Pirates Soccer Prevails Over West Orange in Essex County Title Game, 2-0

A Dave Schuster goal barely six minutes into the game, and a second by Charles Giordano in the waning moments of the game nailed down Seton Hall Prep's 2-0 victory in the Essex County Soccer Championship game last night at Belleville Stadium. It marked The Prep's seventh title overall, and fourth since 2015. • The potent West Orange attack was continually stymied by a refuse-to-break Prep defense manned by Zach Levy, Edward Zazzali, along side Alex Oladapo and Zaiden James. Keeper Aidan Batista came up big, time and time again, with punch-outs of potentially lethal West Orange throw-ins and scrambles in the box. • Head Coach Marty Berman was up against former player Doug Nevins, a 1991 Prep graduate and now the Mountaineer head coach. Nevins played at The Prep with the fathers of a pair of current Prep players- keeper Batista and midfielder Joaquin Niehenke. Seton Hall is now 13-0-1 and ranked No. 2 in the NJ.com Top 20. [view the album]