Blackstone-Millville is next
Fourth-seeded Sandwich will face Blackstone-Millville in the Division 4 Round of 32 on Monday, November 9, at 5 p.m., according to MIAA. Blackstone-Millville advanced with a 4–3 win over Mashpee.
Sandwich’s school schedule now confirms Blackstone-Millville at 5 p.m. at DeConto Stadium. Its final regular-season record is 14–3.
Eleven shutouts in fourteen wins
A count of Sandwich’s completed regular-season results yields 11 shutout victories. Its two wins over Falmouth were 2–0 and 1–0; against Nauset, it won 2–0 and 3–1. The Blue Knights also beat JPII and Monomoy twice each.
The last four wins before the finale came against Monomoy, Martha’s Vineyard, Weston and Nantucket, all without conceding. Cohasset then beat Sandwich 3–1 on November 2. That ended a seven-match winning run visible in the school’s results.
The losses show the other side
Sandwich’s three defeats were against Cohasset twice and Bridgewater-Raynham. The first Cohasset meeting finished 3–2; Bridgewater-Raynham won 5–1. Those results sit alongside the shutouts rather than disappearing behind the overall win total.
The final Division 4 rating places Cohasset first, followed by Sutton, Douglas and Sandwich. Sandwich’s 2.1136 overall rating is the sum of a 1.7647 capped margin and 0.3489 opponent component.
