TOPSHAM — Kristen Kern scored five goals as Messalonskee opened its Eastern Maine Class A season with a 10-7 victory over Mt. Ararat on Tuesday in a high school girls lacrosse contest.

Rebecca Schuman paced Mt. Ararat (1-1 and slated to visit Edward Little on Saturday at 10 a.m.) with three goals, with Sierra Gilley adding two, and one each coming from Alyssa Curit and Carly Raymond.

Mt. Ararat goaltender Bailey Sullivan turned aside 10 shots.

Sydney Gagne and Kristyna Bernatchez each had two goals for Messalonskee (1-0).

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The visiting Red Eddies defeated the Dragons for the first time in program history with an Eastern A win in Brunswick.

Hannah Johnson had four goals and Taylor Landry added three markers and four assists for Edward Little (1-1). EL keeper Julia Langevin turned aside nine shots.

Eliza Brooks paced 0-2 Brunswick, which visits Lewiston at 4 p.m. on Thursday, with four goals. Netminder EmaLeigh Aschbrenner had eight stops.

“We played the best that we have played, but lost our momentum late in the game,” said Brunswick coach Steph Fisher. “We’re very frantic in the last six minutes. We need to work on possessing the ball rather than making desperate passes.”