Shore Conference Boys Soccer Scoreboard, Oct. 10

Shore Conference Boys Soccer Scoreboard

Thursday, Oct. 10

Shore Conference Tournament

Group Stage

Group C

Central 3, No. 8 Howell 1

Junior Ricky Pasqualini buried the go-ahead goal in the 63rd minute and senior Jordan Benzon scored the clinching in the last second to put the exclamation point on a Golden Eagles (8-4) win over the Rebels (8-4) that clinched Central a spot in the Shore Conference Tournament.

Junior Ilyas Ciltepe opened the scoring off a pass from Benzon in the 16th minute and eventually returned the favor with a long clearance that played Benzon into the game-ending breakaway.

Central nearly took a 2-0 lead in the 50th minute one a shot by Jordan Benzon that bounced into the goal after a Howell defender deflected it with his hand. The officials blew the whistle on the handball, negating the goal and awarding Central a penalty kick instead. Howell sophomore goalkeeper Brady Murphy denied the ensuing kick by Benzon to keep Howell’s deficit at 1-0.

Howell drew even in the 58th with a left-footed strike by senior Nick Turturro from just beyond the top of the 18-yard box.

Pasqualini answered five minutes later when a failed clearance landed at his feet and he buried a 20-yard tracer to the upper 90.

Junior goalkeeper Kaden Stout held up his end for Central, saving a dangerous shot by Turturro in the first half and making a leaping save on an on-target shot by senior Kam Brown in the 77th minute.

With the win, Central guaranteed itself a spot in the SCT and the Golden Eagles would win Group C — which comes with a first-round bye — if Red Bank defeats or ties Shore Regional on Friday.

A Shore Regional win would not only knock Central into second place in the group; it would also knock Howell out of the SCT. The Rebels — who played without key starters Tye Maser and Tyler Borenstein on Thursday — were the runners-up in each of the past two Shore Conference Tournaments and brought back two First-Team All-Shore attackers (Turturro and Maser) and seven other players with starting experience.

 

Group D

No. 4 Toms River North 1, Freehold Twp. 0

 

Group H

Manalapan 7, Henry Hudson 0

Senior Christian Laverde recorded a hat trick to go with an assist on Senior Day and the Braves (13-1-1) rolled through the Admirals (0-10-1) to close out a perfect run through Group H.

Senior Jaden Hills posted two goals and an assist and senior Dylan Cassidy contributed a goal and an assist for Manalapan. Senior Ethan Dass scored the other Manalapan goal and senior Bryan Rolzhausen picked up the shutout in goal by making three saves.

Jackson Memorial 3, Rumson-Fair Haven 1

Juniors Rob Calamia and Nick Ifantis each scored in the first half and classmate Anthony Castellano added an insurance score after intermission as the Jaguars (7-8-1) clinched second place in Group H by beating the Bulldogs (7-6-1).

 

Group I

Red Bank Catholic 2, Jackson Liberty 1

Senior Andrew Torregrossa scored two goals and the Caseys (3-10-1) held on for a win over the Lions (2-10-1).

 

Regular Season

Non-Division

Ranney 3, New Egypt 1

Senior Saeed Torres scored a goal and assisted goals by juniors Eddie Margherini and John Laub to pace the Panthers (9-4-2) to a win over the Warriors (1-12).

 

Non-Conference

Marlboro 2, Lenape 1 (OT)

Senior Trevor Barrett assisted classmate Jake Langella’s equalizer in the 52nd and scored the golden goal with six seconds left the first overtime to give the Mustangs (9-3-1) a thrilling win over the Indians (7-2-2).

With time winding down in the first overtime, Barrett stole a pass back to the goalkeeper and slipped the ball into the exposed net for the game-winner.

Seneca 6, Freehold Boro 1