The first time these two teams played it wasn’t much of a contest, as the Lady Dragons beat Sandwich 6-1.

This time around the Blue Knights put up a better fight, but still managed to come out on the short end of a 1-0 decision to Duxbury on Saturday afternoon at The Bog.

A Molly O’Sullivan goal at the 13:43 mark of the third period was all Duxbury needed to record its 14th win of the season and raise its record to 14-2-1, as it gets ready to end its regular season schedule this week in the Cougar Classic before the start of post season play.

The Lady Dragons had hammered Kells Casey in their first match, but this time around the Sandwich goaltender stood up to Duxbury, turning aside a host of first period shots including a partial break-in by Meg Muncey at the 12:31 mark.

Sandwich had its own chances, hitting the post 22 seconds later and rifling a shot on Duxbury goalie Julia Hannon from point blank range that caromed off her mask and into the corner with 6:42 left in the period.

With each scoreless minute Sandwich was building confidence, but not enough to take advantage of a two-man up situation midway through the second period. After failing to connect, momentum swung the other way, as Briana Connolly broke into the zone for an apparent scoring bid and was hauled down for a power-play opportunity.

With neither team able to break the ice, the game remained scoreless after two periods.

It took just over a minute in the third period for Duxbury to get the only goal it would need, as O’Sullivan collected the puck at her own blue line on the right side and hugged the boards, moving the puck along with the Sandwich defense.

Deep in the Sandwich zone, O’Sullivan broke free, bearing in from her right wing slot and putting her shot past Casey for what proved to be the winning goal.

It was now up to the Duxbury defense and Hannon to protect their one-goal lead, and it wasn’t easy, as Paige Statitopulous walked into the slot and fired a backhander on net at the 6:01 mark.

Two minutes later Michaela Igo had a golden opportunity, only to have Hannon flash out her glove to rob the first-line forward and keep the lead intact.

The offensive pressure was mounting on Hannon, but she held her ground one more time and stopped Kendra Noll on a partial break-in to preserve the win.

“A lot of teams are fighting to get into the tournament and we’re getting their best effort every night out there,” said Coach Friend Weiler. “I’m very proud of them because they never quit and they are working hard in these games.”

Tomorrow night the Lady Dragons will play their second game in the Cougar Class at Rockland.