Gameday Focus: Girl’s Soccer vs Lower Cape May SJG2 1st Round

Gameday Focus: Girl’s Soccer vs Lower Cape May SJG2 1st Round

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Girl’s soccer opens the South, Group 2 playoffs today with a first round match against Lower Cape May at 2pm. Here is our Gameday Focus.

When: Tuesday, November 1 at 2pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

#1 Pirates 16-2-1

Cinnaminson finished the regular season with an impressive 16-2-1 record and received the #1 seed in the South, Group 2 bracket.

The Pirates lone tie came in the season’s first game by a 0-0 score at Williamstown.

Cinnaminson lost one game in the Liberty Division this year to Rancocas Valley 3-2. The Pirates finished division play at 11-1 and as outright champions.

The only other loss of the year for the Pirates came against South, Group 2 #2 seed Haddonfield 1-0 in the second round of the South Jersey Coaches Cup Tournament.

Since the loss to Haddonfield, the Pirates have won two in a row by a combined score of 10-0 over Northern Burlington and Palmyra.

Cinnaminson has posted 13 shutouts in 19 games this season.

The Pirates are led up top by Emma Karch and Hailey Gutowski, both with double digits in goals scored.

Three other players; Miranda Sackner, Kelly Kane and Justyne Gutowski each have five or more goals scored.

#16 Tigers 6-11

The Lower Cape May Tigers earned the #16 seed in the South, Group 2 playoffs with their six wins.

The Tigers went just 1-9 in the Cape Atlantic-National Division this year.

Lower Cape May opened the 2016 season with seven consecutive losses before garnering a win against Wildwood 5-1.

The Tigers enter the postseason on a two-game win streak with wins over Buena and Burlington City by a combined score of 5-0.

Lower Cape May has been shutout nine times this season and has registered four shutouts.

Jo Jo Gibson paces the Tigers offense with seven goals as six other players have at least one goal on the season.

Head to Head

These two teams last met in the second round of the South, Group 2 playoffs in 2010.

The Pirates came away with a 3-1 victory at home.

Cinnaminson was the #1 seed and had a first round bye. Lower Cape May was the #8 seed.

Bookmark this post and use it for live updates throughout today’s playoff match between Cinnaminson and Lower Cape May.

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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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