DANVERS – Westwood field hockey head coach Heather Joyce, due for her second child on November 13, told her team amid a 4-6-2 start that if it reached the Div. 2 state final, she’d give him the middle name “Flahive” – after the team’s home turf.

Now a week away from her due date, Joyce thinks the girls are messing with her.

A thrilling defensive grind Thursday night ended 22 seconds into overtime with sophomore Ellie Harrington’s game-winning goal, propelling the 10th-seeded Wolverines (12-6-2) to a 1-0 second-round win over No. 7 Masconomet.

Westwood often regressed back to the scoring struggles that plagued it early in the year, but it quickly flipped the switch in sudden-death overtime to secure its eighth straight win.

The Wolverines advance to their first Div. 2 state quarterfinal

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