The Ocean Township Spartans (Oakhurst, NJ) soccer nipped the visiting Marlboro Mustangs (Marlboro, NJ), 1-0 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Spartans now hold a 7-7 record. They play next when they travel to Toms River East for a non-league challenge on Saturday, October 19. Ocean Township will encounter a Raiders squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to Manasquan (Manasquan, NJ). The Raiders record now stands at 9-6.

With the loss, Marlboro moves to 4-8 on the year. The Mustangs travel to Steinert (Hamilton, NJ) to encounter the Spartans in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, October 29. The Spartans go into the challenge with a record of 5-9. Steinert lost 4-0 in their recent league challenge against Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington, NJ)