Gameday Focus: Field Hockey vs New Egypt

Gameday Focus: Field Hockey vs New Egypt

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Final: Pirates win 3-0. Now 1-2. Story coming. 

Less than two minutes left. Pirates lead 3-0. 

Porrini with the hat trick. 3-0 Pirates. 

Porrini makes it 2-0 Pirates on a penalty stroke.  

Under 10 left in second half. Pirates hold 1-0 lead. 

Pirates dominating play in second half. Lead 1-0.

Second half underway. 1-0 Pirates. Shot from Maura Tumelty just wide. 

Halftime: Pirates lead 1-0. 

Three minutes to halftime. Pirates lead 1-0. 

8:58. Pirates strike fist. Marissa Porrini wih first goal of season for Cinnaminson. 

Pirates dominating play so far. Scoreless with 12 to go first half. 

We are underway. Scoreless With 17 minutes left first half. 

The Pirates field hockey team will look to win its first game of the 2016 season today when New Egypt comes to town. Here is our Gameday Focus.

Bookmark this link for live updates throughout the game.

When: Friday, September 16 at 3:45pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

Pirates 0-2

Cinnaminson has had a rough go of it to begin the 2016 season, falling to Patriot rival Delran 1-0 and then 4-0 to Burlington Township.

The Pirates are looking to get the offense going in some form or another.

The defense has played well despite allowing five goals through two games.

Lauren Friedrich has kept the Pirates competitive in both games, making key saves in the cage.

Warriors 0-3

New Egypt comes into this game at 0-3 on the year. The Warriors have also had trouble offensively, having been shutout in all three games played.

New Egypt dropped its season opener to Maple Shade 2-0.

The Warriors have also lost to Florence 6-0 and Delran 3-0.

Head to Head

Cinnaminson and New Egypt played to a 1-1 tie early in the 2015 season before the Pirates rebounded with a 3-2 overtime win late in the year.

The last time Cinnaminson lost to New Egypt was in the first meeting between the two schools in 2014, a 3-1 setback.

New Egypt last recorded a season sweep in 2013 with wins of 4-1 and 6-2.

A 1-0 win for Cinnaminson in the second meeting of the 2014 season snapped a nine-game losing streak to New Egypt.

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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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