A little pep talk and a tactical change did wonders for the Griswold boys’ soccer team on Monday.

The Wolverines rallied to tie Montville in the second half and Jacob Blanchard’s penalty kick in the first overtime completed a 2-1 win that denied the Indians a chance of winning the outright Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III title.

Both teams are 5-1-1 in the division with one match to play on Wednesday. The Wolverines visit Killingly and Montville visits to Lyman Memorial. Montville and Lyman played to a 1-1 tie on Oct. 9 while Griswold beat Killingly 3-0 on Oct. 4.

The Wolverines (11-2-1 overall) trailed 1-0 at halftime.

“They were playing really well in the first half,” Griswold head coach David Johnson said about his team. “(Montville scored) off a free kick and we were deflated. We just had to get their confidence up.

“We changed our formation to a 3-5-2 and essentially the rest of the game played on their end.”

Aiden Christie scored on an assist from Evan Merchant to tie the game in the 15th minute of the second half.

“Once they got it to overtime they were so excited,” Johnson said. “After the PK, they all pig-piled on each other.”

James Bruno had five saves for Griswold, which has outscored opponents 41-7 this season.

Aaron Gould, assisted by Colby Cowan, scored for Montville (9-4-1 overall), which beat the Wolverines 3-1 on Oct. 13, and goalie Adonis Santiago made nine saves.

In other games:

• Liam Celic scored an unassisted goal in Old Lyme's 4-1 nonleague loss to Waterford. Goalie Jonah Lathrop made 10 saves for the Wildcats (5-10). Waterford is 8-6.

• Four different players scored goals during East Hampton's 4-0 nonleague win over Lyman Memorial. Goalie Josh Person made 15 saves for the Bulldogs (3-7-3). East Hampton is 6-5-2.

Girls' soccer

• Serina Sands and Haley Tatum scored two goals apiece as Grasso Tech defeated Prince Tech 5-0 in the CTC. Natalie Smith also scored for the Eagles (2-12).

• Sophia Barker's goal with 25 minutes left broke a 1-1 tie and lifted Old Saybrook to a 2-1 nonleague win over Wheeler. The goal came only a minute after the Lions (4-7) had tied the match on a goal by Hayden Bresnan (Brooke Dowrey assisted).

H.S. volleyball

• Aaliyah Amidon had 34 assists and 17 digs as Ledyard rallied past Fitch 3-2. Game scores were 27-29, 25-22, 23-25, 25-17 and 15-11. Bryleigh Johnson added 18 digs and Mmekon Inyang 22 kills for the Colonels (14-5) while Rita Sefransky had 45 assists, Madi Aldinger 19 digs and Annalyn Cahill 24 kills for the Falcons (12-4).

• New London improved to 13-4 with a 25-14, 25-4 and 25-7 nonleague win over Cromwell. Stacey Rivera had five aces, 11 service points, three assists, one kill and five digs for the Whalers while Chrismaela Bouquet added four aces, 14 points and four digs, Je'Licia Rivera had two aces, 17 points, two kills and three digs, Wennonah Amar had six assists and 10 digs and Yarielis Ortiz had 10 digs.

• Waterford cruised to a 25-7, 25-7 and 25-13 win over Killingly. Kate Lange had five kills and four aces for the Lancers (8-10) while Emerson Lane had six kills and two blocks, Erica Mugovero six aces and Izzi Fraser 12 assists.

• Kassidy LaTour had 37 assists to highlight Lyman Memorial's 3-1 nonleague win over East Hampton. Game scores were 25-22, 24-26,25-13 and 25-17. Callie Nanos added 16 kills and seven blocks for the Bulldogs (13-2) while Fallon Bailey had 16 kills and two blocks and Mia Attardi four aces and 10 digs.

• Old Lyme defeated Norwich Tech 25-4, 25-13 and 25-23 in a nonleague match. Abby Sicuranza had nine kills, Fiona Huffard four kills and Abby Speckhals five assists for the Wildcats (10-8). Norwich Tech is also 10-8.

• Coventry defeated NFA 25-16, 25-15 and 25-22 in a nonleague match. Morgan Taintor had 10 assists and seven digs for the Wildcats (3-13) while Marissa Waters added seven kills and Miah Grant 14 digs.

College field hockey

• Goalie Jackie Mountford made 16 saves during Connecticut College's 6-0 loss to No. 3 Tufts in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Camels (2-12, 0-9) finish their season on Wednesday at Wesleyan. Tufts is 12-2, 8-1.

Women's soccer 

• Jackie Puda scored the lone goal for Conn College in a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Tufts on Sunday. Conn scored first in the 52nd minute when Old Lyme's Mya Johnson was tripped by a defender in the penalty area and Puda converted the penalty kick. Sarah Hall made five saves in goal for Conn (9-3-2, 5-3-1 NESCAC).

H.S. swimming

• Natalie Bezanson won the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and contributed to the winning 200 freestyle relay team Saturday in NFA's 93-74 victory over Ledyard. Dianna Alacron won the 100 butterfly, Dylan Levine the 500 freestyle and Levine, Mercedes Aleksjuka and Sierra Rosiaro joined Bezanson on the 200 free relay. Cate McKenzie won the 200 freestyle, Robin Zemlo the 200 individual medley and Alex Martinez-Garcia the 100 freestyle for Ledyard.