OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider field hockey team fell to top seed Delran Nov. 5 in the quarterfinals of the Group II South Jersey sectional tournament.
The teams held each other scoreless for the first two periods and the fourth, with Ocean City High School goalie Devin Dolka recording 13 saves.
Senior co-captain Stevie Wright scored the team’s lone goal in the third period on a penalty shot, but Delran was able to score twice in the period for the 2-1 final.
The loss ended Ocean City’s season.
Coach Carole Williams’ Red Raiders were the No. 9 seed and finished the year with a 13-7-3 record (4-3-1 in the Cape-Atlantic League American Division).
Wright finished the season with the most goals – 15 – but had teammates close on the well-balanced offense. Fellow senior captain Casey Adamson had 14 goals and juniors Lyla Clark and Marley Dwyer had 14 and 12, respectively, and freshman Madelyn Brown scored 12.
Clark led the team in assists with 21 and Adamson was next with 15. Clark finished her junior year as the team points leader with 49, followed by Adamson with 43, Wright with 36, Brown with 29 and Dwyer with 25. Senior Amanda Kunza and freshman Abigail Herrington each had 13 points on the season, as did junior Everlee Peak. Dolka finished with 155 saves.
Three of the team’s losses this season came to CAL champion St. Joseph of Hammonton, including in the CAL tournament final. All three of those matches were close with the Raiders losing 2-1, 4-3 and 2-1 to the powerhouse (17-1, 8-0 CAL American).
– By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff
