SIX TEAMS REMAIN UNBEATEN TO START GIRLS SOCCER SEASON

 SIX TEAMS REMAIN UNBEATEN TO START GIRLS SOCCER SEASON

 

By Eric Braun

 

Through the first two weeks of the girls soccer season that concluded Sunday, Sept. 15, there are only six schools remaining unbeaten in Middletown South, Jackson Memorial, Southern Regional, Saint Rose, Red Bank Regional and Barnegat. Eight teams are still in search of their first win of the 2019 campaign.

 

 

 

A North Middletown South has dominated early this season with a record of 6-0 with wins over Holmdel, Ocean, Allentown, Marlboro, Freehold Boro and Red Bank Catholic.  The Eagles have outscored their opponents, 16-5.  The Patriots remain no stranger to division titles and sit right behind Middletown South with a record of 5-1 with wins over Shore Regional, Holmdel, Rumson, Howell and Wall, with their lone loss coming to Saint John Vianney.  In their five wins, Freehold Township scored four goals per game and shut out Shore and Holmdel and gave up a goal apiece to Rumson-Fair Haven and Howell before Wall tallied two.

 

Standings thru week 2: (1) Middletown South 6-0…(2) Freehold Township 5-1…(3) Manalapan 2-1…(4) Freehold Boro 1-2-1…(5) Howell 1-5…(6) Long Branch 0-3…(7) Marlboro 0-4

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Laudisi (Middletown South) 7 goals…O’Brien (Freehold Township) 7 goals…Leohner (Freehold Township) 6 goals…Coyle (Middletown South) and Ferraro (Manalapan) 4 goals each

 

Save Leaders thru week 2: Fields (Long Branch) 57 saves…James (Marlboro) 35 saves…Madoff (Freehold Township) 30 saves

 

 

 

A Central once again looks to be three-team race with Shore Regional and Red Bank Catholic out in front of Rumson-Fair Haven.  The Blue Devils end the first two weeks with a record of 5-1 following an opening-day loss to Freehold Township, 5-0.  Since then Shore Regional has run off five straight wins against Saint John Vianney, Brick Township, Holmdel, Monmouth Regional and Rumson-Fair Haven.  The Caseys are right on the heals of Shore with a 4-1 record that started with four straight wins over Colts Neck, Marlboro, Saint John Vianney and Manasquan before falling to Middletown South 2-1. The Bulldogs opened with two wins over Lacey and Raritan before dropping their next two games against Freehold Township and Shore Regional both by a score of 4-1.

 

Standings thru week 2: (1) Shore Regional 5-1… (2) Red Bank Catholic 4-1… (3) Rumson-Fair Haven 2-2… (4) Monmouth Regional 1-1-1… (5) Holmdel 1-3… (6) Manasquan 0-4… (7) Raritan 0-5

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Eichenbaum (Shore) 11 goals…Senhaji (Monmouth Regional) 7 goals…Pekmezian (Shore) and Cupo (Red Bank Catholic) 4 goals each

 

Save Leaders thru week 2: Dillon (Raritan) 46 saves…Hegglin (Shore) and Sharpe (Holmdel) 37 saves each

 

 

 

A South has two undefeated teams leading the way in Jackson Memorial and Southern Regional.  The Jags sit at 6-0 with wins over Pinelands, Jackson Liberty, Manalapan, Brick Memorial, Howell and Central Regional.  Along the current win streak they have outscored their opponents, 21-3.  The Rams have started off with a record of 4-0 with wins over Jackson Liberty, Manchester, Toms River South and Brick Memorial.

 

Standings thru week 2: (1) Jackson Memorial 6-0… (2) Southern Regional 4-0… (3) Brick Township 3-1-1… (4) Toms River North 3-1-1… (5) Toms River East 2-2… (6) Brick Memorial 1-3-1… (7) Central Regional 1-3… (8) Toms River South 1-2

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Simon (Southern Regional) 10 goals…Knauff (Jackson Memorial) 6 goals…Kline (Southern Regional) and Beggs (Brick Township) 5 goals each…Smink (Jackson Memorial), Hochstrasser (Southern Regional) and Olexa (Toms River South) 4 goals each

 

Save Leaders thru week 2: McKown (Jackson Memorial) 45 saves…Maribo (Brick Memorial) 40 saves…Selert (Southern) 36 saves

 

 

 

B North looks to be the toughest division to call early on with five teams in the hunt, with Red Bank Regional leading the way at 4-0.  The Bucs opened the season with wins over Long Branch, Raritan, Wall and Lacey.  Right behind them is Matawan at 3-0-1 beating Donovan Catholic, Long Branch and Raritan and a draw with Colts Neck. Middletown North opened their season with three straight wins over Long Branch, Raritan and Ocean before falling to Manalapan.  Saint John Vianney sits at 3-2 with wins over Toms River North, Freehold Township and Neptune and losses to Shore and Red Bank Catholic.

 

Standing thru week 2: (1) Red Bank Regional 4-0…(2) Neptune 4-2…(3) Matawan 3-0-1…(4) Middletown North 3-1…(5) Saint John Vianney 3-2…(6) Colts Neck 2-2-1…(7) Ocean Township 1-2-1…(8) Wall Township 1-3

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Rinn (Middletown North) 6 goals…Decker (Red Bank Regional), Margarites (Matawan) and Ferguson (Neptune) 5 goals each

 

Save Leaders thru week 2: Torres (Colts Neck) 51 saves…McCarthy (Red Bank Regional) 44 saves…Nies (Ocean) 44 saves

 

 

 

B Central looks to be a one-team race right now with St. Rose the lone unbeaten team with a record of 4-0.  The Purple Roses have picked up where they left off last season and seem even more driven this season.  Right now they are outscoring their opponents, 14-3, with Mater Dei Prep being the lone school to score multiple goals against them.  Keyport, Point Pleasant Beach and Trinity Hall are all starting to find their bond as a team and each are still within reach of St. Rose. 

 

Standings thru week 2: (1) St. Rose 4-0…(2) Point Pleasant Beach 2-1…(3) Keyport 2-1…(4) Trinity Hall 1-1…(5) Mater Dei Prep 0-3…(6) Ranney 0-2

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Leskauskas (St. Rose) 9 goals…Herdoiza (Keyport) 5 goals…Braun (Mater Dei Prep) 4 goals…Kaiafas (St. Rose), Shortridge and House (Point Pleasant Beach) 2 goals each

 

Save leaders thru week 2: Nortz (Mater Dei Prep) 36 saves…Blumenkrantz (Ranney) 30 saves…McLaughlin (St. Rose) 23 saves

 

 

 

B South Barnegat has jumped out to an early lead with an undefeated record of 4-0 with an overtime win over Mater Dei Prep, 2-1, and shutout wins over Point Pleasant Boro, Lacey and Keyport.  The Bengals have outscored their opponents, 9-1, during the stretch. Pinelands, Manchester and Point Pleasant Boro all sit with two wins a piece behind Barnegat. 

 

Standings thru week 2: (1) Barnegat 4-0…(2) Pinelands 2-2…(3) Point Pleasant Boro 2-3…(4) Manchester Township 2-4…(5) Donovan Catholic 1-4…(6) Jackson Liberty 1-3…(7) Lacey 0-4…(8) Lakewood 0-3

 

Leading Scorers thru week 2: Morris (Manchester) 6 goals…Guiro (Barnegat) 4 goals…Cahill and DiElmo (Pinelands) 3 each…Jecas and Jankowski (Barnegat), Van Deveter (Point Pleasant Boro), Trimarchi (Manchester) and Haverty, Payne and Glawson (Donovan Catholic) with 2 goals each

 

Save Leaders thru week 2: Brustman (Manchester) 65 saves…Laudati (Barnegat) 60 saves…Conway (Point Pleasant Boro) 37 saves

 

 

 

Scoring and records are based on game results reported.