Middletown South played hard defense and goalie Allie Greco made diving save after diving save to advance into the SCT Finals for the first time since 1998.
The top six performers from the last two rounds of the Shore Conference Tournament make up this week's Ocean County Sports Medicine Player of the Week nominees.
Manasquan remembered its bitter defeat in last year's Shore Conference final and finished off a happier ending Sunday by beating Ranney for its third conference title in three years.
Manasquan and Ranney have grown familiar in recent years and for the second time since 2019, the two Shore Conference powers will play for the conference championship at Monmouth.
Manasquan and St. Rose are each a win away from setting up the Shore Conference Tournament final that has been expected from the beginning. Ranney and Raritan are hoping to break up those plans Tuesday night.
Raritan was on a mission Saturday, dominating Central from the jump to earn a trip to the Shore Conference Tournament semifinal for the first time since 2011.
Darius Adams and Ryan Frauenheim provided enough offense and Manasquan's dominant defense took center stage in a win over Rumson-Fair Haven Saturday afternoon.
Isaac Hester tormented Toms River North with a dead-eye shooting performance that resulted in 33 points and a trip to the Shore Conference semifinals for his Ranney squad.