“My sister, she came in and there was a defender running on and she just slipped it across. Less than 10 minutes later, Ocean City had the lead back as wing Joy Slimmer shoved a pass over to sister Hope, and Hope absolutely ripped a shot from 30 yards into the upper right corner, giving the Raiders a 2-1 lead. “I was definitely down on myself after their first goal, but encouraging my teammates and making sure they keep their heads in the game is something that helps me get back into it.” “Honestly, for saves like that, I just have to have confidence in myself and stay in it mentally,” Vliet said, referring to her early saves. With 32:28 remaining, Mia Abbey put one past Vliet after a ball was played into the 6-yard line.
But Vliet kept Bishop Eustace off the board with a couple of really nice saves in the first 10 minutes, and in the 12th minute Reimet - a Monmouth University commit - put the Red Raiders up 1-0 when she beat the Crusaders’ keeper in a one-on-one situation.īut the scrappy Crusaders fought back in the second half. 1 seed Eastern Regional in the semifinals. 13 seed who knocked off three-time defending champion and No. 2 seed in the tournament, withstood some heavy early pressure from the Crusaders (13-3-2), the No. “It’s incredible being able to see these girls play at such a high level and seeing them execute. “I always have faith in Summer, I always have faith in Hope - I have faith in all of them, and I’m so proud of them,” said Red Raiders goalie Tori Vliet. I’m just so excited right now,” said center midfielder Hope Slimmer, whose second-half goal put Ocean City up 2-1.
This is something we’ve never done before, and I don’t think any CAL team has ever even made it to the Coaches Cup final, so this is amazing.
The title was the first in program history, and the first time a team from the Cape-Atlantic League has won the crown on the girls side. The Red Raiders got a pair of goals from superstar forward Summer Reimet - including the game-winner with less than five minutes remaining - to fight off a very scrappy Bishop Eustace squad, 3-2, at DeCou Fields and win the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association Cup, which for all intents and purposes amounts to a South Jersey championship.
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