Pirates Are Champions, Storming Past St. Peter's

Goals by Lucas Ross and Drew Ligotti four minutes apart in the first half gave fourth-seeded Seton Hall Prep, No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20, the lead it never relinquished as the Pirates stormed past #2 seed St. Peter’s for the NJSIAA Northeast Non-Public title at the Caven Point Athletic Complex in Jersey City. Charles Giordano added an insurance goal when he scored on a penalty kick in the 70th minute and Noah Cueva scored in the 76th minute. Tomas Hut  had three saves and Aidan Batista had one to combine on the shutout, the team’s seventh of the year...
The Prep hadn’t played in three weeks before outlasting No. 17 Montclair Kimberley, 1-0, in overtime in Tuesday’s quarterfinals, following it up with a 2-0 victory over No. 14 Bergen Catholic.
    “Because of the two quarantines, we really didn’t hit our stride until the postseason,” Coach Marty Berman said. “Normally, we’d be going into the county and state tournaments with 15-18 games under our belt. Coming into this postseason with only seven games it did kinda take us a while to hit our stride. That’s what makes today so much more special. It came together in 10 games instead of 20.”
    “The beginning of the season was a bit rough, but we started playing really well right at the right time and we won because of it,” said Ligotti. “This is a perfect way to end it.” [view the photos]
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