GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The eighth-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity soccer team lost to top-seeded and unbeaten Livingston in a 1-0 heartbreaker in the Essex County Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Livingston.
Livingston scored in the seventh minute when Christine Craitar converted a rebound of a shot from Tori Belcuore.
Victoria Woznick made seven saves for the Ridgers, who had their four-game winning streak snapped to move to a 9-6-1 record. Livingston moved to a 13-0-1 record.
It was the second time the Ridgers lost to Livingston by a 1-0 score this season. The first was on Sept. 21 in LIvingston in a Super Essex Conference-American Division game.
In the previous game, Katie Liu scored the game-winning goal in overtime on an assist from Galen Lew to lift the Ridgers to a 3-2 win over ninth-seeded Millburn in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Oct. 19 at Watsessing Park.
Leslie Jaiyesimi scored on an assist from Liz Hauschild, and Lew scored on an assist from Meghan Marhan for GRHS.