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.
Howell failed to score for the second straight game, but its defense and penalty-kick prowess has the Rebels headed back to the SCT semifinals for the first time in 12 years.
Matt Scrivanic hit a towering, tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the fifth off Zach Crotchfelt and Red Bank Catholic beat Jackson Memorial for its third straight SCT title.
Brian Doherty singled home the winning run in the bottom of the seventh and Rumson-Fair Haven survived a two-day battle with St. John Vianney to reach the Shore Conference Tournament semifinals for the second straight year.
Manasquan made St. John Vianney work for a half, but in the second, the Lady Lancers played like the state's best team and rolled to a third straight Shore Conference title.
After going down to the wire in last year's unofficial Shore Conference championship, Marlboro and Manasquan reunite for this year's Shore Conference Tournament championship game. And this time, it's official.
Darius Adams had a career-best scoring effort at the best possible time and Manasquan upended No. 1 Red Bank Catholic to earn another trip to the Shore Conference Tournament final.