Gameday Focus: Girl’s Soccer vs Middle Township SJG2 Semifinal

Gameday Focus: Girl’s Soccer vs Middle Township SJG2 Semifinal

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Girl’s soccer plays host to Middle Township this afternoon at 2pm in the semifinal of the South, Group 2 playoffs. Here is our Gameday Focus.

When: Tuesday, November 8 at 2pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

#1 Pirates 18-2-1

Cinnaminson is in the sectional semifinal for a third consecutive season.

The Pirates got here with two shutout victories over #16 Lower Cape May and #9 Oakcrest by a combined score of 10-0.

During their four-game win streak, the Pirates have outscored opponents 20-0.

The Pirates defense has recorded 15 shutouts on the season. Their last six wins have all come via shutout.

Hailey Gutowski leads the offense this postseason with four goals and four assists.

Emma Karch and Alex Keck each have two goals scored in the playoffs.

Maddie Ogden has only had to make two saves, both coming in the win over Oakcrest.

The Pirates look to advance to a sectional final for the first time since 2012, when Cinnaminson won South, Group 2 as the #8 seed.

#5 Middle Township 10-5-2

The Panthers are in a sectional final for the first time since the 2011 season.

Middle Township took down #12 Pinelands 2-0 in the first round and #13 Delran in the second round via penalty kicks.

The game against Delran ended in a 1-1 draw, but the Panthers advanced by taking down the Bears 4-2 in PKs.

Middle Township is unbeaten in its last seven matches, going 4-0-3.

Four of those games resulted in shutouts for the Panthers defense and they have seven shutouts overall.

The Panthers have been shutout four times this season.

Middle Township looks to advance to a sectional final for the first time since they were the #2 seed in 2010.

They won the South, Group 2 tournament that year over Haddonfield in penalty kicks.

Head to Head

The Pirates and Panthers met in the 2015 South, Group 2 tournament’s second round.

Cinnaminson came away with a 3-1 victory as the #3 seed. The Panthers were the #6 seed.

Goals were scored by Miranda Sackner and Alex Kane (2). Sackner’s goal came just 44 seconds into the match.

Middle Township did not get on the scoreboard until they already trailed 3-0.

This playoff match in 2015 was the only other time these two programs have met in the last eight years.

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