Princeton High's Azariah Breitman celebrates scoring a goal in the second half against Steinert during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Princeton High's Azariah Breitman, center, scores past Steinert goalkeeper Dennis Chaykovskyy, right, and defender Elliot Morris, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Steinert's Chris Vega-Ramirez, center, tries to move between Princeton High's Kingston Lipsey, right, and Derek Leiva, left, during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Steinert goalkeeper Dennis Chaykovskyy boots the ball against Princeton High during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Steinert's Derek Monahan controls the ball on his chest against Princeton High during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Steinert's Matt Tafrow, 17, leaps to head the ball against Princeton High during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Princeton High's Kingston Lipsey, 15, leaps to head the ball against Steinert during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Princeton High's Azariah Breitman, left, celebrates with teammate Archie Smith, right, after scoring his side's second goal against Steinert during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Steinert coach Anthony Tessein ponders his next move on the sideline against Princeton High during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Princeton High coach Ryan Walsh watches from the sideline against Steinert during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Show Caption1 of 10Princeton High's Azariah Breitman celebrates scoring a goal in the second half against Steinert during a CVC Tournament semifinal boys soccer game on Thursday night at Ackerson Field in Hopewell Twp. (Kyle Franko/ Trentonian Photo)Expand HOPEWELL TWP. — Azariah Breitman has found his finishing touch at the perfect time  for his Princeton High varsity boys’ soccer team. The senior forward who was second on the team with 11 goals last season when the Tigers won the NJSIAA Group IV state title has now scored more than that in his team’s last six games. Breitman’s two tallies Thursday in the semifinals of the CVC Tournament at Hopewell Valley High’s Ackerson Field helped head coach Ryan Walsh’s second-seeded club earn a 2-0 victory over third-seeded Steinert and advance to the championship game of this new tournament one season after playing for the final Mercer County Tournament title. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Princeton (13-2-3) will play last night’s late winner between fourth-seeded Notre Dame (15-5) and top-seeded Robbinsville (15-0-2) in the CVC Tournament Final. Breitman, who leads the Tigers with 19 goals this year, has scored 12 of those in the last half dozen games. As was the case in 2023 when Princeton knocked off the Spartans, 1-0, in the semifinals of the Mercer County Tournament at Ackerson Field, Breitman scored the only goal his team needed off a pass from classmate Connor Hewitt last night. In a relatively quiet first half, Hewitt crossed a ball from the corner into the box, where Breitman leaped to head home the opening goal with 11:41 left in the first half. “Early in the season, I wasn’t scoring. Then halfway through, something just clicked,” said Breitman, who didn’t put in a goal until the Tigers’ fourth game this fall. “I was more composed. I had more confidence, and I just went from there.” Of course, it does not hurt that Breitman runs alongside senior midfielder Archie Smith, who has 13 goals and a team-high 11 assists. “Archie is so good. He probably has half of my assists,” Breitman said. One more of those came in the second half Thursday when, with 27:59 to play, Smith sent a long pass forward that Breitman won by spinning around a defender and Steinert’s hard-working senior goalkeeper Dennis Chaykovskyy before knocking the ball into the net. “They were winning a lot of second balls,” Spartans junior fullback Elliot Morris said of the difference between this game versus Princeton and the 2-0 win head coach Anthony Tessein’s squad had put up on the Tigers Oct. 8. “Meanwhile, we weren’t capitalizing on second balls. Still, when they scored in the first half and the second half, it felt like we had a bit of a chance.” The problem this time around was that it was Princeton’s defense which was being stingy, beginning with limiting Steinert to one shot in the first half. “They were playing very organized defensively this time,” said Morris, who pushed forward to provide the Spartans with their last good chance with 5:51 left when he headed a corner kick high over the crossbar. But with Breitman finding his touch at the right time and Steinert getting shut out for only the third time this season, it will be the Tigers heading back to Hopewell Saturday to play for the CVC Tournament crown. Steinert (13-3-3)             0   0    —    0 Princeton (13-2-3)          1   1    —    2 Goals: Breitman 2 (P); Assists: Hewitt, ASmith (P). Shots: 4 (S), 9 (P); Saves: Chaykovskyy 7 (S), Holmelund 4 (P).