Moorestown Defeats Shawnee for Second Straight TOC Championship

Moorestown and Shawnee played once already this year to an 8-4 final.  Moorestown wanted a repeat victory and their second TOC in a row. 

Moorestown set the tone just forty-five seconds into the game from Mary Flick.  Nearly four minutes later, Shawnee would counter from Carly Demato at 20:59.  Just 39 seconds later, Demato would score again putting Shawnee on top. 

Moorestown would get a goal from Gabby Frank to tie it up about two minutes later and Shawnee would answer with a goal by Erin Smith.  But is was Moorestown that would go on a run scoring four goals in four minutes.  When Shawnee's Shannon Nugent scored with 24 seconds left in the half, Moorestown would be up 6-4. 

Moorestown never looked back getting three goals (four in total) from Marie McCool and another from McGinley to bring her total to three goals. 

"This was awesome," said Moorestown head coach Deanna Knobloch.  "A perfect end to a perfect season.  No doubt about it.  Two in a row with two different groups of girls.  Equally proud and so happy for this team and this group of seniors that have work so hard and led this team to this point."

"This is an amazing feeling," said Alicia Geiter.  "This is what I have been working for since I was a freshman.   The entire team, it is such a rewarding feeling that all of our sprints and all of our long practices and hard hours work are paid off in this one game.  Even though is wasn't my best game, it was my team's best game and that is the better feeling, the satisfaction that my team won."

"Oh my gosh, it's awesome," said Marie McCool.  "It is the best feeling in the world.  I remember feeling it last year, too, but i just can't describe it.  It is awesome."

"There is so much behind this game, such a huge deal," said Tristen McGinley.  "We don't ever get to play our rival in this game.  And it was awesome.  We just came out and we killed it.  There is just so much history with this team.  We all have relationships the girls (from Shawnee) and we all know what they are doing and we play with them in the off season.  We know they have beaten us before and it makes this special."