The Lenape girls showed why they are ranked #1 in South Jersey with a 4-1 win over second-ranked and previously unbeaten Haddonfield in the Coaches Tournament final at Eastern High School yesterday.
Despite general domination by the Indians, the game was closer than the score indicates and a different bounce here or there could have created a different result.
Although Lenape controlled play in the first 10-15 minutes, the Bulldogs had a golden chance in the 20th minute but couldn't knock a loose ball into the net when it was still 0-0. Less than two minutes later Rachelle Ross knocked home a rebound to put Lenape up, 1-0 and with 14:35 until intermission Katie Rigby drilled one into the left side of the goal to make it 2-0.
With 7:48 left in the half, Katie Johnson headed a corner kick from the right side over the bar and less than three minutes later Haddonfield could not score on a corner kick from the left that was placed right in front of the goal.
Haddonfield narrowed the gap to 2-1 with 26:30 left when Lauren Roberts scored off a trademark long throw-in from Olivia Blaber. But Courtney Kovac's goal in the 60th minute, which seemed to roll off Kellie Riley's outstretched fingertips, restored the two-goal cushion. The Indians sealed the win 10 minutes later when Emmy Duffy scored.
"Sometimes we have good games and today we had an excellent game," Rigby told Marc Narducci of the Inquirer after the game. No argument from that assessment here. Lenape, now 20-2-1, deserved to win, but Haddonfield showed why they merit their high rankling.
The Bulldogs face West Deptford Monday in the state play-offs.
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