The third-seeded Lions were able to score in the second half to force overtime and eventually won a penalty kick shootout over ninth-seeded Newton after the teams had played to a 1-1 tie in the championship game of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament at Warren Hills High School.
Becca Fontana broke free and tucked away a one-on-one goal five minutes into the second half to force overtime. After two scoreless overtime periods, the game went to the shootout, which North Hunterdon won, 3-2.
Goalkeeper Alex Macce, named the tournament MVP, blocked Newton’s first, fourth and fifth attempts in the shootout, after allowing only one goal in regulation to a Newton team that had scored 16 goals through the first four rounds of the tournament.
“We’ve been tested all year,” North Hunterdon coach Steve DeLorenzo said. “These girls just amaze me every day.”
Emily Johnson, Alison Cafaro and Fontana scored on the first three shootout attempts for Hunterdon North, which was all the advantage that Macce needed to put it away and secure the Lions’ first title since 2008.
Source: Lion Athletic News Newton (1) at North Hunterdon (1), Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament, Final Round – Girls Soccer Newton (1) at North Hunterdon (1), Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament, Final Round – Girls Soccer
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