Hollis Brookline High School field hockey players celebrate their go-ahead goal in Friday's Division I quarterfinal, much to the chagrin of Plymouth's Ella Duchette, left, in Hollis. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

HOLLIS – There’s no pressure like tourney pressure.

The problem is, in the course of one game, all pressure is not created equal.

The burden of winning Friday fell on the top-seeded Hollis Brookline field hockey team, and the Cavaliers came through with a 2-1 win over upset-minded Plymouth in the Division II quarterfinals.

Addison Marchant’s goal to break a 1-1 tie with 8:58 left in regulation did the trick, as she converted a pass from Nyah Jernberg, poking the ball past Plymouth goalie Alexis Lucas.

That lands HB into Tuesday night’s semifinals vs. No. 4 Bow, which beat Souhegan 3-1 yesterday. Game time is 7 p.m. at Exeter’s Bill Ball Stadium.

That gives the Cavaliers the chance to avenge their only loss of the season, 1-0 to the Falcons back on Sept. 20.

But they very well could have suffered their second and final one yesterday, albeit to a team they had beaten 5-1 some 10 days ago.

“The pressure’s definitely on us as the No. 1 seed,” HB coach Greg Cochrane said. “They’re playing games (in the prelims), and we’re waiting. We’ve got our feet up, they’re out there playing field hockey games. The pressure’s definitely on us, and (Plymouth) definitely used that to their advantage.

“We kept our resiliency, fought back and chipped back little by little. … The girls stayed strong, they stayed tough, and they prevailed.”

HB had taken a 1-0 lead on a goal by Brooke Bouchard, assisted by Emily Tebbetts, with 4:13 left in the second quarter. But then the Bobcats tied it as they had a penalty corner with the clock at zero at half’s end, and tied it on a goal by Carys Mitchell.

“It was definitely the vibe of no pressure,” Plymouth coach Ashley Laufenberg said, her team’s season done at 10-8. “As you come in as an underdog, you get to have fun. … They never let down.”

“It was more about the defensive breakdown before the corner,” Cochrane said. “With no time on the clock, down a goal, they should tie the game right there. They did the right thing, brought their whole 10 on the line. We had our opportunity to clear it, instead we played with it and credit to then, they put it in the cage.”

It was a nip-and-tuck third quarter, but the Cavs owned the fourth period.

“Just reminding the players to play our game, play our way,” Cochrane said. “Just keep our space, play in the areas that we want and feed the ball to the guys we want to feed the ball to. … Even though it wasn’t pretty, our effort was pretty.

“Let’s see what happens moving forward. … This was a good tuneup to get us ready for the games in the future.”

NO. 4 BOW 3, NO. 5 SOUHEGAN 1

For the first time in recent memory, the Sabers won’t be in the Final Four.

Ori Dart gave the Sabers (11-6) the lead in the first quarter, but it didn’t hold up. Peyton Vaughn’s shot late in the first half was deflected into the goal by Shire Kelley to tie things. It stayed that way until Sophie Coombs scored on a penalty stroke with 13:44 left in the game. Josie Johnson scored off a Coombs feed on a penalty corner two minutes later for an insurance goal.