SHORE CONFERENCE FINALS

  

Shore's run in the tournament ended today with an unprecedented 14th straight title as the young Blue Devils outshot and outscored the scrappy Bulldogs of Rumson 2 to 1

After falling behind 1-0 at the 23 minute mark, Shore maintained their resolve and scored 2 times in the next 4 minutes to take a 2 to 1 halftime lead. Junior mid Carol Middough converted a stroke after the Rumson goalie sat on the ball, to even the score at 1. A minute later, Middough took a beautiful pass from junior mid, Grace Santi to put the Devils up for good.

Shore came out in the second half with a few adjustments and played great defense, holding the Bulldogs to only 4 shots. Shore outshot Rumson 20 to 12 with North Carolina Bound, Shannon Johnson, registering 10 saves. Shore snapped Rumson's 15 game win streak and sent the purple dawgs home with their tail between their legs.

Katie Aitkens and Morgan Jones played aggressive defense and executed our game plan to perfection. Shore showed great character after falling behind, by coming right back aggressively on attack. Katie Mannino and Kara Casale gave the Rumson defense all they could handle setting up the 2scores.

This was Shore's 18th title overall against 3 losses in the title game. They have been to the finals 21 of the 28 year history of the tournament. Shore's last loss was in 1998 to Southern Regional.

Congratulations to the team......a well earned victory...you kept your poise and composure.