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| Fri 04/01 | TBA | South Side LI A | Lost 7-6 Summit opened its 2005 mens' lacrosse season with a closely fought game against Southside High, a highly competitive lacrosse team from Rockville Center, New York. Neither team could get their offenses clicking in the first quarter, which ended scoreless. Southside hit first in the second, but Summit capitalized on a Southside penalty when Mike Dugan scored on an assist from Jake Lecky on man up. The teams traded goals, with 2 more scores by Mike Dugan with another assist by Jake Lecky and second quarter ended tied at 3-3. Southside had a strong third quarter netting 3 goals, with Summit's only score coming from Todd Kaiser. As the fourth quarter opened Summit was down 6-4. Ian Kelly scored unassisted to make it 6-5 midway through the fourth. With about 2 minutes to play Jake Lecky scored on an assist from Kelly to tie it at 6 all. Southside came right back with a quick score to go back up 7-6. With the clock winding down, Summit couldn't get possession and time ran out. Pete Britt had 12 saves in goal for Summit. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Mon 04/04 | 4:00PM | Morristown A | Won 15-6 Wet field conditions at Morristown made today's game Summit's 2005 home opener. It was a good day at Tatlock as Summit led the entire game, up 5-1 as the first quarter ended, 8-2 at the half and 14-2 at the end of the third quarter. It wasn't until midway through the fourth that Morristown's offense got rolling and scored 4 goals. Summit had eight players score. Scoring follows: Ian Kelly- 4 goals, Mike Dugan- 3 goals, 1 assist, Todd Kaiser 1 goal, 3 assists, John Alpizar- 2 goals, Geoff Marks- 2 goals, Jake Lecky- 1 goal, 1 assist, Scott Garibaldi- 1 goal, 1 assist, Sam Kriegman-1 goal. Summit's defense stifled Morristown's offensive efforts and Pete Britt and Andrew Bell combined for 7 saves in goal. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Thu 04/07 | 4:00PM | Roxbury H | Won 15-0 An overpowering defense combined with scoring by 8 different players led to a 15-0 win over Roxbury at Tatlock Field. Pete Britt had 10 saves and Andrew Bell 3 in goal and longsticks Chris Conlon, John Stuckey, Conor Lyons and Brendan Feeney shut down Roxbury's offense. Up 3-0 at the end of the first quarter, Summit racked up 6 goals in the second to lead 9-0 at halftime. Scoring for Summit: Geoff Marks- 5 goals, Mike Dugan- 3 goals, 1 assist, Jake Lecky- 5 assists, Marshall Harden- 2 goals, John Alpizar-1 goal, Ian Kelly- 1 goal, Kevin Feeney- 1 goal, Will Gruetzmacher- 1 goal, Bill Tully- 1 goal, Sam Kreigman- 1 assist, Chris Conlon- 1 assist, Jake Grabowski- 1 assist. Summit is now 2-1. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Sat 04/09 | 1:00PM | Ridley PA H | Won 7-2 Summit had a near flawless combination of offense and defense as it registered its third straight with a win over Ridley(PA) at Tatlock Field. Summit got its first score at 6:25 of the first quarter when Mike Dugan scored a man up goal on an assist from Jake Lecky. Todd Kaiser scored next on an assist from Mike Dugan and Summit was up 2-0 at the end of the first. Jake Lecky had two scores in a row in the second quarter off feeds from Will Gruetzmacher and Todd Kaiser. Ian Kelly closed out the scoring for the half with an unassisted goal and Summit went into halftime with a relatively comfortable 5-0 lead. Summit couldn't get much offense going in the the third period, but Summit's close defense of Chris Conlon, Conor Lyons and John Stuckey with help from longstck Brendan Feeney kept Ridley from establishing any offensive flow. The quarter ended Summit up 5-1. Jake Lecky got Summit on the board again off a feed from Todd Kaiser. With 3:59 left, Todd Kaiser scored on a feed from Mike Dugan. Ridley scored with 1:11 to play to bring the final score to 7-2. Pete Britt had 10 saves in goal. Summit is now 3-1. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Tue 04/12 | 5:00PM | Hanover Park A |
Won 16-3 Summit had little trouble winning its fourth straight as it overpowered Hanover Park at both ends of the field. Mike Dugan scored unassisted as Summit controlled the opening faceoff. Jake Lecky followed with another goal, also unassisted. Summit then had a number of good opportunities, but they just couldn't hit the net until Todd Kaiser, on a Jake Lecky feed, scored for Summit's third. The quarter ended Summit up 3-1. John Alpizar lit up the scoring in the second quarter with 3 consecutive unassisted goals. Todd Kaiser closed out Summit's scoring for the half with a goal on a Geoff Marks assist. 7-1 at the half. The third quarter belonged to Summit: John Alpizar got his 4th goal, Mike Dugan had 2 more, Sam Kreigman scored 3 and Geoff Marks scored 1. In that blitz Todd Kaiser had 3 assists, Jon Alpizar 1 and Rob Hillenbrand 1. Summit was up 14-2 going into the fourth. Marshall Harden and Jake Grabowski each scored in the fourth quarter to make the final Summit 17, Hanover Park 2. Pete Britt and Andrew Bell combined for 6 saves in goal.. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Sat 04/16 | 11:00AM | Westfield H | Won 7-3 John Alpizar scored unassisted 53 seconds into the first quarter and Todd Kaiser, assisted by Geoff Marks, put Summit up 2-0 with 1:19 gone in the first quarter and it looked like Summit was on its way to another runaway victory. But a lacrosse ball can take some funny bounces and in this game Summit seemed to get a season's worth of strange hops. Summit had lots of shots, but didn"t score again until 10 seconds left in the half when Todd Kaiser scored a Sam Kriegman assist. During that time Pete Britt had 7 saves and the Summit defense of Chris Conlon, Brendan Feeney, Conor Lyons and Kyle Isaacson(John Stuckey left the game with an injury) gave up only one goal, despite an uncharacteristic 4 penalties by Summit. Summit led 3-1 at the half. Ian Kelly scored unassisted late in the third and Scott Garibaldi, fed by John Alpizar, put Summit up 5-2 going into the fourth. Jake Lecky, assisted by Todd Kaiser, put Summit up 6-3 with 1:04 gone in the fourth, but Westfield came right back with thier third goal 54 seconds later. John Alpizar scored his second unassisted with 9 minutes to go and Westfield didn't comeback as the game wound down.(Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Mon 04/18 | 4:00PM | Chatham A | Won 11-7 Blue skies, comfortable temperature, good field conditions made this a near perfect day for lacrosse and the Summit- Chatham rivalry produced a great game at Chatham's Cougar Field.. Chatham, undefeated this year, came out of the gate fast and were up 2-0 with 2:28 gone in the first quarter. Summit regrouped and got the defense tight, but it wasn't until 3:23 left in the quarter that John Alpizar got Summit on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal. Chatham came back with their third goal with 1:01 to go and the quarter closed with Summit on the wrong end of a 3-1 score. The second quarter saw Summit's offense come alive. Mike Dugan scored at 10:34 on an assist from Todd Kaiser and less than a minute later Kaiser scored off an assist from Alpizar. Summit was back in it at 3-3. Chatham came right back within a minute with another goal. Alpizar tied it up with an unassisted goal at 7:19. Kaiser broke the tie with a goal on an Alpizar assist and Dugan, on a Jake Lecky assist, put Summit up 6-4 at the half. Dugan, again with an assist from Lecky, scored Summit's seventh goal and Alpizar made it 8-4 when he scored unassisted with 3:32 left in the third. Chatham scored on a Summit mandown with 6 seconds on the clock to make it 8-5 with a full quarter to be played. With less than 2 minutes gone in the fourth, Dugan scored on a feed from Alpizar, and it looked like Summit's lead might be comfortable. However, another Chatham manup goal at 9:38 cut Summit's lead back to 3 goals. Chatham cut the lead to 2 goals with a score with 4:44 left. Summit sealed it with goals by Dugan (Alpizar assist) and Alpizar in the last 2 minutes. Pete Britt had 11 saves in goal. Summit is now 6-1.(Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Fri 04/22 | 5:00PM | Randolph A | Won 12-3 Summit got its seventh win of the season, under the lights at Randolph. Mike Dugan scored first on an assist from Todd Kaiser, with 48 seconds gone in the first quarter, Goals by Kaiser (Jake Lecky assist), Dugan (Geoff Marks assist) and Will Gruetzmacher (Lecky assist) put Summit up 4-1 at the end of the first quarter. Quick Randolph goals cut Summit"s lead to 4-3 with just 2:05 gone in the second quarter. Ian Kelly, fed by Kaiser, scored at 6:59, and Dugan, off another Kaiser assist, scored with 38 seconds left to put Summit up 6-3 at the half.
Summit turned it on in the third with 2 goals by Lecky, 2 by Kaiser (Dugan 1 assist) and 1 goal by John Alpizar to go into the final quarter with an 11-3 lead. Marshall Harden closed out Summit's scoring on a feed from Dugan late in the fourth quarter to make the final score 12-3. While the score looks like an easy win, the Summit defense of Chris Conlon, Conor Lyons, Brendan Feeney, and Andy Sigler worked hard to hold Randolph's offense to just 3 goals and Pete Britt had a big night with17 saves in goal. Summit defense has given up less than 4 goals a game this season. Summit is now 7-1. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Wed 04/27 | 4:00PM | Columbia H | Won 15-4 Summit won its eighth straight by beating Columbia at Tatlock Field. Summit led 8-0 at the end of the first quarter and 10-0 with a minute left in the half before Columbia got on the scoreboard with 2 quick goals. Summit played a ball control offense in the second half , scoring 3 in the third and 2 in the final quarter. Summit had 8 players score: Kevin Feeney 5 goals, Will Gruetzmacher 3 goals, Geoff Marks 2 goals, 1 assist, Todd Kaiser 1 goal, 2 assists, Sam Kriegman 1 goal, 1 assist, Ian Kelly, Jake Lecky, Andrew Clark, 1 goal each, and John Alpizar 5 assists. Pete Britt and Andrew Bell turned back 8 Columbia shots. Summit is now 8-1. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Sat 04/30 | 11:00AM | Delbarton H | Lost 6-5 In its biggest test of the season Summit went up against Delbarton, the Star Ledger's number one team, in front of a big crowd at Tatlock Field and in a great lacrosse game came up one goal short. Rain before the game and showers throghout caused conditions that should favor offense. Yet this game had some of the toughest defensive play by both teams seen in a long time: no ground was given without a struggle.
John Alpizar, on a feed from Todd Kaiser, put Summit up 1-0 when he scored at 9:28 in the first quarter. Delbarton came back and controlled the ball for about seven minutes, but Summit's long sticks of Conor Lyons, Chris Conlon, John Stuckey and Brendan Feeney kept Delbarton's attack from getting clean shots. Pete Britt had 4 saves in the quarter before Delbarton got on the board with a minute to go. It was 1-1 at the end of the first.
Geoff Marks scooped a loose ball on the crease and shot to put Summit up 2-1 at 10:09 of the second quarter. Summit penalties late in the quarter gave Delbarton 2 manup opportunities. They capitalized on both to go up 3-2, but the half ended with a Deldarton penalty.
Summit held the ball to keep possesion for the opening of the third quarter. Summit couldn't exploit its man up opportunity and didn"t score. Todd Kaiser, on a Will Gruetzmacher assist, made it 3-3 at 6 minutes in the third quarter. Delbarton came back on another manup opportunity at 4:31 in the quarter. The quarter closed 4-3 Delbarton.
Delbarton"s next score came at 7:41 in the fourth. Mike Dugan closed it to 5-4 with an unassisted goal at 5:49. Ian Kelly, with an assist from Todd Kaiser, tied it at 5-5 with 4:23 to play. Delbarton came back at 2:25 to go up 6-5. Despite opportunities in the last two minutes, Summit couldn"t close the gap. Pete Britt had 8 saves in goal for Summit. Summit is now 8-2. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Mon 05/02 | 4:00PM | Livingston H | Won 15-1 Similarities between today's game and last Saturday's game ended with the visitors' green uniforms and some rain and threatening skies as Summit cruised to an easy 15-1 victory over Livingston at Tatlock Field. Summit's offense controled the ball most of the game, which made it a relatively quiet day for the defense. Summit lead 4-0 at the end of the first and 8-0 at the half and closed it out at 15-1. Summit had nine players with goals: Jake Lecky-4 goals, 1 assist, Ian Kelly- 3 goals, Marshall Harden-2 goals, Mike Dugan- 1 goal, 2 assists, Sam Kriegman- 1 goal, 1 assist, John Alpizar- 1 goal, 1 assist, Kevin Feeney- 1 goal, Rob Hillenbrand- 1 goal, Andrew Clark- 1 goal, Todd Kaiser-3 assists, Scott Garibaldi- 1 assist. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan) | |
| Wed 05/04 | 4:30PM | Ridgewood A | Lost 16-10 here's alot going on: AP tests that delayed the start, 3 games in 5 days, traffic problems that made for a ridiculously long bus ride and a game that didn't start until 6:15 pm on a field without lights. But there is nothing to explain what happened when Summit met a very aggressive Ridgewood team that was ready for a street fight of a lacrosse game. Summit wasn't and took the lacrosse equivalent of a smack in the head that they couldn't shake off until the third quarter. Down 4-1 at the end of the first and 6-2 at the half, Summit couldn't get it together at either end of the field. Todd Kaiser had 2 unassisted first half goals for Summit's only scores.
Ridgewood went up 10-2 in the third before Will Gruetzmacher, on a Jake Lecky assist, got Summit on the board. Mike Dugan scored 3 goals (assists from Jake Lecky and John Alpizar), but Ridgewood put up another and the quarter closed with Summit in an 11-6 hole. Jake Lecky had 2 fourth quarter goals(1 Kaiser assist) and Will Gruetzmacher and John Alpizar each added one. But there was no stopping Ridgewood's offense, which racked up 5 more. To be fair, lighting in the fourth quarter wasn't goalie friendly. When the sun finally set on this in a flurry of penalty flags, it was a 16-10 defeat for Summit's third loss of the season. Ridgewood is 10-3 (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Thur 05/12 | 4:00PM | West Morris Central H | Won 7-1 After 3 games in 5 days, Summit had an unusual 8 day in season layoff caused by scheduling conflicts with opponents county tournaments. Summit got back in action with a 7-1 victory against West Morris at Tatlock Field. The first quarter was scoreless despite some good opportunities by Summit. Jake Lecky got Summit's first goal on a feed from Todd Kaiser at 10:09 of the second. Mike Dugan put Summit up 2-0 at 8:45 of the quarter on an assist from Todd Kaiser. Dugan scored again on a Lecky assist with 14 seconds left to make it 3-0 at the half.
Unassisted goals by John Alpizar and Lecky kept the pressure on West Morris' defense and Summit went into the fourth quarter up 5-0. West Morris got on the scoreboard at 6:49 of the fourth, but Kaiser came back with a goal, assisted by longstick John Stuckey. Ian Kelly closed out the scoring with a goal at 5:51. Summit's defense of Chris Conlon, Brendan Feeney, Conor Lyons, and John Stuckey had a strong day holding West Morris to one goal. Pete Britt had 9 saves in goal. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Sat 05/14 | 11:00AM | Mendham A | Won 14-3 Summit had little trouble getting its eleventh win of the season with a victory over Mendham at Mendham. The game wasn't four minutes old and Summit was up 3-0 on goals by John Alpizar, Jake Lecky (Mike Dugan assist), and Kevin Feeney. Will Gruetzmacher, assisted by Alpizar, and Todd Kaiser with goals at 1:53 and 0:22 (Dugan assist) put Summit up 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. Mendham scored on a man up at 6:29 of the second, but Summit scored 4 goals in two minutes to crush any Mendham comeback hopes. At 3:48 Ian Kelly scored unassisted. Dugan scored at 2:49, Lecky at 1:57, and Dugan again at 1:47 (Lecky assist) to give Summit a 10-1 lead at the half.
The teams traded goals in the third quarter. Dugan, assisted by Kaiser, and Feeney each scored and the quarter closed 12-3 Summit. Geoff Marks (Alpizar assist) and sophmore Jake Grabowski (Hillenbrand assist) made it 14-3 in the fourth. Summit's aggressive defense of Chris Conlon, Conor Lyons, John Stuckey, and Brendan Feeney relentlessly pressured Mendham forcing turnovers, denying good shots and getting loose balls. Pete Britt had 5 saves in goal. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Mon 05/16 | 4:00PM | Hunterdon Central H | Won 12-5 Ranked fourth by the Star Ledger, Hunterdon Central came to Tatlock Field to face number 5 Summit. With very few common opponents, predictions for the outcome of this game were difficult. But considering their ranking and reputation for physical play, Summit would need a good game to come out on top. Summit brought thier "A" game and over four quarters HC couldn't handle the depth of Summit's offense or overcome Summit's unyielding defense. Mike Dugan scored first on a Todd Kaiser feed at 7:22 in the first. HC came back at 6:54 to tie. Geoff Marks made it 2-1 with a goal on a Jake Lecky assist. John Alpizar scored unassisted at 9:51 of the second and Ian Kelly, fed by Geoff Marks, scored to put Summit up 4-1 at the half.
At 10:23 of the third quarter Geoff Marks (Kelly assist) made it 5-1 Summit, but HC came back with scores at 8:37 and a manup at 2:05. Suddenly it looked like HC's reputation for late surges and overtime games might be for real. John Alpizar, with an unassisted goal at 39 seconds, put Summit up by 3 and the quarter ended at 6-3 Summit.
Kelly got it started in the fourth with a goal on an Alpizar assist, but HC answered 37 seconds later with one. John Alpizar and Ian Kelly both scored unassisted goals and Summit was up 9-4, 8 minutes to play. HC made it 9-5 at 6:52, but Kelly's fourth goal and goals by Mike Dugan and defenseman Chris Conlon finished it off. Pete Britt had 8 saves in goal. He was supported by hard nosed, aggresive defense from Chris Conlon, Conor Lyons, John Stuckey and Brendan Feeney. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Thu 05/19 | 4:00PM | Seton Hall A | Won 8-6 Summit defeated Seton Hall in a close game at Seton Hall. Summit got rolling quicly when Mike Dugan scored unassisted with just 36 seconds gone in the first quarter, Ian Kelly followed up at 9:25 and Todd Kaiser (Dugan assist) at 8:25 to put Summit up 3-0. Kaiser's second goal at 3:42 and Geoff Marks on a Jake Lecky assist made it 5-0 at the end of the quarter. Seton Hall did not sleepwalk through the quarter; Summit's defense was tested and Pete Britt had 5 saves to protect Summit's lead.
Offenseively Summit couldn't get anything going in the second quarter and Seton Hall came up with two goals to make it 5-2 at the half.
Kelly scored unassisted at 8:19 of the third and Lecky scored on a Dugan assist at 36 seconds to put Summit up 7-4 going to the fourth.
At 5:50 in the fourth, Dugan scored his second goal, fed by Lecky. Summit gave up a manup goal at 45 seconds to play. Seton Hall controlled the face off and scored again at 23 seconds. Time ran out with Summit up 8-6. Pete Britt finished with 11 saves. As reported in the Star Ledger, this was only the second time this season that Seton Hall has given up more than 7 goals. Summit is now 13 and 3. If the West Essex game is not played, Summit is undefeated in Iron Hills Conference play. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Sat 05/21 |
TBA |
Gov. Livingston UCT Semi-finals @ Tatlock |
Won 15-4 After a slow start, with GL leading 1-0 , Summit scored the next 5 goals, beginning at the 6 minute mark in the first quarter. Mike Dugan and John Alpizar scored unassisted, followed by Todd Kaiser (Jake Lecky assist), Kaiser (Alpizar assist and Dugan (Kaiser assist).
In the second quarter Dugan scored with 8:17 left to make the score 6-1. Gl scored to make it 6-2 and then Summit rain off 8 straight goals in the second and third quarters to make the score 14-2 at the end of three (9-2 at the half). The 8 goals were Dugan, Kaiser, Kelly, Dugan, Kaiser, Will Gruetzmacher, Scott Garibaldi, Dugan, and Garibaldi.
In the 4th quarter, substituting freely, the teams traded one goal apiece, with Marshall Harden scoring on a feed from Andrew Clark to close the Summit scoring.
Pete Britt, Andrew Bell and Alex Munoz (!!! who made a great save in the last minute) combined for a whopping total of 6 saves.
Kevin Feeney did not play (concussion) and Gruetzmacher did a great job at face-offs, with a few taken by Geoff Marks, Clark and Billy Tully. Summit won 18 of 23 draws.
Final scoring totals: Dugan-5g-2a; Alpizar-1g-2a; Kaiser-4g,3a; Lecky-2a; Gruetzmacher-1g; Kelly-1g-1a; Garibaldi-2g; Harden-1g; Marks-1a; Clark-1a. (Reporting by Jon Britt)
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Westfield UCT Finals @ Tatlock |
Won 14-2 In an impressive display of team lacrosse, Summit powered to its third consecutive Union County High School Boys Lacrosse Coaches Association Tournament with a victory over traditional rival Westfield. Summit's defense relentlessly pressured Westfield and Summit's offense had crisp ball movement. 12 of Summit's 14 goals were scored off assists, as Summit moved smoothly in transition and consistently looked for the open man. Sam Kriegman, on a Mike Dugan assist, scored in the first minute of play. Goals by Dugan at 6:11 and 14 seconds (Geoff Marks assist) put Summit up 3-0 at the end of the first. The second quarter belonged to the Special K Unit as goals were scored by Todd Kaiser (Will Gruetzmacher assist), Ian Kelly, Kaiser (Chris Conlon assist), Kriegman (Kelly assist), and Kaiser(Dugan assist). Dugan scored at 2:04 on longsticks Conlon's second assist before Westfield scored with 26 seconds to go to make it 9-1 Summit at the half.
Jake Lecky on a Kaiser feed scored with just 11 seconds gone in the third. Goals by Kriegman (Dugan assist), Kaiser (Lecky assist) and Dugan (longstick Conor Lyons assist) had Summit up 13-1 before Westfield scored its second. The quarter ended with Summit up 13-2. Dugan scored his fifth goal on a Scott Garibaldi assist at 9:36. Goalie Pete Britt left the game with 7 minutes to play with 9 saves. Andrew Bell turned back 4 shots in the final 7 minutes. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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TBA |
New Providence 2nd Round State Tournament H |
Won 12-1 Summit opened State Tournament play at Tatlock Field with a victory over New Providence. Todd Kaiser had a goal and Jake Lecky had 2 to put Summit up 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. Summit was up 8-0 at the half. The game began under threatening skies and by the third quarter the wind and rain produced the worst conditions for any game this year. It made the field sloppy and tested the dedication of even the most zealous fans. Summit played ball control offense and had many substitutions in the second half. Will Gruetzmacher had a season high four goals. Other scorerers were: Mike Dugan-3 goals,1 assist, Jake Lecky-2 goals, 2 assists, Todd Kaiser-2 goals, 2 assists, John Alpizar-1 goal, 2 assists, Geoff Marks, Ian Kelly, and Kevin Feeney- 1 assist each.
Summit now plays Pingry, who beat Caldwell 6-5 in the tournament, on Saturday. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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| Sat 05/28 |
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Pingry Group Quarterfinals H
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Won 8-3 Summit notched a qarterfinal round victory over Pingry with a strong second half. A tight Pingry defense frustrated Summit in the early going. Tied at 2 at the half, Summit came up with 2 goals in the third and 4 in the fourth to get the 8-3 win. Despite controlling the ball the Hilltoppers didn't get on the scoreboard until almost five minutes of the first quarter were gone when Todd Kaiser scored on a Mike Dugan feed. Dugan put Summit up 2-0 on an assist from Sam Kriegman at 3:19, but Pingry got one back and the quarter ended 2-1.
Pingry had the only second quarter score on a man up to make it 2-2 at halftime.
Jake Lecky broke the tie at 7:03 of the third and Kriegman on a Dugan assist put Summit up 4-2 for the quarter. Summit came out quickly in the fourth with Kaiser scoring on a pass from longstick Conor Lyons at 10:27. Eight seconds later Dugan scored off a Kaiser assist to put Summit up 6-2. and Will Gruetzmacher, off another Kaiser assist, kept the pressure on with another goal. Pingry got one back at 4:10 to go, but Summit was able to control the ball for most of the remaining time. John Alpizar closed out the scoring at 1:44 and the game ended with Summit up 8-3. Kevin Feeney and Will Gruetzmacher controlled 13 faceoffs. Chris Conlon, Conor Lyons, John Stuckey and Brendan Feeney provided thier usual unyielding defense and Pete Britt had 7 saves in goal. Summit is now 17 and 3 and faces Kinnelon in the Group 1 Semifinal on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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TBA |
NJSIAA Group Semifinals
Kinnelon H
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Won 8-4 Summit combined a steady offense with a brutal, stifling defense to overcome Kinnelon 8-4 at Tatlock Field in the semi final round of the State Tournament. Summit's defense, which has allowed only 4.1 goals per game, played tough and aggressive holding the visitors to one goal that did not come in a manup situation. Penalties went against Summit 7 to 2 and Kinnellon capitalized on three. John Alpizar scored first for Summit at 8:50 in the first quarter, but Kinnelon tied at 6:09. Ian Kelly put Summit up 2-1 at 5:23 and Mike Dugan, on a Todd Kaiser assist, made it 3-1 Summit in the closing seconds of the first quarter. Alpizar got his second goal at 5:30 of the second, but Kinnelon picked up their second goal in manup with 1:20 to play in the half. It was 4-2 Summit at the half.
Summit's only score in the third was defenseman Chris Conlon, who scored on a pass from Alpizar. Kinnelon scored at 3:21 and the third quarter ended with Summit hanging on to a 2 goal lead. Summit came through in the fourth with three goals. Kevin Feeney scored on a Jake Lecky assist at 6:00 and Kaiser scored at 4:59 to give Summit some breathing room at 7-3. Kinellon came back at 2:24 with another manup. Kaiser, on a Dugan assist, put Summit back up by 4 at 1:55. Summit controlled the ball over the closing minute. A big contribution to Summit's win came from Kevin Feeney and Will Gruetzmacher, who combined to control 9 faceoffs. The defense of Chris Conlon, John Stuckey, Conor Lyons and Brendan Feeney stifled Kinnelon's offense and Pete Britt had a big day in goal with 10 saves. Summit is now 18-3. Summit faces Mountain Lakes in the Group 1 final on Saturday @ 2:30PM (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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NJSIAA Group I Finals
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Won 8-6 The slogan on the back of the Summit lacrosse t-shirts says "It's a good day to be a Hilltopper". Today was a great day to be a Hilltopper as Summit beat Mountain Lakes, the defending champions, the Group One number 1 seed and the Star Ledger number one ranked team, 8-6 in the Group One Championship game at Ridge High School. Both teams came out tentatively with early big game jitters. Lakes scored first at 5:25 in the opening quarter. John Alpizar tied it at 3:23 with an unassisted goal and the quarter ended tied at 1 goal each. Alpizar scored again at 9:56 in the second quarter. Mike Dugan scored at 3:12 on an Alpizar assist, but Lakes came back with a score that also resulted in a Summit penalty. Facing off in a mandown situation, Kevin Feeney came up with the ball and the possession prevented Lakes from capitalizing on thier manup. Lakes tied it at 1:12. As the quarter randown, Summit came up with a big steal and Todd Kaiser hit Dugan breaking to the goal for a score at 0:01 for a 4-3 Summit halftime lead.
Lakes scored first in the third at 9:21 and for the next six minutes the teams battled defensively. Dugan scored at 3:01 on an Alpizar pass and Jake Lecky scored on a Dugan assist and it looked like the momentum was with Summit. But Lakes came back with a manup goal at 1:16 and another score at 0:43 and it was all even again as the quarter ended.
Summit's defense dug in in the fourth. Longstcks Chris Conlon, John Stuckey, Conor Lyons and Brendan Feeney thwarted the Lakers offensive unit and Pete Britt came up with 3 big saves in the quarter. Summit's defense played its usual aggressive style, but avoided any penaltiess. Kaiser scored at 3:41 on an Alpizar feed to break the tie. With a one goal lead and more than 3 minutes to play, sidelne strategists debated whether Summit should play to protect the lead or go to the goal and risk giving the Lakers an opportunity to score. With 3:02 to play Alpizar ended the debate by scoring his third goal to make it 8-6 Summit. Again Summit's defense dug in and turned back Lakes last desperate efforts. Summit controlled the ball over the last minute and when the horn sounded Summit was the Group One State Champion. Summit now enters the Tournament of Champions and plays Hunterdon Central on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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Ist Round TOC vs Hunterdon Central @Bridgewater-Raritan
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Won 7-4 Summit travelled to neutral Bridgewater High for the opening round game of the Tournament of Champions against the third seed Hunterdon Central and came away with a 7-4 winn. Summit's 12-5 victory over Hunterdon Central on May 16 is ancient history at this time of the season. Summit could not look beyond them. Throw into the mix the possibility of a letdown after the emotional Mountain Lakes victory on Saturday, HC's underdog status and 100+ temperature on the field and all the ingredients for an interesting lacrosse game existed. And that what this game was. It was also a game of two different halves, as Summit struggled in the first and put together a gem of a second half. Hunterdon Central controlled the opening faceoff and ranoff a possesion that lasted 4 minutes and 7 seconds. During that time goalie Pete Britt turned back 4 shots. At 2:33 Mike Dugan put Summit up 1-0 on a goal with a Chris Conlon assist. HC came back with a goal at 2:02 and the quarter ended tied at 1. HC came up with 2 second quarter goals to go up 3-1 before Kevin Feeney scored on a Jake Lecky feed and the half ended with Summit down 3-2. Despite some breakdowns at both ends of the field, Summit was still in striking range.
The second half opened with Kevin Feeney controlling the faceoff. Dugan tied it with a goal on a Kevin Feeney assit at 10:34. HC came back quickly to go up 4-3 at 9:50, but Dugan scored at 9:21, again fed by Kevin Feeney, and it was tied at 4. John Alpizar put Summit up 5-4 when he scored at 2:54 on Chris Conlon's second assist of the game. Summit was up 5-4 with a quarter to play.The early fourth quarter was a defensive grind and Chris Conlon, John Stuckey, Brendan Feeney and Conor Lyons tightened up, left no one uncoverd, forced turnovers and got ground balls and just wore HC down in the blistering heat. Alpizar put Summit up by 2 at 4 minutes with an unassisted goal. With less than 2 minutes to play, Alpizar stripped an HC middie 10 yards across midfield and immediately hit Kaiser who fed Dugan for Summit's last score to put Summit up 7-3. Kevin Feeney controlled the final face off and with help from Ian Kelly, Geoff Marks and the rest of the offensive unit Summit ran down the clock. Summit's second half was a great team effort. Pete Britt had 14 saves in goal.
Summit now faces Delbarton in the TOC finals Saturday at 3 pm at Rutgers' Yurcak Field. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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State Finals - Delbarton @ Rutgers' Yurcak Field |
Lost 6-2 Summit was defeated by Delbarton in the NJSIAA/PSEG Tournament of Champions Championship game at Rutgers' Yurcak Field. Over four quarters Delbarton's depth and defense kept Summit's offense from getting any momemtum. Down 2-0 at the end of the first quarter, Summit didn't score until Ian Kelly got an unassisted goal at 4:16 of the second. The half ended with Summit down 2-1.
Delbarton picked up 2 more in the third and 2 in the fourth and Summit was down 6-1 when Mike Dugan scored at 5:20 in the fourth. All game long Summit's defense was tested by Delbarton's long possessions, but they held up well. Goalie Pete Britt had 12 saves. Kevin Feeney controlled 9 faceoffs. Summit finished the season with a 20-4 record, an Iron Hills Conference Championship, a Union County Championship and a New Jersey State Group 1 Championship. (Reporting by Jerry Dugan)
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