MANSFIELD – Fourth-seeded Greater New Bedford Voke clinched a trip to the Div. 3 boy’s soccer state championship with a 3-1 victory over No. 16 Scituate.

Greater New Bedford was playing in the Final Four for the first time since 2011. The Sailors (12-7-3) were a true Cinderella team of the tournament, knocking off top-seeded Medfield and then winning a 1-0 match against East Bridgewater in the Elite Eight, and making their first appearance of the tournament.

“I spoke to my Athletic Director after preseason camp was done and he said, I don’t know what it is, and how far we’re going to go, but this team’s special” Greater New Bedford head Coach Henry Almeida said, “There’s just something about the camaraderie, and they’re just such a friend group that we have some opportunity, and that the

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