But the Patriots netminder came off his line to make a sliding save on the initial shot before Sapienza’s follow-up attempt went over the crossbar. With just under six minutes to go, WW-P South had an opportunity to take the lead when Fiuczynski got in on Freehold Township goalkeeper Jack Goldsmith. Suddenly, all the work the Patriots had done to build their lead from the time Victor Torres opened scoring in the 25th minute was put on hold. Sapienza converted a pass from classmate Christian Fiuczynski one minute after Alessandro Principato put Freehold Township up, 2-0, to ignite WW-P South’s comeback. Though the Pirates fell behind by a goal in the first half, then saw that deficit double 16 minutes after intermission, the visitors from Mercer County showed no quit. They fought so hard and rose to the challenge.” “To go up against them the way we did was impressive,” said WW-P South head coach Matt Coburn, who will graduate 14 seniors, a handful of whom were starters. Instead, Tim Bertcha dipped a shot under the bar a minute into the second overtime to give the Patriots a 3-2 victory on the turf field at the Manalapan Recreation Center in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletics Association Central Jersey Group IV Tournament. Were it not for a few perfect strikes by third-seeded Freehold Township, the 14th-seeded Pirates could be advancing to Monday’s second round. MANALAPAN - Casey Sapienza and his teammates on the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ soccer team were playing so well Thursday in the opening round of the state tournament that they were able to push a team seeded 11 spots higher than them to the brink.
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