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Last weekend, the Hopewell Valley Soccer Association continued its fall recreational season.
The following is a submitted collection of the weekend’s results.
D3 Boys
In their strongest defensive effort of the year led by Paul Warznak in goal, DeSimone Orthodontics defeated HVSA 5-0. Controlling the midfield and supporting the defense were Robert Taylor and Teddy Franzino, with consistent teamwork from Tommy Irvine and Joshua Kohlhepp. The offense was supported by two goals from Noah Pashman, and one goal each from Jeffrey Blake, Adam Rise and Joshua Kohlhepp. There were significant scoring opportunities created by Connor Batcha, Shane Sullivan and Aaron Nulman, who controlled the ball well when playing offense.
For HVSA, Daniel English and several others on defense made terrific plays to stop scoring threats.
DeSimone Orthodontics looked strong from beginning to end in their first pre-ICL game against Robbinsville 2, and won by a final score of 7-1. Joshua Kohlhepp dominated on offense with a hat trick in the first half, and the team was supported by two goals from Noah Pashman, a well-placed penalty kick goal by Aaron Nulman, and an impressive goal from the outside by Connor Batcha. The defense and midfield play continues to be consistent throughout games, and was led by Jeffrey Blake and Adam Rise in goal, along with aggressive play by Tommy Irvine, Teddy Franzino, Robert Taylor, and Shane Sullivan.
D3 Girls
In an early morning thriller Saturday, the Union Line Garage Firecrackers defeated Dr.
McDonough’s Live Wires 5-4. The first half ended in a draw, with the score tied 3-3. The Union Line Garage goals came from Lilla Antal delivering a scorcher off a crossing pass from Emilie Sawicki, with Emilie adding two more goals before halftime. The defense held tight in the second half anchored by Shreya Mookherjee, Piper Brant, and Reena Fielding holding Dr McDonough’s to score only one more goal, while Firecrackers Lily Ryan and Amanda Flanders tallied to take the lead with just three minutes left in the match. Outstanding ball control in the midfield is credited to Kate Coyer and Manvi Tripathi, who also shared keeper duties with A. Flanders.
Sunday saw a rematch of last week’s friendly between the Union Line Garage Firecrackers and Pixie Salon, ending in a very tight 1-0 score. The lone goal was scored by Union Line Garage striker Emilie Sawicki, as she followed up a shot drilled by Kate Coyer that bounced off the left post. The score illustrates how tight the game was, as both teams moved the ball up and down the pitch, creating opportunities, just not able to capitalize. Union Line midfield was skillfully maintained by Lily Ryan and Lilla Antal, while defense was secured by
Reena Fielding, Shreya Mookherjee, Lucy Antal, and Piper Brant. The clean sheet in goal is credited to Amanda Flanders and Manvi Tripathi.
On Sunday, Dr. McDonough’s Live Wires faced off against Jack’s Nursery. Sierra Mitchell started off the scoring for the Live Wires by putting a blistering shot past Jack’s goalie. Minutes later, Olivia Friedrich made an outstanding pass from midfield to Chelsea Kent who rocketed a shot into the net. Sierra finished the scoring for the first half with her second goal of the game to give Dr. McDonough’s Live Wires a 3-0 to go into the second half, thanks to excellent goal tending by Natalie Kasprzyk. Jack’s started off the second half with a goal that Chelsea, now in goal, couldn’t stop. Chelsea did stop all of the other shots for the rest of the game. Mariel Haynes threaded the needle when she took a corner kick that went through Jack’s defense and goalie to cross the goal line. Jaelyn Krin, Zoe Zeng and Sierra Mitchell provided great defensive work throughout the game. Dr. McDonough’s Live Wires won the game by a score of four to one.
Jack’s Nursery Jack-O-Lanterns showed a lot of hustle in two hot and humid games this past weekend. Goals came from Shin Yi Li and Katie Means on Saturday. Great efforts in goal by Payton Tuorto and Evy Lansing led to a 2-2 tie with the Purple Pixie Salon team. One goal from Shin Yi Li and a couple of bad bounces led to a 4-1 Loss for the Jack-O-Lanterns to Dr. McDonough’s Livewires on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Purple Pixie Salon team battled the Jack’s Nursery Team to a 2 – 2 tie. Ayla Mauk opened up the scoring for the Purple Pixie Salon girls while Makayla Scherbekow was responsible for the secondnd goal for the Pixies. Grace Stroman and Catherine Zeglarski sealed up the defense in the second half making sure that no goals were put in by the Jacks’ Nursey team. It was a hot day and all of the girls put in a lot of effort to make an exciting game for those that attended on the sidelines.
D2 Boys
In a hard-fought game with no substitutions, the Division 2 Boys Capital Health Capitals fell 2-3 on Sunday to Modell’s, a talented team that displayed great sportsmanship. Chris Miliaresis led the Capitals offense with two goals finessed into the net, and Erik Petrin and Jeremy English supported with multiple shots on goal and a whole lot of hustle. Donald Chen and Nate Heiss anchored the defense in front of Abram Wojciechowicz’ physical goalie play. James Gervasoni and Lucian Teodorescu added key stops and supporting effort in the midfield. Next weekend the Capitals play a double-header against Stellitano Heating & AC.
The heat proved to be too much for Modell’s on Saturday with a tough 5–0 loss against Team HVSA Wolves. Allen Ye, Jackson Ruf and Chance Hutnik ran the midfield while Joseph Troiano, Patrick Schouten, Brady DeCore and Anthony Rinaldi ran the field as forwards. Defensive effort was provided by Logan Turnbull, Joshua Rheinhardt, Roman Scaturro and Ryan Batcha. The player of the game goes to Anthony Rinaldi for his endless energy and action on the field.
The Wolves got two goals in the first half from Justin Edgington and Nigel Rodrigues. After halftime the Wolves continued the attack with Brodie Kushner scoring two goals and Andrew Schnure adding another. Assists were from Alex Guarino, Brodie Kushner, and Andrew Schnure. Luke Hemmer made several key saves in goal and the Wolves defense kept a shutout despite some strong attacking play from Modell’s. Modell’s played well despite the loss and they even stopped a penalty kick in the second half.
On Sunday, Modell’s found their way back owith a solid team effort against Capital Health, winning 3–2. Patrick Schouten, Ryan Batcha and Anthony Rinaldi were able to keep the constant pressure on Capital Health with their many attempts on goal. Keeping their score to two goals was handled by the fantastic defensive effort run by Logan Turnbull, Brett Sirolly and Roman Scaturro. Goals were provided by Joseph Troiano, Joshua Rheinhardt and Brady DeCore. Player of the game goes to Joseph Troiano for his exceptional plays on the field leading the constant pressure on Capital Health.
After a first tough weekend with two games tied up, J&V Trophies D2B team was able to get their first games won this weekend.
Saturday was a really closed game against Kuppek Landscaping. J&V Trophies won 4-3 with three goals scored by Luke Rodefeld and one goal by Landon Pagnotta. Offense and defense put a lot of effort on the fourth quarter to keep the win. Joshua Ballek and Mateo Franco-Valverde were really strong on defense and midfield at the end of the game. Conor O’Boyle goal keeper punting during the game was key for the win.
J&V Trophies got his second win on Sunday 5-0, Luke Rodefeld scored four goals, all unbeatable shots, and one goal came from Mark Fereshteh with a strong kick from outside the goalie box. Adam Rusell played really well at the stopper position. Gavin Seibold lined up midfield playing ambitiously for the ball.
Team Stelitano had a scrappy game on Saturday and ended up with a tie against team Carnegie Cat Clinic. With three goals up entering the forth quather, team Carnegie Cat Clinic tied the game with three unanswered goals. Team Stelitano tied 3-3 with Eli Pashman and Seamus Manning being the goal scorers.
Team Stelitano had a solid game on Sunday and ended up with a win against Kuppek Landscaping. Substantial defensive plays by two team Stelitano players, Robert Hartmann and Conor Manning made it extremely difficult for team Kuppek Landscaping to score. Team Stelitano won 3-2 with Eli Pashman, Seamus Manning & Lukas Yiacas being the goal scorers.
D2 Girls
The second weekend of fall soccer brought warmer weather and great fun. Saturday morning found the Stark and Stark “Bobs” playing Franco’s Pizza. Stark & Stark had two stand out players, Caroline Sirolly (#3) scoring a goal in the top of the second quarter and player Sidney Young (#1) scoring in the top of the third quarter, inching out Franco’s 2 to 1. On Sunday, Stark and Stark and Nectar’s met again, this time Nectar’s played to a 4-1 win. Charlotte Sweetman (#13) scored Stark and Stark’s one goal of the game.
U13 Boys
The Hopewell Valley Bolts got their season off to a winning start with a thrilling, rollercoaster 3-2 victory against the Watchung Hills Arsenal. The Bolts started the game brightly before going behind to a swift, counter attacking break. They equalized when Casano was caught in the penalty area, luckily he recovered in time to convert the PK. The game continued in end to end fashion before the Arsenal scored again to go into half time leading 2-1. The Bolts kept their shape and spirit in the second half, and were rewarded when Casano equalized from a through ball from Hooks. Both teams continued to try for the winner, with chances at both ends. The Bolts eventually scored through Azara, with a lovely layoff from Moran in the box. Solid and gritty defense for the remaining few minutes ensured a great start to the season.
