Central Regional's Carolan Breaks School Career Scoring Record

Amanda Carolan only scored one goal for the Central Regional girls soccer team on Tuesday.

It was the only goal the senior forward needed, as Carolan broke the Golden Eagles’ career scoring record in Central’s 6-1 victory over Barnegat in Barnegat.

Carolan had scored 10 goals last week, including five in a 6-3 victory over Manchester, to move her into a tie with 1998 graduate Keri Lages, who finished her Central career with 78 goals before moving on to Villanova for a year before spending three years at Rutgers.

Carolan’s goal at the 10:57 mark, which also was the gamewinner, gives her 16 so far this season and 79 for her Central career. Carolan also holds the career assists record with 38, 10 more than the mark of 28 set in 2005, one more than Keri Lages, a 1998 graduate, who had 78 goals in her four years. Carolan, who had four assists Tuesday, has 38 for her career, 10 more than the previous mark of 28 set in 2005 by Wilma Carrozza and shared by Christina Compton.

The record-breaking goal came when Carolan collected a pass from Gianna Argento in the middle of the field about 30 yards out, dribbled left and beat a defender before cranking a shot into the lower left corner of the net beyond the diving reach of Barnegat goalkeeper Emily Calderon.

Carolan, who is headed to Georgetown next year, set the school’s single-season scoring record in 2013, tallying 36 goals as Central reached the championship game of the Shore Conference Tournament and the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III final.

Sarah Burg and Gianna Argento scored two goals apiece and Erin Trapp had a goal apiece for Central.

(PHOTO: Amanda Carolan, right, drives her gamewinning shot past Barnegat goalkeeper Emily Calderon as a defender arrives too late on Tuesday.)