Lady Eagles win, take division lead

SPARTA, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls soccer team followed practically to the letter the same game plan the boys team used in beating Sparta the morning of Saturday, Sept. 28.

Both Knolls teams won by 3-0 counts – the girls replacing Sparta at the top of the North Jersey Athletic Conference’s American Division by winning their game in Sparta and the boys winning at home at their Denville campus.

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In both games, all three goals were scored by the same player – junior Lucia Nash scoring a hat trick for the Lady Eagles and senior Matthew Klingener scoring all three goals for the boys.

In both games, the first half was scoreless with all the scoring done in the second half.

Both goaltenders finished with three saves – junior Tariyana Sango for the girls team and junior Angelo D’Asti for the boys. It was Sango’s third shutout of the season while D’Asti registered his first.

For the Lady Eagles, junior Maria Tzoumas finished with two assists. Adding one assist each were seniors Charlee Perna and Madison Kenny, junior Julianna Critchley, and sophomore Isabela Pimenta.

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The Lady Eagles improved to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the North Jersey Athletic Conference’s American Division, where they lead the division by a half game ahead of Sparta. Sparta is 6-4 overall and 5-2 in the NJAC-American.

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