2009 Men's Lacrosse

Wed

04/01

Delbarton School

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4:00PM

Lost 10-6 James Kennedy scored two goals and John Scioscia collected one goal and three assists. Delbarton is ranked No. 5 nationally on the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse rankings

Brian Bell, Adolfo Arrieta and Danny Feeney also scored for Summit.

              1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Delbarton      1       5       3       1        10
Summit         1       1       2       2         6

Mon

04/06

Cold Spring Harbor, LI

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3:00PM

Won 6-5 Summit took a 4-1 lead at halftime and held that lead until midway through the 3rd quarter when the Seahawks scored 3 unanswered goals in the space of 4-5 minutes. Early in the 4th quarter the Seahawks scored their 4th in a row to take a 5-4 lead. Summit regrouped and tied the score at 5 all. With less than 2 minutes on the clock the Hilltoppers scored the winning goal.

Senior attackman Kyle Mahoney connected on four goals, James Kennedy had one goal and four assists and John Scioscia had a goal and an assist for Summit. Danny Feeney and Brian Bell combined to win 13 of 14 face-offs to help send its Long Island opponent to its first defeat. Summit (2-1) has won two straight games since an opening day loss to Delbarton.

                 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Final
Cold Stone Harb   1    0    3    1     5
Summit            1    3    0    2     6

Goal Kyle Mahoney 4. James Kennedy. John Scioscia.
Assists: James Kennedy 4. John Scioscia.
Shots: Cold Stone Harbor 14. Summit 17.
Face Offs: Cold Stone Harbor 1.Summit 13.

Wed

04/08

Westfield

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2:00PM

Won 14-1 Sixth-ranked Summit (3-1) rolled in Summit behind a four-goal, three-assist outing from junior John Scioscia. Kyle Mahoney scored three goals and had two assists and James Kennedy and Pete Kitsos each recorded one goal and two assists for Summit. Westfield is (0-4).

              1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Westfield      0       0       0       1         1
Summit         3       6       3       2        14

Goals: John Scioscia 4. Kyle Mahoney 3. Adolpho Arrieta. Mike Ford. Jake Hall. James Kennedy. Pete Kitsos. Bob Lawrence. Tim Yager.
Assists: John Scioscia 3. James Kennedy 2. Pete Kitsos 2. Kyle Mahoney 2. Adolpho Arrieta. Eric Dolny. Bob Lawrence
Shots: Westfield 13. Summit 24.
Face Offs: Westfield 2. Summit 13.

Sat

04/11

Columbia

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11:00AM

Won 17-4 James Kennedy (5 goals , 6 assists) and Kyle Mahoney (6 goals) led Summit's attack as they easily beat Columbia. Marcel Godino had 2 goals and John Scioscia added a goal and 5 assists. Joe Cordrey, Mike tsiang and Steve Whitman each scored a goal as Summit notched its 4th straight victory.

Columbia    1       1       1       1         4
Summit      4       7       4       2        17

Goals: Kyle Mahoney 6. James Kennedy 5. Marcel Godino 2. Joe Cordrey. John Scioscia. Mike Tsiang. Steve Whitman.
Assists: James Kennedy 6. John Scioscia 5. Danny Feeney.
Shots: Columbia 15. Summit 30.
Saves: Brian Feeney 4.
Face Offs: Columbia 10. Summit 14.

Sat

04/18

West Morris Central

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11:00AM

Won 11-8 Summit (7-1), ranked No. 5, earned its seventh straight victory. West Morris threw a bit of a scare into the Summit fans as they easily jumped to a 3-1 lead early in the 1st quarter. However, Summit rallied with 3 unanswered goals. Summit couldn't shake West Morris as they matched Summit goal for goal through 3 quarters. Finally, Summit broke out in the 4th quarter with 3 goals to take an 11-7 lead.

John Scioscia led the Summit scoring with three goals and two assists. James Kennedy recorded two goals and two assists and Joe Cordrey scored twice in the victory. Adolpho Arrieta. Marcel Godino. Jake Hall. and Kyle Mahoney each had one goal. West Morris is (5-2)

              1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Final
West Morris    3    2    2    1     8
Summit         4    2    2    3    11

Goals: John Scioscia 3. Joe Cordrey 2. James Kennedy 2. Adolpho Arrieta. Marcel Godino. Jake Hall. Kyle Mahoney.
Assists: James Kennedy 2. John Scioscia 2. Marcel Godino.
Shots: Summit 28.
Saves: Danny Feeney 9.
Face Offs: Summit 9.

Sat

04/25

Madison

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11:00AM

Won 12-6 Scored 5 goals in each quarter of the 1st half and held a comfortaable 10-2 halftime lead. Summit slowed the play down in the 2nd half. However, when Madison closed the gap to 10-5 early in the 4th quarter Kyle Mahoney and Adolfo Arrieta scored to put the game out of reach.

Mahoney connected on four goals and also assisted on one and Arrieta and John Scioscia scored two goals apiece for #3 Summit (9-1) in Summit. Joe Cordrey, Brian Bell, Marcel Godino and Jake Hall each scored to direct Summit to its ninth consecutive victory. Madison is 3-6.

              1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Madison        1       1       2       2         6
Summit         5       5       0       2        12

Goals: Kyle Mahoney 4. Adolpho Arrieta 2. John Scioscia 2. Brian Bell. Joe Cordrey. Marcel Godino. Jake Hall.
Assists: Summit James Kennedy 2. Danny Feeney. Kyle Mahoney. John Scioscia.
Shots: Madison 23. Summit 24.
Face Offs: Madison 13. Summit 9.

Sat

05/09

West Essex HS

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11:00AM

Won 11-4 Senior James Kennedy had a nine point day with five goals and four assists. The Hilltoppers are now 13-1 and second in the state according to both Laxpower and The Star Ledger. Kyle mahoney openned the scoring for Summit with an assist from James Kennedy with 10:26 left in the first half. With just over six minutes in the quarter Summit got its second goal when Kennedy scored unassisted. Kennedy struck again with 2:13 remaining on an assist from junior Jake Hall. The score at the end of the first quarter was Summit 3, West Essex 0.

West Essex tallied its first goal with 7:24 remaining in the half. Summit struck again at the 3:37 mark when sharpshooter Jake Hall unloaded his cannon. With just 16 seconds on the clock West Essex scored to make the halftime score 4-2 .

Summit struck quickly at the start of the second half on a Tim Yager to Jonn Scioscia to Kennedy goal. One minute later, Kennedy passed to Mahoney, who buried his shot. West Essex scored the next goal with 4:25 left in the quarter and the 3rd quarter ended 6-3.

Summit scored again when Kennedy assisted on Mahoney’s third goal of the game with 10:31 remaining in the game. At the 8:17 mark, Kennedy scored on an assist from Scioscia, and seven seconds Bell won the face-off, passed to Scioscia, who passed to Kennedy for a six-goal Summit lead.

With five minutes left in the game, Kennedy controlled a rebound off a Godino shot that hit the post and deposited it in the back of the net to complete his nine point game. Godino found the back of the net with just over two minutes left in the game to complete the scoring.

Summit’s defense once again came up big. This is the eighth time Summit has held its opponent to four goals or less and Brian Feeney, made solid saves throughout the game.

Summit plays it final regular season game this Tuesday, May 12th at Randolph.

Thu

05/14

Westfield Union County Semifinals

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TBA

Won 12-3 Westfield made things very interesting for almost two full quarters, but eventually succumbed to Summit’s aggressive defenseand its overpowering offense, in the Union County Tournament semifinals

That was the 15th straight victory for Summit (15-1), seeded first and ranked second in The Star-Ledger Top 20. It will play for its second consecutive UCT title and fourth overall at 7:30 p.m.Saturday in Clark against Johnson.

James Kennedy led the way for Summit with four goals and one assist while junior attackman John Scioscia scored three goals to aid the balanced attack. Joe Cordrey, Kyle Mahoney, Tim Yager, Adolfo Arrieta and Sonny Round all connected once in the victory.

                    1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Westfield             2       0       0       1         3
Summit                2       3       4       3        12

Goals: James Kennedy 4. John Scioscia 3. Adolpho Arrieta. Joe Cordrey. Kyle Mahoney. Sonny Round. Tim Yager.
Assists: Marcel Godino 2. Joe Jaskolski. James Kennedy. Sam Russell.
Shots: Westfield 21. Summit 39.
Saves: Brian Feeney 7. Peter Badgley.
Face Offs: Westfield 6. Summit 13.

Sat

5/16

Johnson UCT Finals

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7:30PM

Won 9-3 Summit won another Union County Champinship going away, but not before Johnson threw a real scare into them. Kyle Mahoney had the only score of the 1st quarter. However, Johnson scored early in the 2nd quarter to tie the game. With 4:50 on the clock Marcel Godino put Summit back on top 2-1. Just a few seconds later Johnson re-knotted the score and with 0:35 on the clock Johnson scored again to take a 3-2 at the half.

We don't know what was said during the half time, but it worked. Summit ripped off 4 unanswered 3rd quarter goals. The first by Mahoney (at 11:41), the second by Marcel Godino (11:13), then James Kennedy (5:37) and finally Adolfo Arrieta (0:30). Summit didn't stop there, they scored 3 more in the 4th. Arrieta, Mahoney and Kennedy finished off Johnson. Seven unanswered second half goals. An Impressive performace.

                    1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Johnson               0       3       0       0         3
Summit                1       1       4       3         9

Goals: Kyle Mahoney 3. Adolpho Arrieta 2. Marcel Godino 2. James Kennedy 2.
Assists:James Kennedy 3. Joe Cordrey. John Scioscia.
Shots: Johnson 9. Summit 33.
Saves: Brian Feeney 3.
Face Offs: Johnson 9. Summit 7.

Wed

05/20

Mt. Olive Group2 1st rnd.

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4:00PM

Won 9-1 Even though the score was only 2-0 at the end off the 1st quarter, the handwriting was on the wall. Summit dominated the play from the opening face off. Kyle Mahoney scored Summit's first goal off a feed from John Scioscia. Adolfo Arrieta made it 2-0 at the 2:39 mark of the quarter. Another Scioscia to Mahoney goal was followed by a James Kennedy to Mahoney goal to make the score 4-0 at halftime. Kennedy scored the only goal of the 3rd quarter so entering the final 12 minutes it was 5-0 Summit. 30 seconds into the 4th quarter Mt. Olive notched its only goal. This was followed by four more Summit goals. Joe Cordrey had two and Kennedy (assist from the ever present Scioscia) and Kennedy and Marcel Godino each had one.

Summit will meet the winner of the N. Burlington/Montville game on Saturday at Tatlock. Rumor has it that the game will be at 11AM, but it is still TBD.

Sat

05/23

Montville Group II Quarterfinals

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11:00AM

Won 18-5 Through the first 10 minutes it looked like this might be a close game. Montville scored first at 10:40 and was answered by Tim Yager with an assist by James Kennedy, the first of his 6 assists. Montville regained the lead with 4 minutes left in the quarter. In the 3:30 Kennedy scored twice, Kyle Mahoney scored (assist by Kennedy) and Joe Cordrey scored (assist by Yager). Summit led 5-2 and it was clear how the game was going to go. In the 2nd Quarter Summit overwhelmed Montville 9-1 and the game was essentially over. Yager's and Michael Tsiang's ability to control the face offs gave Summit a big advantage.

The 4th quarter was a great opportunity for the "bench" to get a lot of quality playing time.

Summit will Play Mendham in the North II Semifinals on May 26th.

                    1st     2nd     3rd     4th     Final
Montville             2       1       1       1         5
Summit                5       9       3       1        18

Goals: Kyle Mahoney 4. Adolpho Arrieta 3. Joe Cordrey 2. James Kennedy 2. Eric Dolny. Danny Feeney. Marcel Godino. Terry McKenna. John Scioscia. Mike Tsiang. Tim Yager.
Assists: James Kennedy 6. Jake Hall. Pete Kitsos. John Scioscia. Tim Yager.
Shots: Montville 13. Summit 41.
Face Offs: Montville 8. Summit 19.

Tue

05/26

Mendham Group II Semifinals

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4:00PM

Won 6-3 It was clear that this was going to be a struggle. After 8 minutes of the 1st quarter the game was scoreless and 2/3 of the game had been played in Summit territory. At the 3:45 mark that reliable combination of John Scioscia to Kyle Mahoney broke the tie. However, with only 5 second left in the quarter Mendham scored to tie the game at 1-1. The 2nd quarter was scoreless for about 6 minutes until Mendham jumped to a 2-1 lead. Summit was getting some good shots, but they were turned away. Finally, with only 27 seconds left in the half a pass from James Kennedy setup Mahoney for the tieing score.

Summit finally regained the lead 50 seconds into the quarter on an unassisted goal by Adolfo Arietta. Sadly, 40 seconds later Mendham knotted the score again. About 8 minutes later the Scioscia to Mahoney combination put Summit ahead for good. An unassisted goal by Marcel Godino gave summit an insurance goal. The quarter ended with Summit up 5-3. Early in the 4th quarter Arietta scored to make it 6-3. Most of the rest of the quarter Summit played keep away.

Summit will now play Moorestown at Ridge HS on Friday May 29th.

Fri

05/29

Moorestown

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5PM

Won 9-8 What a seesaw battle! The winning score came with only 34 seconds left in the game and propelled Summit to the Group II championship. The first two minutes of the game was all Summit. In that period Summit won the face-off 3 times and scores 3 times on beautifully executed plays. Kyle Mahoney scored first off a pass from John Scioscia. That was followed a minute later when Scioscia scored off a feed from James Kennedy. 46 second after that Mahoney scored again off a pass from Kennedy. This was pretty heady stuff and the Summit fans may have gotten too comfortable. Moorestown roared back with 3 goals to tie the score at the 6:23 mark. Kennedy answered with a goal , assisted by Scioscia. However, with 11 seconds left in the quarter Moorestown again tied the score.

In the 2nd quarter It looked like Summit might pull away as they scored 3 times; Joe Cordrey (unassisted), Kennedy (Scioscia assist) and Mahoney (Kennedy assist). But Moorestown answered with a goal to end the half with Summit up 7-5.

Kennedy scored unassisted to start the 3rd quarter. This restored a three goal lead for Summit (8-5). Moorestown fought back late in the quarter with two goals and the quarter ended 8-7. The final quarter was a standoff until Moorestown tied the score after almost 6 minutes of play. Both teams had some great chances to take the lead but some great saves and defensive plays kept the score 8-8. Over the final 2:30 of the game the tension was awful because Moorestown had the ball. With about a minute left Summit got the ball back and regained to lead for good pretty much the way it began with a perfect pass from Kennedy and a great shot by Mahoney with 32 seconds left in the game. Of course, those 32 second seemed to last forever until Summit wrested the ball from Moorestown with 6 seconds on the clock.

Wed

06/03

Immaculata
Semifinals NJSIAA TOC

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5PM

Won 8-3 Summit Advanced to the Tournament of Champions Finals with a convincing victory over Immaculata. After 8 scoreless minutes Immaculata was the first to score. Joe Cordrey Answered with an unassisted goal and the quarter ended 1-1. The game seemed to be going Summit's way in the 2nd quarter when Summit scored 3 unanswered goals. Adolpho Arrieta scored unassisted, Kyle Mahoney scored off a pass from James Kennedy and John Scioscia scored unassisted. So Summit went into the half ahead 4-1. In spite of the steady ran the Summit fans were felling sunny.

Summit was brought back to reality when Immaculata came out fired up and racked up 2 goals in the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter. Suddenly Immaculata was within 1 goal. An unassisted goal by Kennedy got the lead back to two as the 4th quartet got under way. The final quarter was all Summit, aided greatly by the effective face off work by Danny Feeney. Summit scored three goals, while holding Immaculata scoreless. Scioscia scored (assisted by Kennedy) and Mahoney scored twice (with assists by Kennedy and Scioscia).

Summit will meet the winner to the Delbarton / Bridgewater-Raritan on Saturday at 3PM at Rutgers.

               1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Final
Immaculata      1    0    2    0     3
Summit          1    3    1    3     8

Goals: Kyle Mahoney 3. John Scioscia 2. Adolpho Arrieta. Joe Cordrey. James Kennedy.
Assists: James Kennedy 3. John Scioscia 2.
Shots: Immaculata 16. Summit 23.
Saves: Brian Feeney 7.

05/06

Sat

NJSIAA TOC Finals

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3PM

Won 8-4 I don't think many Hilltoppers will need to read this account of the game, since nearly all of Summit was at this exciting game. Delbarton took the opening faceoff and scored with only 6 seconds gone off the clock. The fans were stunned. Amazingly, Delbarton who had scored in 6 seconds, was then held scoreless for the next 45 minutes. The Green Wave succumbed to some great Summit defense and brilliant goal keeping by Brian Feeney. Ultimately Summit was out shot 37 to 17 but Feeney had 14 saves to the Delbarton goalie's 6.

Delbarton continued to have the upper hand through most of the 1st quarter, but with 30 seconds on the clock James Kennedy took a pass from John Scioscia and scored to even things at 1-1. The game was scoreless for the first 8 minutes of the 2nd quarter until Danny Feeney scored an unassisted goal. This was followed by a classic Kyle Mahoney goal off a pass from Scioscia. With Summit now up 3-1 and the half winding down Summit was just trying to keep Delbarton from scoring. Feeney made a save with about 6 seconds on the clock and threw the ball the length of the field to run out the clock. However, Kennedy caught it and and fired it into the goal as the buzzer sounded. As a result Summit had a 4-1 advantage at the half.

The second half began with everyone expecting Delbarton to step up the tempo of their game. Half way through the quarter Delbarton still hadn't scored. At 5:22 in the 3rd Kennedy picked up an unassisted goal and he followed it up 3 minutes later when he took a Scioscia pass and scored. The Hilltopper fans were in awe. Instead of Delbarton closing the gap Summit had widened it to 6-1.

The final quarter continued the same pattern. Kennedy scored unassisted at 9:47 and Jake Hall made the score 8-1 with 6 minutes on the clock. From that point on Summit was mostly concerned with killing the clock. Delbarton, swarming in desperation, did manage 3 goals in the final 3 minutes to make the score look more respectable, but final outcome was never in doubt.

Summit's offense played its game to perfection and the defense had held the powerful Delbarton scoring machine scoreless for 45 minutes. What a terrific victory.