Glen Ridge players participate in a game during a practice in August at Carteret Park.
GLEN RIDGE — The Glen Ridge High School girls soccer team, seeded 10th, will face No. 7 seed Bloomfield in the second round of the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield at 4 p.m. Both teams received byes in the first round.
The winner between Glen Ridge and Bloomfield will face either No. 2 seed Montclair Kimberley Academy, No. 15 seed Newark East Side or No. 18 seed Payne Tech in the quarterfinal round on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the higher-seeded school. MKA was scheduled to face the winner of East Side and Payne Tech in the second round.
Livingston is the No. 1 seed. Verona is No. 3 and Montclair is No. 4. Livingston, under first-year head coach and former Glen Ridge head coach Oscar Viteri, was the ECT runner-up to Mount St. Dominic last year.
The semifinal round is Saturday, Oct. 24, at Livingston. The championship game is Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Caldwell at 7 p.m.
The Ridgers defeated Newark East Side 4-1 on Friday, Oct. 9, at Watsessing Park to move to an 8-5 record on the season. Sophomore Paige McCormack scored two goals, senior Chloe Mikros had a goal and two assists, and freshman Ava Lawn tallied a goal. Freshman McKenna Eckard and senior Ella Idalski each had an assist. Senior Georgia Nix posted six saves.
In earlier action, the Ridgers’ seven-game winning streak ended with a 6-2 loss to Montclair Kimberley Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Senior Yara Saleh and freshman Margaret O’Connor each scored a goal. Idalski and Mikros each had one assist.
GRHS lost at Livingston 4-0 on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Photo by Joe Ragozzino
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