HADLEY — Throughout the first 75 minutes of action, the No. 2 Hopkins Academy girls soccer team was knocking on the doorstep. The Golden Hawks had attempted nearly 30 shots, but they had no goals to show for against visiting No. 7 Pioneer.

Then Alayna Bailey struck.

Bailey received a pass from Sadie Cyr a few steps inside of the 18 in the middle of the box. She took one touch to settle it and set herself up for a clean left-footed shot. Bailey rifled the ball past the dive of Panthers goalie Kyler McClelland and into the goal to put Hopkins ahead 1-0 with five minutes remaining in the Western Mass. Class D quarterfinal round.

The Hawks held on in the final minutes – Bailey’s goal being the difference – to advance to the semifinals, where they will face No. 3 Palmer on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

“I’m very, very proud of them,” Hopkins head coach Vincent Catania said. “They kept it together mentally until the end and they didn’t break down on each other. We adapted and adjusted really well… In practice, we’ve been working on using our left foot to shoot more, and [Bailey] did a great job on her goal using her left.”

Pioneer head coach Matt Killeen and his Panthers team went to Hopkins’ regular season finale against Greenfield on Wednesday to scout the Golden Hawks knowing they would likely meet up in the opening round of the Western Mass. tournament. They saw that Hopkins had scored over 60 goals this year, and in Greenfield they saw just how lethal the offense can be.

So the Panthers packed it in, playing a 5-4-1 formation to make life harder for the Golden Hawks’ offense. Catania admitted the strategy worked following the game, but lauded his team’s ability to remain level-headed despite the good effort from Pioneer.

“We moved the ball around well and kept it in their end pretty much the entire game,” Catania said. “These are the games that are tricky, because they did an excellent job defending us. We just had to be patient. Patience is a virtue.”

No. 1 Granby 4, No. 8 Mount Everett 0 — The top-seeded Rams put home three first-half goals to overwhelm the Eagles early and eventually cruised to a 4-0 shutout victory on Saturday afternoon.

Kalli White, Molly Zumbruski and Olivia Redmond scored goals and the fourth came off a Mount Everett own goal. Granby held Mount Everett to zero shots on net.

Granby will host No. 4 Hoosac Valley in the Class D semifinals on Monday at 3 p.m.

No. 4 Hoosac Valley 4, No. 5 Smith Academy 1 — The Falcons managed just one goal in a loss to Hoosac Valley in the Class D quarterfinals on Saturday.

Smith Academy will play one more game against an opponent to be determined.

Class A quarters

No. 5 Longmeadow 2, No. 4 Northampton 0 — The Blue Devils were about as evenly matched with the Lancers as it gets, but a well-placed Longmeadow goal from 25 yards out with about 17 minutes remaining in the game pushed it through to the Class A semis.

Northampton will play in a consolation contest this week before setting its sights on the MIAA Division 2 tournament.

Class B quarters

No. 1 Belchertown 5, No. 8 Pittsfield 0 — The top-seeded Orioles looked every bit the part on Saturday afternoon, blanking the Generals 5-0 to advance to the Class B semis, where they will take on No. 5 Monument Mountain.

Morghan Litz buried two goals while Mia Corish, Alexa Karabestos and Isabel Moreau each scored once for Belchertown. Jill Debarge stopped the only shot she faced in the win.

No. 2 South Hadley 3, No. 7 Easthampton 0 — Allison Fleury’s dominant day propelled the Tigers to a 3-0 win on Saturday and into the Class B semifinals against Southwick. Fleury scored a pair of goals and dished out an assist in the victory, and Margo Watkins scored as well.

CC Gurek made three saves to earn the shutout for South Hadley while Easthampton’s Addison Barr was tremendous on Saturday, making 17 saves on 20 attempts.

No. 5 Monument Mountain 2, No. 4 Hampshire 1 (OT) — The Raiders led 1-0 at halftime, but Monument Mountain scored a second-half equalizer and added the overtime winner to advance to the semis against No. 1 Belchertown.

Shayne Moynahan scored the lone Hampshire goal assisted by Libby Puttick, and goalie Karaghan Rogalski made a dozen saves in the loss.

No. 3 Southwick 5, No. 6 Frontier 0 — The Redhawks couldn’t find enough scoring opportunities to match the Rams’ five goals on Saturday, as their tournament run ends briefly in the quarterfinals.

Frontier will play a non-playoff matchup game before turning its attention to the Division 4 state tournament.

Boys soccer

Class B quarters

No. 4 Belchertown 2, No. 5 Monument Mountain 1 — After going down 1-0 in the first half, the Orioles scored the game’s next and final two goals to come from behind and defeat the Spartans to advance to the Class B semis, where they will take on No. 1 Pope Francis.

Gavin Boisjolie and Ian McDonald each netted a goal for Belchertown while Esat Cayan and Chase Connor tallied assists. Jack Mandeville stopped four shots in net.

No. 1 Pope Francis 5, No. 8 South Hadley 2 — Carlos David and Matt Gillis recorded the goals for the Tigers, but it wasn’t enough to hang with high-powered Pope Francis, the top seed in Class B.

Jack Chagnon added an assist while Noah Carillon made 10 saves in goal for South Hadley.

Class D quarters

No. 2 Granby 1, No. 7 Hopkins 0 — The Rams got a huge second-half goal from Sam Moure that ultimately was the difference in their 1-0 win over the Golden Hawks on Saturday afternoon. Jaxton Roy picked up the assist on the Moure tally.

Granby goalie Daniel Santiago made two saves while Hopkins keeper Logan Bye recorded four.

The Rams will host No. 3 Monson in the semifinals on Tuesday at 3 p.m.

No. 4 Smith Academy 3, No. 5 Turners Falls 1 — Three different goal scorers helped the Falcons defeat the Thunder and advance to the Class D semifinals against Pioneer on Tuesday night.

Both Cajun Benson and Cameron Graves had a goal and an assist apiece while Jack Brady scored once as well. Jake Wilcox saved 10 shots in a valiant effort in goal.

No. 3 Monson 3, No. 6 PVCICS 2 — The Dragons fought back from a 3-0 deficit to make the final score 3-2, but they couldn't get one last goal to force overtime despite several good chances.

PVCICS received goals from Teddy Scott and Robert Canavan-Gosselin, and each assisted on the other's goal. Keeper Damian Loinaz made 10 saves.