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(Suffern, NY) - The clock showed only 6.2 seconds remaining as the ball settled in the back of the net.  Mounties Senior Charlie Pirc had just deposited the game winner with a low left foot shot to the far post and a tight match with the visiting Raiders had been decided by  a 1-0 score.  The Mounties Men moved to 4-5-0 overall and 2-0 in league play. More details to follow.

Earlier the JV Boys A team (5-4-0) also won with a solid 2-0 victory over North Rockland.  Alejandro Ramon and Danny Small scored for the Mounties with Keith Diaz-Albertini picking up an assist on the Small goal.  Ryan Miller patrolled the nets for Big Blue and got the shutout. 

(Suffern, NY ) - In a very well played, highly competitive game, the Boy's Blue Modified team narrowly defeated the Boy's White team by a score of 1-0.  The goal was scored by Dan Wickes after a scramble around the net.  Both teams played aggressive defense resulting in a closely played contest.

The entire Suffern Soccer Modified Program, players, coaches and parents, would like to thank the Suffern Soccer Booster Club for the "Kick Off" pizza party they gave after the games today.  Their generosity went beyond the food and drink as each team member received a Suffern Soccer cinch back pack.  Families are encouraged to find out more about the Booster Club via the link on the navigation bar on the website. Thank you again!!

Sep 25 - Lady Lions Roll; Jump New Rochelle 3-1 (played Sep 24)

(Suffern, NY) - The Varsity Girls (4-4-0) jumped out early with 3 scores in the first 15 minutes and went on to a solid win over visiting New Rochelle by a 3-1 score.  The win evens their record to .500 and moved them into 2nd place in the league.

Besarta Tanushaj started things off for the Mounties with a power move down the right side of the field and made an excellent crossing pass towards the goal that was athletically headed in by Jenny DeNicola with only 36 seconds gone in the game.  At the 5 minute mark the two combined again and DeNicola lifted a Tanushaj pass 20 yards into the right side of the net.    Tanushaj rounded out the scoring by taking a Kate Wolfe pass from mid-field and out-manuevering the New Rochelle defense for her 7th goal of the season.

Keeper Steph Reimer minded the nets but only had 3 saves in the first half as Suffern had excellent ball control.  In the 2nd half Julie Jefferson made 6 saves in goal while Reimer played the field and almost scored a few times.  New Rochelle's goalie stopped 17 Mountie shots in the game.  New Rochelle did break through for a score with 17 minutes to go in the game but the defense stiffened and kept it at 3-1 for the final.

A number of Suffern players were hurt in the game with Danielle Ruthberg the most serious with a head-head collision that required a visit to the emergency room.  Brit Cruz and Kelsey Rehain also left with foot injuries but should recover for next week's action.

The player of the match was Besarta Tanushaj.

Sep 24 - JV Girls Break Through; Beat New Rochelle 3-1 for First Win

(Suffern, NY) - As expected the JV Girls (1-6-0) finally broke through with their first win.  Their play has gotten stronger each game and vs. New Rochelle they put it all together.   Blair Croce continued her remarkable play with 2 goals and one assist.  Liz Singer added an assist on one of the Croce goals and the third goal was netted by Emma Callinan. With their primary goalie injured, Jess Sofen stepped in and did a fine job to protect the lead and get the win.

(New City, NY) - The Lady Lions (3-4-0) garnered a key league victory with an exciting 2-1 win over Clarkstown North on Tuesday.   Suffern jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first 5 minutes of play with a nice goal from Besarta Tanushaj (her 6th of the year) off a pass from Faith Consiglio.  Besarta swept thru two players ino the middle of the field and beat the goalie to the far left post.  The Mounties pressed hard and had numerous close scoring chances off of corner and direct kicks but could not connect.  They dominated play and appeared to have locked up a 1-0 win when with 30 seconds remaining North was able to split the defense and tie it. 

In the OT, Keeper Steph Reimer made a tremendous save to keep it knotted at 1-1.  With 2 minutes in the second OT left a Kate Wolfe corner kick was cleared by North however Wolfe stayed with the play and was able to get to the cleared ball and get a low pass over to the center of the field where Julie Jefferson was able to beat the goalie with a quick right post shot and Suffern led 2-1.  A last minute flurry from North was turned aside with great defense from Kelsey Rehain, Danielle Lahm and Kelly Moresi along with Wolfe at stopper and Britney Cruz and Mikey Austin and Jenny DeNicola at midfield.

For the Senior girls the annual trip to New City has always provided some of the most exciting matches of their HS career with now 2 of them going to overtime to win and one decided by a Suffern corner kick in the closing seconds of regulation to take the win.  They are always tight and the Girls have fought hard to win.

The Player of the Match was Kate Wolfe.

(Suffern, NY ) -  The Suffern Blue Modified (1-0-0) soccer team won their opening game at home Tuesday against Pearl River by a score of 5-1. The team struck early and often taking a 3-0 lead within the first fifteen minutes.  Goals for the game were scored by Tristen Dervish (2), Dan Wickes, Bryan Wickes, and Brandon Slutsky.  Kody Paul had an amazing assist on the Bryan Wickes goal. The defense was anchored by David Wolfson and the midfield was controlled skillfully by Mark Helgesen and others.  Matt Hernandez displayed outstanding skill from the keeper position. It was a great start to the season.

Sep 24 - Dates for Tryouts for RVSC Set; All Players Encouraged to Advance their Skills

(Montebello, NY ) - For all u15-u19 Coaches and players:

Tryout plans have been set and details are available on the website at the following link:

http://www.leaguelineup.com/newsitem.asp?url=ramapovalleysc&itemid=1763914

Some important highlights:

• The format is very similar to what was done for u7-u14 in May.
• All players interested in joining an RVSC team must register using the on-line form.
• All players are encouraged to attend BOTH tryout dates.
• If a player can't make either date (e.g. due to injury), they need to send an email to: info@rvsoccer.org.  However, they still need to complete the on-line tryout registration form.
• We will be running advertisements in the Rockland, Orange, Westchester and Bergen papers.

 Sep 23 - Varsity Boys Beat Scarsdale Varsity B, 1-0 on a Penalty Kick (played Sep 20)

(Suffern, NY) - The Mountie Men (3-4-0) won a tight match with Scarsdale Varsity B team at SMS on Saturday with a 2nd half penalty kick by Senior Charlie Pirc.  More details to follow.

(Yonkers, NY) - Sophmore Christian Dominquez registered his first high school varsity hat trick as the Mounties defeated Roosevelt HS 6-2.  The decisive goal was netted at the 3:20 mark into the first half assisted by Alex Immerman. His next two goals were all in the first half at the 22:18 (un-asst) and 25:00 (Penalty Kick) minute mark. 

The 4^th goal was scored by Alex Immerman asst by Dvae Magliano. The fifth goal was scored by Mark Paljusevic assited by Mike Raible. The lone goal scored in the second half was scored by Zac Croce.

Goalkeeper’s Jason Dinces made 3 saves and Charles McCann made 6 saves.

Suffern (2-4-0), will face Scarsdale HS “B” team on Saturday evening, Sept. 20, 6:00pm at the Suffern Middle School sports complex.

 “Player of the Match” Christian Dominquez was choosen for his fine play and his first high school varsity HAT TRICK!

Suffern’s game winner came after several second-half scoring opportunities which saw both teams play most of the match evenly.

Game Notes: Coach Walkley said,”this was a good team effort especially after taking some lopsided losses.

(Suffern, NY) - The Suffern JV A Boys team (4-4-0) got back to its winning ways winning 2 games in a row. The last two were victories over Scardale. 

• The first was played Friday night and Suffern won by a score of 3-2.  Goals were scored by Paulo Menendez, Alex Hyman and Alex Tonneli netted the winner.  Gabe Buhse had two assists while Danny Small had one. The team never gave up and it was a great come from behind victory on the road. 
• The second win came on Monday at home with a score of  2-1. The goal that was allowed was a 30 yard shot which was put in the upper corner. No goalie would have saved it and it was a no fault goal. Keith Diaz-Albertini scored off a fantastic look from Jared Roth who switched fields and caught Keith on an up field run. The winning goal was scored by Gabe (Sonic) Buhse. 

The team looks to continue its win streak when they play North Rockland on Saturday to start their league play.

Sep 22 - Varsity Girls Fall to John Jay (EF) 3-0 (played Sep 19)

(East Fishkill, NY) - The Lady Lions (2-4-0) played hard throughout but eventually fell to an excellent host JJEF team by a 3-0 score.  John Jay was not expecting such a strong effort from Suffern who've they beat more handily over the last few contests.   Steph Reimer played well in the nets while Kate Wolfe had a strong game at stopper.  Kelly Moresi took a very hard shot to the head but eventually shook it off and returned. 

The Player of the Match was Julie Jefferson who worked very hard on offense.

Sep 19 - Varsity Girls Cruise Again, Top Lincoln 8-0 (played Sep. 17)

(Suffern, NY) - The Lady Lions (2-3-0) continued their offensive surge with a dominating performance over visiting Lincoln on Wednesday.  Besarta Tansushaj sandwiched two quick goals around a score by Junior Alix Sadowski (her first varsity career goal) in the first 7 minutes of play for a 3-0 lead.  Kate Wolfe converted another long blast and Freshman Elena Martin also was able to finde the net for the first time with a nice touch off a corner kick by Wolfe to take a 5-0 halftime lead.  Quick second half goals from Julie Jefferson and Jenny DeNicola (their first of the year) added to the cushion and Faith Consiglio rounded out the scoring.

Nicole Devivo minded the nets for the entire game but only had 1 save to make.  Assists on the day went to Arielle Clynes (1), Denicola (3), Samantha O'Brien (2) and Wolfe (1).  Kelsey Rehain, Danilelle Ruthberg and Kelly Moresi anchored the defense and Britney Cruz patrolled and controlled midfield through the day.

The Player of the Match was Elena Martin.

Next up is last year's #1 seed, John Jay (E. Fishkill) away on Friday.

Sep 17 - Boys JV A Team Downed by John Jay 4-1 (played Sep 16)

(E. Fishkill, NY) - The Boys JV A team (1-4-0) lost another tough one against an excellent JJEF team 4-1. The score was 0-0 at halftime with both teams having opportunities. JJEF scored in the 7^th minute of the second half and put another one in less than ten minutes later. Suffern did not give up even though they could have.

They kept playing hard and Alex Tonneli earned a penalty kick after a beautiful flick to get past his opponent. He converted to bring Suffern to within 1 goal and JJEF was playing down a man due to a Red Card.  Unfortunately as Suffern pushed most of its players forward, JJ got behind the defense and would score two more goals to put Suffern away.  The game was closer then the final score.

Sep 17 - Varsity Boy’s Soccer Slides again vs John Jay, Outscored 5-1  (Played Sep 16)

(Suffern, NY) – Again Suffern (1-4-0) played a very skillful and tactical game. They stayed with the game plan. However, Jay with their skill was a much faster and powerful team. The score at the end of the 1^st half was 5 – 0.

The half time discussion was to play for “PRIDE”, for yourself and your teammates! The goal was yes, to try and win the game. But, a realistic goal was to score a goal and not allow any goals against in the second half.  Suffern did accomplish the later by scoring one goal and not allowing any against!

Charlie Pirc scored for Suffern on a penalty Kick after Jin Lee was taken down in the offensive penalty box.  Suffern now falls to 1-3 during the early part of the season.  Last season, Jay defeated Suffern by a score of 3 – 2.  

Robert Kawasaki, Mario Allegra, Alex Immerman and Christian Dominquez played consistent throughout the game.

Charles McCann (3 saves) made his first appearance in the second half to relieve Jason Dinces (5 saves) who is Suffern’s Starting goalkeeper.  

Suffern returns to action on Thursday against Roosevelt HS away at 4:30pm.

Next up: Saturday, September 20, at 5:00pm vs. Scarsdale “B” team at the Suffern Middle School. 

Sep 16 - Lady Lions Power Up, Defeat Saunders 6-0 for First Win

(Yonkers, NY) - The Varsity Girls (1-3-0) broke out of their scoring slump with 4 first half goals enroute to a 6-0 victory over host Saunders.  It was their first win of the season.  Senior Besarta Tanushaj led the way with the opening goal and added a second half goal and one assist on the day.  Senior Kate Wolfe also powered in 2 consecutive long blasts to help stake the Mounties to a 3-0 lead.  Senior Faith Consiglio added a goal and an assist on the day as well.  Mikey Austin rounded out the scoring in the second half with her first goal of the year.  Assists were plenty with Freshman Elena Martin, Junior Julie Jefferson and Junior Alix Sadowski also notching one each on the afternoon.  The offense passed well and the defense, led by Kelsey Rehain, was in control the whole time.

Senior Steph Reimer started in goal but was barely tested with just 2 shots and handed over the nets to Junior keeper Nicole Devivo who finished the shutout with 3 more saves.

The Player of the Match was Mikey Austin

The Player of the Match was Margo Friedland.

Sep 12 -  Webmaster Notes

(Montebello, NY) - Be advised that the dates of the headlines on summaries will be when they are entered on the site, not necessarily when the game is played.  The reason is to allow returning visitors to see the most recently posted content by date.  Games may be posted on the same day played or a day or two after depending on when the summary can be sent in and the webmaster can get around to posting it.  We will have over 70 matches to post between now and early November across all the Varsity and JV teams so the site will be fluid.  Also as the main page gets too filled older content will be moved to the archive section. Typically we will leave two game summaries per team up on the main page.

Sep 12 - Varsity Boy’s Soccer Falls to White Plains, 3-0 

Suffern returns to action on Friday against Arlington HS Friday away at 4:30pm at Arlington HS.

(Suffern, NY) – Senior Mario Salas scored in the 13th minute to lead the White Plains Boy’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Suffern at the Suffern HS field.    Suffern falls to 1-1. It marked the second consecutive season in which White Plains defeated the Mounties. Last season, WP held off Suffern, 3-2, at White Plains HS.

Suffern did not play their game for the first half. During half time, Coaches Walkley and Callanan reminded the boy’s to slow the game down and possess the ball. Not to play long ball and stay composed.

The second half was evenly played on the field with Suffern having the better chances to score, but a high energy and tough fearless White Plains defense stifled the Mounties from finishing the scoring chances created! Suffern played well during the second half because they followed through with their game plan.   Robert Kawasaki, Charlie Pirc and Alex Immermann had strong consistent play throughout the game.

Strong play came from Mario Allegra (Central Defender), who appeared in the second half and was awarded the “Player of the Match” for his fine play!  Mario played JV for two seasons. This was his first varsity appearance and of course his first award voted by the coaches and a few players.

Next up: Sunday, September 14, at 5:00pm vs. Newburgh Free Academy away at Newburgh.

Sep 11 - Varsity Girls Downed 8-1 at Mamaroneck
(Mamaroneck, NY) The Lady Lions (0-2-0) played much more physically than their first game but the Mamaroneck Tigers (1-0-0) were led by national player Stephanie Velez and jumped to an early 2-0 lead.  The Mounties responded with their first season's goal by a nice play from first year-player Samantha O'Brien who was assisted by Kelly Moresi.  But the Tigers continued with 3 more goals for a 5-1 halftime score.  Mamaroneck's Velez ended up with 4 goals and 1 assist on the day and Abby Baigelman added 2 goals as well for the Tigers.  
Second half play was better from the Mounties although there were more fouls from the Tigers as well and an eventual yellow card on the Tigers who hit defender Kate Wolfe, the second foul in less than 5 minutes on her.  Steph Reimer and Julie Jefferson  split net duties and both made strong saves but faced many shots from an excellent opponent.  The team looks to rebound with its home game vs. White Plains on Saturday at SHS.

The Player of the Match was Jenny DeNicola.

Sep 11 - JV Boys A Team Drops First Game, Defeated by White Plains 5-0

(White Plains, NY ) - The JV Boys A team (1-1-0) dropped its first game of the season with a 5-0 loss to White Plains last night. The entire team played very hard but White Plains was an excellent team. The score was 1-0 at half time.  The goal was disputed because Jared Chin, who had excellent position on the White Plains player was pushed giving the White Plains player the chance to cross the ball.  The second goal was scored off a deflection where goalie Ryan Miller did not stand a chance. Miller played excellent in goal and kept the team in the game for the first 55 minutes.  Suffern had a few great scoring opportunities but failed to convert on any of them. The team looks to rebound when they continue their tough schedule at Arlington on Friday.

Sep 10 - Varsity Girls Lose Opener, Fall to Arlington 5-0 at SMS

(Suffern, NY) - The Lady Lions (0-1-0) had a rough start to the season with an opening 5-0 loss to visiting Arlington, the 2007 #4 Sectional seed.  Arlington controlled the game from the onset and scored early and was up at 3-0 at half time.  Both Steph Reimer in the first half and Julie Jefferson in the second half made key saves to keep the score even lower.   Next up is the previous #5 seed, Mamaroneck, in an away game on Thursday.                           

Sep 9 - JV Girls Topped by Arlington 3-0

(Lagrangeville, NY) - The traveling JV Ladies (0-1-0) fell to Arlington by a 3-0 score in opening season action. The girls played very hard and the defense stepped up its game to keep it at 3.   Michaela Mariquit minded the nets and made some excellent saves on the day. Blair Croce played well on offense and had some excellent shots on goal.

Sep 8 - Pre-Season Interview with Coach Walkley 

(Suffern, NY) - With the season about to start we chatted with Coach W. to get his perspective on the team and the upcoming months.  See below for the Coach's thoughts:

SSBC: Coach you had a great season last year with another improvement in your record and sectional seeding.   With the loss of some key graduating seniors how do you feel about the upcoming schedule?
Our schedule is very challenging. Our boy's are working very hard. It is our desire to try and win the league.

SSBC: Which teams do you do you see as our main competition?
In our league: Clarkstown North; North Rockland and Ramapo.

SSBC: Do you feel the overall Suffern soccer program has built the depth it needs to remain a sectional powerhouse over the next few years?
No, not enough of the boy's are playing full time club soccer and not enough of the boy's are working on their overall strength.

SSBC: Are you changing any of your formations or positions for any players?
Yes, we have moved to a 4-3-2-1 formation.

SSBC: Will there be more night games this year now that the new turf field is in place at the Middle school?
Right now we have 3 home night games.
         North Rockland.
         Pine Bush.
         Clarkstown North

These games are based on if the visiting team wants to play us on turf, under the lights. The games at the middle school are to be on weekends. Otherwise we are to use the high school grass soccer fields.

Sep 9 - Fast Start!  JV Boys A Team Tops Clarkstown North 3-1

(Suffern, NY) - The Boys JV A team (1-0-0) had an impressive victory in the first game of the season.  The team played together and beat Clarkstown North 3-1. Goals were scored by Paulo Menendez, Alex Hyman and Alex Tonneli.  Tonneli’s goal came off a free kick from outside the box, and on the day he also added an assist.  Jared Roth played exceptional at the stopper position and Jared Chin played shut down defense.  The team looks to keep its winning streak alive with a very tough match up on Wednesday against White Plains.

(Pomona, NY) – Senior Mark Pulijusevic netted the decisive goal -- the only score of the match and the first goal of his senior year -- to lift Suffern HS boy’s varsity to a 1-0 victory over conference rival Clarkstown North in Suffern’s season opener.           

Pulijusevic one-timed a flicked on ball by Christian Dominguez with his right foot from inside the 6-yard box past the Rams goalkeeper Dan Nicinski (7 saves) at the 33:00 minute of the second half. The game was played at Eugene Levy Park.

Suffern (1-0-0), will face White Plains HS on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 4:30pm at the Suffern HS Field.   Clarkstown had perhaps its best scoring chance late in the first half on a miscommunication between the Mounties goalie (Jason Dinces) and defender (Zac Croce) as a shot was played to the far posted only to have Defender and “Player of the Match” Forest Valow-Picarello block the shot from entering the goal!    Suffern’s game winner came after several second-half scoring opportunities which saw both teams play most of the match evenly.

Junior goalkeeper Jason Dinces registered 5 saves to earn his first victory - and first shutout - of the season.

The “Player of the Match” was Forest Valow-Picarello.  Other considerations were Robert Kawasaki, Alex Immermann and Mark Pulijusevic.

Game Notes: Charlie Pirc, last year’s Rockland County Player of the season, was held scoreless. Charlie’s presence and play on the field was exciting. Teams, their players and coaches will concentrate on stopping Charlie’s scoring opportunities.