Boys Soccer Roundup for Thursday, Nov. 3

CENTRAL GROUP I

Highland Park 2, Florence 1: Gerald Rivera scored twice as No. 10 Highland Park (13-7) upset No. 2 Florence (15-4). Jonah Beberman and CJ Sanchez each had one assist. Elan Issacson finished with 11 saves. Highland Park will travel to No. 3 Palmyra in the semifinals. 

CENTRAL GROUP II

Bernards 3, Raritan 0: Dan Paez finished with one goal and one assist as second-seeded Bernards (18-1-1) advanced with a win over No. 10 Raritan (13-3-4). Axel Gonzalez and David McMillan also scored. Nick Neptune and Mattias Lopez each had one assist. Andres Lezme made five saves. Bernards will host No. 3 Matawan in the semifinals. 

Rumson-Fair Haven 2, Spotswood 1 (OT): Chris Moran scored on an assist from Nick Moran as fifth-seeded Spotswood (13-6) fell to No. 13 Rumson-Fair Haven (9-12). Andrew Bishara made 11 saves. 

Holmdel 5, South Plainfield 4 (PKs): Jacob Villacres and Adrian Dominguez scored as top-seeded South Plainfield (15-6-1) fell to No. 9 Holmdel (9-6-3) in penalty kicks. The game was tied 2-2 after two overtimes. 

Matawan 3, New Providence 0: Dillon Konzelman  finished with 12 saves as No. 6 New Providence (11-9) fell to No. 3 Matawan (13-3-3).

CENTRAL GROUP IV

Hunterdon Central 5, Freehold Twp. 0: Jacob Grant scored twice as top-seeded Hunterdon Central (16-1) advanced to the semifinals with a win over No. 8 Freehold Township (12-7-1). Aidan Cook, Matt Tetreault and Matthew Slebodnik also scored. Martin Menendez, Alessandro Truppi and Evan Youshock all added assists. Dan Mecadon and Peter Gerdt combined for three saves. 

Monroe 6, Trenton 2: Matt Mischler recorded a hat trick and two assists as No. 4 Monroe (16-3-1) advanced with a win over No. 5 Trenton (12-6). Matt Hoyt added one goal and two assists. Matt Cavadas and Chris Bilardo also scored. Brendan Deal had one assist. Victor Park and Nick Rios combined for four saves. Monroe will travel to No. 1 Hunterdon Central in the semifinals. 

Manalapan 2, Old Bridge 1: Gregg Johnson scored on an assist from Joel Quist as 10th-seeded Old Bridge fell in the quarterfinals to No. 15 Manalapan (11-8-2). Mark Akselrud made eight saves. 

Marlboro 3, North Brunswick 2 (2OT): Alusine Kamara and Chris Scariano both scored as sixth-seeded North Brunswick (16-4-3) fell to No. 3 Marlboro (19-2-1). DJ Cobb added one assist. Pawel Dzielski finished with 12 saves. 

NORTH 2 GROUP IV

Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2, Ridge 0: Ryan Peterson and John Murphy scored as third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood (19-3) advanced with a win over No. 11 Ridge (8-10). Jonathan Schwab and Tommy DeVizio each had one assist. Sean Murray made two saves for his 13th shutout of the season. Scotch Plains-Fanwood will face No. 2 Millburn in the semifinals. 

SOUTH NON-PUBLIC A

St. Joseph 3, Bishop Eustace 1: Antonio Oliveira tallied one goal and one assist as No. 5 St. Joseph (12-7-2) advanced with a victory over No. 4 Bishop Eustace (12-6-1). Dan DiSarro and Nick Cruz also scored. Tour'e Reaves had one assist. Gurjivan Kalkat made four saves. 

SOUTH NON-PUBLIC B

Gill St. Bernard's 7, Ranney 0: Anes Mrkulic recorded two goals and two assists as top-seeded Gill St. Bernard's (14-4-1) advanced with a victory over No. 8 Ranney (11-8). Kevin Brito finished with a hat trick and one assist. Steven Bednarsky and Bailey Gano each tallied one goal and one assist. Tyler Merna and Dan Shen each added assists. Alex Roch made two saves. Gill St. Bernard's will face No. 4 Gloucester Catholic in the semifinals. 

Wildwood Catholic 2, Timothy Christian 0: Robert Saydee made 11 saves as seventh-seeded Timothy Christian (12-4-2) fell to No. 2 Wildwood Catholic (15-3) in the quarterfinals. 

NORTH NON-PUBLIC A

Delbarton 2, Pingry 0: Owen Wolfson finished with eight saves as No. 5 Pingry (12-5-1) fell to No. 4 Delbarton (16-3-1) in the quarterfinals.