WELLESLEY — If there were any nerves prior to taking his pressure-packed penalty kick against No. 11 Wellesley, Franklin’s Zach O’Mahony O’Sullivan didn’t show it.

Instead, the junior defender had a grin on his face.

O’Mahony O’Sullivan confidently stepped up and perfectly placed his left-footed shot into the side of the net, which ended the shootout and delivered the No. 22 Panthers a 3-2 upset victory over the Raiders in a Division 1 first-round matchup on Wednesday.

“I’ve been doing the same thing for years. I step back, I know I’m going to make it,” O’Mahony O’Sullivan said as Franklin advances to face No. 6 Framingham. “I was looking at the keeper, I was smiling at the keeper. I knew I was going to make it.”

Franklin (10-5-4) was a perfect 4-for-4 on penalty kicks — Andre Missagia

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