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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

GIRLS SOCCER:A couple of goals is all Mahwah needed to make county tournament

Indian Hill's Gianna DiTommaso .

By Cory K. Doviak
NJS.com Editorial Director

OAKLAND – Through the first three weeks of the season, the Mahwah and Indian Hills girls soccer teams have kind of been in the same boat. Neither team has been outclassed in any of their matches, both have had games where they have rung up high numbers in measurable stats like corner kicks and shots on goal, and both teams have had trouble in the one area that counts the most: goals scored. “The last couple of games we have had an average of like 20 shots and we just haven't put the ball in the back of the net,” said Mahwah head coach Courtney Levine. “It's been frustrating to say the least because we have been in all of our games but we really haven't seen the results we want.” And time is already running short. Mahwah, the defending Group 2 state champion, needed a win on Tuesday to assure itself a spot in the Bergen County Tournament, which will be seeded on Thursday. Seventeen minutes into the game, Mahwah senior Campbell Duffy got involved in the traffic jam in front of the net after a free kick was played in by Katherine Gatta. Duffy found herself in possession of a loose ball and pounded it into the open net to give her team the lead. Mahwah got some insurance inside the final two minutes and grabbed a 2-0 win that gets it back to .500 on the season and into the county tournament with a 3-3 record.in us and I am certainly happy to see that.” MORE...