Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/2/18
Staff Report
Robin Panzarella scored the game-winner with 5 and a half minutes to play as Moorestown edged Summit, 7-6, today to win the New Jersey Group 3 state championship at Kean University.
Moorestown wins the NJ Group 3 championship
Moorestown (21-2) is the top seed in the Tournament of Champions and will open Wednesday in the semifinals vs. Group 2 champion Haddonfield at Middletown South (7 p.m.). Moorestown defeated Haddonfield earlier this year, 16-11.
Kayla Frank had scored the tying goal with 6:04 left for Moorestown, which had gone 20:06 without scoring.
Summit (18-4) had beaten Moorestown the past two years in the Group 3 final and had won five straight state titles (the first three out of Group 2).
For a while it looked like Moorestown was set to face another heartbreaker.
Moorestown led, 5-4, at halftime, but Katia Carnevale and Anna Turk gave Summit its first lead of the game five minutes into the second half.
Panzarella had two goals and two assists and Kacey Knobloch added a goal and an assist. Logan Lillie had eight saves for the Quakers.
Group 3
Moorestown 7, Summit 6
Summit -4 2 -6
Moorestown -5 2 -7
Moorestown
Kayla Frank 3g
Ava Frantz 1a
Kacey Knobloch 1g, 1a
Ashley Nutt 1g
Robin Panzarella 2g (GW)
Colette Smith 1a
Logan Lillie 8 saves
Summit
Katia Carnevale 1g
Anna Huntley-Robertson 1g
Helen Johnson 2g
Emily Paytas 1g
Anna Turk 1g
Amy Martino 4 saves
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