East Brunswick High School athletics · Sunday, Sept. 27 through Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
It was a busy week for the Bears. Thirteen varsity results came in, and East Brunswick finished with eight wins, four losses and a tie.
Field hockey won twice more, is still unbeaten at 9-0 and has clinched at least a share of its division title. Girls tennis went to 12-0 and won its first match of the state tournament. Girls soccer won two in a row behind a Hannah Cheraibi hat trick, boys soccer stretched its unbeaten run to six, and gymnastics posted its best score of the season.
Here’s how it went, sport by sport.
Field Hockey: Nine Wins, One Goal Allowed
Danielle Bradley’s team is 9-0, 7-0 in the GMC Red, and Friday’s win over Old Bridge clinched at least a share of the division title.
Tuesday against Metuchen, Rachel Gerould set up both goals in a 2-0 win. Talia Locascio scored in the first quarter and Jolie Salamon in the third. That was shutout number seven.
Friday against Old Bridge, the offense put on a show. East Brunswick won 7-0, with three goals in the second quarter alone. Logan Hooper and Gerould each scored twice and set up another. Alexa DeRado had the best passing day of anyone on the field with three assists, and scored the last goal herself off Hooper’s pass. Locascio and Salamon scored again, so both found the net in both games this week. Reagan Umbach saved the only shot Old Bridge put on goal.
The season numbers are remarkable. Nine games, 42 goals scored, one allowed, and eight shutouts. Umbach has saved 16 of the 17 shots on goal she has faced. Gerould now has 12 goals and seven assists, and Hooper has 11 goals and five assists, with a goal in seven of the nine games.
The Bears visit South Plainfield on Oct. 6.
Girls Tennis: 12-0, and Moving On in the State Tournament
Cory Widmaier’s team is 12-0, 7-0 in the GMC Red, and opened the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 tournament with a win.
Tuesday against J.P. Stevens finished 4-1, and the best story of the day was at second doubles. Andrea Baraian and Kelsey Zhao lost the first set 6-0, won the second 6-4, and then took the deciding tiebreaker 10-5. That is a real comeback. Aiona Cheng won 6-1, 6-2 at second singles, and Kaitlin Wang and Prisha Patel won 6-4, 6-2 at first doubles. Arya Joshi lost at first singles, 6-3, 6-3.
Wednesday’s state tournament first round against Monroe was a 5-0 sweep in which East Brunswick lost just eight games across ten sets. Joshi bounced back with a 6-2, 6-2 win at first singles, Cheng won 6-1, 6-0, Wang and Patel won 6-0, 6-1, and Baraian and Zhao won 6-2, 6-0.
And then there is Kellyanne Mossi. She won both of her matches 6-0, 6-0 again. Through eleven matches she has won all 22 sets she has played, 132 games to one. Ten of those eleven matches have ended 6-0, 6-0. Wang and Patel are 11-0 together at first doubles.
Gloucester Tech visits for the quarterfinal on Oct. 6.
Girls Soccer: Two Straight Wins and a Cheraibi Hat Trick
Kevin Brady’s team won both of its games this week and is 4-6.
Tuesday at Woodbridge started badly. Woodbridge scored in the fourth minute. Then East Brunswick scored the next four goals. Hannah Cheraibi scored in the 6th, 25th and 45th minutes for a hat trick. Samantha Baker scored in the 20th minute and set up two of Cheraibi’s goals, and Alanna Kienle and Lauren Baker each had an assist. The Bears won 4-2. Caylin Docherty made five saves and Keira Smith made one.
Thursday at Piscataway, one goal was enough. Abigail Alexio scored in the 30th minute off Samantha Baker’s pass, and Docherty saved all three shots Piscataway put on target for a 1-0 shutout. East Brunswick put twelve shots on goal.
Baker finished the week with a goal and three assists. Spotswood visits on Oct. 6.
Boys Soccer: Unbeaten in Six
Terry McKibbin’s side won one and tied one and is 5-3-2. The Bears haven’t lost since Sept. 10, going four wins and two ties since then, with three clean sheets in their last four games.
Thursday’s GMC Tournament pool-play game at Middlesex was a 3-0 win. Sean Enda, Daniel Krasnopolskiy and Kyrillos Michael scored, Liam Kim assisted twice and John Matos once. Joshua Matthews and Rosario Volino made two saves apiece to share the shutout, and East Brunswick put seventeen shots on goal.
Saturday against Notre Dame at Monroe Township High School, neither team scored through regulation or overtime, and it ended 0-0. Notre Dame’s goalkeeper made eight saves to keep it that way.
Michael has five goals in his last six games. Metuchen visits on Oct. 6.
Gymnastics: The Best Score of the Season
Allyson McMahon’s team won at South Brunswick on Thursday, 99.55 to 88.35, and is back to 2-2. That was East Brunswick’s highest team score of its four dual meets this season.
Alexandra Cooperman had the best all-around score in the meet, 33.3, and won beam with an 8.5. She also took second on vault (8.6) and bars (8.05). Isabella Wasserman was right behind her at 33.0 all-around, won vault with an 8.7, and tied for the top floor score with an 8.4. The other half of that tie was Caroline Surabian, who also won bars with an 8.4.
East Brunswick held the top five scores on bars. Ellah Levi scored 8.4 on vault, 8.05 on beam and 8.15 on floor, Grace McVicar scored 8.4 on vault and 8.15 on floor, and Eleanor Kim scored 7.65 on bars.
The Bears face St. Thomas Aquinas next.
Cross Country: Aryan Nayak Fourth at Shore Coaches
Both East Brunswick teams ran the Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel Park on Saturday, in very big fields.
The standout result came from a freshman. Aryan Nayak finished fourth out of 182 runners in the boys freshman race, covering the two miles in 11:29.65.
In the boys Varsity A race, Raghu Moorthy finished 29th of 212 in 16:59.79 and Raphael Bostan was 51st in 17:18.52. Roshan Sujith and Joel Sahayajayaseelan crossed 93rd and 94th, just fourteen hundredths of a second apart.
In the girls Varsity A race, freshman Sabrina Ivy led East Brunswick, 46th of 169 in 21:55.63. Laura Sisule was 71st and Maxene Nono was 83rd. In the girls freshman race, Sara York finished 42nd of 123.
Next up is the XC Fall Classic at Thompson Park on Oct. 9.
Girls Volleyball: Srinivasan’s Big Week
Andrew Chup’s team lost all three of its matches and is 0-13, but Smitha Srinivasan had a big week. She led every player on the floor in kills in two of the three matches and finished with 20 kills, 16 digs and four blocks.
Monday against Monroe, East Brunswick lost the first set 25-7 and then pushed the second to 27-25. Srinivasan had nine kills and ten digs. Addyson Danchak blocked five shots, and the Bears out-blocked Monroe 7-1. Zoe Holeman set up sixteen assists, the most in the match, Eva Munoz dug eleven balls, and Danielle Manning hit five kills.
Thursday against Old Bridge, which came in at 14-3, Srinivasan had eight kills, two blocks and two aces, and her eight kills were the most in the match. Gabriella Pagan added two blocks.
Friday at Colonia, both sets finished 25-22. Ava Catanho led the team with four kills, Manning had three kills, four digs and two aces, Danchak served two aces and Holeman set up ten assists. Shipra Patil dug five balls.
Holeman finished the week with 33 assists. J.P. Stevens visits on Oct. 5.
Football: A Tough Night at Edison
Zack Gega’s team lost 31-0 at Edison on Friday and is 3-3.
The defensive numbers belong to a handful of players. Gabriel Marquez made 13 tackles, the most by any player in the game, with one for a loss, and also led the team in rushing with 26 yards. Hussein Chittalwala added nine tackles and caught three passes for 21 yards, and Logan Pazinko made seven tackles. George Quiles and Gage Muirhead each had two tackles for a loss, part of eight on the night for East Brunswick. Ezra Franklin caught four passes for 44 yards.
South Brunswick visits for Homecoming on Oct. 9.
The Week in Full
| Sport | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Field Hockey | W 2-0 vs. Metuchen (9/29) · W 7-0 vs. Old Bridge (10/2) | 9-0 |
| Girls Tennis | W 4-1 vs. J.P. Stevens (9/29) · W 5-0 vs. Monroe, NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 first round (9/30) | 12-0 |
| Girls Soccer | W 4-2 at Woodbridge (9/29) · W 1-0 at Piscataway (10/1) | 4-6 |
| Boys Soccer | W 3-0 at Middlesex (10/1) · T 0-0 (OT) vs. Notre Dame (10/3) | 5-3-2 |
| Gymnastics | W 99.55-88.35 at South Brunswick (10/1) | 2-2 |
| Cross Country | Shore Coaches Invitational, Holmdel Park (10/3) | n/a |
| Girls Volleyball | L 0-2 vs. Monroe (9/28) · L 0-2 vs. Old Bridge (10/1) · L 0-2 at Colonia (10/2) | 0-13 |
| Football | L 0-31 at Edison (10/2) | 3-3 |
Coming Up: Oct. 4 to Oct. 10
Schedules can change, so check with the school before heading out.
| Date | Sport | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Mon., Oct. 5 | Girls Volleyball | vs. J.P. Stevens |
| Tue., Oct. 6 | Girls Tennis | vs. Gloucester Tech, NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 quarterfinal |
| Tue., Oct. 6 | Field Hockey | at South Plainfield |
| Tue., Oct. 6 | Girls Soccer | vs. Spotswood |
| Tue., Oct. 6 | Boys Soccer | vs. Metuchen, GMC Tournament pool play |
| Tue., Oct. 6 | Girls Volleyball | at Mother Seton |
| Wed., Oct. 7 | Girls Tennis | at Edison Academy |
| Thu., Oct. 8 | Field Hockey | vs. South Brunswick |
| Thu., Oct. 8 | Boys Soccer | at Edison, GMC Tournament pool play |
| Thu., Oct. 8 | Girls Volleyball | at Piscataway |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | Football | vs. South Brunswick (Homecoming) |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | Cross Country | XC Fall Classic, Thompson Park |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Field Hockey | vs. Sayreville |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Boys Soccer | vs. Manalapan |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Girls Soccer | at Colonia |
| Sat., Oct. 10 | Girls Volleyball | vs. Colts Neck |
Gymnastics also visits St. Thomas Aquinas this week, with the date listed as either Oct. 7 or Oct. 8.
Go Bears.
