Newtown High School's girls' soccer and girls' volleyball teams both won their South-West Conference tournament games at home on Halloween afternoon.

Carly Swierbut took a through-ball from Keeley Kortze, got behind the defense, and broke a scoreless tie to lift second-seeded Newtown to a 1-0 win over No. 6 Weston in the SWC semifinals, at Blue & Gold Stadium.

The girls' booters will take on top-seeded Immaculate of Danbury in the Thursday, November 2, championship game.

On the volleyball court, the second-seeded Nighthawks beat No. 7 Brookfield 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 26-24) in the quarterfinals.

Zoe Beals had 12 kills and seven digs, Sarah Dowling had six kills, Mollie Goudy and Tess Mubarek both had six digs, Jackie Moccio collected five digs, Kim Buttery had 28 assists and three aces, and Erin Burns had two blocks in her return to the lineup following an injury.

The spikers will take on third-seeded Stratford in the Wednesday, November 1, semifinals.

Check back on The Bee's webpage and in the November 3 print edition of the paper for more coverage.