist in the ball game.

Jake Igoe of Haverhill in the 57 minutes was given a yellow card.

In the 85 minutes Nicolas Cordosa De Silva of Fall River who  scored on a penalty kick that broke the Knights shutout.

In the 89 minutes the referee gave  Guilherme Lisboa of Tauton  a yellow card.

The Knights had eight shots on goal while Bay hawks had seven. The Knights had two corner kicks and Bay hawks none. The Knights had four fouls while Bay Hawks had 6.  The Knights and Bay hawks both had two  offside a piece.

I ask assistant coach  Viera Filho, who took over Saturday contest for Coach Marote, about his first career managerial win.

“It feels good man, it feels good most important we got the win collectively as a team we got a lot of guys in there typically don’t get big minutes that’s the biggest part,” he said.

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Knights blank Mass Bay in Newton

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Knights volleyball in a match against Mass Bay
Knights volleyball in a match against Mass Bay Photo by Editor-in-Chief / Sports Editor Jose Rodriguez

On Thursday Oct. 6,  NECC Knights defeated  Mass bay in three straight set in Newton.

Knights won set one  25-14,  set two  25-23 and set three 25-12.

The start time of the game was 7:06 p.m.

The Knights was in business early in the game — they were motivated and hungry for a win on the road.

The Knights were on a 5-2 run in the first set and with a mini run the Knights increased their lead to 12-6.

Haileigh LaFlamme of Pelham, N.H., hit the ball and the ball barely got in and the Knights got the point.

Ashley Martinez of Lawrence pass it to Anny Lomete of Lawrence  and that point give the Knights the finishes touches for set one as they won 25-14.

“I was very happy with the first set we set what we used to and I think that really work well for us,” said  assistant head coach Marissa Reardon of Lawrence.

The Knights in the second set that energy that they had from the first set  carried over and they were determined that this set would be theirs and they were going to have a two set lead leading into the third.

In the second set the Knights had a three point lead over Mass Bay, all of a sudden they couldn’t hold up to that lead as they were losing 10-6.

 Reardon who was taking over for coach Mike Pelosi of Haverhill called a time out. After the time out the Knights went on a 5-2 run.

It was a close game, it was thick and thin in the second set. The Knights eventually tied the game up.

A spike by Knights captain Caroline Burns of Haverhill made it 18-17 in favor of the Knights.

The Knights eventually was down by a point late in the second set as Mass Bay tied the game at 18 and took a 19-18 lead.

The Knights then took the lead 20-19 and Mass Bay tied 20 on each side it was a nail bitter game, every point meant something for this two teams. You can see it on the players that was playing in the court and the one that was in the bench.

The Knights was up 23-22 when assistant head coach active head coach Reardon called a timeout.

The Knights eventually won the second set 25-23.

“In the second set we tried to do a little something new. I think the girls did will we haven’t run that rotation yet and I think telling them where we going thirty second before it started I think they did pretty well for that,” said Reardon.

In the third set the Knights begin the set scoring the first six point to have a 6-0 lead over Mass Bay.

Mass Bay made it a little interesting, scoring five straight point after the Knights started the set on 6-0 run the game know was 6 to 5 in favor of Knights.

The Knights increased their lead to eight points when the Knights was up 19 to 11.

Finally the Knights defeated Mass Bay 25 to 12.

“I feel is important not just as assistant coach but as a incoming player it’s very rewarding you can learn a lot from it and I think this girl are willing to work for it,” said Reardon.

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NHTI blank Knights volleyball at home

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On Wednesday Oct. 05  NECC Knights lost three sets to none against NHTI in the Sport and Fitness Center in the Haverhill Campus.

Knights lost the first set 25-11, Knights lost the second set 25-20 and the third set 25-12.

The game officially started at 6:33 pm.

The last time NHTI faced the Knights NHTI defeated the Knights to begin the 2022 campaign.

The Knights started the first set weekly they were down 5-0 and 12-3 the Knights got into rhythm and were on a 6-1 run.

NECC Knights head coach Mike Pelosi of Haverhill called a timeout when the Knights was losing 17 to 9.

Kathleen Perez-Flores of Lowell had a few unbelievable save during the first set that prevented NHTI from scoring, but it wasn’t enough as NHTI defeated the Knight’s 25-11.

The Knights in the second set was having energy and put this game a good battle against NHTI. It was back and forth battle eventually the Knights had a three point lead over NHTI. That lead was washed away the NHTI tied the game and eventually took 11-9 lead.

The Knights was losing 22-19 and eventually they lost the second set 25-20.

On the third set the Knights was down early they were losing 7 to 4 but you can feel the energy that they had during the game. The Knights were down 12 to 6 during the game.

They were trying their best to still be in the game and to make it close, but the Knights didn’t succeed, they were down by 11 as the Knights were down 20 to 9. Eventually NHTI defeats the Knights on the third set and defeat the Knights in three straight set.