| Date | Time | Opponent | Varsity (10-8-2) | JVarsity |
| Fri 09/09 | 4:00PM | Morris Hills A | Lost 4-0 | |
| Tue 09/13 | 4:00PM |
Weequahic Varsity H |
Won 6-0 Carlos Villalobos had a hat trick and Marko Efstratiou had one goal and an assist. The other two goals were scored by Eamon Troy and Chris Snieckus. Tyler Smith (2 saves) and Alex Lucaci (8 saves) combined for a shutout. |
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| Thu 09/15 | 4:00PM | West Essex H | Won 2-1 Following a scorelss 1st half West Essex grabbed a 1-0 lead early in the 2nd half. Carlos Villalobos scored the tieing goal and then assisted on Chris Figueroa's game winner. Freshman Alex Lucaci had 20 saves in goal. West Essex is 1-1-1. | |
| Sat 09/17 | 10:00AM | Dover A | Won 2-0 Carlos Villalobos broke a scoreless tie in the first half. Jordi Pineda scored the insurance goal in the 2nd half. Alex Lucaci had 10 saves. Dover is (1-3) | |
| Mon 09/19 | 4:00PM | Parsippany Hills H | Tied 0-0 Summit clearly held the upper hand in this scoreless battle. However, Parsippany Hill's goalie made 20 saves to squelch Summit's scoring. Inspite of their dominance, Summit almost lost in the final minutes when Par Hills had a shot on an open net, but the ball hit the right post. Alex Lucaci had 10 saves for Summit. Par Hills is 0-2-2 | |
| Wed 09/21 | 4:00PM | Chatham A | Tied 1-1 Chatham scored first to lead 1-0 at the half. Mike Grouss evened the score with a goal midwathrough the 2nd half. | |
| Fri 09/23 | 4:00PM | Mendham H | Lost 1-0 Mendham scored the games only goal early in the 2nd half. Alex Lucaci helped keep Summit in the game with 19 saves. | |
| Tue 09/27 | 4:00PM | Hanover Park A | Won 5-1 Jordi Pineda scored a pair of goals and Carlos Villalobos added a goal and 2 assists. Summit's scoring was rounded out by Justin MacPherson on a drive from 25 yards out in the first half and a penalty kick by freshman Kendall Baker in the second half. | |
| Thu 09/29 | 4:00PM | Parsippany H | Won 3-2 Marko Efstratiou tallied two goals on rebounds and Carlos Villalobos scored one on a solo effort to give Summit a 3-0 lead. The Hilltopper defense, anchored by Andrew Zackoff, Austin Costeira, Mike Grouss, Granger Jewett and goalie Alex Lucaci, played superbly for 75 minutes before allowing two late goals to make the final score close. | Won 4-1 |
| Sat 10/01 | 11:00AM | Morris Hills H | Lost 5-0 Morri Hills is 7-1-1 | |
| Fri 10/07 | 4:00PM | Weequahic Varsity Only | Won 6-2 The game was tied at 2-2 late in the first half before Summit raised its intensity and dominated the rest of the way. Jordi Pineda struck for two goals and Carlos Villalobos and Remy Olsen each added a goal and an assist. Conor McKenna and Erick Solis also scored while Danny Ayala played a fine all-round game.
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| Tue 10/11 | 4:00PM | West Essex A | Lost 2-1. Defending league champion West Essex built an early 2-0 lead before Summit’s defense stiffened. The Hilltoppers played a strong, aggressive second half but were only able to score once on a penalty kick by Carlos Villalobos. Eamon Troy was outstanding for Summit in the midfield. The Hilltoppers are now 6-4-2 on the season. | No game |
| Mon 10/17 |
4:00PM |
Dayton H
UCT |
Won 4-0. Hilltopper coaches David Pease and Rob Grella surprised everyone by radically shuffling the starting lineup for Summit's opening game of the Union County Tournament. The changes paid immediate dividends. Mike Grouss, who moved from sweeper to forward, scored two goals and assisted on another by Marko Efstratiou. Another former defender, Andrew Zackoff, drilled in a goal off a feed from Marc Shehata. Justin MacPherson was solid as the new sweeper, and also assisted on one of Grouss' goals. Carlos Villalobos contributed a nifty assist from his new midfield position. However, there was no change at the keeper position as Alex Lucaci and Tyler Smith combined for the shutout. The Hilltoppers are now 7-4-2 on the season. |
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| Tue 10/18 | 4:00PM | Parsippany Hills A | Lost 1-0. Playing back-to-back games for the first time this season, the Hilltoppers were a bit off their top form. Both teams failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities until mid way through the second half when Par Hills broke through. Summit mounted one final attack with two minutes left, but was unable to put the ball in the net. Summit's record is now 7-5-2.
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| Thu 10/20 | 4:00PM | Chatham H | Lost 1-0 in overtime. This was a very tough loss for the Hilltoppers. Both teams played all out, and it seemed like a scoreless tie was likely as darkness settled onto DiParisi field. Finally, with one minute to go in overtime, Chatham scored off a loose ball in front of the Summit goal. On the offensive end, Mike Grouss was very effective in creating scoring opportunities but, unfortunately, Summit was unable to finish them. Sweeper Justin MacPherson made a tremendous defensive play late in the game to deflect away a ball rolling toward Summit's open net. Keeper Alex Lucaci made nine saves, including several in heavy traffic. The Hilltoppers are now 7-6-2 on the season. | |
| Sat 10/22 |
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Union UCT Quarterfinals |
Lost 1-0 (Quarterfinals of the Union County Tournament played at Kehler Stadium in Westfield.) Summit suffered another disheartening defeat when it lost it's third straight game by the score of 1-0. Summit also lost to Union in last year's UCT semifinals by the same 1-0 score. Except for one lapse in the first half, the seventh-seeded Hilltoppers shut down the second-seeded Farmers' high powered offense. Sweeper Justin MacPherson was a stalwart on defense. Andrew Zackoff and Mike Grouss gave Summit good ball movement on offense, but once again the Hilltoppers could not cash in any of its scoring opportunities. Summit is now 7-7-2 on the season. |
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| Mon 10/24 |
4PM |
Dover H (Tatlock) |
Won 5-0 The Hilltoppers emphatically broke out of their scoring drought in their first home game on the artificial turf at Metro Homes (formerly Tatlock) Field. Carlos Villalobos led the way by scoring the first two goals and making a long pass to set up a third by Marc Shehata. Danny Ayala and Conor McKenna also found the net in the second half. Erick Solis, Evan Litosch and Mike Grouss provided assists. Summit received a strong effort from the defensive cohort of Ayala, Austin Costeira, Justin MacPherson, Zach Schlesinger, Remy Olsen and Chris Snieckus. Alex Lucaci (3 saves) and Tyler Smith (4 saves) recorded the joint shutout. The Hilltoppers are now 8-7-2 on the season.
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| Thu 10/27 | 4:00PM | Hanover Park H | Won 3-0. On Senior Day at DiParisi Field, Summit got off to a fast start when Marko Efstratiou fired in a goal off a nice pass from Mike Grouss at the 10 minute mark. After that, the Hilltoppers were unable to finish off several good scoring chances. Hanover Park also failed to cash in its own scoring opportunities. Finally, with the clock winding down in the second half, two "highlight reel" plays brought cheers from the home crowd: Sweeper Justin MacPherson boomed in a 60 yard goal that took a bad hop past the Hanover Park keeper, and Carlos Villalobos blistered the net on a bicycle kick off a perfect feed from Marc Shehata. Alex Lucaci and Tyler Smith again combined on the shutout. Eleven seniors played their last regular season home game for Summit: Tri-Captains MacPherson, Villalobos and Austin Costeira, as well as Evan Litosch, Nick Zeleniuch, Chris Snieckus, Chris Figueroa, Danny Ayala, Andrew Zackoff, Jordi Pineda and Smith. The Hilltoppers are now 9-7-2 on the season. | |
| Tue 11/01 |
2PM |
Shore Regional H, 1st round State Tournament |
Won 2-1 Summit scored just 3 minutes into the game when Marko Efstratiou pushed a shot past the Shore goalie after an assist by Carlos Villalobos. 30 minutes later, Efstratiou fed Andrew Zackoff whose one-touch blast ricocheted in off the side post. After that, both teams squandered good scoring chances, until Shore finally broke through for its lone tally with one minute to go in the game. Erick Solis did an excellent job controlling and distributing the ball in the midfield. Justin MacPherson, Austin Costeira, Danny Ayala, Mike Grouss and keeper Alex Lucaci led another strong effort by the Hilltopper defense. Lucaci's 23 saves were a career high. Summit is now 10-7-2 on the season while Shore falls to 9-8.
Summit’s next State Tournament game is Friday, November 4 at 2pm at Kennedy High School in Iselin.
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| Tue 11/01 | 3:30PM | Parsippany A | | |
| Wed 11/02 |
4:00PM |
Mendham A |
Lost 1-0 Mendham (18-2) dominated the first half but tenacious defensive work by sweeper Justin MacPherson and spectacular goalkeeping by Alex Lucaci helped to keep the ball out of the net. Mendham finally scored on a soft but well placed shot with five minutes remaining in the half. In the second half, Summit mounted several strong attacks but was unable to break through the Mendham defense. It was the Hilltoppers’ fifth 1-0 loss of the season. Summit’s record is now 10-8-2. |
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| Fri 11/04 |
2PM |
J.F. Kennedy A Central Group2 Quarterfinals |
Lost 1-0 This was a heartbreaking loss. After a scoreless tie for 80 minutes of regular time Summit played two overtime periods. Still there was no score, so it went to a penalty kick tie breaker. Summit was outscored 4-2 in penalty kicks. Mike Grouss and Marc Shehata scored the penalty kicks for Summit. Justin MacPherson, who played a tremendous defensive game, was to be the fifth shooter but his kick was moot after Kennedy went up by two goals. Alex Lucaci recorded 14 saves for the Hilltoppers. Summit finishes the season at 10-9-2 while Kennedy improves to 15-2.
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