Summit and Delbarton are moving on to the Kirst Cup final after a pair of semifinal wins at Kean University. The Hilltoppers erupted for 10 straight goals to take control against Ridgewood, while Delbarton held off Mountain Lakes in a tight matchup to set up Thursday’s championship clash. Stay tuned as the highlights come in!
Delbarton 13 Mountain Lakes 11 | Kirst Cup Semifinal
Top-seed Delbarton survived a scare in Tuesday’s Kirst Cup semifinal, hanging on to defeat 4-seed Mountain Lakes 13-11 to advance to Thursday’s final. A back-and-forth affair for a majority of the action, the upset-minded Lakers held a 9-8 lead after three quarters. Then, the Green Wave answered back with three unanswered goals to make it 12-9 with 7:07 left in regulation. With under 3:00 to go, Mountain Lakes’ Lawson Fagan and Owen Higgins scored their third goals of the game to cut it to 12-11. A Fagan shot with just over 1:00 left, though, was saved by Delbarton’s Matty McGinty and the Green Wave survived the upset bid.
Johns Hopkins commit Brandon Fodor, Cornell commit Christian Troczynski, and Brown commit Pierce Bolger each had hat tricks for Delbarton. Higgins, Fagan, and Holden Gillespie also scored hat tricks for the Lakers.
Delbarton will now face 2-seed Summit in the Kirst Cup final on Thursday at Kean University.
JSZ’s Ryan Sudol has the highlights + post-game reaction from Kean University:
Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Delbarton is made possible by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
Summit 16 Ridgewood 6 | Kirst Cup Semifinal
Summit is headed back to the Kirst Cup championship game after a dominant 16-6 win over Ridgewood. The Maroons made it a one-goal game in the second quarter behind two goals from AJ LoSauro, but the Hilltoppers answered with 10 straight goals to take firm control of the semifinal. Chris Davies and Cole Sabol both delivered five-goal performances, while James Grainger added a hat trick in the win. Summit will face Delbarton in the Kirst Cup final on Thursday at Kean University.
JSZ’s Nicholas Doll has the highlights + post-game reaction from Kean University:
Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Summit is made possible by Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
