Dock blanks Delaware County Christian in regular season finale – PA Prep Live

TOWAMENCIN — Placing a collective of entirety on a powerful common season, Dock earned a 2-0 victory over rival Delaware County Christian Tuesday evening in a matchup of two District 1-A playoff squads.

“I used to be actually happy with our workforce tonight,” Pioneers coach Matt Moyer mentioned. “We had 4 starters out tonight. What I’m actually happy with is the blokes stepped up and performed a extremely stable recreation towards a extremely high quality workforce.”

Dock finishes the common season with an 11-6 mark, at present fifth in District 1-A. The Pioneers prepare for an Oct. 26 playoff opener.

Delco, second in District 1-A, finishes the common season 13-3. The Knights may have a first-round bye and open the playoffs on Oct. 28.

“I’ve quite a lot of respect for Delco and what they do program smart – they’re an excellent workforce. And we really feel we received a great outcome tonight,” Moyer mentioned after the matchup of BAL powers. “I believed it was a collective workforce effort tonight, and it was guys who wanted to step up did. And I’m simply happy with the work the boys did.”

Dock seized a 1-0 lead within the first half, off the foot of senior midfielder John O’Donnell.

“I wasn’t anticipating it nevertheless it was a great cross – again put up, (Sam DaCosta) hit it throughout to me. I used to be in the correct spot on the proper second,” O’Donnell mentioned. “It was undoubtedly an vitality booster. After that, everyone was energized and able to battle for it.

“We normally surrender targets within the final 5 minutes of the half, so we knew we needed to shut that down and we did.”

Griffin Schmitt (9) of Delco Christian receives a cross, with Dock’s Dylan Gable defending. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

A giant cause for Dock’s success was its management “by way of the mid with John O’Donnell and Nolan Vaszily – two senior leaders there,” Moyer mentioned. “We defined the significance of this recreation too, going into districts, and so they actually stepped up. And that’s what you want in these moments – senior leaders.”

Cody Promote and Brayden Kratz earned the mixed shutout in web.

Dock padded its lead with a aim by Pablo Montaner, with 17 minutes to go.

Dock huddles after its common season finale with Delco Christian. (Kev Hunter/MediaNews Group)

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Dock withstood each offensive surge by Delco. Benjamin Norbury, Griffin Schmitt, Cameron Vavala and Matthew Levis all performed properly for the Knights.

“They beat us in districts final 12 months so we knew it was gonna be a tricky recreation,” O’Donnell mentioned. “We knew we needed to shut down the center. We knew that was their robust swimsuit.

“We stayed robust the entire recreation. It’s our final recreation earlier than the postseason so it’s undoubtedly a morale booster. We have now a pair practices earlier than we get began subsequent week so I’m excited – trying ahead to it.”

Dock 2, Delco Christian 0

Delco 0 0 – 0

Dock 1 1 – 2

First Half

D-John O’Donnell (Sam DaCosta help).

Second Half

D-Pablo Montaner.

Shutout: Cody Promote, Brayden Kratz.