Groton — Fitch High School volleyball coach Steve Banks believed, in time, his team had the talent to be pretty good this season once all the youngsters got acclimated.

The Falcons exceeded Banks’ expectations. Senior Olivia Nordstrom had 25 assists and classmate Caroline Parker added 15 digs as Fitch beat East Lyme on Monday 25-15, 27-25, 9-25, 25-21 to clinch the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I title.

The Falcons (11-5, 7-0) start three seniors, four sophomores and a freshman.

“I never really envisioned this happening,” Banks said. “I told the kids early that we’d be a better team in mid-October than early-September and I think they’re starting to believe it. I think they’re starting to believe in themselves. We have a good mix with a couple of seniors and a couple of young kids.

“If you can play together as a team, the sky is the limit.”

Ryana Kelsey had 12 kills for Fitch.

Madison Bell had 26 digs for East Lyme (6-7, 3-3) and Kamryn Ebersole had seven kills.

In other matches:

• Gretchen Dusza had 30 assists and 18 digs as Waterford edged Montville 24-26, 25-18, 25-12, 24-26, 15-9 in an ECC Division II match. Sydney Tabor had 10 digs and eight kills, Ana Magano eight aces and seven kills and Olivia Pacheco seven aces and seven kills for Waterford (8-7, 4-2). Montville is 4-12, 1-6.

• Savannah Gallucci had eight aces and two digs as Wheeler beat Grasso Tech 25-21, 25-19, 25-11. Gracie Anglin had four kills and three aces for Wheeler (5-11) and Raina Haase added six kills and two aces. Preonna Boyd-Cannon had seven digs, four kills and four aces, Haley Beal had four blocks and two assists and Erin Blake had four digs and a kill for Grasso.

• Sela Gill had 13 assists and Meghann Coers seven kills as Ledyard beat New London 25-15, 25-15, 25-21 in an ECC Division I match. Isabelle Hammar had six kills and Liz Martin five aces for Ledyard (7-9, 2-5). Madyson Robledo had 11 assists and four kills for New London (1-12, 0-6) and Twlylah Greaves had four kills, four digs and two blocks. Also, Jeannie Joseph had eight digs and Victoria Vasquez five kills.

• Wilcox Tech outlasted Norwich Tech 14-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 15-8 in the CSC. Madison Bodley had 18 kills and five digs for Norwich Tech (13-3) and Halle Baron had 18 assists. Emily Cherwin added six aces and two blocks.

• Livy Schumacher had nine digs and eight kills for Old Lyme in a 25-8, 15-25, 25-12, 25-12 loss to North Branford. Una Barrett had 22 assists for Old Lyme and Lexi Duddy had five kills and four aces.

H.S. boys' soccer

• Stephen Lavoie had two goals and an assist as Waterford beat Killingly 4-0 to set up a winner-take-all game with Bacon Academy for the ECC Division II title. Cory Conderino and Jorge Paucar scored for the Lancers (12-2-1, 7-1-1) and Jose Fuentes and Colin Shannon each had an assist. Waterford plays at Bacon at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.

• Bacon Academy defeated Montville 2-0. Nik Strcikland made three saves for Montville (7-6, 3-6).

• Hunter Baillargeon scored a first-half goal in St. Bernard's 1-0 victory over Plainfield in an ECC Division III matchup. Juan Uran had 15 saves in the shutout for St. Bernard (5-8-1, 5-5-1).

• Frankie Delcampo scored once in each half in Fitch's 5-1 victory over Ledyard in an ECC Division I game. Gabe Messina also had a goal and an assist and Meshama Charles and Giovanni Valentine also scored for Fitch (7-5, 4-4), which also got a combined 13 saves from Weston Jacey and Nick Helbig. A.J. Genova scored on a penalty kick in the second half for Ledyard (6-8, 2-5).

• David Hernandez, Nathan Cherenzia, Armstrong Alcius and Karl Theodore all scored goals for Norwich Free Academy in a 4-0 shutout against New London in an ECC Division I game. Troy Maurer made five saves for NFA (6-6, 6-1). Giuseppe Conte made 13 saves for New London (2-11, 0-7).

• Qameron Mendez-Neff, Mariano Alarcon and Chris Pulaski scored for Norwich Tech in its 3-1 win over Vinal Tech in the Constitution State Conference. Kevin Porras and Evan Socha each had an assist for the Warriors.

• Cody Jackson scored with 24 seconds left in the first overtime to give Griswold a 3-2 win over Wheeler in the ECC Division III. Mason Rubino and Joe Beausoleil scored for Griswold. Josh Lapid and Connor Melinosky scored for Wheeler (3-10-1, 3-7) and Ryan Condon and Caleb Melinosky each had an assist.

• Woodstock Academy topped Stonington 5-0 in an ECC Division II game. Stonington is 7-5-2, 3-4-2.

Girls' soccer

• Watkinson had a three-goal lead at halftime and beat Williams 5-2. Camryn Werbinski and Audrey Matson scored in the second half for Williams.

H.S. swimming

• Sophia Podeszwa (diving) and Caitlin Henderson (100-meter breaststroke) won events in Waterford's 97-86 nonconference loss to Haddam-Killingworth. Cassie Garrelts and Caitlyn VonFeldt each won two individual events and two relays each for H-K. Waterford is 6-4.