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South Coast scores for Nov. 2 and 3: Fairhaven edges Westport, and Bishop Stang volleyball opens the MIAA tournament Wednesday

Bishop Stang volleyball plays at Chicopee Comprehensive on Wednesday at 5 p.m. On Thursday, Somerset Berkley field hockey hosts Wayland at 6 p.m. and unbeaten Apponequet football plays at Foxborough at 6 p.m.

By the SC360 Sports Desk | Published Nov. 4, 2026 | Last verified Nov. 4, 2026, 11:05 a.m. ET

FAIRHAVEN Fairhaven beat Westport 1-0 in boys soccer on Monday, Nov. 2, and moved to 12-3-2, in one of the last games that count toward MIAA soccer seeding. Westport, which had lost only twice, is 12-3-3. Field hockey and volleyball already have their brackets, and the first South Coast team to play in the state tournament is Bishop Stang volleyball, which plays a Division 2 preliminary game at Chicopee Comprehensive on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m.

Boys soccer

• Monday, Nov. 2: Fairhaven 1, Westport 0, at Fairhaven.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Greater New Bedford 4, Southeastern 1, at Jeffrey E. Riley Stadium. GNB is 14-2-1.
• Monday, Nov. 2: New Bedford 4, Taunton 0, at Matos Field.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Old Rochester 2, Apponequet 0, at David S. Hagan Stadium. Old Rochester is 9-8-1.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Bristol-Plymouth 4, Shawsheen Valley 2, at Bristol-Plymouth.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Dartmouth 1, North Attleboro 1, at North Attleboro. Dartmouth is 11-2-3.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: West Bridgewater 4, Joseph Case 0, at Case.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Greater Lawrence 3, Diman 1, at Greater Lawrence.

Greater New Bedford, at 14-2-1, has the best record among the South Coast boys teams on that list. The Bears host Greater Lowell at Riley Stadium on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m., three hours after the soccer brackets come out.

Girls soccer

• Monday, Nov. 2: Durfee 4, Joseph Case 1, at Case. Durfee is 8-8-2.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Diman 3, Westport 1, at Britland Park. Diman is 9-9-2 and Westport 12-4-3.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Dartmouth 1, Barnstable 0, at Dartmouth.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Taunton 9, New Bedford 1, at Taunton.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Greater New Bedford 1, Southeastern 1, at Southeastern.
• Monday, Nov. 2: Norfolk Aggie 7, Old Colony 0, at Norfolk Aggie.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Bristol County Agricultural 3, Minuteman 0, at Minuteman.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Dartmouth 0, North Attleboro 0, at Dartmouth. Dartmouth is 8-6-2.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: East Bridgewater 3, Apponequet 0, at Apponequet. Apponequet is 10-6-1.

The MIAA's tournament schedule set Tuesday as the last day for soccer games to count toward seeding, Wednesday as the working day and Thursday, Nov. 5, at 1 p.m. for the boys and girls brackets. South Coast 360 will post every South Coast soccer seed and first-round game when they are out.

Volleyball

• Monday, Nov. 2: Old Colony 3, South Shore Tech 0, at Old Colony.
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Greater New Bedford 3, Greater Lawrence 1, at Greater Lawrence. GNB is 13-8.

Unified basketball

New Bedford's unified basketball game at Brockton on Monday, Nov. 2, was postponed. Durfee's unified team plays at Middleborough on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 3:30 p.m., and Wareham plays at Riverview School on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 3:30 p.m.

The MIAA field hockey draw

Ten South Coast field hockey teams made the state tournament, and none of them plays a preliminary game. Somerset Berkley, 15-2-1, is the highest seed in the area at No. 4 in Division 2 and the only South Coast team at home in the first round. The MIAA released the field hockey brackets Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m., and the records in the draw run through the Sunday, Nov. 1, cutoff.

• Division 1: No. 31 Durfee (10-7-1) at No. 2 Franklin, Thursday, Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m., Beaver Pond Turf, Franklin.
• Division 1: No. 27 Taunton (7-10-1) at No. 6 Winchester, Thursday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m., Winchester High School.
• Division 2: No. 29 Wayland at No. 4 Somerset Berkley (15-2-1), Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Somerset Berkley High School.
• Division 2: No. 24 Bishop Stang (12-3-3) at No. 9 Reading, Thursday, Nov. 5, 4 p.m., Hollingsworth Stadium, Reading.
• Division 2: No. 20 Dartmouth (10-5-3) at No. 13 Doherty, Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m., O'Connell Field, Worcester.
• Division 3: No. 28 Apponequet (10-5-3) at No. 5 Foxborough, Sunday, Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m., Foxborough High School.
• Division 3: No. 27 Old Rochester (10-6-2) at No. 6 Gloucester (18-0-0), Monday, Nov. 9, 5 p.m., Gloucester High School.
• Division 4: No. 17 Westport (12-2-3) at No. 16 Hamilton-Wenham, Friday, Nov. 6, 4:30 p.m., Hamilton-Wenham.
• Division 4: No. 20 Seekonk (5-9-6) at No. 13 South Hadley, Friday, Nov. 6, 5 p.m., South Hadley High School.
• Division 4: No. 25 Joseph Case (2-11-5) at No. 8 Manchester Essex, Monday, Nov. 9, 5 p.m., Manchester Essex.

The MIAA volleyball draw

Thirteen South Coast volleyball teams are in the field. Old Rochester, 17-2, drew the No. 2 seed in Division 3, and Joseph Case, 16-4, is No. 4 in the same division. Both wait on preliminary winners, as does No. 11 Fairhaven, 16-4. Old Colony, 18-2, is the No. 7 seed in Division 5. The volleyball brackets came out Tuesday at 1 p.m., with records through Sunday, Nov. 1, so Monday and Tuesday wins are not in them.

• Division 2 preliminary: No. 33 Bishop Stang (11-7) at No. 32 Chicopee Comprehensive, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 5 p.m. The winner plays at No. 1 Oliver Ames.
• Division 3 preliminary: No. 30 Dighton-Rehoboth (9-10) vs. No. 35 St. Mary's of Lynn, Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m. The winner plays No. 3 Lynnfield.
• Division 3 preliminary: No. 44 Diman (10-10) vs. No. 21 Dracut, Thursday, Nov. 5, 5 p.m. The winner plays No. 12 Blackstone Valley.
• Division 1, Round of 32: No. 20 Taunton (15-5) vs. No. 13 Newton South, Thursday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m.
• Division 4, Round of 32: No. 23 Westport (11-9) vs. No. 10 Sandwich, Thursday, Nov. 5, 5 p.m.
• Division 4, Round of 32: No. 26 Seekonk (7-12) vs. No. 7 Carver, date to be announced by the MIAA.
• Division 5, Round of 32: No. 7 Old Colony (18-2) vs. No. 26 South Lancaster Academy, Thursday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m., at Old Colony, on Old Colony's schedule.
• Division 2, Round of 32: No. 20 Somerset Berkley (13-7) vs. No. 13 Burlington, Friday, Nov. 6, 4 p.m.
• Division 2, Round of 32: No. 14 Dartmouth (12-7) vs. No. 19 Marblehead, Friday, Nov. 6, 5 p.m., at Dartmouth.
• Division 3, Round of 32: No. 18 Greater New Bedford (12-8) at No. 15 Hanover, Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30 p.m.
• Division 3, Round of 32: No. 2 Old Rochester, No. 4 Joseph Case and No. 11 Fairhaven play the winners of Taconic and Salem, Dedham and Norwell, and Medway and Pope Francis.

For other volleyball sites, check the host school's athletics page.

Games to watch Wednesday and Thursday

• Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m.: Durfee unified basketball at Middleborough.
• Wednesday, Nov. 4, 5 p.m.: Bishop Stang volleyball at Chicopee Comprehensive, Division 2 preliminary.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m.: Wareham unified basketball at Riverview School.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m.: Durfee field hockey at Franklin, Division 1.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 4 p.m.: Bishop Stang field hockey at Reading; Greater Lowell at Greater New Bedford boys soccer, Riley Stadium.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 5 p.m.: Westport volleyball vs. Sandwich, Division 4; Diman volleyball vs. Dracut, Division 3 preliminary.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m.: Taunton field hockey at Winchester; Taunton volleyball vs. Newton South; South Lancaster Academy at Old Colony volleyball.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.: Wayland at Somerset Berkley field hockey; Dartmouth field hockey at Doherty; Dighton-Rehoboth volleyball vs. St. Mary's of Lynn.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.: Apponequet football (8-0) at Foxborough (4-4), Division 5 Round of 16, Ahern Middle School, Foxborough.
• Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.: Football outside the playoffs, Falmouth at Seekonk, Connolly Field, and Greater New Bedford at Bishop Stang, Hugh Carney Stadium.

Apponequet, the No. 10 seed in Division 5, is the first South Coast football team to play in the tournament. It plays a day before the other South Coast playoff teams; our full preview of Apponequet at Foxborough has the matchup. The rest of the area's playoff teams play Friday, Nov. 6: No. 12 New Bedford at No. 5 Springfield Central at 6 p.m., No. 11 Joseph Case at No. 6 Fairhaven at 6:30 p.m. and No. 10 Bay Path at No. 7 Old Rochester at 7 p.m. Our Old Rochester preview and the full football pairings have those games.

Coaches and athletic directors can send scorers, saves, kills and other game details to news@southcoast360.com, and South Coast 360 will add them to the scores.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.

Notes

Every final in this story comes from the schools' own schedule and results pages on Arbiter Live, with both schools' pages checked where both post the game, and every seed, record, pairing, date, time and site from the MIAA's 2026 field hockey, volleyball and football bracket pages and PDFs. We read them on Nov. 4, 2026. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar. Games the schools list as scrimmages are left out.

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Sources (31)

1. Arbiter Live: Fairhaven High School boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsSchool schedule page; Fairhaven 1, Westport 0 on Nov. 2, matching Westport's page (5646760). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
2. Arbiter Live: Greater New Bedford boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsGNB 4, Southeastern 1 on Nov. 2 (Southeastern page 5646726 agrees); Greater Lowell at GNB Thu. Nov. 5, 4 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
3. Arbiter Live: New Bedford High School boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsNew Bedford 4, Taunton 0 on Nov. 2. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
4. Arbiter Live: Old Rochester Regional boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsOld Rochester 2, Apponequet 0 on Nov. 2 (Apponequet page 6078586 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
5. Arbiter Live: Bristol-Plymouth boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsBristol-Plymouth 4, Shawsheen Valley 2 on Nov. 2. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
6. Arbiter Live: Dartmouth High School boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsDartmouth 1, North Attleboro 1 on Nov. 2 (North Attleboro page 5644715 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
7. Arbiter Live: Joseph Case boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsWest Bridgewater 4, Case 0 on Nov. 3 (West Bridgewater page 9623892 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
8. Arbiter Live: Diman boys varsity soccer schedule and resultsGreater Lawrence 3, Diman 1 on Nov. 3 (Greater Lawrence page 4166151 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
9. Arbiter Live: Durfee girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsDurfee 4, Case 1 on Nov. 2 (Case page 7751429 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
10. Arbiter Live: Diman girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsDiman 3, Westport 1 on Nov. 2 (Westport page 5646761 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
11. Arbiter Live: Dartmouth High School girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsDartmouth 1, Barnstable 0 on Nov. 2 (Barnstable page 5646849 agrees); Dartmouth 0, North Attleboro 0 on Nov. 3 (page 5644716 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
12. Arbiter Live: New Bedford High School girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsTaunton 9, New Bedford 1 on Nov. 2. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
13. Arbiter Live: Greater New Bedford girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsGNB 1, Southeastern 1 on Nov. 2 (Southeastern page 5646727 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
14. Arbiter Live: Old Colony girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsNorfolk Aggie 7, Old Colony 0 on Nov. 2 (Norfolk Aggie page 5646721 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
15. Arbiter Live: Bristol County Agricultural girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsBristol Aggie 3, Minuteman 0 on Nov. 3. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
16. Arbiter Live: Apponequet girls varsity soccer schedule and resultsEast Bridgewater 3, Apponequet 0 on Nov. 3 (East Bridgewater page 5644562 agrees). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
17. Arbiter Live: Old Colony volleyball schedule and resultsOld Colony 3, South Shore Tech 0 on Nov. 2; South Lancaster Academy at Old Colony, Thu. Nov. 5, 5:30 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
18. Arbiter Live: Greater New Bedford volleyball schedule and resultsGNB 3, Greater Lawrence 1 on Nov. 3 (Greater Lawrence page 4044263 agrees); record 13-8; at Hanover, Fri. Nov. 6, 5:30 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
19. MIAA: 2026 Field Hockey Division 1 to 4 state tournament pages and bracket PDFsBrackets released Tue. Nov. 3, 11 a.m.; seeds, records, dates, times and sites for Divisions 1 to 4 (pages division-1 to division-4 and brackets-fall-2026-field-hockey-division-1.pdf to -4.pdf). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
20. MIAA: 2026 Fall Volleyball Division 1 to 5 state tournament pages and bracket PDFsBrackets released Tue. Nov. 3, 1 p.m.; seeds, records, preliminary and Round of 32 dates and times (pages division-1 to division-5 and brackets-fall-2026-volleyball-division-1.pdf to -5.pdf). Read Nov. 4, 2026.
21. Arbiter Live: Bishop Stang volleyball scheduleWed. Nov. 4, 5 p.m. at Chicopee Comprehensive High School gym. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
22. MIAA: 2026 Football Division 5 state tournament page and bracket PDFNo. 10 Apponequet at No. 7 Foxborough, Thu. Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Ahern Middle School; Foxborough 4-4 and Apponequet 8-0 in the seed list. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
23. MIAA: 2026 Football Division 1 state tournament pageNo. 12 New Bedford at No. 5 Springfield Central, Fri. Nov. 6, 6 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
24. MIAA: 2026 Football Division 6 state tournament pageNo. 11 Joseph Case at No. 6 Fairhaven, Fri. Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m.; No. 10 Bay Path at No. 7 Old Rochester, Fri. Nov. 6, 7 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
25. Arbiter Live: Seekonk football scheduleFalmouth at Seekonk, Thu. Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Connolly Field. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
26. Arbiter Live: Greater New Bedford football scheduleGNB at Bishop Stang, Thu. Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Hugh Carney Stadium, matching Stang's own schedule. Read Nov. 4, 2026, 10:25 a.m.
27. MIAA: Fall 2026 Tournament Bracket Schedule and GuidelinesPosted Oct. 27, 2026: soccer cutoff Tue. Nov. 3, working day Wed. Nov. 4, brackets Thu. Nov. 5, 1 p.m.; field hockey and volleyball cutoff Sun. Nov. 1, brackets Tue. Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
28. Arbiter Live: Durfee High School coed unified basketball scheduleAt Middleborough, Wed. Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
29. Arbiter Live: Wareham High School coed unified basketball scheduleAt Riverview School, Thu. Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
30. Arbiter Live: New Bedford High School coed unified basketball scheduleAt Brockton, Mon. Nov. 2, postponed. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
31. Arbiter Live: Dartmouth High School volleyball scheduleMarblehead at Dartmouth, Fri. Nov. 6, 5 p.m. Read Nov. 4, 2026.

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