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Asbury Park PressThursday, October 29, 1987 C5 Scholastic Marlboro captares crown in Group IV Tennis M00REST0WN 3, RUMSON 1: Liz Rosen and Mara O'Shea won at first doubles but that was the lone point for the Bulldogs as Mooresiown took( the top two singles matches and sec-' ond doubles to win the NJSIAA' Group II semifinal match at Mercer' County Park. Moorcstown came right back and defeated Madison, 3-2, to capture the Group II title and advance to Salur-i day's public school semis against Group I champ lladdonfield. Had- donlield routed Highland Park, and then Verona, 4-1, to take Group 1 honors. Jenny Sell of Moorcstown beat! Lisa Dormcnt, 6-1, 6-1, at first singles; to get Moorcstown oil" to a quick lead. Cynthia Chuang and Stacey Ruff won at second doubles for Mooresiown; after Rosen and O'Shea put the Bull-, dogs on the board with their 6-3, 6-3 1 victory at No.

I doubles. Anne Paterno of Kumson and. Joanna Arkans were locked in a tough duel at No. 3 singles, having split the first two sets. But that match was not! completed as Rhoda Cobb of Moores-; town broke Teddy McCormick late in' the second set at 5-all and scored a 2, 7-5 victory to seal the match.

Moorcstown takes on lladdonfield immediately following the Marlboro-Cherry Hill West semifinal. The winners advance to the public school championship next Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Inman. The state final pitting the public and Parochial champs is next Wednesday at Inman. Jenny Shim, 6-1, 6-1, and Erika Drews of Ridgewood, 6-0, 6-0.

Michele Baron had things a bit tougher at second singles. But she came up with the key service breaks in both sets to beat Mimi Shim of Millville, 6-4, 6-4. In the title match with Ridgewood, Baron scored a decisive 6-1, 6-1 victory over Erin Mc-Nulty. Licht held off Amy Gupko, 6-0, 7-5, in the Millville win before her exciting three-setter with Hamill. Licht played the big points better down the stretch and seemed oblivious to the pressure.

Ridgewood, which had reached (he final with a 3-0 victory over Livingston, swept two tight doubles matches from Marlboro making the singles victories the deciding factor. Both doubles matches with Millville were halted in the third set as Marlboro had clinched the victory with the completion of the three singles matches. Those two doubles matches were ruled no decision because of time considerations. Cherry Hill West scored two 3-2 victories yesterday to take the Group III crown. The victims were West Windsor in the semis and Sparta in the finals.

The Marlboro-Cherry Hill West matchup is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday. "-m(r -ttm rtii titiiriiimniri rift r'-Ti HniriiT 1 Jill Baron playfully tosses her racquet after winning a point against Millville's Jenny Shinn yesterday Marlboro's in Group IV semifinal at Mercer County Park. Baron won, 6-1 6-1 helping Mustangs stop Knights in OT to reach final Pats put end to SCT hopes Of Eagles, 2-0 Press Staff Report JILL BARON, Michele Baron and Michele Licht took to the Mercer County Park courts twice yesterday afternoon and gave Millville and Ridgewood high schools severe cases of indigestion. But the threesome spelled R-E-L-I-E-F for Marlboro tennis coach Bcv Ginglen.

The Mustangs captured the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group IV crown by beating Millville, 3-0, in the semifinals and Ridgewood, 3-2, in the finals. All six Marlboro points came from their singles trio. "I was really thrilled with their play," said Ginglen. "They came up big for us, but the post-season has been a team effort. The doubles came up with the big wins over East Brunswick in the Central Jersey Group IV final.

Today it was the singles players who did it for us." Licht registered the title-clinching victory when she decisioned Mora Hamill of Ridgewood, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, at third singles to send Marlboro into Saturday's public school semifinals at the Inman Racquet Club in Edison Township against Group III champ Cherry Hill West. Jill Baron was nearly perfect at No. 1 singles. The two-time Asbury Park Press first-team All-Shore selection stcamrollcd her way by Millville's it" 4 4 top five places lead by Paul Koscinski (18:00) and posted a Class victory. MANCHESTER 21, SOUTHERN 38: Brian Major, John Pcluso and Addison Bhuyan all came across the finish line in 16:40 as the visiting Hawks won a non-conference meet.

IN GIRLS cross country yester day: BRICK 15, JACKSON 48: Michelle DAVID T. GAMBLEAsbury Park Press the Mustangs to 3-0 victory. By TONY GRAHAM Press Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP In a season where its defense has been majestic, the Brick Memorial High School soccer team will play for the Shore Conference Tournament crown. Last night, despite the Mustangs being outshot by Wall for most of the cold evening, Ron Jcrolaman hit the one shot that counted most and warmed the hearts of the home fans. His goal 1:32 into the second overtime and keeper Brady Majury's I3lh shutout of the season carried Memorial to a 1-0 SCT semifinal victory.

The Mustangs (14-1-4), will tangle with the only team to beat them, Freehold Township, in the SCT final 7 p.m. Saturday at Wall. The winning goal was triggered when Jeff Scott launched a long, indirect kick into a crowd in front of Wall goalie Scan Toohey. "Jody (Scott) was in there fighting for it," said Jcrolaman, a senior midfielder who collected his sixth goal of the year. "It squirted through between the defenders.

I saw the ball, saw the keeper commit and volleyed it into the left corner." For a third time this season Wall failed to score against the Mustang defense. The teams played four quarters and two overtimes to a scoreless tie Sept. 23 and Majury posted a 3-0 shutout Oct. 14. When Majury sailed high to spear Glenn Neighbour's header with 1:20 left and defender Albie Gucrra tackled away a shot by Chris Martin in the final seconds it brought Wall's season-long scoreless drought against Memorial to a final, fatal 280 minutes.

Last night Wall outshot Memorial, 24-13, and seemed generally in command of the action until the waning moments of regulation. "It's kind of frustrating," said Wall coach Tom Farley. "I thought we did an awful lot of things right and we got an awful lot of mileage out of the kids. We were very, very low as far as the bench. We got two kids injured early in the game (Mike Kimak and Dan McCabe) and that seemed to hurt us a little bit more.

We had our shots and we couldn't stick it." Memorial coach Woody French, whose Mustangs have reached the SCT final for the first time, said he felt most of Wall's shots were of the Soccer but when he struck the ball, it deflected back into the net. "He deflected that ball and it hit his hip," Lepcri said. "Those things are going to happen. Goalkeepers make mistakes. But when you don't score, you don't help your goalie.

"There was a lot of pressure on Andy. But he likes pressure. He thrives on it. He's been a four-year starter for us. I think he is going to be a Division I player somewhere." Freehold Township took advantage of the shocked Golden Eagles, adding another goal in the third period off a Central error.

As Central tried to clear the ball out of its end of the field, Niall Condie intercepted an errant pass and moved toward Hanson uncontested. As the goalie charged out, Condie deftly slipped past him and flipped the ball into the empty net to increase the Patriots' lead to 2-0. DePeppe was relieved to see his squad get the jump on the upstart Eagle team. "I was worried when we hadn't scored after outshooting them in the first half," he said. "I guess that is what happened to Raritan and St.

Rose. They both outshot them, but lost. I thought we had to just get one in for us to really break things open." Leperi was not disappointed with the end of the Golden Eagles upset string. "I think the problem was that the kids were content. They were satisfied to make it to the final four, because it's never been done before by our teams.

We did not play with the intensity that we had against Raritan or St. Rose. We were just awed to be here." "I think for the whole Central soccer program it's good," Leperi said. "But I think this is just the beginning, because we've got the state tournament to look forward to. We're going to start preparing for that tomorrow night.

"Now they have a taste. Cinderella knows what it's like to go to the ball. "She's not going to take any of that stuff from her sisters, no way. It's been too much fun. The ride isn't over.

This ride is over, but it's just a stop. A Soccer less dangerous, long-range variety. "Not to take anything away from' them, but from where they were tak-' ing their shots I wasn't French said. "Brady is an outstanding keeper and has had a great year. I feel very secure when they're taking shots from outside.

I think from a defensive point of view we played well. "Let's face it, Wall is an outstanding team. Beating Wall twice and shutting them out three times is not an easy task." French said Jcrolaman, a three-year starter, has scored his share of big goals this season. "I'm hoping he has a few more left in his two French said. "The first half they controlled the game, the middle," said Jcrolaman.

"They were beating me to the ball. Then I just got my head into the. game. "This game we were a little intense (than the prior Wall said Jcrolaman. "They were pumped up for us.

They thought they could, beat us. They almost did but we came( up with the win." Majury said the ramifications of. the game plus playing in front of the: home fans all added up to a pressure icd contest. i "I definitely felt a lot of pressure," said Majury. "It's a big game, the' Shore Conference Tournament.

If youi lose, you're out. Now we're the highest seed left. We should win it then." French on Majury's 13th shut-' out, "I hope that's not an Wall outshot Memorial in the first half, 7-1. With nine-goal scorer Scott playing stopper with regular defender Tom Haluskey injured, French said there was some thought to bringing Scott back into the attack in the second overtime. "We were thinking about it in the last 10 minutes (the second -overtime), but in the first 10 minutes! we started coming around, so we said there's no sense in changing now," French said." Freehold Township defeated Memorial, 1-0, on Sept.

28. Between them, Majury and Free-. hold Township's Keith Englehardt (12 shutouts) have produced 25 shutouts in 38 games. Hackett and Sharon Grasso all finished in 21:00 to take the next three places. CENTRAL 20, ASBURY PARK 35: Dcanna Hyncs (20:09) finished first and the Golden Eagles took the first four places and a Class South win over the visiting Blue Bishops.

MANCHESTER 16, SOUTHERN 43: Janice Nazarenko, Krissy Gravatt and Kris Simon all finished in 21:43, taking the top three places and leading the visiting Hawk. By STEVE POPPER press Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP It was more than just a high school soccer game. There were crashing pumpkins and glass slippers shattered in the cold, dark night. It wasn't the kind of night for Cinderella to be out. Central Regional, the Cinderella team of the Shore Conference Tournament, concluded its dance card last night, getting its toes stepped on by Freehold Township, 2-0, at Brick Memorial High School.

"I don't think it's the end of the Cinderella ride at all," said Central Coach Dave Lepcri. "I think it's just the beginning. Let's say she just stopped to pick up a couple of rats and put them in the pumpkins." After stunning St. Rose and Raritan to reach the semifinals, the Golden Eagles found themselves outrun, outshot, outkicked and knocked out by the Patriots. Although the two teams battled through a scoreless first half, Freehold Township (17-2) clearly asserted itself.

Through the first two periods, the Patriots outshot the Eagles, 14-0, pounding the ball into the Central end iof the field relentlessly. "We had a lot of offense," said freehold Township coach Bill De--Pcppe. "The first quarter we were a little lax, maybe a little tentative. But once we saw that we could dominate, started coming at them pretty The Patriots blasted shots from all Angles, but time after time Central goalkeeper Andy Hanson stopped Jthem cold. Two minutes into the second period, Freehold Township threatened in ffront of the net, but Hanson dove jacross the front of the goal twice to deflect Patriot head shots before the Golden Eagles could clear the ball out.

"They have a fine goalkeeper in Hanson. He really kept them in the game," DePeppe said. "I had heard he was a big guy and good in the air, but .1 was surprised by his quickness." Hanson fell victim to the Patriot onslaught in the third period, committing a rare mistake. The Patriots' Daryl Niemczyk fed Klichou Kudryk on the goal line to the right of the Eagle net and, under pressure, Kudryk let fly with a blast. Hanson moved in front of the shot, Press Staff Report 1 fr FRESH FROM a convincing win at Friday's Ocean County meet, the Toms River North boys cross country Iteam remained atop the Shore Conference Class A South standings with a 15-41 victory over Toms River East 'yesterday on the Raiders' home course.

First-place honors were shared by Toms THOMAS P. COSTELLOAsbury Park Prest Central Regional's Sean Regiec charges downfield with the ball In first half of Shore Conference semifinal against Freehold Township last night. River North boys stay atop A South standings Batiato took the top spot in 21:19 and Jill Adams finished second in 21:45 as the visiting Green Dragons, winners of Friday's Ocean County meet, shut out the Jaguars in Class A South. TOMS RIVER EAST 20, TOMS RIVER NORTH 41: The Mariners' Diane DeO-liviera captured first place but the Raiders took the next five spots on their home course to win the Class A South meet. The Raiders' Michelle Bull, Carrie ton finished one second later as the Green Dragons shut out the Jaguars in Class A South.

TOMS RIVER SOUTH 29, LAKEW00D 30: Although the Piners' Kevin Matthias came in first place and Lake-wood captured three of the top four places, the Indians took the next six places to win the Class A South meet. POINT BEACH 17, KEANSBURG 45: The Garnet Gulls captured four of the Cross Country TR North's John Delaney and Mike Anderson, who finished 14th and fifth, respectively, at the OC meet. The two Mariners crossed the finish line in 18:07. BRICK 15, JACKSON 50: Rob McDonnell completed the Jackson course in 18:16 and teammate Peter Becker- i.