Its dominance aside, Freehold Township has overcome a number of obstacles to get to this point of the season as the Shore Conference Tournament champion for the second straight year.
Hailey Santiago delivered a first-half goal and the defense did the rest as Freehold Township topped Howell to win its second straight Shore Conference Tournament title.
It took almost 65 minutes, but Freehold Township finally scored the dagger Wednesday and put away St. John Vianney to reach its second straight Shore Conference Tournament final.
Howell's senior leaders raised the bar in the offseason and it paid off Wednesday with a win over Point Boro to reach the program's first ever Shore Conference Tournament final.
Multiple teams took the Shore Conference Class A South division race down to the wire and when the dust settled, Toms River South claimed the championship in the Shore's closest division race.
The Shore Conference Tournament field in girls soccer includes 26 teams vying for the title. Find out where they all will be playing when the SCT begins next week.
Despite undergoing turnover in its lineup and coaching staff, Holmdel is off to an 8-3 start, 4-0 in overtime games and picked up a huge win last week.
Central responded to some early adversity with a five-game winning streak to climb into the Class A South race and win the latest Surf Taco Team of the Week.