Gameday Focus: Boy’s Soccer versus Rancocas Valley

Gameday Focus: Boy’s Soccer versus Rancocas Valley

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The boy’s soccer team will host Rancocas Valley in a Liberty match today. Here is an in-depth look at the contest with our Gameday Focus.

When: Thursday, October 13 at 3:45pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

Pirates 5-5-1, 4-4 Liberty

Cinnaminson comes into this game riding a streak of three wins in a row that has moved their record to 5-5-1 overall and 4-4 in the Liberty Division.

The Pirates are right back in the thick of things after starting 2-5-1 overall.

Cinnaminson sits in third place in the division behind Delran and Rancocas Valley.

During their three-game win streak the Pirates have outscored their opponents 10-2, including a 1-0 shutout of Moorestown.

The first game of the win streak was a 3-1 win on the road against Pennsauken.

Cinnaminson took down Pemberton in between the Pennsauken and Moorestown victories by a 6-1 count.

Six different players scored in that win, including Tom Ungvarsky, CJ Gee and Josh McDevitt. All three recorded their first varsity goals.

The other goal scorers were Jarrod Averill, Chris Updike and Mike Lutz.

Updike leads the team in goals this year with seven. Ryan Mahaffy has four and Lutz has three.

Red Devils 10-2, 7-1 Liberty

The Red Devils come into today’s contest red hot. Rancocas Valley has won six in a row after dropping a 3-0 divisional game to Delran.

Their other loss of the season came against St. Augustine 4-2.

Since the loss to Delran, the Red Devils have outscored their opponents 26-5, not allowing more than one goal in any of those games.

When the Red Devils allow two goals or less in a game this year they are 10-0.

Tyler Kazmierowicz leads Rancocas Valley with 10 goals. John Weeast is right behind him with seven and Tyler Leacott has six.

Rancocas Valley has had 12 players score at least one goal this season.

Head to Head

The last time these two teams met the Red Devils came away with a 3-2 win over the Pirates.

Pat Bearint and Chris Updike scored for the Pirates, while Weeast had two goals for the Red Devils. The third Rancocas Valley goal was scored by Danny Morgan.

The last time the Pirates defeated the Red Devils was during the 2013 season.

Cinnaminson swept the season series with two shutout wins by scores of 2-0 and 5-0.

Since then the Pirates have also tied Rancocas Valley twice with identical 1-1 scores.

Bookmark this post and use it for live updates throughout the game this afternoon.

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Jim Vassallo
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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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