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| Event Spotlight: Charge Edge CyberRays, 3-2, To Win Home Opener Sunday, May 6, 2001 By Al Cohen Margret Olafsdottir and Michelle Demko scored 13 minutes apart in the second half as the Philadelphia Charge rallied for a 3-2 victory today over the Bay Area CyberRays in their home opener at Villanova Stadium. The Charge improved to 2-0-1 during the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association season and currently lead the league with seven standings points. |
 South Jersey Soccer:Long Island Rides to 3-1 Win Over Barons In Open Cup Contest! Saturday, May 5, 2001 By Pete Boggs Marlton, NJ -- The Long Island Rough Riders scored the game's first three goals to defeat the South Jersey Barons 3-1 Saturday night in a U.S. Open Cup qualification game at Cherokee High School stadium. The loss drops South Jersey's qualification record to 0-2, and severely damages the Barons' hopes of making the Open Cup tournament, a competition which determines a national champion from all levels of professional soccer. |
 South Jersey Soccer:South Jersey Banshee's Open With A Win Over NJ Wildcats Saturday, May 5, 2001 By Forrest Robleto The Banshee's opened their first ever game with a three goal first half to defeat the New Jersey Wildcats 3-2 at Cherokee High School. The final result wasn't as close as the score reflected. The Banshees stayed in control until late in the game when a combination of injuries (mostly ankles) and resting the starters made the game competitive. The Wildcats came within one goal before the final whistle. |
| High School Volleyball: Cherry Hill East Strikes Back Thursday, May 3, 2001 By John Daglian It was just over one month ago when the Cherry West Lions ended a 107 match winning streak that Cherry Hill East had over South Jersey Boys Volleyball teams. Last night the teams met at East for the 2nd time this season. The results would be different as East came out under control and in charge en-route to a straight set 15 - 12, 15 - 12 victory. East was led by Jason Mitchell who had a match high 14 kills and setter Alexis Alonzo who strung together 3 consecutive service aces to break a 9 - 9 tie in the first game. The Lions were led by their middle combination of Boris Smojver and Jordan Taormina who each had 10 kills. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: Dateline: May Wednesday, May 2, 2001 By Charlie Schick Dateline is a diary of South Jersey baseball that highlights area players, games, events, and outstanding accomplishments in the past history of the great game of baseball. The June dates and facts listed below are taken from the manuscript entitled "A Day's Walk Through South Jersey Baseball." |
 High School Volleyball:Washington Township Takes Round One Tuesday, May 1, 2001 By John Daglian The first round between the big four in Boy's Volleyball was completed last night in Washington Township. The Cherry West Boy's Volleyball team traveled to Township in an attempt to give them their first loss. Washington Township was up for the task and remained unbeaten with a 15 - 7, 15 - 9 straight set victory. The win clearly indicates that they are the team to beat in South Jersey this season. Township used a well balanced attack along with some tough serving to maintain control of the match from start to finish. |
 High School Baseball:Nichols Hits For The Cycle Keys Entwistle Fifth Victory Tuesday, May 1, 2001 By Art Redd Image the coach letting you know you're the starting pitcher for yet another important game for your team. Standing on the pitcher's mound with blue skies and warm temperatures, you're just anxious to get that first pitch over the plate. Well Shawnee's Dan Entwistle took full advantage of the situation as he held Highland to five scoreless innings in route to an 11-5 victory. Entwistle received plenty of support from his teammates as the Renegades jumped out to an 8-0 lead which was highlighted by Jeff Nichols 2-run homer. Nichols went 5 for 5 and also hit for the cycle (2 singles, double, triple and home run). |
| High School Volleyball: Cherry Hill East Comes up Big Against Eastern Monday, April 30, 2001 By John Daglian The Cherry East Boys Volleyball team traveled to Voorhees on Monday April 30th to do battle with Eastern. This promised to be a very intense match as both teams are ranked in the top 15 of the state and along with Cherry Hill West and Washington Township are among the four best teams in the southern part of the state. The match did not disappoint as the first game alone took 45 minutes to complete. In the end, Cherry Hill East held off a tenacious Eastern comeback and took the match 15 - 10 and 15 - 7. |
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