SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT FIELDS ARE SET FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER
By Eric Braun
TINTON FALLS –After a change in this year’s qualification time period for the Shore Conference Tournament, the cutoff date to be .500 or better was moved up two weeks to Oct. 4. There were two trains of thought here with coaches – from “it’s too early” to “more teams get to experience tournament play.” Either way, both the boys and girls teams are now gearing up for this year’s Shore Conference Tournament. The boys’ side had 46 teams eligible at the start of the 2019 season with 29 qualifying for this year’s Tournament. A North leads the way with six teams making the field.
Last season it was the top four seeds in No. 1 Holmdel, No. 2 Jackson Memorial, No. 3 Christian Brother Academy and No. 4 Ocean all making the final four. Ocean topped Holmdel, 4-2, on penalty kicks and CBA topped Jackson Memorial, 2-1, before Ocean defeated CBA, 1-0, in the second overtime to capture the Shore Conference Tournament championship. So who will be this year’s “Kings of the Shore Conference?”
Boys Seeds:
1-Holmdel
2-Marlboro
3-Jackson Memorial
4-Freehold Township
5-Wall Township
6-Christian Brothers Academy
7-Southern Regional
8-Colts Neck
9-Long Branch
10-Middletown South
11-Freehold Boro
12-Monmouth Regional
13-Rumson-Fair Haven
14-Matawan
15-Manasquan
16-Toms River South
17-Pinelands18-Toms River North
19-Neptune
20-Middletown North
21-Raritan
22-Toms River East
23-Barnegat
24-Lacey
25-Manchester Township
26-Ranney
27-St. Rose
28-Point Pleasant Beach
29-Mater Dei Prep
Opening-round games must be completed by Wednesday, Oct. 9, with the games being played at the higher-seeded team’s field. The second-round games will be played on or before Saturday, Oct. 12 at the higher-seeded team’s field. The quarterfinal games will be played on or before Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the higher-seeded team’s field. The semifinal games will be played at Shore Regional on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 5pm and 7pm. The championship game will be played on Wednesday, October 23 at Shore Regional at 7pm.
The girls’ side had 44 eligible teams at the start of the 2019 season with 26 teams qualifying for this year’s tournament. A South and B North lead the way with six teams each making the field.
Last season it was No. 1 seed Middletown North, No. 2 seed Red Bank Catholic, No. 3 seed Freehold Township and # 5 seed Toms River North making it to the final four. Toms River North pulled the upset over Middletown North with a late goal to win, 2-1, and Red Bank Catholic defeated Freehold Township, 1-0. In the final, Toms River North would claim the Shore Conference Tournament with a 1-0 victory over Red Bank Catholic. So who will be this year’s Toms River North and pull the upset? Or who will be one of the top four favorites to be this year’s “Queens of The Shore Conference?”Girls Seeds:
1-Jackson Memorial
2-Middletown South
3-Red Bank Catholic
4-Toms River North
5-Saint John Vianney
6-Shore Regional
7-Manalapan
8-Freehold Township
9-St. Rose
10-Wall Township
11-Brick
12-Pinelands
13-Middletown North
14-Toms River South
15-Freehold Township16-Colts Neck
17-Rumson-Fair Haven
18-Toms River East
19-Red Bank Regional
20-Southern Regional
21-Matawan
22-Trinity Hall
23-Lacey
24-Barnegat
25-Donovan Catholic
26-Point Pleasant Beach
Opening-round games must be completed by Tuesday, Oct. 8 with the games being played at the higher-seeded team’s field. The second-round games will be played on or before Friday, Oct. 11 at the higher-seeded team’s field. The quarterfinal games will be played on or before Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the higher-seeded team’s field. The semifinal games will be played at Shore Regional on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1pm and 3pm. The championship game will be played on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at Shore Regional at 5pm.
Good luck to all players, coaches and schools!
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