Courier News Boys Soccer Top 10
1. Scotch Plains-Fanwood (15-2): Since falling to Elizabeth 2-0 on Oct. 6, the Raiders have won four games in a row by a combined 15-2 with two shutouts. Top-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood also won its first Union County Tournament game with a 5-0 win over No. 9 Plainfield. The Raiders will close out the week against Summit on Thursday and will face No. 4 Cranford in the UCT semifinals on Saturday at A.L. Johnson at 7:30 p.m.
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2. Pingry (9-2-1): The Big Blue are in the middle of a six-game winning streak and have outscored opponents 25-5 with three shutouts in their last three games. Third-seeded Pingry also won its first Somerset County Tournament game, beating No. 6 North Plainfield in the quarterfinals last weekend. Pingry faced Hunterdon Central on Wednesday, then will host No. 7 Somerville in the SCT semifinals at 4 p.m. Saturday.
3. Bridgewater-Raritan (10-2): Bridgewater-Raritan has won its last four games since falling to Gill St. Bernard's on Oct. 1. The top-seeded Panthers won their first SCT game on Saturday with a victory over No. 8 Watchung Hills and will host No. 4 Bernards in the semifinals on Saturday.
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4. Gill St. Bernard's (9-3-1): Gill St. Bernard's had a two-game win streak snapped with a 4-1 loss to No. 7 Somerville in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday. The Knights, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, bounced back with a win over Immaculata and will look to put another string of wins together when it faces Warren Hills on Wednesday and Wardlaw-Hartridge on Thursday.
5. Hunterdon Central (10-1): Hunterdon Central has won six games in a row, including a 6-0 victory over No. 11 Wallkill Valley in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament quarterfinals last weekend. The Red Devils had a big test against No. 2 Pingry on Wednesday, and the No. 1 seed will host No. 2 Newton in the H/W/S Tournament semifinals on Saturday.
6. Westfield (12-3-1): Westfield seemingly has been unstoppable since falling to Princeton all the way back on Sept. 17. Since then the Blue Devils have won 11 straight games, posting nine shutouts. Westfield also won its first UCT game as the No. 2 seed, dispatching No. 10 Dayton 1-0. The Blue Devils will host Plainfield on Thursday before playing No. 3 Elizabeth in the UCT semifinals at 5 p.m.Saturday at A.L. Johnson.
7. Bernards (12-1-1): Bernards bounced back from a 2-2 double overtime tie against Gill St. Bernard's with three straight wins over Voorhees, Montgomery in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals and Delaware Valley. The fourth-seeded Mountaineers will travel to top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the SCT semifinals at 2 p.m. Saturday, then will close out the regular season against Warren Hills on Tuesday and Somerville on Oct. 27.
8. North Plainfield (11-2): North Plainfield had its six-game winning streak snapped with a 5-0 loss to Pingry in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals last weekend. The Canucks faced Bound Brook on Wednesday then will host Franklin on Saturday.
9. Somerville (9-5-1): Seventh-seeded Somerville pulled off a big upset last weekend, knocking out second-seeded Gill St. Bernard's in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals, just two days removed from losing to the Knights 3-0. Somerville will travel to Delaware Valley on Thursday before traveling to No. 3 Pingry in the SCT semifinals at 4 p.m. Saturday.
10. Montgomery (9-5): Montgomery has lost two of its last three games, including getting bounced from the SCT in the quarterfinals by Bernards. The Cougars bounced back with a 3-2 win over Hillsborough on Tuesday, which clinched the Skyland Conference Raritan Division title. Montgomery will close out the week at Moorestown on Thursday and at home against Warren Hills on Saturday.
Records through Tuesday. Staff Writer Lauren Knego: lknego@gannettnj.com; on Twitter: @laurenknego