Brady’s two goals help push Ewing by West Windsor South
EWING — Take away those three one-goal losses and you might be lookng at a Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division girls soccer race with Ewing at the top of the list.
Mike Reynolds’ Blue Devils have been among the CVC’s more unluckier sides, with narrow losses to West Windsor North, Hightstown and an overtime loss to Steinert.
Thursday, the Blue Devils finally got some good fortune when Morgan Brady controlled a loose ball at the top of the 18-yard box, dribbled a few yards at goalie Selina Medina and fired in the game-winner at 2:07 of the second sudden-death overtime to earn Ewing a 2-1 win over West Windsor South.
Brady’s second goal came when teammate Nicolette Towlen got tackled on her run toward the goal but pushed the ball to her left to Brady, who did the rest to earn 3-4-0 Ewing the golden goal win.
“We’re scoring enough, we’ve just had some stretches of bad luck,” Reynolds pointed out. “We’ve been in every game and certainly could have won any of them (losses).
“Tonight, we were a little sloppy at times and maybe rushing too much. The precision (on passes) wasn’t there tonight, and that has been part of the problem. I think we’re fine. We’re 3-4 and now we have to take care of Saturday (an 11 a.m. game at Hamilton).”
Afer Brady scored from a corner kick in the first half, the Pirates equalized a minute later when Lindsey Philbin found the back of the net.
With their best offensive player and midfield maestro Brittain Dearden away on a college recruiting trip to Brigham Young that will force her to miss two matches, the 1-2-2 Pirates had a good share of the possession from 18 to 18, but lacked a finish to their runs.
“We have our moments, but when we do connect our passes some times we panic and kick the ball away,” said Pirates coach Chris Miller.
The Pirates did a lot of that, as both teams marked tight in the midfield and kept the pressure building. Ewing had several dangerous opportunties in the second half and first OT before making good on a winning combination from Towlen to Brady. Hightstown 2, Nottingham 0 HAMILTON — What else would you expect but a tight defensive match when two of the Colonial Valley Conference’s longest-serving girls soccer coaches went head to head.
That’s just what happened yesterday as 23-year Hightstown coach Don Hess saw his 6-2 Rams hold off 24-year coach Elyse Diamond’s Nottingham girls for a 2-0 win.
Becca Cordo and Aimee Sandoval scored second half goals, with Kelly Arnold assistin on Cordo’s goal, as the Rams dealt 1-5-1 Nottingham its fourth shutout in six games as Lisa Jerry stopped five shots. Notre Dame 4, Allentown 1
LAWRENCE — In a showdown between two once-beaten sides coached by first-year coaches, Amy Hoyer’s Irish improved to 8-1 with a win over the 5-2 Redbirds who are coached by Colleen Weber.
Freshman Julia Panko and junior Vanessa Romulus stayed tied for the ND scoring lead as both pumped in their eighth of the season, while Ty Horne, another freshman, added two other Irish goals. Anna Tampellini and Jordan Tuttle each added assists. Princeton 3, Hamilton 1
PRINCETON — Megan Brennan, Shannon Pawlak and Dana Smith scored Princeton goals, while Danielle Schneck saved the Hornets from a shutout loss as Princeton improved to 5-2-0. WW-P North 1, Robbinsville 0 PLAINSBORO — Simone Counts assisted on Julia Tampellini’s goal to get the Lady Knights over .500 at 4-3 as goalie Stef Wisotsky turned back 12 shots for the shutout. Hopewell Valley 6,
Trenton 0 TRENTON —
Taylor Bragg scored twice while Michaela Murr, Laura Rodriguez, Maria Manz and Carly Cavalier added solo goals to get HoVal’s record to 6-2-1 and keep the Tornadoes winless 0-8. Steinert 2 Lawrence 0 HAMILTON — The Spartans got first half goals from Adrianna Boucher and Chelsea Schultz off assists from Agata Kowalska and Boucher to improved to 7-0 as it outshot the Cardinals, 22-6. Pennington 2, Peddie 0
PENNINGTON — Daniela Giancarli and Cydney Staton scored while Jess Ratner made five saves to give the Red Raiders their fourth straight win.
Hun 1, East Brunswick 1 EAST BRUNSWICK — The Raiders’ Olivia Braender-Carr connected on a first half goal which proved to be the only strike needed to secure a tie with perinnial powerhouse East Brunswick. Princeton Day School 5, Rutgers Prep 0 PRINCETON — The Panthers netted four first half goals and added a fifth in the second half as it routed Rutgers Prep. Alexa Soltesz scored twice while Erin Hogan, Hannah Levy and Kelsey Scarlett added a goal each. Rory Finnegan picked up a shutout with three saves.