Weekend 2-game sweep puts
Super-Y Diamonds above .500
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PARSIPPANY - The Parsippany Super-Y Diamonds 14U girls travel soccer team will take a 6-4 record into its July 4th holiday break, a record that puts them in second place behind MatchFit Academy in the Elite Super-Y Girls Soccer League standings.
The Diamonds broke the .500 mark this past weekend as they defeated the N.J. Rangers, 3-1, in a game played at Morris Catholic High School on Sunday, June 27, after avenging an early-season with a 3-2 victory over the Brooklyn Knights in a game played at Brooklyn' Metropolitan Oval on Saturday, June 26.
In the win over the Rangers, Maeve Krueger and Dina Shiera each scored a goal and added an assist; Alexandra Rankin scored a single goal; and Jackie Nelson added an assist. Danielle Beniullus was in goal for the Diamonds for the entire contest.
Against Brooklyn, a team that beat the Diamonds, 4-2, in Parsippany on Sunday, June 13, Krueger and Shiera each scored single goals and had assists; Rachel Voight added a goal; and Rankin finished with one assist. Beniullus was the keeper.
Earlier in the week, the Diamonds split back-to-back games at Reynolds Field in Parsippany, beating TSF Academy, 3-1, on Thursday, June 24, after losing a 1-0 decision to league-leader MatchFit Academy on Wednesday, June 23.
Krueger scored her first hat trick of the season against TSF. Two of her goals came on direct kicks while the third was scored with an assist from Katie Weber. Beniullus was in goal for the entire game for the Diamonds.
In the loss to MatchFit, the only goal of the game against Beniullus was the result of a breakaway.
The Diamonds gained a weekend Saturday-Sunday (June 19-20) split earlier, losing a 5-1 decision to Long Island Rough Rider on Sunday at Long Island after beating Perugio Grifos, 3-0, in a game played at Reynolds Field the day before.
Against the Rough Rider, Isabelle Katz' breakaway goal was the only score of the game for the Diamonds.
In the win over Perugio Grifos, Shiera scored two goals; Krueger had a goal and an assist; and Katz had an assist. Denville keeper Beniullus was solid in goal, earning her shutout against a Perugio Grifos offense known for its aggressive offensive attack.
The Diamonds will be back in action on Friday, July 9, with an 8 p.m. game against the N.J. Rangers at Smith Field in Parsippany.
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Krueger goal in final seconds beat Stallions, 2-1
PARSIPPANY - Maeve Krueger's penalty-shot goal with seconds left to play - her second score of the game - gave the Parsippany Diamonds U14 girls travel soccer team a 2-1 victory over PASCO Stallions in a United Soccer League Super Y Division game played at Veterans Field in Parsippany on Wednesday, June 16.
PASCO scored the only goal of the first half and Krueger's first penalty-kick goal - called when the Diamonds' Isabelle Katz was taken down in the penalty box area while driving toward the goal - tied the game at 1-1.
With time running out, Nicole Gomez drew a foul about 35 yards from the goal and Krueger's ensuing free kick eluded the Stallions' keeper and found the right corner of the net for the winning goal.
Danielle Beniullis was in goal the entire game for the Diamonds, who are now 2-2 in the league.
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Diamonds fall, 4-2, on Knights' four second-half goals
PARSIPPANY - Dina Sheira and Rachel Voigt scored first-half goals but the Brooklyn Knights rallied for four unanswered goals in the second half to defeat the Parsippany Diamonds U14 girls travel team, 4-2, in a United Soccer League Super Y Division game played at Reynolds Field in Parsippany on Sunday, June 13.
Sheira scored on a pass from Katie Weber and Marissa Raia got the assist on Voigt's goal as the Diamonds controlled play in the first half to take a 2-0 lead at the break.
The Knights added a fourth forward to their front line in the second half and the new-look, high-pressure offense scored four goals in 20 minutes to give the Brooklyn team a two-goal lead it never lost as the Diamonds were unable to capitalize on the Knights' thinner defensive ranks in the second half.
The Diamonds' spring record slipped to 1-2 with the loss.
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Parsippany Diamonds lost to Stallions, 1-0
PARSIPPANY - The Parsippany Diamonds lost a 1-0 decision to the PASCO Stallions in a physical and closely-contested United Soccer League Super Y Division game played at the Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne on Sunday, June 6.
The loss squared the Diamonds season record at 1-1.
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Sheira's 2 goals spark Par-Diamonds to 5-0 win
PARSIPPANY - Dina Sheira scored two goals and had two assists as the newly formed Parsippany Diamonds beat TSF Academy, 5-0, in a United Soccer League Super Y Division youth soccer game played at Veterans Memorial Field in Parsippany on Wednesday, May 19.
The game was scoreless until the 15-minute mark when Sheira scored on a through-ball from Alexandra Rankin.
Katie Weber made it 2-0 for the Diamonds when she took a pass form Sheira and beat the TSF goalie from long range.
Sheira got her second goal on an assist from Shannon Gleeson; Maeve Krueger scored on a penalty kick after Sheira was taken down in the box; and Eleana Figueroa scored the fifth and last goal of the game when she finished off a header directed her way by Sheira off a Krueger corner kick.
Diamonds goalie Danielle Beniulis got credit for the shutout. She got plenty of help from Jackie Nelson, Ally Black, Isabelle Katz and Gleeson who played solid defense throughout the game.
