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D3 Semis: Grafton Defeats Dover-Sherborn in 3 OT
By Nate Weitzer @nweitzer7
CONCORD, Mass. –Grafton has been but a footnote during Dover-Sherborn’s back-to-back championship runs over the last two years.
The Raiders defeated the Indians, 16-5 in last year’s final, and demolished the three-time Division 3 Central/West champions, 14-2, in the state semifinals in 2015, but in Tuesday’s 2017 D3 state semifinal, Grafton outlasted their tormentors in a 7-6 triple overtime win to punch a ticket to the state finals, where they’ll meet either Hanover or Ipswich at Nickerson Field on Saturday.
In a game that featured six ties and four lead changes, both goalies starred, as Grafton’s Matt Nicalek and Dover-Sherborn’s Ross Barna