Livingston celebrates winning the 2025 NJSIAA Group 4 Girls Soccer State Championship. — (Photo by Christopher Shannon/OnNJ Sports)

November 23, 2025

IMAGES: Livingston Captures First-Ever Group 4 Girls Soccer Title in PK Thriller

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2025 NJSIAA Group 4 Girls Soccer State Championship - Livingston vs. Cherokee

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Action from the 2025 NJSIAA Group 4 Girls Soccer State Championship game between Livingston and Cherokee. (Photo by Christopher Shannon/OnNJ Sports)

Goalie Ayla Sherman made a nice, diving save during penalty kicks, and Dina Bojkovic netted the winning PK to help give Livingston the 3-1 shootout win over Cherokee in the 2025 NJSIAA Girls Soccer Group 4 State Championship after finishing 100 minutes of play knotted at one. The win marked the Lancers’ first-ever girls soccer state crown.

Bojkovic also tallied a goal in regulation, with Emily Fernandes earning the assist for Livingston. Sherman was credited with 10 saves for the Lancers. Daisy Cheng and Olivia Hans netted Livingston’s other two penalty kick tallies.

Abbie Zubrzycki scored Cherokee’s regulation goal, and Riley Anderson made six saves in goal for the Chiefs.

Livingston finishes their season 20-3-1 while Cherokee ends their season 18-6-1.

About the Author

Christopher Shannon

Photo Editor

Christopher is the Photo Editor at OnNJ Sports. You can often find Christopher along the sidelines at sporting events in Northern Jersey, or at West Point photographing athletic, and other, events there. Christopher’s favorite events that he has had the opportunity to cover, so far in his career, include Penn State football White Out games and Army-Navy football games. While Christopher enjoys photographing a wide variety of sports, his favorite to cover include football, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, and lacrosse.