After a stunning 3-2 loss to Rockland to start the week, the Lady Dragon soccer team got back on track in convincing style with a pair of shutout wins over Hanover (5-0) and Middleboro (8-0). “It was quite a turnaround and a complete effort in both games,” said Coach Emerson Coleman. “We just didn’t play that well and we missed a ton of chances against Rockland. They played great and then we come here and play Hanover, who is always a strong team. But this time we capitalized on all our chances.”

At the 19:50 mark of the first half, senior captain Caitlin Burke scored the first of her three goals when she took a feed from Melissa Gavin and nailed a shot from the top of the box into the right hand corner for a 1-0 lead over the Indians.

Less than five minutes later Burke was at it again, taking a pass from Emily Gallagher and firing her shot along the ground from 15 yards out to increase the lead to 2-0 by halftime.

While the Lady Dragons faced a stiff breeze in their face, any chance for a Hanover comeback ended just six minutes into the second half, as Burke recorded her hat-trick on another assist from Gavin for a 3-0 margin.

Gallagher would make it 4-0 at the 18:13 mark, as she rifled a shot from 25 yards out inside the left post.

Gavin would end the Duxbury scoring midway through the half when her shot from 20 yards out rattled off the left post and found the back of the net.

“It was great to have a lot of our people get in and play, and these weren’t kids that are in our regular substitution pattern. They got to play a good 15 minutes against Hanover’s first group. It was a great job all around and I thought Meg Woomer and Emily Gallagher really had strong games,” said Coleman.

It was more of the same on Friday afternoon in Duxbury, as Gavin (3 assists), Burke, Charlotte Cipolletti, Gallagher, and Sophie Dubuisson scored first-half goals in the annual drubbing of Middleboro.

Coach Coleman went to his bench early and often, as sophomore Deidre Murphy (2) and Dubuisson finished off the Duxbury scoring in the second half.

The girls will travel to Pembroke on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. to take on the Titans.