The drought is over. For the second season in a row, Christian Brothers and Marlboro met in the Shore Conference Tournament. But unlike a year ago, Christian Brothers wanted a different outcome. CBA got just that as the second-seeded Colts, No. 16 in the NJ.com Top 20, defeated top-seeded and No. 17 Marlboro, 4-1, in the SCT final on Thursday afternoon at the Park Avenue Tennis Center in Oakhurst. The title is Christian Brothers first in 33 years (1992). The Colts have had numerous runner-up finishes in the span. Marlboro entered the dual on a 10-match winning streak against CBA and winners of the past four SCTs. Christian Brothers (17-3), which fell 5-0 to Marlboro in last season’s final, won two matches in super tiebreakers this time around. Second singles Luke Brennan for the Colts beat Kanata Sasaki, 6-1, 0-6, (10-8), and first doubles Dylan Cuneo and Julian Voorhees topped Leonard Reznik and Tyler Leung, 2-6, 6-4, (10-8). Vincenzo Caruso also beat Sourish Gadhi at first singles, 7-5, 6-1, after Gadhi crushed Caruso a year ago. CBA’s Teddy Perednia and Sterling Porter secured a point at second doubles as well as they edged Evan Albert and Allen Xie, 7-5, 6-3. Marlboro’s (12-1) lone point came from Kenneth Sun at third singles as the freshman downed Ari Macaluso, 6-2, 6-0. CBA, the projected top seed for the playoffs in South Jersey, Non-Public, has one more regular season match left next week against No. 3 Pingry. Marlboro appears done with matches until the postseason. The Mustangs are also the leader in Power Points in Central, Group 4. Contact Chris Nalwasky at cnalwasky@njadvancemedia.com. Follow us on social: Facebook | Instagram | X (formerly Twitter). The N.J. High School Sports newsletter now appearing in mailboxes 5 days a week. Sign up now and be among the first to get all the boys and girls sports you care about, straight to your inbox each weekday. To add your name, click here. As always, please report scores to njschoolsports.com. Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting NJ.com with a subscription.