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MANSFIELD - It was only a matter of time.

Then the minutes kept vanishing. Chance after chance - shots, penalty corners. The Mansfield High School field hockey team ran out of minutes, 60 minutes of regulation time in fact.

But on the strength of junior Bridgit Davis' partial breakaway goal in the fourth minute of the 7-on-7, 'sudden victory' overtime period, the fourth-seeded, once-beaten Hornets of Mansfield High prevailed 1-0 over Barnstable Friday at Alumni Field.







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