Wachusett Ends Rangers Boys Soccer Season

The Westborough High School varsity boys soccer team's season ended Saturday night with a 3-0 loss to host Wachusett in the 2013 Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Boys Soccer Central Division 1 final.

Wachusett advances to the state Division 1 semi-final against West champion West Springfield at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Westfield State University. The winner advances to the final.

Westborough (14-1-3 regular season) was seeded first in the 12-team tournament, earning a first-round bye. Wachusett (12-4-2) was seeded third.

“Our boys played hard. They played well. But it just wasn’t meant to be tonight," Rangers head coach John Hillier said.

“Coming in here, for essentially a home game for them, that’s difficult to do in any district game."

The Mountaineers' first goal came from senior Kaiichi Ash, assisted by senior Jon Asperduli, with 28:16 left in the first half.

Wachusett scored again with 7:47 left in the half, by sophomore Liam Settlerlund, from junior Mike Baker.

Ash scored again with 26:40 left in the game, from junior Ben Amaral.

“We had some problems with the dead ball plays early in the game,” Hillier said.