Plainfield — St. Bernard School advanced to the final of the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II girls' basketball tournament on Saturday.

And the Saints did so without Caitlyn Dittman's usual offensive output. Junior Briana Beverly stepped up with a 14-point performance which helped spark the second-seeded Saints to a 33-24 win over No. 3 Lyman Memorial in a semifinal on Saturday afternoon. The Saints (17-5) play No. 4 Woodstock Academy in the tournament final Wednesday at NFA at 5:30 p.m. Woodstock beat ECC Division III champion and top-seeded Windham 62-50 in the other semifinal.

Dittman, a senior, was held to seven points but did have 15 rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots.

"(Lyman) double-teamed Dittman and as soon as she got the ball there would be three people on her,'' said St. Bernard coach Mike Nystrom. "They did a good job against her.''

Beverly had 10 of her points in the first half as the Saints took a 16-13 halftime lead. Lyman led 24-20 after three quarters but the Saints sealed the win by outscoring Lyman 13-4 in the fourth quarter.

"We had a bad third quarter,'' said Nystrom. "Then we started pressing them. We pressed them man-to-man and it seemed to jumpstart us a little too. We got them away from their offense a little.''

St. Bernard and Woodstock didn't meet in the regular season, but Nystrom has seen the Centaurs play three times.

"They're athletic, they have good size and they're tough inside,'' said Nystrom. "They're bigger than we are outside of Dittman and they've got a couple of shooters. We're going to have to play pretty well to beat them.''

And having Beverly contribute could go a long way in that direction.

"This helps Bri, this is her second good game in a row,'' said Nystrom. "She's playing with more confidence. And we need her and the other players to play well in order to win.''

In other games:

• No. 4 Old Lyme was eliminated from the Shoreline Conference tournament, losing to No. 5 Westbrook 68-57 in the quarterfinals. Jordan Lewis scored 23 points, Audrey Gavin had 16 points and Maddie Zrenda had 10 rebounds for Old Lyme (13-8). Savannah Marshall led Westbrook with 33 points.  

Boys' basketball

• Ajia Brown scored 24 points as Fitch avenged an earlier loss with an 81-50 over Old Lyme. Justice Farris had 14 points, Tre' Bryant scored 13 and Sal Aiello had 10 points for Fitch (5-14). Jacob Coverdale had 11 points and Judd O'Brien scored 10 for Old Lyme (4-14), which won 54-50 on Jan. 23.

• Tyler Bourne scored 22 points as No. 8 Notre Dame-Fairfield beat Norwich Free Academy 58-53. Tyler Sebastian had 18 points, Jalen Graham scored 15 and Seth Thomas scored 12 for NFA (15-4). Noreaga Davis had 19 points for Notre Dame (18-1), which has won 17 straight since losing to No. 10 Fairfield Warde 71-54 in the semifinals of the Fairfield Prep Christmas Tournament on Dec. 26. 

Boys' fencing

• NFA swept the foil competition during a home tri-meet with Ledyard and Griswold in the ECC. The Wildcats defeated Ledyard 5-4 and Griswold 6-3 while Ledyard beat Griswold 8-1. The three teams all went 1-1 in epee as Ledyard defeated Ledyard 5-3, Ledyard defeated Griswold 5-4 and Griswold defeated NFA 5-4. In foil, Ledyard's Sam Lahti went 6-0 with a plus-24 point indicator.

Girls' fencing

• NFA swept the foil competition in an ECC tri-meet, defeating Griswold 9-0 and Ledyard 8-1 (Griswold beat Ledyard 7-2). In epee, Ledyard swept with wins over Griswold 7-2 and NFA 6-3 (NFA beat Griswold 8-1). In foil, NFA's Amanda Cilley, Caroline Mercier and Mauri Sanchi each dropped only one bout with Cilley recording a plus-24 point indicator. In epee, Ledyard's Megan McKern was 6-0 with a plus-15 point indicator.

Hockey

• The Eastern CT Eagles lost to the Milford co-op, 5-3. Milford took a 3-0 lead after one period but the Eagles czame back to tie it on second-period goals by Ryan Huta, Trent Hughson and Riley Jordan. Troy Moeller made 32 saves and Nick Hall, Zach Bradley and Quenten Dean had assists for the Eagles (4-14).