Cinnaminson field hockey travels to #1 Haddonfield for the third round of the Central, Group 1 Tournament this afternoon at 3:30pm. Here is our third round playoff preview versus Haddonfield.
#4 Cinnaminson: 10-5-3
#1 Haddonfield: 18-1-1
The Pirates enter this game fresh off a thrilling victory over Gloucester in the second round of the tournament Friday after having a bye in the first round.
Cinnaminson took down Gloucester in penalty strokes, 2-1, after 60 minutes of regulation and two overtime periods could not decide a winner of a 1-1 contest.
The regulation goal was scored by Rebecca Shinn and the Pirates first penalty stroke goal, which came in the best-of-five round, came from Marissa Porrini.
Nikki Teague scored the winner in the ninth round of penalty strokes (in the sudden death rounds) and Lauren Friedrich made one final save to secure the win and send Cinnaminson to Haddonfield.
The game-winning save from Friedrich was her seventh consecutive save in the penalty stroke rounds.
The Pirates are paced offensively by Serafina Kennedy (11 goals) and Maura Tumelty (10 goals). Teague leads the team in assists with five. The victory over Gloucester was the 10th time this season that the Pirates allowed one goal or less.
The Bulldogs enjoyed a stellar regular season that carried over into their second round game against Paulsboro, which was an 8-1 victory. Three Bulldogs recorded two goals in the win, while three Bulldogs recorded two assists apiece. Keeper Megan Maynes had to make just six saves. Haddonfield scored all eight of its goals in the first half.
Haddonfield is paced by Meghan Smart, who has notched 26 goals this season. Their next closest scorers are Sophie Popp with 17 and Emma Feldhake with 12.
Haddonfield allowed a total of 15 goals during the regular season and shutout their opponents 11 times.
The Bulldogs lost to Maple Shade in the second round on penalty strokes in the Central, Group 1 Tournament last year.
