Senhaji kicks Falcons past Spartans

By Walter J. O’Neill, Jr

On Saturday morning the girls of Monmouth Regional hosted the Spartans of Ocean Township in a Shore Conference Class B North soccer game.

Rob Curran, in his fourth season as the Spartans head coach, brought his team into Tinton Falls with a 4-6-1 overall record and was 4-5-1 in division action.

Ocean scored the only goal of the first half, kicked in by Sydney Maxwell off an assist by Lila Rice. Both squads had opportunities to score additional goals, but the ball would go just wide or over the bar.

The second half of action belonged to Monmouth Regional. Ranya Senhaji scored both of the Falcon goals  off an assists by Wendie Fisher and Courtney Hicks.

In the goal for the Falcons was Karley Trillhaase who made 20 saves in the victory, while Tyler Bartlett had 10 saves for the Spartans.

Monmouth Regional improved to 3-7-1 in the B North and are 5-7-1 overall. Leading the division is Wall Township at 11-0 and 14-0 overall. They are followed by Middletown North 7-4, Middletown South 6-4-1, Red Bank Catholic 6-5, Ocean Township 4-6-1, them Monmouth Regional with Manasquan 2-6-3 and Long Branch in last at 2-9