2000 Summit High School Men's Lacrosse

All games at 4PM unless otherwise indicated

 Date  Opponent   Varsity (17-2) 
Sat 04/01 Delbarton A Lost 9-5 Keith Schroeder scored twice to lead Summit. J.P. Coviello, Ned Britt and David Haire each contributed a goal.
Mon 04/03 Clifton W Won 11-5 Ned Britt fired 5 goals and Tim Martin and J.P. Coviello each scored twice to pace Summit.
Wed 04/05 Pingry A Won 6-5 Summit was tied 4-4 when Keith Schroeder scored his 2nd goal to make it 5-4. A minute later Ned Britt fed Tim Martin on a fast break to make the score 6-4. Pingry scored with about two minutes left, but the Summit defense held on for the victory. J.P. Coviello scored twice and and Andrew Trombley added a goal. Pingry was 1-0 entering the game.
Wed 04/12 Seton Hall W Won 14-3 Ned Britt led a parade of Summit goals with six. J.P. Coviello scored three time while Matt Starker contributed two. Tim Martin scored once, but was credited with an astounding seven assists.  
Fri 04/14 Livingston A Won
Thu 04/20 Mendham H Won 12-5 Summit was at the peak of its game as they grabbed a 3-1 lead in the 1st quarter off goals by Ned Britt, Matt Starker and Keith Schroeder. Britt also got two assists. Britt, Starker, Schroeder, Tim Martin and J.P. Coviello each scored in the 2nd quarter to build the lead to 8-2. Britt added three more goals in the 2nd half to end with a game high five. Jeff Garibaldi, Matt Tsiang and Rob Messner played great defense as Mendham got only 15 shots. Mike Sartorius was great in goal  
Mon 04/24 Ramapo H Won 7-3 Tim Martin helped Summit open a 5-1 first half lead as he scored twice. Ned Britt was credited with four assists. Ramapo was 4-1 coming into this game and was ranked #15
Wed 04/26 Columbia A Won 16-6 Summit took a 12-2 first half lead and easily defeated Columbia. Tim Martin picked up 2 goals and 7 assists. Ned Britt had 3 goals and 2 assists while David Haire scored 3 goals. J.P. Coviello had 2 goals and 2 assists.  
Fri 04/28 Morristown W Won 16-6 Summit, ranked #4, easily handled Morristown. Tim Martin and Ned Britt each had a hat trick. In addition Martin had 5 assists and Britt had two.
Mon 05/01 Bridgewater H Won 8-6 Summit had a 4-0 run in the 2nd quarter to build a 6-1 lead. During that run Ned Britt had two assists and a goal. Bridgewater, ranked #5, was7-2 entering this game.
Wed 05/03 West Morris A Won 7-6 (3OT) Summit jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter. West Morris to make the score 4-2 in the 3rd quarter, but goals by Matt Starker and Ned Britt made it 6-2 starting the 4th quarter. Unfortunately, West Morris rallied with 4 unanswered goals to force overtime. with only a minute left to play Ned Britt's shot deflected off a player and barely made it into the gage to give Summit their 10th straight victory. Starker, Britt and J.P. Coviello each scored twice. Mike Sartorius was outstanding in goal during the 3 overtime periods. Morris Hills is ranked 7th in the state.
Sat 05/06 Roxbury H Won 12-4 Ned Britt scored five goal and had 3 assists to help Summit extend its winning streak to 11 games. Tim Martin had a hat trick and added two assists. 
Mon 05/08 Westfield A Won 16-8 Ned Britt exploded for 7 goals and 3 assists to lead the Summit scoring. Tim Martin had another hat trick and added 5 assists. Matt Starker also scored 3 goals. 
Fri 05/12 West Essex A Won 11-5 Ned Britt again led the Summit scoring with 4 goals and 3 assists. Britt has scored 15 goals in the last 3 games. Keith Schroeder added 3 goals and an assist. Tim Martin picked up 2 goals and had 4 assists.
Tue 05/16 Millburn A Won 12-6 Summit contiued its winning ways. Ned Britt, who's playing time was limited after a head injury in the West Essex game, had 3 goals and one assist. Matt Starker also had 3 goals, while Tim Martin had a pair of goals along with 5 assists. J.P. Coviello also had 2 goals. 
Thur 05/18 Randolph Won 17-5 Mike Sartorius had a fine game in goal with 18 saves. J.P. Coviello had 4 goals and Ned Britt scored 3 times with 5 assists. Summit jumped to a 6-1 1st quarter lead when Tim Martin scored 3 goals and an assist. Keith Schroeder, Aaron Bell, and Matt Miller had 2 goals apiece. 
Tue 05/23 Mountain Lakes A  
 Fri 5/26 Dwight-Englewood State Tourney Won 17-2 Ned Britt continued his high scoring ways with 5 goals and 3 assists. J.P. Coviello added 4 goals as Summit advanced to the 2nd round.
Wed 5/31 Montclair
State Tourney
Won 15-6 Summit jumped to a 3-1 lead behind 3 1st quarter goals by Ned Britt. But then Summit seemed to lose its momentum and allowed Montclair to tie the score at 3-3. However, Summit regained their focus and ran off the next 6 goals (including 2 by Keith Schroeder and another goal by Britt) to end the half 9-3. A goal by Ned Britt (Assist from Tim Martin) and goal by Matt Starker built the lead to 12 -4 entering the final quarter. Fourth quarter goals by Martin (Assist by Starker), Keith Schroeder , and  Andrew Trombley led to the 15-6 final score. Martin finished with 2 goals and 3 assists, while Starker and Trombley each scored twice. Summit's next game is Saturday, June 3rd, against Moorestown at Tatlock Field.
Sat 06/03 Moorestown-State Tourney

Lost 6-5 Summit got off to a fast start as Ned Britt scored in the 1st minute off a great assist from Tim Martin. Two minutes later J.P. Coviello returned the favor by assisting Tim Martin, and Summit was up 2-0. After a Moorestown score Tim Martin fed Keith Schroeder to rebuild the 2 goal lead. Moorestown answered with another goal but before the quarter ended Tim Martin set up Britt for his second goal. The half ended with Summit ahead 4-2. Two minutes into the 2nd quarter Britt fed Tim Martin and Summit had it's biggest lead of the day at 5-2. At this point the momentum began to shift toward Moorestown. In fact Summit went scoreless for the next 17 minutes. During that interval Moorestown scored 4 goals to take a 6-5 lead. Fortunately, J. P. Coviello, with another assist by Tim Martin, tied the game with 48 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. During that 17 minute dry spell the Moorestown goalie made made a couple of spectacular saves of shots by Britt.

The 4th quarter was a defensive struggle. Neither team scored until Moorestown broke through and took a 7-6 lead with 2:13 left. The final two minutes were furious and Summit had a couple of chances to tie, but they were turned away. Over the final 22 minutes the defense, anchored by Rob Messner, Todd Ward, Jeff Garibaldi and Mike Sartorius, kept Summit in the game as they held off wave after wave of Moorestown offense. Ultimately they gave up two goals in that interval..