2012 Summit Men's Soccer
| Roster | JV Soccer | Freshmen |
| Date | Time | Site | Opponent | Result (11-7-2) | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, Sep 6 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Governor Livingston | Lost 4-2 This season began the same way last season ended, with a loss to a strong Governor Livingston team. GL jumped to an early 2-0 lead with goals in the sixth and ninth minutes. In the 10th minute, Summit sophomore Eric Reyes cut the advantage by breaking away for a goal tucked just inside the post. In the 37th minute GL scored again for a 3-1 halftime lead. An evenly played second half saw GL score in the 35th minute, answered by a Summit goal in the 37th minute when senior co-captain Nick Abbott headed in a nice corner kick by sophomore Andrew Gutierrez. | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, Sep 8 | 11:00AM | Away | Arthur L. Johnson | Won 1-0 in OT Summit had the better of the play, failing to finish on several good scoring opportunities during the scoreless first and second halves. In the fourth minute of sudden-death overtime, Ryan Hughes worked himself free down the right wing and made a perfect centering pass to Nick Abbott, who one-timed the game winner into the far corner of the net. Goalkeeper Brendan Krain made several saves to preserve the shutout, supported by solid defense from Scott Caputo, Ethan Chivers, Will Snyder, James Strabley and an especially strong performance by Matt Hermann. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday, Sep 11 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Plainfield | Tied 2-2 In a see-saw first half, Plainfield scored first in the 19th minute, but Summit answered in the 25th minute with Ryan Hughes heading in a centering pass from Will Snyder. Plainfield scored again in the 29th minute, but Summit leveled the score in the 32nd minute when senior co-captain Scott Caputo drove a shot into the top of the net on a direct free kick from a few feet outside the box. What followed was a scoreless second half and two scoreless 10 minute overtimes resulting in a tie. | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, Sep 13 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | New Providence | Won 3-2 in OT Summit controlled the play for much of the scoreless first half, with offensive pressure and a number of scoring chances, including one shot by Nick Abbott that rang off the post in the 27th minute. The second half began the same way, and Summit broke through to take the lead in the 16th minute when Ryan Hughes threaded a pass through the defenders to a breaking Nick Abbott, whose shot found the top of the net. In the 19th minute, Hughes got himself free but hit the post after beating all defenders. New Providence tied the score in the 25th minute, converting from in front on a corner kick. But Ryan Hughes would not be denied, regaining Summit's lead by weaving through several defenders to score in the 29th minute. It looked like it would end that way, but in the final minute of regulation an inadvertent hand ball in front of Summit's goal gave New Providence a penalty kick, which they scored to force the game into overtime. Summit came out flying in the overtime, pressing in the New Providence end from the opening whistle until a corner kick in the 6th minute of OT resulted in a mad scramble of players in front of the goal and junior James Holzer slammed in the game winner. | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, Sep 20 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Jonathan Dayton | Won 2-0 Summit controlled the ball for long stretches of the first half, but Dayton (2-3) had the best two scoring chances when their shots glanced off the crossbar and over the net in the 23rd minute and again in the 33rd minute. With 2:10 remaining in the half, Summit's broke through when a corner kick by Eric Pzedpelski was headed toward the goal by Matt Hermann to James Holzer, whose header clanked off the crossbar but Holzer finished by kicking his own rebound into the goal. In the 23rd minute of the second half, a free kick by Ashley Healey was centered to Andre Zeledon, who passed to Ryan Hughes for a score that gave Summit a two-goal lead. Dayton hit the crossbar again in the 37th minute, but could not score on Summit goalkeeper Brendan Krane (8 saves), who recorded his second shutout of the season with the assistance of defenders Ethan Chivers, Will Snyder, Matt Hermann and James Strabley (as well as the crossbars). The victory was a demonstration of Summit's depth of talent, with the team playing without senior co-captains Scott Caputo and Will Gerard as a result of injury/illness and losing senior co-captain Nick Abbott to an ankle sprain just after halftime. | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, Sep 22, | 11:00AM | Upper Tatlock | Delaware Valley | Won 4-1 Playing on the high school turf field for the first time this season in front of a good size home crowd, Summit outplayed usually strong Delaware Valley. The scoring started in the 12th minute of the first half when a corner kick by Eric Reyes was converted by Andrew Gutierrez. In the 20th minute, Nick Abbott added to the lead when he received a throw-in from James Strabley, made a quick turn toward the goal and hit a shot into the top corner of the net. In the 29th minute, Delaware Valley scored to send the game to halftime at 2-1. Summit reasserted itself in the second half, expanding its lead in the 22nd minute when James Holzer steered a crossing pass from Will Snyder into the the far side of the goal. Almost two minutes later, Will Snyder drove a shot into the goal to make the score 4-1. | ||||||||||||
| Monday, Sep 24 | 4:00PM | Away | Rahway | Won 2-0 Summit scored one goal in each half to continue their 6 game unbeaten streak, beating Rahway (3-3-1) on the road. In the first half, senior Andre Zeledon scored, assisted by Will Snyder. In the 29th minute of the second half, Eric Przedpelski made the score 2-0, converting a pass from Nick Abbott. Goalkeeper Brendan Krain needed to make only 4 saves to record the third shutout of the season for the strong Summit defense. | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, Sep 27, | 4:00PM | Away | Governor Livingston | Lost 5-0. Nothing positive to say for the Hilltoppers on this day. | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, Sept 29 | 10:00 | Home | UCT Prelim vs. Roselle Park | Won 4-0. #5 seed Summit defeated #20 Roselle Park at home at the high school. Scott Caputo opened the scoring in the 25th minute of the first half when his centering pass went in off a defender. In the 32nd minute, a nice pass from Andrew Gutierrez sprung Eric Reyes down the left wing and his shot grazed the crossbar on the way in to make it 2-0 at halftime. Summit kept coming, and in the 31st minute of the second half Jarrett Ross slammed home a goal when the RP goaltender couldn't control Scott Caputo's cross. A minute and a half later, Michael Williams took a pass from Nick Abbott and broke through the defense to complete the scoring. Summit goaltender Brendan Krain made a couple great saves in the first half to preserve the shutout, with Nick Zachara taking a turn in goal for the last 8 minutes of the game to complete the blanking of Roselle Park's offense. |
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| Tuesday, Oct 2 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Arthur L. Johnson | Won 3-0 Goaltender Brendan Krain and the Summit (7-2-1) defense recorded a shutout at the Upper Tatlock field in a game played mostly in a steady rain. Summit got on the board early in the 7th minute of the game when Ale Ramirez passed to Eric Reyes breaking up the middle past the defense, with Reyes scoring when the ALJ (6-4-1) goalie failed to control the ball. In the 35th minute of the first half, Michael Williams made a terrific pass down the wing to a streaking Johnny Burns for a goal that made it 2-0 at halftime. Will Gerard completed the scoring in the 23rd minute of the second half by heading in a corner kick by Andrew Gutierrez. | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, Oct 6 | 1:30PM | Home | Union County Tournament vs. Plainfield | Won 6-1 Summit struck first in the third minute, when Eric Reyes scored after the Plainfield defense failed to clear a centering pass from Ryan Hughes. Less than 2 minutes later, Plainfield evened the score when a long free kick bounced into the goal. In the 25th minute, Ryan Hughes regained the lead when he drilled home a sharp angle shot after receiving a short ball on a corner kick. A foul in the box gave Summit a penalty kick in the 28th minute, and Scott Caputo scored it by burying the rebound after the keeper saved his initial shot. In the 33rd minute, bedlam broke out when several Plainfield players mugged Eric Przedpelski, punching and kicking him when he was down on the turf. Two Plainfield players received red cards and were tossed from the game, so when order was restored Plainfield played the rest of the game two players down. In the 2nd half, Summit used its numerical advantage to run up the score. In the 8th minute, a free kick just outside the box resulted in a nice scoring play where Caputo faked kicking the ball and Ashley Healey followed behind him to shoot the ball into the upper corner of the net. There was a beautiful play in the 13th minute, with a lead pass sending James Strabley down the right wing and his crossing pass was headed into the far side of the net by Johnny Burns. A final goal came in the 38th minute when Ale Ramirez broke through the defense to beat the goaltender. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday, Oct 9, | 4:00PM | Away | New Providence | Won 2-0. Summit scored early in each half and shut down New Providence to win on its turf. In the first half, Andrew Gutierrez scored from in front, converting a centering pass by Nick Abbott. Early in the second half, Mike Williams drilled a shot off a defender and into the net. That was enough on a day when goalie Brendan Krain and Summit's defenders teamed for the sixth shutout of the Hilltopper's season, limiting New Providence to one shot on goal in the game. | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, Oct 13 | TBD | Away | Union County Tournament Quarterfinal vs. Elizabeth | Lost 3-0 Fourth seeded Elizabeth contolled much of the play on their home turf to eliminate the Hilltoppers from the Union County Tournament. Elizabeth scored in the 25th minute to take a 1-0 halftime lead. Good pressure by the Summit offense early in the second half working to even the score did not produce a goal, and Elizabeth scored in the 21st minute of the second half and again in the 34th minute to ice the shutout victory. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday, Oct 16 | 4:00PM | Away | Jonathan Dayton |
Lost 5-2 Summit never recovered from a slow start where Dayton scored on a header in the 5th minute and made it 2-0 less than a minute later by breaking through the middle of the Summit defense. In the 12th minute, Eric Reyes scored for Summit to close the gap, but Dayton responded with its third goal in the 15th minute. In the 38th minute, a long free kick by Will Snyder found the net to again make it a one goal game at halftime. Any momentum was lost immediately after the second half began, when Dayton scored in the first minute to create a cushion, and very late in the game Dayton added another goal to make the score more lopsided.
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| Thursday, Oct 18 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Rahway | Won 7-2 Despite playing without a growing number of its usual starters due to injury/illness, Summit scored early and often to dominate this game. In the 2nd minute, Ale Ramirez made a headman pass up the left wing to a streaking Eric Reyes, who broke away to open the scoring. In the 21st minute the same combo made the score 2-0 when Ramirez passed to Reyes breaking up the middle to score again. In the 29th minute, Ramirez made another beautiful crossing pass onto the foot of James Holzer who converted it into the far side of the net to send the game to halftime at 3-0 Summit. In the 10th minute of the 2nd half, Andre Zeledon scored off an assist from Ashley Healey. James Holzer was pulled down in the box in the 13th minute, and he scored the resulting penalty kick. Summit's shutout was lost when Rahway scored in the 29th minute, but less than a minute later Summit responded when Matt Hermann passed to Eric Reyes who lofted the ball over the onrushing goaltender to compete a 3-goal hat trick. The scoring continued, with Rahway getting a second goal in the 33rd minute and Summit adding on the the 37th minute with a goal by Ethan Chivers. Summit goaltender Brendan Krain played well shutting down Rahway in the first half and was relieved by Nick Zachara for the 2nd half. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday, Oct 23 | 4:00PM | Away | Roselle | Won 7-0 Summit scored in the 4th minute when Nick Abbott volleyed in a corner kick by Ashley Healey, and the floodgates were open. A few minutes later, Johnny Burns was credited with a score when Roselle made an own-goal. In the 20th minute, Nick Abbott scored again on an assist from Eric Reyes. James Strabley knocked in a goal late in the half to make it 4-0 at intermission. Early in the second half, Andre Zeledon scored, and in the 7th minute Zeledon earned an assist setting up a goal by James Holzer. In the 15th minute Ale Ramirez completed the scoring by converting another pass from Zeledon. Goaltenders Brendan Krain and Nick Zachara combined to record the shutout for Summit. | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, Oct 25 | 4:00PM | Upper Tatlock | Scotch Plains | Lost 5-0. The Star Ledger's #2 ranked team in New Jersey, Scotch Plains, showed why despite Summit playing well and getting its share of chances. The play was even early in the game, but Scotch Plains scored in the 17th minute and again in the 35th minute to take a 2-0 halftime advantage. The second half included a number of Summit opportunities that were not finished, but Scotch Plains scored when they had openings in the 11th minute, the 15th minute and the 35th minute to pile it up to 5-0. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday, Oct 30 | 4:00PM | Away | Abraham Clark | |||||||||||||
| Saturday, Nov 10 | 10:00AM | Home High School |
NJSIAA Sectional Rnd 1 vs. Morristown | Lost 2-1 Summit's season came to an end at home with an evenly played state playoff game that was delayed by almost two weeks by a hurricane and a snow storm. Summit struck first in the 30th minute of the first half when Eric Reyes scored off the post making an amazing reverse scissor kick over his head with his back to the goal. Morristown evened the score with a goal in the 4th minute of the second half. In the 11th minute Summit just missed regaining the lead when Ashley Healey's shot banged off the goalpost. With only 7 minutes left in the game, Morristown beat the defense to score the game winner. It was an emotional loss for Summit's seniors led by co-captains Nick Abbott, Scott Caputo, Will Gerard and Ashley Healey and their classmates Brendan Krain, Corbin Jacobs, Ethan Chivers, Matt Hermann, Ale Ramirez, Eric Prezedpelski, Josh Tames, Will Snyder and Andre Zeledon, who we salute for the best Summit varsity team soccer record in recent years. |